Postcode area within the: United Kingdom
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Postcode area in United Kingdom
Dorchester | |
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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 |
The DT postcode area, also known as the Dorchester postcode area, 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※
![DT postcode area map, showing postcode districts, post towns. And neighbouring postcode areas.](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a8/DT_postcode_area_map.svg/450px-DT_postcode_area_map.svg.png)
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.
The approximate coverage of the postcode districts:
Map※
KML is from Wikidata
![DT postcode area map, showing postcode districts, post towns. And neighbouring postcode areas.](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a8/DT_postcode_area_map.svg/450px-DT_postcode_area_map.svg.png)
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)