Map of DT2 8GY postcode

General information
Postcode DT2 8GY
Post Town Dorchester
Nearest station Moreton (Dorset) (6 km)
Bus stops
Blue Vinney Pub (NE)
Coombe Road (NE)
Dorchester Road Traffic Lights (W)
Coombe Road (NW)
Dorchester Road Traffic Lights (E)
Bellbury Close (SE)
Roads in this postcode
Number of UPRNs 6 View
Known addresses
5 Boswell Cottages, Blandford Road, Puddletown
Main property type Terraced
Businesses
No businesses found
Geography
Latitude 50.750016
Longitude -2.347159
Easting 375605
Northing 94548
Grid reference SY756945
UTM reference 30U 546055 5622229
what3words loosens.stilted.dove
Plus code 9C2VQM23+24
Altitude 57 metres (187 feet)
Sunrise (today) 6:26
Sunset (today) 18:13
Distance away
Distance to sea 13.3 KMs (8.3 miles)
Administrative areas
ParishPuddletownE04003586
Ward Puddletown & Lower Winterborne E05012710
Unitary Authority Dorset E06000059
County Dorset E10000009
Constituency (2024) North Dorset E14001388
MPSimon HoareConservative
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 April 2007
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) 5
Index of Multiple Deprivation (2019)
21,576 / 32,844
Most deprivedLeast deprived
Average household income (2020)
£51,500
Lowest (£22,200) Highest (£108,100)
Rural/urbanRural town and fringe
Built up area (2024)PuddletownE63013830
Census output area (2021)E00104174
Census output area (2011)E00104174
Lower layer super output area (2021)Dorset 022EE01020540
Lower layer super output area (2011)West Dorset 004EE01020540
Middle layer super output area (2021)Charlton Down, Cerne Abbas & PuddletownE02004272
Middle layer super output area (2011)Charlton Down, Cerne Abbas & PuddletownE02004272
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
5 Boswell Cottages, Blandford Road, PuddletownTerraced (leasehold)Jul 2023£107,500


View all properties sold in the DT2 8 sector

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