DG8 postcode district: Newton Stewart and around
DG8 is a postcode district in Scotland, with 833 postcodes in use in 5 sectors. It has postcodes in Newton Stewart. It is split between 2 councils: Dumfries and Galloway (832 postcodes) and South Ayrshire (1).
- Postcodes in use
- 833
- Sectors
- 5
- Councils
- 2 councils
- Places
- Newton Stewart
Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026. See all our data sources
Every postcode in DG8, and which are new since 2020
- New since 2020: 3
- In use before 2020: 830
Of the 833 postcodes in DG8 that ONS places, 3 are new since 2020 and 830 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. 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 54.8722, longitude -4.5161. 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 3 newest postcodes
What broadband can you get in DG8?
Ofcom reports on 827 of the 833 postcodes in DG8. At 384 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband, and at 17 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 DG8
Pick a sector, then a postcode. A sector is the district plus the next digit.
UK postcode format explainedPlaces in DG8
Towns and villages with postcodes in DG8, and how many each has here.
Who covers DG8
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 Galloway832
- Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock1
Police force areas
- Scotland833
Next to DG8
"Next to" is by number: the districts before and after DG8 in the DG area.
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