Map of DG3 5EA postcode

General information

Postcode	DG3 5EA
Post Town	Thornhill
Nearest station	Sanquhar (18 km)
Bus stops	Village (W)
Number of UPRNs	48 View
Businesses	JAMES EDGAR LIMITED LIFT PARTS AND SERVICES LTD NITH VALLEY BLADE TECH LTD NITH VALLEY FREE RANGE EGGS LIMITED

Geography

	Latitude	55.24893
	Longitude	-3.725563
	Easting	290403
	Northing	596329
	Grid reference	NX904963
	UTM reference	30U 453875 6122732
	what3words	stumble.flop.hillsides
	FixPhrase	crushed lunchbox snagged vocalize
	Plus code	9C7R67XF+HQ
	Altitude	120 metres (395 feet)
	Sunrise (today)	7:18
	Sunset (today)	16:41
	Distance away
	Distance to sea	28.8 KMs (17.9 miles)

Administrative areas

Ward	Mid and Upper Nithsdale	S13002886
Council Area	Dumfries and Galloway	S12000006
Constituency (2024)	Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale	S14000074
MP	David Mundell	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	September 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)	79
Households (2011)	26
Index of Multiple Deprivation (2019)	3,609 / 6,976 Most deprivedLeast deprived
Rural/urban (2021)	Accessible Rural
Rural/urban (2011)	Remote rural area
Census output area (2021)	S00146122
Census output area (2011)	1B3
Lower layer super output area (2011)	Thornhill - 01	S01007559
Middle layer super output area (2011)	Thornhill	S02001420
Travel to work area	Dumfries	S22000055

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