# DG8 8NS

## Location

- **Coordinates:** 54.733746, -4.415305
- **Open Location Code:** 9C6QPHMM+FV
- **Maidenhead Locator:** IO74tr
- **Qibla:** 117.2°
- **Grid reference:** NX 44583 40317
- **UTM:** 30U 408869 6066082
- **Elevation:** 59m
- **Timezone:** Europe/London

## Administrative areas

- **Country:** Scotland (S92000003)
- **Admin district:** Dumfries and Galloway (S12000006)
- **Ward:** Mid Galloway and Wigtown West (S13002881)
- **Constituency:** Dumfries and Galloway (S14000073)
- **Travel to work area:** S22000072
- **Police force area:** S23000009
- **European electoral region:** Scotland (S15000001)
- **Date introduced:** 1980-01

## Census & classification

- **2021 LSOA:** S01015185
- **2021 MSOA:** S02002813
- **2021 output area:** S00147314
- **2011 LSOA:** S01007511
- **2011 MSOA:** S02001411
- **2011 output area:** S00097475
- **2011 workplace zone:** S34000834
- **Rural/urban classification:** Remote rural (Scotland)
- **Output area classification:** Hard-Pressed Living (8C2)
- **Deprivation rank (IMD):** 1478
- **Postcode user type:** Small

## Health (England)

- **ICB location:** S03000005

## Nearest

| Type | Name | Distance (m) |
|---|---|---|
| Railway station | Stranraer | 43670 |
| School | Whithorn School | 127 |
| Airport | Glasgow Prestwick Airport | 85989 |
| Bus stop | The Grapes Hotel | 45 |
| Food bank | Gatehouse Community Church | 21932 |
| Defibrillator | Opposite 63 George Street In Bike Park On Pole In Centre | 117 |
| Pharmacy | Wigtown Pharmacy | 15045 |
| Post office | Whithorn Post Office | 47 |
| Library | Newton Stewart Library and Public Services | 25279 |
| Coast | — | 3881 |
| Central London | — | 458701 |

## 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

- [DG8 8NZ](https://openpostcodes.uk/DG8%208NZ)
- [DG8 8NY](https://openpostcodes.uk/DG8%208NY)
- [DG8 8PY](https://openpostcodes.uk/DG8%208PY)
- [DG8 8PF](https://openpostcodes.uk/DG8%208PF)

## Boundary

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