Map of DG7 1PQ postcode

General information

Postcode	DG7 1PQ
Post Town	Castle Douglas
Nearest station	Dumfries (25 km)
Bus stops	Village (SW) Barlochan (SW) Barlochan (NE)
Roads in this postcode	Port Road Port Street
Number of UPRNs	34 View
Businesses	I SHALL WEAR PURPLE LIMITED THE FORESTRY WORKERS CO-OP LTD WALK TO THE EDGE LIMITED

Geography

	Latitude	54.892495
	Longitude	-3.839837
	Easting	282095
	Northing	556857
	Grid reference	NX820568
	UTM reference	30U 446133 6083151
	what3words	caller.goodnight.purses
	FixPhrase	crunching lunar suitor unfixed
	Plus code	9C6RV5R6+X3
	Altitude	14 metres (46 feet)
	Sunrise (today)	8:20
	Sunset (today)	16:36
	Distance away
	Distance to sea	1.3 KMs (0.8 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
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	December 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)	37
Households (2011)	13
Index of Multiple Deprivation (2017-2020)	4,560 / 6,976 Most deprivedLeast deprived
Rural/urban (2021)	Accessible Rural
Rural/urban (2011)	Remote rural area
Census output area (2021)	S00147192
Census output area (2011)	S00098224
Lower layer super output area (2021)	Castle Douglas - 05	S01015212
Lower layer super output area (2011)	Castle Douglas - 05	S01007538
Middle layer super output area (2021)	Castle Douglas	S02002817
Middle layer super output area (2011)	Castle Douglas	S02001415
Travel to work area	Dalbeattie and Castle Douglas	S22000053

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