Map of DG8 0AW postcode

General information

Postcode	DG8 0AW
Post Town	Newton Stewart
Nearest station	Stranraer (12 km)
Bus stops	Village (SW)
Roads in this postcode	Main Street Old Military Road
Number of UPRNs	10 View
Businesses	No businesses found

Geography

	Latitude	54.941826
	Longitude	-4.849092
	Easting	217602
	Northing	564512
	Grid reference	NX176645
	UTM reference	30U 381552 6089882
	what3words	stumble.afterglow.branded
	FixPhrase	crunchy lugged slaw urgency
	Plus code	9C6QW5R2+P9
	Altitude	57 metres (185 feet)
	Sunrise (today)	7:42
	Sunset (today)	16:26
	Distance away
	Distance to sea	8.2 KMs (5.1 miles)

Administrative areas

Ward	Mid Galloway and Wigtown West	S13002881
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

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)	12
Households (2011)	6
Index of Multiple Deprivation (2019)	1,744 / 6,976 Most deprivedLeast deprived
Rural/urban (2021)	Remote Rural
Rural/urban (2011)	Accessible rural area
Census output area (2021)	S00146361
Census output area (2011)	1A3
Lower layer super output area (2011)	Machars North - 01	S01007502
Middle layer super output area (2011)	Machars North	S02001410
Travel to work area	Stranraer	S22000079

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