# DT2 7AY

## Location

- **Coordinates:** 50.843235, -2.491614
- **Open Location Code:** 9C2VRGV5+79
- **Maidenhead Locator:** IO80su
- **Qibla:** 115.8°
- **Grid reference:** ST 65483 04973
- **UTM:** 30U 535793 5632515
- **Elevation:** 191m
- **Timezone:** Europe/London

## Administrative areas

- **Country:** England (E92000001)
- **Region:** South West (E12000009)
- **Admin district:** Dorset (E06000059)
- **Ward:** Chalk Valleys (E05012687)
- **Constituency:** West Dorset (E14001575)
- **Parish code:** E04003568
- **Travel to work area:** E30000046
- **Police force area:** E23000039
- **European electoral region:** South West (E15000009)
- **Date introduced:** 1980-01

## Census & classification

- **2021 LSOA:** E01020509
- **2021 MSOA:** Charlton Down, Cerne Abbas & Puddletown (E02004272)
- **2021 output area:** E00103999
- **2011 LSOA:** E01020509
- **2011 MSOA:** E02004272
- **2011 output area:** E00103999
- **2011 workplace zone:** E33049553
- **Rural/urban classification:** Smaller rural: further from a major town or city
- **Output area classification:** Rural Residents (1A3)
- **Deprivation rank (IMD):** 20625
- **Postcode user type:** Small

## Health (England)

- **NHS region:** E40000006
- **ICB location:** E38000045
- **Integrated Care Board:** E54000041
- **Cancer Alliance:** E56000038

## Nearest

| Type | Name | Distance (m) |
|---|---|---|
| Railway station | Chetnole | 6337 |
| Hospital | Dorset County Hospital | 14826 |
| GP | Cerne Abbas Surgery | 3970 |
| School | Buckland Newton Church of England Primary School | 3675 |
| Airport | RNAS Yeovilton | 21162 |
| Bus stop | St Andrews Church | 778 |
| Food bank | Sherborne | 12664 |
| Defibrillator | NA | 959 |
| Pharmacy | Boots | 13598 |
| Post office | Buckland Newton Post Office | 3255 |
| Library | Sherborne Library | 11839 |
| Coast | — | 21914 |
| Central London | — | 180577 |

## Utilities

- **Electricity:** Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks (region H, MPAN 20)
- **Water:** Wessex Water
- **Sewerage:** Wessex Water
- **Broadband:** 100% gigabit, 100% superfast, 100% ultrafast, 0% below USO

## Adjacent postcodes

- [DT2 7AT](https://openpostcodes.uk/DT2%207AT)
- [DT2 7AR](https://openpostcodes.uk/DT2%207AR)
- [DT2 7AZ](https://openpostcodes.uk/DT2%207AZ)
- [DT2 7BD](https://openpostcodes.uk/DT2%207BD)
- [DT2 7BA](https://openpostcodes.uk/DT2%207BA)
- [DT2 7BE](https://openpostcodes.uk/DT2%207BE)

## Boundary

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## Data

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