Map of DG8 8DP postcode

General information

Postcode	DG8 8DP
Post Town	Newton Stewart
Nearest station	Stranraer (41 km)
Bus stops	No nearby bus stops
Roads in this postcode	A746 Wigtown Road
Number of UPRNs	7 View
Businesses	CASTLEWIGG GWYNNE LIMITED

Geography

	Latitude	54.759419
	Longitude	-4.447405
	Easting	242617
	Northing	543246
	Grid reference	NX426432
	UTM reference	30U 406861 6068981
	what3words	mysteries.flames.boater
	Plus code	9C6QQH53+Q2
	Altitude	74 metres (243 feet)
	Sunrise (today)	6:34
	Sunset (today)	18:22
	Distance away
	Distance to sea	5.1 KMs (3.2 miles)

Administrative areas

Ward	Mid Galloway and Wigtown West	S13002881
Council Area	Dumfries and Galloway	S12000006
Constituency (2024)	Dumfries and Galloway	S14000073
MP	John Cooper	Conservative
Police force	Scotland
Water company	Scottish Water
NUTS/ITL 3	Dumfries and Galloway
NUTS/ITL 2	Southern Scotland
NUTS/ITL 1	Scotland
Country	Scotland	S92000003

Data

Date introduced	January 1980
Last updated	February 2025
User type	Small (addresses receive less than 25 items of mail per day)
Quality	Within the building of the matched address closest to the postcode mean

Demographics

Population (2011)	8
Households (2011)	3
Index of Multiple Deprivation (2019)	3,279 / 6,976 Most deprivedLeast deprived
Rural/urban	Remote rural area
Census output area (2021)	S00147301
Census output area (2011)	S00097412
Lower layer super output area (2011)	Machars South - 04	S01007509
Middle layer super output area (2011)	Machars South	S02001411
Travel to work area	Newton Stewart	S22000072

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