DG8 6JL

Mid Galloway and Wigtown West · Dumfries and Galloway · Scotland

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Ward: Mid Galloway and Wigtown West
Local authority: Dumfries and Galloway
Constituency: Dumfries and Galloway
Postcode district: DG8
Postcode sector: DG8 6

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode	Distance
DG8 6JR	26 m
DG8 6JX	84 m
DG8 6LS	108 m
DG8 6EH	166 m
DG8 6EQ	166 m

Complete postcode fields and official codes

Postcode: DG8 6JL
Status: Current
Introduced: 1 January 1980
Terminated: Not published
Postcode area: DG
Postcode district: DG8
Postcode sector: DG8 6
Latitude: 54.954808
Longitude: -4.482782
British National Grid easting: 241,111
British National Grid northing: 565,061

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country: Scotland · S92000003
Region: S99999999
Local authority district: Dumfries and Galloway · S12000006
Electoral ward: Mid Galloway and Wigtown West · S13002881
Parish or community: S99999999
Westminster constituency: Dumfries and Galloway · S14000073
Output area: S00146954
Lower layer super output area: Newton Stewart - 02 · S01015188
Middle layer super output area: Newton Stewart · S02002814

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

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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+: 30.8%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+: 30.8%
Gigabit-capable: 30.8%

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

Stance 3

BCT · Newton Stewart
0.1 miles
Stance 1

BCT · Newton Stewart
0.1 miles
Sainsbury's

BCT · Newton Stewart
0.1 miles
Stance 2

BCT · Newton Stewart
0.1 miles
Cinema

BCT · Newton Stewart
0.2 miles