CT16 1HU

Town & Castle · Dover · England

Updated September 2026

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Local authority
Dover
Constituency
Dover and Deal
Postcode district
CT16
Postcode sector
CT16 1

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
CT16 1QP 244 m
CT16 1HW 269 m
CT16 1QS 277 m
CT16 1AL 280 m
CT16 1AJ 308 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
CT16 1HU
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
CT
Postcode district
CT16
Postcode sector
CT16 1
Latitude
51.129569
Longitude
1.321341
British National Grid easting
632,481
British National Grid northing
141,944

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South East · E12000008
Local authority district
Dover · E07000108
Parish or community
E04004932
Westminster constituency
Dover and Deal · E14001202
Output area
E00122849
Lower layer super output area
Dover 012E · E01033209
Middle layer super output area
Dover 012 · E02005052

Postcode source versions

Explore CT16

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
27
Primary
17
Secondary
6
  1. Dover, St Mary's Church of England Primary School

    Voluntary aided school

    363 m
  2. St Richard's Catholic Primary School

    Academy converter

    789 m
  3. Dover College

    Other independent school

    979 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
3,141
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 1,142
  • Anti social behaviour 460
  • Shoplifting 444
  • Criminal damage and arson 264
  • Other theft 196

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
CT16 1 residents
4,093

Age bands in CT16 1

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
13.8%

588 residents

Age 15 to 24
10.2%

438 residents

Age 25 to 44
26.6%

1,138 residents

Age 45 to 64
26.8%

1,146 residents

Age 65 and over
22.6%

965 residents

Small counts are adjusted for privacy, so totals can differ slightly between Census tables.

Census Day: 21 March 2021. Sources: ONS/Nomis P001-P004 and ONS CT21_0228. Age table version 2024-04-08.

GP practices

5

within 5 km

  • ST JAMES' SURGERY

    2 HAROLD STREET, DOVER, CT16 1SF

    ODS code G82002

    403 m

  • PENCESTER SURGERY

    10 PENCESTER ROAD, DOVER, CT16 1BW

    ODS code G82015

    700 m

  • HIGH STREET SURGERY

    100-106 HIGH STREET, DOVER, CT16 1EQ

    ODS code G82117

    1.1 km

  • WHITE CLIFFS MEDICAL CENTRE

    143 FOLKESTONE ROAD, DOVER, CT17 9SG

    ODS code G82729

    1.5 km

  • BUCKLAND MEDICAL PRACTICE

    BUCKLAND AVENUE, DOVER, CT16 2NP

    ODS code G82700

    1.9 km

Main GP practices only; branch surgeries are excluded. Distances are straight-line. Contact the practice to check registration, services, opening hours and appointments.

Source acquired on 2026-09-05. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • Dover Castle Pedestrian Gate

    BCT · Dover

    0.2 miles
  • Canon's Gate

    BCT · Dover

    0.2 miles
  • Dover Castle

    BCT · Dover

    0.2 miles
  • Dover Castle

    BCT · Dover

    0.2 miles
  • Dover Castle

    BCT · Dover

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Dover 012E, the published LSOA linked to this postcode. Decile 1 contains the most deprived 10% of English LSOAs and decile 10 the least deprived 10%.

Overall IMD decile

2 of 10

Overall England rank

5,891 of 33,755

Income
4 of 10
Employment
2 of 10
Education and skills
3 of 10
Health and disability
3 of 10
Crime
2 of 10
Housing and services
4 of 10
Living environment
2 of 10

These are relative area statistics, not measures of an individual household, affluence or absolute change. They cannot be compared with indices for other UK nations. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, version 2025-v2.

Flood risk

Environment Agency long-term indicators for the area around addresses in this postcode. They are not an assessment of any individual property and do not show current or forecast flooding.

High risk addresses
0
Medium risk addresses
0
Low risk addresses
0
Groundwater flood alert area
Unlikely

Source: Environment Agency flood-risk postcode search tool data, version 2026-06-18. Check the long-term risk for an individual area. © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2025. All rights reserved.

Evidence in context

Schools

27 open schools are in scope, including 17 primary and 6 secondary schools. Dover, St Mary's Church of England Primary School is the nearest published school at 363 m.

Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.

Recorded crime

3,141 published events cover 12 months, averaging 261.75 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 1,142 events.

The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.