DG16 5EW

Annandale East and Eskdale · Dumfries and Galloway · Scotland

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Ward: Annandale East and Eskdale
Local authority: Dumfries and Galloway
Constituency: Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale
Postcode district: DG16
Postcode sector: DG16 5

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode	Distance
DG16 5EL	102 m
DG16 5EJ	117 m
DG16 5EH	147 m
DG16 5FD	244 m
DG16 5EQ	395 m

Complete postcode fields and official codes

Postcode: DG16 5EW
Status: Current
Introduced: 1 May 1994
Terminated: Not published
Postcode area: DG
Postcode district: DG16
Postcode sector: DG16 5
Latitude: 55.004205
Longitude: -3.052761
British National Grid easting: 332,761
British National Grid northing: 568,244

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country: Scotland · S92000003
Region: S99999999
Local authority district: Dumfries and Galloway · S12000006
Electoral ward: Annandale East and Eskdale · S13002891
Parish or community: S99999999
Westminster constituency: Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale · S14000074
Output area: S00146772
Lower layer super output area: Gretna - 06 · S01015358
Middle layer super output area: Gretna · S02002846

Postcode source versions

Ordnance Survey: Code-Point Open Version 2026-08 · Current postcode units in Great Britain · OGL-3.0
Office for National Statistics: ONS Postcode Directory Version 2026-08 · United Kingdom; Northern Ireland excluded pending rights review; Crown Dependencies outside product scope · OGL-3.0 with third-party rights
Ordnance Survey: Boundary-Line Version 2026-05 · Local-authority boundaries in Great Britain · OS OpenData Licence

Explore DG16

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events: 14
Months covered: 12
Latest month: June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

Violence and sexual offences 10
Drugs 3
Vehicle crime 1

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents: Not supplied
Postcode households: Not supplied
Residents per household: Not available
DG16 5 residents: 55

Small counts are adjusted for privacy, so totals can differ slightly between Census tables.

Census Day: 21 March 2021. Sources: ONS/Nomis P001-P004 and ONS CT21_0228. Age table version 2024-04-08.

Fixed broadband coverage

Ofcom's predicted availability across all residential and commercial premises in this postcode in January 2026.

Superfast, 30 Mbit/s+: 100%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+: 0%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+: 0%
Gigabit-capable: 0%

Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband: 0%
Next Generation Access: 100%
Decent broadband available from fixed wireless: 0%

Predicted coverage, not measured speeds. Check availability for your address with a provider. Postcode-level full-fibre figures are not published in this release.

Source: Ofcom Connected Nations Spring 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Nearby transport

Queens Head Pub

BCT · Springfield
0.0 miles
Queens Head Pub

BCT · Springfield
0.0 miles
School

BCT · Springfield
0.2 miles
School

BCT · Springfield
0.2 miles
Westgill Road

BCT · Gretna Green
0.3 miles

Evidence in context

Recorded crime

14 published events cover 12 months, averaging 1.167 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 10 events.

The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.