DG1 postcode district: Dumfries and around
DG1 is a postcode district in Scotland, with 1,065 postcodes in use in 5 sectors. It has postcodes in Dumfries and Locharbriggs. Its council is Dumfries and Galloway.
- Postcodes in use
- 1,065
- Sectors
- 5
- Council
- Dumfries and Galloway
- Places
- 2 places
Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026. See all our data sources
Every postcode in DG1, and which are new since 2020
- New since 2020: 37
- In use before 2020: 1,028
- Outline: where 5 or more new postcodes since 2020 lie together
Of the 1,065 postcodes in DG1 that ONS places, 37 are new since 2020 and 1,028 were in use before 2020.
Each mark is a postcode's centre point as ONS gives it, not a building. Press one to see its postcode and open its page. New since 2020 means it came into use in January 2020 or later. A dashed outline shows where 5 or more lie within 150 metres of each other. It is not a boundary, and no boundary is drawn. Where marks overlap, the one first in the key is drawn; the counts include every postcode.
The middle of its postcodes: latitude 55.0738, longitude -3.5816. Open this area on OpenStreetMap
Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026, the centre point of each postcode; when each came into use: the same directory; roads, rivers and built-up areas: Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Drawn by us. Street map: Ordnance Survey, OS Open Zoomstack, Open Government Licence v3.0, drawn with MapLibre. How we use them
The 5 newest postcodes
Where the new postcodes lie together
- 6 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. DG1 3WE, is the newest of them.
- 6 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. DG1 3WL, is the newest of them.
- 6 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. DG1 9ES, is the newest of them.
- 5 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. DG1 3UR, is the newest of them.
What broadband can you get in DG1?
Ofcom reports on 974 of the 1,065 postcodes in DG1. At 547 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband, and at 10 some cannot get decent broadband (10 Mbit/s).
Ofcom gives each postcode's share of homes and businesses, not how many there are, so these count postcodes. Each postcode page has its own figures. A provider's checker answers for one address.
Check one address on Ofcom's checkerSource: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026, data for January 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Postcodes in DG1
Pick a sector, then a postcode. A sector is the district plus the next digit.
UK postcode format explainedPlaces in DG1
Towns and villages with postcodes in DG1, and how many each has here.
Who covers DG1
How many of the district's postcodes in use fall under each council, constituency and police force area.
Councils
What council am I in?Constituencies
- Dumfries and Galloway904
- Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale161
Police force areas
- Scotland1,065
Next to DG1
"Next to" is by number: the district after DG1 in the DG area.
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