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Where is Drum?

Drum is located in the county of Aberdeenshire, Scotland, five miles south of the town of Westhill, ten miles south-west of the major city of Aberdeen, 85 miles north-east of Edinburgh, 389 miles north of Cardiff, and 395 miles north of London. Drum lies just south-west of the City of Aberdeen border. Drum falls within the unitary authority of Aberdeenshire. It is in the AB31 postcode district. The post town for Drum is Banchory.

Drum on a map

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

Which county is Drum in?

Drum 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 Drum in Aberdeenshire?

Drum is situated towards the southernmost extremity of Aberdeenshire, and towards the easternmost extremity of Aberdeenshire.

Map showing location of Drum within Aberdeenshire
Location of Drum within Aberdeenshire

What is the postcode for Drum?

The nearest postcode to the centre of Drum is AB31 5AL.

Where is Drum in AB31?

Drum is situated towards the northernmost extremity of the AB31 postcode district, and towards the easternmost extremity of the AB31 postcode district.

Map showing location of Drum within AB31
Location of Drum within AB31

What is the post town for Drum?

The post town for Drum is Banchory. Drum is in the AB31 postcode district, which corresponds to the post town of Banchory.

What is the latitude and longitude of Drum?

The centre of Drum is located at position 57.09031° latitude and -2.3223° longitude.

Latitude57.09031°
Longitude-2.3223°

What is the easting and northing of Drum?

The centre of Drum is located at the grid reference easting 380567 and northing 799970 within the British National Grid (OSGB36) system.

Easting380567
Northing799970

What are the nearest towns to Drum?

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

south
5m
Drum is 5 miles south of Westhill
east
7m
Drum is 7 miles east of Banchory
west
7m
Drum is 7 miles west of Portlethen
south
8m
Drum is 8 miles south of Blackburn
north-west
10m
Drum is 10 miles north-west of Stonehaven
south
10m
Drum is 10 miles south of Kintore
south
14m
Drum is 14 miles south of Inverurie
south
17m
Drum is 17 miles south of Oldmeldrum
north
17m
Drum is 17 miles north of Inverbervie
south-east
17m
Drum is 17 miles south-east of Alford

What are the nearest cities to Drum?

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

south-west
10m
Drum is 10 miles south-west of Aberdeen
north-east
50m
Drum is 50 miles north-east of Dundee
north-east
64m
Drum is 64 miles north-east of Perth
east
76m
Drum is 76 miles east of Inverness
north-east
83m
Drum is 83 miles north-east of Dunfermline
north-east
85m
Drum is 85 miles north-east of Edinburgh
north-east
91m
Drum is 91 miles north-east of Stirling
north-east
112m
Drum is 112 miles north-east of Glasgow
north
149m
Drum is 149 miles north of Newcastle upon Tyne
north
154m
Drum is 154 miles north of Carlisle