# DT2 8QS

## Location

- **Coordinates:** 50.737882, -2.356943
- **Open Location Code:** 9C2VPJQV+56
- **Maidenhead Locator:** IO80tr
- **Qibla:** 115.9°
- **Grid reference:** SY 74908 93203
- **UTM:** 30U 545376 5620874
- **Elevation:** 80m
- **Timezone:** Europe/London

## Administrative areas

- **Country:** England (E92000001)
- **Region:** South West (E12000009)
- **Admin district:** Dorset (E06000059)
- **Ward:** Puddletown & Lower Winterborne (E05012710)
- **Constituency:** North Dorset (E14001388)
- **Parish code:** E04013368
- **Travel to work area:** E30000046
- **Police force area:** E23000039
- **European electoral region:** South West (E15000009)
- **Date introduced:** 1980-01

## Census & classification

- **2021 LSOA:** E01020540
- **2021 MSOA:** Charlton Down, Cerne Abbas & Puddletown (E02004272)
- **2021 output area:** E00104175
- **2011 LSOA:** E01020540
- **2011 MSOA:** E02004272
- **2011 output area:** E00104175
- **2011 workplace zone:** E33049555
- **Rural/urban classification:** Smaller rural: nearer to a major town or city
- **Output area classification:** Rural Residents (1B2)
- **Deprivation rank (IMD):** 21576
- **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 | Moreton (Dorset) | 5136 |
| Hospital | Dorset County Hospital | 6915 |
| GP | Puddletown Surgery | 1406 |
| School | St Mary's Church of England Middle School, Puddletown | 1020 |
| Airport | RNAS Yeovilton | 36093 |
| Bus stop | Troytown | 843 |
| Food bank | Salvation Army | 6352 |
| Defibrillator | Rodhill Close | 1257 |
| Pharmacy | Boots | 6205 |
| Post office | Puddletown Post Office | 1363 |
| Library | Puddletown Library | 1362 |
| Coast | — | 10146 |
| Central London | — | 177552 |

## Utilities

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

## Adjacent postcodes

- [DT2 8GN](https://openpostcodes.uk/DT2%208GN)
- [DT2 8QG](https://openpostcodes.uk/DT2%208QG)
- [DT2 8QW](https://openpostcodes.uk/DT2%208QW)
- [DT2 8QT](https://openpostcodes.uk/DT2%208QT)
- [DT2 8QL](https://openpostcodes.uk/DT2%208QL)
- [DT2 8FA](https://openpostcodes.uk/DT2%208FA)

## Boundary

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## Data

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