DG8 6RB

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 6QP	1.3 km
DG8 6RA	1.4 km
DG8 6SN	1.7 km
DG8 6SL	1.9 km
DG8 6RE	1.9 km

Complete postcode fields and official codes

Postcode: DG8 6RB
Status: Current
Introduced: 1 January 1980
Terminated: Not published
Postcode area: DG
Postcode district: DG8
Postcode sector: DG8 6
Latitude: 54.974346
Longitude: -4.525290
British National Grid easting: 238,468
British National Grid northing: 567,332

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: S00146621
Lower layer super output area: Machars North - 03 · S01015179
Middle layer super output area: Machars North · S02002812

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+: 91.7%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+: 91.7%
Gigabit-capable: 91.7%

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

Challoch Road End

BCT · Newton Stewart
0.1 miles
Challoch

BCT · Newton Stewart
0.1 miles
Village

BCT · Penninghame
1.2 miles
Village

BCT · Penninghame
1.2 miles
Junction

BCT · Newton Stewart
1.5 miles