# DT2 7BU

## Location

- **Coordinates:** 50.84506, -2.447118
- **Open Location Code:** 9C2VRHW3+25
- **Maidenhead Locator:** IO80su
- **Qibla:** 115.9°
- **Grid reference:** ST 68617 05156
- **UTM:** 30U 538924 5632740
- **Elevation:** 144m
- **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:** E04003510
- **Travel to work area:** E30000046
- **Police force area:** E23000039
- **European electoral region:** South West (E15000009)
- **Date introduced:** 1980-01

## Census & classification

- **2021 LSOA:** E01020539
- **2021 MSOA:** Charlton Down, Cerne Abbas & Puddletown (E02004272)
- **2021 output area:** E00104167
- **2011 LSOA:** E01020539
- **2011 MSOA:** E02004272
- **2011 output area:** E00104167
- **2011 workplace zone:** E33049553
- **Rural/urban classification:** Smaller rural: further from a major town or city
- **Output area classification:** Rural Residents (1B1)
- **Deprivation rank (IMD):** 19146
- **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 | 9223 |
| Hospital | Dorset County Hospital | 14692 |
| GP | Cerne Abbas Surgery | 4417 |
| School | Buckland Newton Church of England Primary School | 549 |
| Airport | RNAS Yeovilton | 22681 |
| Bus stop | Cranes Meadow | 576 |
| Food bank | Sherborne | 13202 |
| Pharmacy | Boots | 13484 |
| Post office | Buckland Newton Post Office | 250 |
| Library | Sherborne Library | 12439 |
| Coast | — | 22446 |
| Central London | — | 177664 |

## 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 7BX](https://openpostcodes.uk/DT2%207BX)
- [DT2 7BS](https://openpostcodes.uk/DT2%207BS)
- [DT2 7BT](https://openpostcodes.uk/DT2%207BT)
- [DT2 7DB](https://openpostcodes.uk/DT2%207DB)
- [DT2 7TW](https://openpostcodes.uk/DT2%207TW)

## Boundary

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