Map of DT2 8BE postcode

General information
Postcode DT2 8BE
Post Town Dorchester
Nearest station Moreton (Dorset) (0 km)
Bus stops
Five Crossways (NE)
Moreton Railway Station (NW)
The Garage (SW)
Roads in this postcode
Number of UPRNs 23 View
Known addresses
Deer Leap House, Moreton
Maple Lodge, Moreton
Var Trees House, Moreton
Main property type Detached
Businesses
No businesses found
Geography
Latitude 50.698381
Longitude -2.318289
Easting 377617
Northing 88797
Grid reference SY776887
UTM reference 30U 548144 5616506
what3words older.unsigned.pleaser
Plus code 9C2VMMXJ+9M
Altitude 58 metres (191 feet)
Sunrise (today) 6:26
Sunset (today) 18:12
Distance away
Distance to sea 7.9 KMs (4.9 miles)
Administrative areas
ParishMoretonE04003480
Ward West Purbeck E05012728
Unitary Authority Dorset E06000059
County Dorset E10000009
Constituency (2024) South Dorset E14001485
MPLloyd HattonLabour
Police forceDorset
Water companyWessex Water
NUTS/ITL 3 Dorset
NUTS/ITL 2 North Somerset, Somerset and Dorset
NUTS/ITL 1 South West
Country England E92000001
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) 8
Index of Multiple Deprivation (2019)
15,392 / 32,844
Most deprivedLeast deprived
Average household income (2020)
£50,400
Lowest (£22,200) Highest (£108,100)
Rural/urbanRural village
Built up area (2024)CrosswaysE63013892
Census output area (2021)E00103880
Census output area (2011)E00103880
Lower layer super output area (2021)Dorset 035BE01020490
Lower layer super output area (2011)Purbeck 004BE01020490
Middle layer super output area (2021)Bovington, Wool & LulworthE02004266
Middle layer super output area (2011)Bovington, Wool & LulworthE02004266
Travel to work areaDorchester and WeymouthE30000046
Property sales
Average property price in Dorchester £317,825
Annual change -2.7%
View all properties sold in the DT postcode area
Properties recently sold in this postcode
AddressTypeDatePrice
Deer Leap House, MoretonDetached (freehold)Nov 2020£1,200,000
Maple Lodge, MoretonDetached (freehold)Aug 2015£660,000
Var Trees House, MoretonDetached (freehold)Nov 2001£400,000


View all properties sold in the DT2 8 sector

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