DG16 5HZ

Longtown · Cumberland · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Gretna
Local authority
Cumberland
Constituency
Carlisle
Postcode district
DG16
Postcode sector
DG16 5

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
DG16 5JA 519 m
DG16 5HT 665 m
DG16 5HU 677 m
DG16 5JD 837 m
DG16 5EL 898 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
DG16 5HZ
Status
Current
Introduced
1 May 1994
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
DG
Postcode district
DG16
Postcode sector
DG16 5
Latitude
54.997510
Longitude
-3.042394
British National Grid easting
333,413
British National Grid northing
567,489

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North West · E12000002
Local authority district
Cumberland · E06000063
Electoral ward
Longtown · E05014199
Parish or community
E04002464
Westminster constituency
Carlisle · E14001152
Output area
E00097188
Lower layer super output area
Carlisle 001C · E01019228
Middle layer super output area
Carlisle 001 · E02003987

Postcode source versions

Explore DG16

3 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
Roses Halt, Mill Hill, Gretna, DG16 5HZ 24 March 2020 £185,000
The Bungalow, Mill Hill, Gretna, DG16 5HZ 14 November 2007 £97,000
Roses Halt, Mill Hill, Gretna, DG16 5HZ 30 April 2004 £146,000

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
20
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 10
  • Drugs 8
  • Other crime 1
  • Vehicle crime 1

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
14

7 female, 7 male

Postcode households
5
Residents per household
2.8
DG16 5 residents
55

This postcode contained 25.5% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider DG16 5 sector, not people in this individual postcode.

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+
0%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
0%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
0%
Gigabit-capable
0%
Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
20%
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

  • Retail Park

    BCT · Gretna

    0.6 miles
  • Outlet

    BCT · Gretna

    0.6 miles
  • Queens Head Pub

    BCT · Springfield

    0.6 miles
  • Outlet

    BCT · Gretna

    0.6 miles
  • Queens Head Pub

    BCT · Springfield

    0.6 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Carlisle 001C, the published LSOA linked to this postcode. Decile 1 contains the most deprived 10% of English LSOAs and decile 10 the least deprived 10%.

Overall IMD decile

4 of 10

Overall England rank

12,355 of 33,755

Income
6 of 10
Employment
7 of 10
Education and skills
3 of 10
Health and disability
5 of 10
Crime
6 of 10
Housing and services
2 of 10
Living environment
1 of 10

These are relative area statistics, not measures of an individual household, affluence or absolute change. They cannot be compared with indices for other UK nations. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, version 2025-v2.

Flood risk

Environment Agency long-term indicators for the area around addresses in this postcode. They are not an assessment of any individual property and do not show current or forecast flooding.

High risk addresses
0
Medium risk addresses
0
Low risk addresses
1
Groundwater flood alert area
Unlikely

Source: Environment Agency flood-risk postcode search tool data, version 2026-06-18. Check the long-term risk for an individual area. © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2025. All rights reserved.

Evidence in context

Recorded crime

20 published events cover 12 months, averaging 1.667 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.