Map of DG8 9AB postcode

General information

Postcode	DG8 9AB
Post Town	Newton Stewart
Nearest station	Barrhill (34 km)
Bus stops	Standing Stones (W) Standing Stones (SW)
Roads in this postcode	A714 B7005 Creek Road Lightlands Terrace
Number of UPRNs	77 View
Businesses	ADVANCE DERMATOLOGY LTD ANDREW PLUNKETT STEEL BUILDINGS LIMITED BLADNOCH INN LTD DRIFTWOOD CINEMA C.I.C. MACHARS VETERINARY SERVICES LTD VANCE ELECTRICAL SERVICES LIMITED WIGTOWN BREWERY LTD

Geography

	Latitude	54.858097
	Longitude	-4.45932
	Easting	242236
	Northing	554250
	Grid reference	NX422542
	UTM reference	30U 406323 6079976
	what3words	migrate.peach.hears
	Plus code	9C6QVG5R+67
	Altitude	9 metres (29 feet)
	Sunrise (today)	8:33
	Sunset (today)	16:22
	Distance away
	Distance to sea	2 KMs (1.2 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	December 2024
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)	59
Households (2011)	30
Index of Multiple Deprivation (2019)	4,327 / 6,976 Most deprivedLeast deprived
Rural/urban	Remote rural area
Census output area (2021)	S00147221
Census output area (2011)	S00097421
Lower layer super output area (2011)	Machars South - 01	S01007506
Middle layer super output area (2011)	Machars South	S02001411
Travel to work area	Newton Stewart	S22000072

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