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Where is Alford?

Alford is located in the county of Aberdeenshire, Scotland, 13 miles west of the town of Inverurie, 24 miles west of the major city of Aberdeen, 90 miles north of Edinburgh, 398 miles north of Cardiff, and 409 miles north of London. Alford falls within the unitary authority of Aberdeenshire. It is in the AB33 postcode district. The post town for Alford is Alford.

Alford on a map

Map showing extent of Alford as bounding box
Bounding box showing extent of Alford
Map showing location of Alford within the UK
Location of Alford within the UK

Which county is Alford in?

Alford is in the ceremonial county of Aberdeenshire, the historic county of Aberdeenshire, and the administrative county of Aberdeenshire.

Ceremonial CountyAberdeenshire
Historic CountyAberdeenshire
Administrative CountyAberdeenshire

Where is Alford in Aberdeenshire?

Alford is situated roughly centrally between the southernmost and northernmost extremities of Aberdeenshire, and roughly centrally between the easternmost and westernmost extremities of Aberdeenshire.

Map showing location of Alford within Aberdeenshire
Location of Alford within Aberdeenshire

What is the postcode for Alford?

The nearest postcode to the centre of Alford is AB33 8PX.

Where is Alford in AB33?

Alford is situated roughly centrally between the southernmost and northernmost extremities of the AB33 postcode district, and towards the easternmost extremity of the AB33 postcode district.

Map showing location of Alford within AB33
Location of Alford within AB33

What is the post town for Alford?

The post town for Alford is Alford. Alford is in the AB33 postcode district, which corresponds to the post town of Alford.

What is the latitude and longitude of Alford?

The centre of Alford is located at position 57.2319° latitude and -2.70207° longitude.

Latitude57.2319°
Longitude-2.70207°

What is the easting and northing of Alford?

The centre of Alford is located at the grid reference easting 357715 and northing 815904 within the British National Grid (OSGB36) system.

Easting357715
Northing815904

What are the nearest towns to Alford?

Position of Alford relative to nearby towns. Distance is measured from the centre of Alford to the centre of the town.

west
13m
Alford is 13 miles west of Inverurie
west
13m
Alford is 13 miles west of Kintore
north-west
15m
Alford is 15 miles north-west of Banchory
south
15m
Alford is 15 miles south of Huntly
west
16m
Alford is 16 miles west of Blackburn
south-west
16m
Alford is 16 miles south-west of Oldmeldrum
west
17m
Alford is 17 miles west of Westhill
north-east
18m
Alford is 18 miles north-east of Ballater
south-east
22m
Alford is 22 miles south-east of Dufftown
south
23m
Alford is 23 miles south of Aberchirder

What are the nearest cities to Alford?

Position of Alford relative to nearby cities. Distance is measured from the centre of Alford to the centre of the city.

west
24m
Alford is 24 miles west of Aberdeen
north
54m
Alford is 54 miles north of Dundee
east
60m
Alford is 60 miles east of Inverness
north-east
64m
Alford is 64 miles north-east of Perth
north
85m
Alford is 85 miles north of Dunfermline
north-east
90m
Alford is 90 miles north-east of Stirling
north
90m
Alford is 90 miles north of Edinburgh
north-east
111m
Alford is 111 miles north-east of Glasgow
north
162m
Alford is 162 miles north of Newcastle upon Tyne
north
162m
Alford is 162 miles north of Carlisle

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