# DG2 8QW

## Location

- **Coordinates:** 54.994911, -3.836172
- **Open Location Code:** 9C6RX5V7+XG
- **Maidenhead Locator:** IO84bx
- **Qibla:** 118°
- **Grid reference:** NX 82629 68245
- **UTM:** 30U 446505 6094544
- **Elevation:** 74m
- **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 | 17052 |
| School | Hardgate School | 2193 |
| Airport | Carlisle Lake District Airport | 65866 |
| Bus stop | Village | 2646 |
| Food bank | First Base (Dumfriesshire) | 8741 |
| Defibrillator | Crofthead Biogas Site | 21 |
| Pharmacy | rightmedicine Pharmacy | 16224 |
| Post office | Crocketford Post Office | 4551 |
| Library | Castle Douglas Library | 8265 |
| Coast | — | 12153 |
| Central London | — | 459479 |

## Utilities

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

## Adjacent postcodes

- [DG7 3LE](https://openpostcodes.uk/DG7%203LE)
- [DG2 8QN](https://openpostcodes.uk/DG2%208QN)
- [DG7 3LX](https://openpostcodes.uk/DG7%203LX)
- [DG2 8QP](https://openpostcodes.uk/DG2%208QP)
- [DG5 4NH](https://openpostcodes.uk/DG5%204NH)

## Boundary

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