Map of DG8 8HX postcode

General information
Postcode DG8 8HX
Post Town Newton Stewart
Nearest station Stranraer (45 km)
Bus stops
Low Balcray (NW)
Halfway House (SE)
Halfway House (NW)
Roads in this postcode
Number of UPRNs 11 View
Businesses
No businesses found
Geography
Latitude 54.714056
Longitude -4.401289
Easting 245411
Northing 538097
Grid reference NX454380
UTM reference 30U 409728 6063873
what3words vandalism.exhaled.teaching
Plus code 9C6QPH7X+JF
Altitude 41 metres (135 feet)
Sunrise (today) 5:03
Sunset (today) 21:28
Distance away
Distance to sea 2.5 KMs (1.5 miles)
Administrative areas
Ward Mid Galloway and Wigtown West S13002881
Council Area Dumfries and Galloway S12000006
Constituency (2024) Dumfries and Galloway S14000073
MPJohn CooperConservative
Police forceScotland
Water companyScottish 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 February 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) 5
Index of Multiple Deprivation (2019)
3,018 / 6,976
Most deprivedLeast deprived
Rural/urbanRemote rural area
Census output area (2021)S00147319
Census output area (2011)S00097400
Lower layer super output area (2011)Machars South - 07S01007512
Middle layer super output area (2011)Machars SouthS02001411
Travel to work areaNewton StewartS22000072
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