Postcode area within the United Kingdom
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Postcode area in United Kingdom
Dorchester
Coordinates: 50°45′32″N 2°29′10″W / 50.759°N 2.486°W / 50.759; -2.486 Country United Kingdom Postcode area DT
Postcode area name Dorchester
Post towns 9 Postcode districts 11 Postcode sectors 39 Postcodes (live) 7,770 Postcodes (total) 9,789 Statistics as at May 2020[1]
The DT postcode area , also known as the Dorchester postcode area ,[2] is a group of eleven postcode districts in South West England , within nine post towns . These cover much of Dorset (including Dorchester , Weymouth , Beaminster , Blandford Forum , Bridport , Lyme Regis , Portland , Sherborne and Sturminster Newton ), plus very small parts of Devon and Somerset .
Coverage
The approximate coverage of the postcode districts:
Postcode district
Post town
Coverage
Local authority area(s)
DT1
DORCHESTER
Dorchester , Poundbury
Dorset
DT2
DORCHESTER
Athelhampton , Puddletown , Crossways , Winfrith Newburgh , Winterborne St Martin , Puncknowle , West Bexington , Maiden Newton , Evershot , Charminster , Cerne Abbas , Buckland Newton , Pulham
Dorset
DT3
WEYMOUTH
Chickerell , Broadwey , Radipole , Osmington , Preston , Littlemoor , Portesham , Abbotsbury , Langton Herring
Dorset
DT4
WEYMOUTH
Weymouth town centre, Melcombe Regis , Westham , Wyke Regis
Dorset
DT5
PORTLAND
Fortuneswell , Easton , Southwell , Weston , The Grove
Dorset
DT6
BRIDPORT
Bridport , Melplash , Whitchurch Canonicorum , Charmouth , Burton Bradstock , Powerstock
Dorset
DT7
LYME REGIS
Lyme Regis , Uplyme , Rousdon
Dorset, East Devon
DT8
BEAMINSTER
Beaminster , Broadwindsor
Dorset
DT9
SHERBORNE
Sherborne , Milborne Port , Holwell , Longburton , Yetminster , Bradford Abbas , Charlton Horethorne
Dorset, Somerset
DT10
STURMINSTER NEWTON
Sturminster Newton , Stalbridge , Hazelbury Bryan , Marnhull , Mappowder , Stourton Caundle , Hinton St Mary
Dorset
DT11
BLANDFORD FORUM
Blandford Forum , Blandford Camp , Iwerne Courtney , Iwerne Minster , Shillingstone , Milton Abbas , Winterborne Zelston , Spetisbury
Dorset
Map
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DT postcode area map, showing postcode districts in red and post towns in grey text, with links to nearby BA , BH , EX , SP and TA postcode areas.
See also
References
^ "ONS Postcode Directory Version Notes" (ZIP) . National Statistics Postcode Products . Office for National Statistics . May 2020. Table 2. Retrieved 19 June 2020 . Coordinates from mean of unit postcode points, "Code-Point Open". OS OpenData . Ordnance Survey . February 2012. Retrieved 21 April 2012 .
^ Royal Mail, Address Management Guide , (2004)
External links
Royal Mail's Postcode Address File
A quick introduction to Royal Mail's Postcode Address File (PAF)
Postcode finder
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