Map of DG2 8QS postcode

General information

Postcode	DG2 8QS
Post Town	Dumfries
Nearest station	Dumfries (14 km)
Bus stops	No nearby bus stops
Roads in this postcode	Main Street
Number of UPRNs	12 View
Businesses	No businesses found

Geography

	Latitude	55.004933
	Longitude	-3.788662
	Easting	285697
	Northing	569282
	Grid reference	NX856692
	UTM reference	30U 449557 6095624
	what3words	clever.outbid.costumed
	Plus code	9C7R2636+XG
	Altitude	93 metres (305 feet)
	Sunrise (today)	5:29
	Sunset (today)	20:56
	Distance away
	Distance to sea	12.8 KMs (8 miles)

Administrative areas

Ward	Castle Douglas and Crocketford	S13002883
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)	11
Households (2011)	5
Index of Multiple Deprivation (2019)	4,889 / 6,976 Most deprivedLeast deprived
Rural/urban	Accessible rural area
Census output area (2021)	S00146740
Census output area (2011)	S00097311
Lower layer super output area (2011)	Dalbeattie Rural - 02	S01007545
Middle layer super output area (2011)	Dalbeattie Rural	S02001417
Travel to work area	Dalbeattie and Castle Douglas	S22000053

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