Map of DG2 8RD postcode

General information

Postcode	DG2 8RD
Post Town	Dumfries
Nearest station	Dumfries (15 km)
Bus stops	Village (SW)
Roads in this postcode	Elspeth Road New House Court
Number of UPRNs	11 View
Businesses	No businesses found

Geography

	Latitude	55.036574
	Longitude	-3.83343
	Easting	282926
	Northing	572877
	Grid reference	NX829728
	UTM reference	30U 446735 6099178
	what3words	domestic.firepower.coping
	FixPhrase	crusader lunar skeptic unselect
	Plus code	9C7R25P8+JJ
	Altitude	125 metres (409 feet)
	Sunrise (today)	8:28
	Sunset (today)	15:49
	Distance away
	Distance to sea	16.2 KMs (10.1 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	April 1982
Last updated	November 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)	14
Households (2011)	8
Index of Multiple Deprivation (2019)	3,131 / 6,976 Most deprivedLeast deprived
Rural/urban (2021)	Accessible Rural
Rural/urban (2011)	Accessible rural area
Census output area (2021)	S00146592
Census output area (2011)	1B1
Lower layer super output area (2021)	Glenkens - 01	S01015221
Lower layer super output area (2011)	Glenkens - 01	S01007547
Middle layer super output area (2021)	Glenkens	S02002820
Middle layer super output area (2011)	Glenkens	S02001418
Travel to work area	Dumfries	S22000055

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