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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 postal districts around Annan, Canonbie, Castle Douglas, Dalbeattie, Dumfries, Gretna, Kirkcudbright, Langholm, Lockerbie, Moffat, Newton Stewart, Sanquhar, Stranraer and Thornhill in Scotland. The postcode area also includes a few addresses just over the border in Cumbria, England.

Coverage

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The approximate coverage of the postal districts:

Postal district Post town Coverage Local authority
DG1 DUMFRIES
DG2 DUMFRIES
DG3 THORNHILL
DG4 SANQUHAR
DG5 DALBEATTIE
DG6 KIRKCUDBRIGHT
DG7 CASTLE DOUGLAS
DG8 NEWTON STEWART
DG9 STRANRAER
DG10 MOFFAT
DG11 LOCKERBIE
DG12 ANNAN
DG13 LANGHOLM
DG14 CANONBIE
DG16 GRETNA

Adjacent areas

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Clockwise from the east, the adjacent postcode areas are: , CA (Carlisle), KA (Kilmarnock), ML (Motherwell), TD (Galashiels).

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "ONS Postcode Directory Version Notes" (ZIP). National Statistics Postcode Products. Office for National Statistics. May 2020. Table 2. Retrieved 19 Jun 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)