Map of DG3 5LJ postcode

General information
Postcode DG3 5LJ
Post Town Thornhill
Nearest station Sanquhar (17 km)
Bus stops
East Morton Street (SW)
Cross (NW)
Cross (SE)
Wallace Hall (NE)
Drumlanrig St (NW)
Drumlanrig St (SE)
Roads in this postcode
Number of UPRNs 29 View
Businesses
No businesses found
Geography
Latitude 55.24148
Longitude -3.765467
Easting 287846
Northing 595564
Grid reference NX878955
UTM reference 30U 451329 6121930
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Plus code 9C7R66RM+HR
Altitude 75 metres (247 feet)
Sunrise (today) 6:36
Sunset (today) 18:15
Distance away
Distance to sea 29 KMs (18 miles)
Administrative areas
Ward Mid and Upper Nithsdale S13002886
Council Area Dumfries and Galloway S12000006
Constituency (2024) Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale S14000074
MPDavid MundellConservative
Police forceScotland
Water companyScottish Water
NUTS/ITL 3 Dumfries and Galloway
NUTS/ITL 2 Southern Scotland
NUTS/ITL 1 Scotland
Country Scotland S92000003
Data
Date introduced January 1980
Last updated February 2025
User type Small (addresses receive less than 25 items of mail per day)
Quality Within the building of the matched address closest to the postcode mean
Demographics
Population (2011) 16
Households (2011) 7
Index of Multiple Deprivation (2019)
3,823 / 6,976
Most deprivedLeast deprived
Rural/urbanAccessible rural area
Census output area (2021)S00146128
Census output area (2011)S00098432
Lower layer super output area (2011)Thornhill - 02S01007560
Middle layer super output area (2011)ThornhillS02001420
Travel to work areaDumfriesS22000055
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