# DG2 8QN

## Location

- **Coordinates:** 55.002788, -3.839503
- **Open Location Code:** 9C7R2536+45
- **Maidenhead Locator:** IO85ba
- **Qibla:** 118°
- **Grid reference:** NX 82439 69127
- **UTM:** 30U 446302 6095423
- **Elevation:** 118m
- **Timezone:** Europe/London

## Administrative areas

- **Country:** Scotland (S92000003)
- **Admin district:** Dumfries and Galloway (S12000006)
- **Ward:** Castle Douglas and Crocketford (S13002883)
- **Constituency:** Dumfries and Galloway (S14000073)
- **Travel to work area:** S22000053
- **Police force area:** S23000009
- **European electoral region:** Scotland (S15000001)
- **Date introduced:** 1980-01

## Census & classification

- **2021 LSOA:** S01015219
- **2021 MSOA:** S02002819
- **2021 output area:** S00146740
- **2011 LSOA:** S01007545
- **2011 MSOA:** S02001417
- **2011 output area:** S00097311
- **2011 workplace zone:** S34000922
- **Rural/urban classification:** Accessible rural (Scotland)
- **Output area classification:** Rural Residents (1A1)
- **Deprivation rank (IMD):** 4889
- **Postcode user type:** Small

## Health (England)

- **ICB location:** S03000005

## Nearest

| Type | Name | Distance (m) |
|---|---|---|
| Railway station | Dumfries | 16813 |
| School | Springholm School | 2032 |
| Airport | Carlisle Lake District Airport | 66161 |
| Bus stop | Village | 1978 |
| Food bank | First Base (Dumfriesshire) | 9243 |
| Defibrillator | Crofthead Biogas Site | 922 |
| Pharmacy | rightmedicine Pharmacy | 15904 |
| Post office | Crocketford Post Office | 3706 |
| Library | Castle Douglas Library | 8771 |
| Coast | — | 13046 |
| Central London | — | 460324 |

## Utilities

- **Electricity:** SP Energy Networks (region N, MPAN 18)
- **Water:** Scottish Water
- **Sewerage:** Scottish Water
- **Broadband:** 100% gigabit, 100% superfast, 100% ultrafast, 0% below USO

## Adjacent postcodes

- [DG2 8QW](https://openpostcodes.uk/DG2%208QW)
- [DG7 3LX](https://openpostcodes.uk/DG7%203LX)
- [DG7 3LU](https://openpostcodes.uk/DG7%203LU)
- [DG2 8QP](https://openpostcodes.uk/DG2%208QP)
- [DG2 8RJ](https://openpostcodes.uk/DG2%208RJ)
- [DG2 8RL](https://openpostcodes.uk/DG2%208RL)
- [DG2 8RF](https://openpostcodes.uk/DG2%208RF)
- [DG2 8RQ](https://openpostcodes.uk/DG2%208RQ)

## Boundary

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