DG postcode area

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Dumfries
DG is located in the United Kingdom
DG
DG
Coordinates: 55°01′19″N 3°53′13″W / 55.022°N 3.887°W / 55.022; -3.887
CountryUnited Kingdom
Postcode area
DG
Postcode area name
Dumfries
Post towns14
Postcode districts15
Postcode sectors41
Postcodes (live)6,842
Postcodes (total)7,727
Statistics as at May 2020[1]

The DG postcode area, also known as the Dumfries and Galloway postcode area,[2] is a group of fifteen postcode districts in south-west Scotland, within fourteen post towns. These cover most of Dumfries and Galloway, including Dumfries, Annan, Canonbie, Castle Douglas, Dalbeattie, Gretna, Kirkcudbright, Langholm, Lockerbie, Moffat, Newton Stewart, Sanquhar, Stranraer and Thornhill. The DG16 district also extends across the border into Cumbria, England.

  1. ^ "ONS Postcode Directory Version Notes" (ZIP). National Statistics Postcode Products. Office for National Statistics. May 2020. Table 2. Retrieved 19 June 2020. Coordinates from mean of unit postcode points, "Code-Point Open". OS OpenData. Ordnance Survey. February 2012. Retrieved 21 April 2012.
  2. ^ Royal Mail, Address Management Guide, (2004)