| Postcode | DT2 8GB |
|---|---|
| Post Town | Dorchester |
| Nearest station | Wool (2 km) |
| Bus stops |
No nearby bus stops
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| Roads in this postcode | |
| Number of UPRNs | 44 View |
| Known addresses |
No addresses found
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| Businesses |
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| Latitude | 50.680207 | |
|---|---|---|
| Longitude | -2.25607 | |
| Easting | 382004 | |
| Northing | 86759 | |
| Grid reference | SY820867 | |
| UTM reference | 30U 552558 5614527 | |
| what3words | acclaimed.spinning.variety | |
| FixPhrase | crewman lustrous straw trembling | |
| Plus code | 9C2VMPJV+3H | |
| Altitude | 23 metres (76 feet) | |
| Sunrise (today) | 6:59 | |
| Sunset (today) | 16:47 | |
| Distance away | ||
| Distance to sea | 6.4 KMs (4 miles) |
| Parish | Winfrith Newburgh | E04003489 |
|---|---|---|
| Ward | West Purbeck | E05012728 |
| Unitary Authority | Dorset | E06000059 |
| County | Dorset | E10000009 |
| Constituency (2024) | South Dorset | E14001485 |
| MP | Lloyd Hatton | Labour |
| Police force | Dorset | |
| NUTS/ITL 3 | Dorset | |
| NUTS/ITL 2 | North Somerset, Somerset and Dorset | |
| NUTS/ITL 1 | South West | |
| Country | England | E92000001 |
| Date introduced | December 2017 |
|---|---|
| Last updated | September 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 |
| Index of Multiple Deprivation (2019) |
Most deprivedLeast deprived
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|---|---|---|
| Average household income (2020) |
Lowest (£22,200)
Highest (£108,100)
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| Rural/urban (2021) | Smaller rural: Nearer to a major town or city | |
| Rural/urban (2011) | Rural hamlet and isolated dwellings | |
| Built up area (2024) | Wool | E63013889 |
| Census output area (2021) | E00103882 | |
| Census output area (2011) | 1B2 | |
| Lower layer super output area (2021) | Dorset 035B | E01020490 |
| Lower layer super output area (2011) | Purbeck 004B | E01020490 |
| Middle layer super output area (2021) | Bovington, Wool & Lulworth | E02004266 |
| Middle layer super output area (2011) | Bovington, Wool & Lulworth | E02004266 |
| Travel to work area | Dorchester and Weymouth | E30000046 |
| Average property price in Dorchester | £319,189 |
|---|---|
| Annual change | -1.5% |