Map of DG3 5HY postcode

General information

Postcode	DG3 5HY
Post Town	Thornhill
Nearest station	Dumfries (18 km)
Bus stops	Main Street (NW)
Roads in this postcode	Firmuir Avenue
Number of UPRNs	29 View
Businesses	NEST NURTURING FUTURES CIC

Geography

	Latitude	55.213153
	Longitude	-3.738743
	Easting	289466
	Northing	592369
	Grid reference	NX894923
	UTM reference	30U 452994 6118760
	what3words	chestnuts.amplified.positive
	FixPhrase	crushed lunchbox seducing transform
	Plus code	9C7R6776+7G
	Altitude	67 metres (220 feet)
	Sunrise (today)	7:20
	Sunset (today)	16:39
	Distance away
	Distance to sea	25.4 KMs (15.8 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)	65
Households (2011)	28
Index of Multiple Deprivation (2019)	3,230 / 6,976 Most deprivedLeast deprived
Rural/urban (2021)	Accessible Rural
Rural/urban (2011)	Accessible rural area
Census output area (2021)	S00146157
Census output area (2011)	8C2
Lower layer super output area (2011)	Mid Nithsdale - 02	S01007565
Middle layer super output area (2011)	Mid Nithsdale	S02001421
Travel to work area	Dumfries	S22000055

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