# DT2 8XH

## Location

- **Coordinates:** 50.748042, -2.348487
- **Open Location Code:** 9C2VPMX2+6J
- **Maidenhead Locator:** IO80tr
- **Qibla:** 115.9°
- **Grid reference:** SY 75510 94330
- **UTM:** 30U 545963 5622009
- **Elevation:** 71m
- **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
- **Built-up area:** E63013830
- **European electoral region:** South West (E15000009)
- **Date introduced:** 1994-12

## Census & classification

- **2021 LSOA:** E01020540
- **2021 MSOA:** Charlton Down, Cerne Abbas & Puddletown (E02004272)
- **2021 output area:** E00104174
- **2011 LSOA:** E01020540
- **2011 MSOA:** E02004272
- **2011 output area:** E00104174
- **2011 workplace zone:** E33049546
- **Rural/urban classification:** Larger 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) | 5794 |
| Hospital | Dorset County Hospital | 7953 |
| GP | Puddletown Surgery | 503 |
| School | St Mary's Church of England Middle School, Puddletown | 292 |
| Airport | RNAS Yeovilton | 35489 |
| Bus stop | Dorchester Road Traffic Lights | 101 |
| Food bank | Salvation Army | 7423 |
| Defibrillator | NA | 89 |
| Pharmacy | Boots | 7257 |
| Post office | Puddletown Post Office | 148 |
| Library | Puddletown Library | 296 |
| Coast | — | 11356 |
| Central London | — | 176477 |

## Utilities

- **Electricity:** Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks (region H, MPAN 20)
- **Water:** Wessex Water
- **Sewerage:** Wessex Water
- **Broadband:** 47.1% gigabit, 100% superfast, 47.1% ultrafast, 0% below USO

## Adjacent postcodes

- [DT2 8RT](https://openpostcodes.uk/DT2%208RT)
- [DT2 8RS](https://openpostcodes.uk/DT2%208RS)
- [DT2 8GD](https://openpostcodes.uk/DT2%208GD)
- [DT2 8RR](https://openpostcodes.uk/DT2%208RR)
- [DT2 8GF](https://openpostcodes.uk/DT2%208GF)
- [DT2 8SA](https://openpostcodes.uk/DT2%208SA)
- [DT2 8GU](https://openpostcodes.uk/DT2%208GU)
- [DT2 8FZ](https://openpostcodes.uk/DT2%208FZ)

## Boundary

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