| Postcode | DG8 8JY |
|---|---|
| Post Town | Newton Stewart |
| Nearest station | Stranraer (46 km) |
| Bus stops |
Halfway House (SE)
Low Balcray (NW)
Low Balcray (SE)
|
| Roads in this postcode | |
| Number of UPRNs | 3 View |
| Businesses |
No businesses found
|
| Latitude | 54.7084 | |
|---|---|---|
| Longitude | -4.399749 | |
| Easting | 245489 | |
| Northing | 537464 | |
| Grid reference | NX454374 | |
| UTM reference | 30U 409814 6063242 | |
| what3words | lasts.taker.loudness | |
| FixPhrase | cruncher luminous scoreless unclamped | |
| Plus code | 9C6QPJ52+94 | |
| Altitude | 32 metres (104 feet) | |
| Sunrise (today) | 8:36 | |
| Sunset (today) | 15:52 | |
| Distance away | ||
| Distance to sea | 2.7 KMs (1.7 miles) |
| 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 |
| Date introduced | January 1980 |
|---|---|
| Last updated | November 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 |
| Index of Multiple Deprivation (2019) |
Most deprivedLeast deprived
|
|
|---|---|---|
| Rural/urban (2021) | Remote Rural | |
| Rural/urban (2011) | Remote rural area | |
| Census output area (2021) | S00147319 | |
| Census output area (2011) | 1A3 | |
| Lower layer super output area (2021) | Machars South - 07 | S01015186 |
| Lower layer super output area (2011) | Machars South - 07 | S01007512 |
| Middle layer super output area (2021) | Machars South | S02002813 |
| Middle layer super output area (2011) | Machars South | S02001411 |
| Travel to work area | Newton Stewart | S22000072 |