| Postcode | DG7 1HZ | 
|---|---|
| Post Town | Castle Douglas | 
| Nearest station | Dumfries (25 km) | 
| Bus stops | Gordon Drive (SW) Gordon Drive (NE) Brown Crescent (NW) Oakwell Road (SE) Oakwell Road (NW) Ernespie Road (S) | 
| Roads in this postcode | |
| Number of UPRNs | 1 View | 
| Businesses | 
| Latitude | 54.944083 | |
|---|---|---|
| Longitude | -3.917244 | |
| Easting | 277288 | |
| Northing | 562730 | |
| Grid reference | NX772627 | |
| UTM reference | 30U 441244 6088954 | |
| what3words | reefs.unheated.pebble | |
| FixPhrase | crunchy lunacy slouching thong | |
| Plus code | 9C6RW3VM+J4 | |
| Altitude | 59 metres (194 feet) | |
| Sunrise (today) | 7:18 | |
| Sunset (today) | 16:42 | |
| Distance away | ||
| Distance to sea | 8.6 KMs (5.3 miles) | 
| 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 | 
| Date introduced | January 1980 | 
|---|---|
| Last updated | September 2025 | 
| User type | Large (addresses receive more than 25 items of mail per day) | 
| Quality | Within the building of the matched address closest to the postcode mean | 
| Index of Multiple Deprivation (2019) | Most deprivedLeast deprived | |
|---|---|---|
| Rural/urban (2021) | Accessible Small Towns | |
| Rural/urban (2011) | Remote small town | |
| Census output area (2021) | S00146989 | |
| Census output area (2011) | 1A4 | |
| Lower layer super output area (2011) | Castle Douglas - 02 | S01007535 | 
| Middle layer super output area (2011) | Castle Douglas | S02001415 | 
| Travel to work area | Dalbeattie and Castle Douglas | S22000053 |