Map of DG7 1RA postcode 
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                  | Postcode | DG7 1RA | 
                  
                    | Post Town | Castle Douglas | 
                  
                    | Nearest station | Flimby (28 km) | 
                  
                  
                    | Bus stops | No nearby bus stops | 
                
                
                
                  | Businesses | 
                        No businesses found
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            Geography
            
              
              
              
                
                  |  | Latitude | 54.834857 | 
                
                  |  | Longitude | -3.882621 | 
                  
                    |  | Easting | 279179 | 
                  
                    |  | Northing | 550517 | 
                  
                    |  | Grid reference | NX791505 | 
                
                  |  | UTM reference | 30U 443309 6076771 | 
                
                  |  | what3words | shadowed.flushed.voter | 
                
                  |  | FixPhrase | crunching lunar sip walrus | 
                  
                    |  | Plus code | 9C6RR4M8+WX | 
                
                  |  | Altitude | 41 metres (135 feet) | 
                
                  |  | Sunrise (today) | 7:17 | 
                
                  |  | Sunset (today) | 16:42 | 
                
                  |  | Distance away |  | 
                  
                    |  | Distance to sea | 1.9 KMs (1.2 miles) | 
              
              
            
          
        
        
            
              
              
                Administrative areas 
              
                
                  
                        
                          | Ward | Dee and Glenkens | S13002882 | 
                      
                        | Council Area | Dumfries and Galloway | S12000006 | 
                      
                        | Constituency (2024) | Dumfries and Galloway | S14000073 | 
                        | MP | John Cooper | Conservative | 
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                      | Police force | Scotland | 
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                      | Water company | Scottish Water | 
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                        | NUTS/ITL 3 | Dumfries and Galloway | 
                      
                        | NUTS/ITL 2 | Southern Scotland | 
                      
                        | NUTS/ITL 1 | Scotland | 
                    
                      | Country | Scotland | S92000003 | 
                  
                  
                
              
          
    
      
        Data
        
          
              
                | Date introduced | February 1994 | 
              
                | Date usage ended | December 1996 | 
            
              | Last updated | September 2025 | 
              
                | User type | Large (addresses receive more than 25 items of mail per day) | 
                    
              
                | Quality | Postcode terminated prior to Gridlink initiative - last known ONS postcode grid reference | 
          
          
        
      
          
          
        
          
            Demographics
            
              
                
                  | Index of Multiple Deprivation (2019) | Most deprivedLeast deprived | 
                  | Rural/urban (2021) | Remote Rural | 
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                  | Rural/urban (2011) | Remote rural area | 
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                  | Census output area (2021) | S00147229 |  | 
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                  | Census output area (2011) | 1A3 |  | 
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                  | Lower layer super output area (2011) | Kirkcudbright - 06 | S01007531 | 
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                  | Middle layer super output area (2011) | Kirkcudbright | S02001414 | 
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                  | Travel to work area | Dalbeattie and Castle Douglas | S22000053 | 
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