| Postcode | DG8 8PA | 
|---|---|
| Post Town | Newton Stewart | 
| Nearest station | Stranraer (44 km) | 
| Bus stops | Clydesdale Bank (N) The Grapes (N) The Grapes (S) St John Street (S) St John Street (N) High Street (S) | 
| Businesses | 
                        No businesses found
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| Latitude | 54.732826 | |
|---|---|---|
| Longitude | -4.415437 | |
| Easting | 244572 | |
| Northing | 540216 | |
| Grid reference | NX445402 | |
| UTM reference | 30U 408859 6065980 | |
| what3words | tarred.hires.squares | |
| FixPhrase | cruncher luminance simple vanquish | |
| Plus code | 9C6QPHMM+4R | |
| Altitude | 62 metres (203 feet) | |
| Sunrise (today) | 7:19 | |
| Sunset (today) | 16:45 | |
| Distance away | ||
| Distance to sea | 3.4 KMs (2.1 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 | 
|---|---|
| Date usage ended | January 2004 | 
| Last updated | September 2025 | 
| User type | Large (addresses receive more 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) | S00147315 | |
| Census output area (2011) | 1B3 | |
| Lower layer super output area (2011) | Machars South - 06 | S01007511 | 
| Middle layer super output area (2011) | Machars South | S02001411 | 
| Travel to work area | Newton Stewart | S22000072 |