# DG9 8QY

## Location

- **Coordinates:** 54.975711, -5.026747
- **Open Location Code:** 9C6PXXGF+78
- **Maidenhead Locator:** IO74lx
- **Qibla:** 116.7°
- **Grid reference:** NX 06388 68758
- **UTM:** 30U 370282 6093967
- **Elevation:** 5m
- **Timezone:** Europe/London

## Administrative areas

- **Country:** Scotland (S92000003)
- **Admin district:** Dumfries and Galloway (S12000006)
- **Ward:** Stranraer and the Rhins (S13002880)
- **Constituency:** Dumfries and Galloway (S14000073)
- **Travel to work area:** S22000079
- **Police force area:** S23000009
- **European electoral region:** Scotland (S15000001)
- **Date introduced:** 1983-07

## Census & classification

- **2021 LSOA:** S01015172
- **2021 MSOA:** S02002811
- **2021 output area:** S00146735
- **2011 LSOA:** S01007498
- **2011 MSOA:** S02001408
- **2011 output area:** S00098316
- **2011 workplace zone:** S34000904
- **Rural/urban classification:** Remote rural (Scotland)
- **Output area classification:** Rural Residents (1C1)
- **Deprivation rank (IMD):** 1973
- **Postcode user type:** Small

## Health (England)

- **ICB location:** S03000005

## Nearest

| Type | Name | Distance (m) |
|---|---|---|
| Railway station | Stranraer | 7349 |
| School | Kirkcolm School | 3234 |
| Airport | Glasgow Prestwick Airport | 65042 |
| Bus stop | Bridge | 241 |
| Food bank | Salvation Army | 7819 |
| Defibrillator | Cairnryan North, | 442 |
| Pharmacy | Gordons Chemists | 7873 |
| Post office | Kirkcolm Post Office | 3485 |
| Library | Stranraer Public Library | 7833 |
| Coast | — | 186 |
| Central London | — | 504738 |

## Utilities

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

## Adjacent postcodes

- [DG9 8RB](https://openpostcodes.uk/DG9%208RB)
- [DG9 8RA](https://openpostcodes.uk/DG9%208RA)
- [DG9 8RE](https://openpostcodes.uk/DG9%208RE)
- [DG9 8RG](https://openpostcodes.uk/DG9%208RG)
- [DG9 0NT](https://openpostcodes.uk/DG9%200NT)

## Boundary

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