CT16 1QU

Town & Castle · Dover · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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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 1SQ 37 m
CT16 1SG 91 m
CT16 1SF 92 m
CT16 1AJ 97 m
CT16 1QS 106 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
CT16 1QU
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
CT
Postcode district
CT16
Postcode sector
CT16 1
Latitude
51.128545
Longitude
1.317164
British National Grid easting
632,194
British National Grid northing
141,817

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

    137 m
  2. St Richard's Catholic Primary School

    Academy converter

    626 m
  3. Dover College

    Other independent school

    670 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
3,664
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 1,362
  • Anti social behaviour 544
  • Shoplifting 455
  • Criminal damage and arson 319
  • Other theft 233

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
21

14 female, 7 male

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

This postcode contained 0.5% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider CT16 1 sector, not people in this individual postcode.

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.

Fixed broadband coverage

Ofcom's predicted availability across all residential and commercial premises in this postcode in January 2026.

Superfast, 30 Mbit/s+
100%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
100%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
100%
Gigabit-capable
100%
Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
0%
Next Generation Access
100%
Decent broadband available from fixed wireless
0%

Predicted coverage, not measured speeds. Check availability for your address with a provider. Postcode-level full-fibre figures are not published in this release.

Source: Ofcom Connected Nations Spring 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

GP practices

5

within 5 km

  • ST JAMES' SURGERY

    2 HAROLD STREET, DOVER, CT16 1SF

    ODS code G82002

    92 m

  • PENCESTER SURGERY

    10 PENCESTER ROAD, DOVER, CT16 1BW

    ODS code G82015

    386 m

  • HIGH STREET SURGERY

    100-106 HIGH STREET, DOVER, CT16 1EQ

    ODS code G82117

    811 m

  • WHITE CLIFFS MEDICAL CENTRE

    143 FOLKESTONE ROAD, DOVER, CT17 9SG

    ODS code G82729

    1.2 km

  • BUCKLAND MEDICAL PRACTICE

    BUCKLAND AVENUE, DOVER, CT16 2NP

    ODS code G82700

    1.7 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

  • Taswell Street

    BCT · Dover

    0.1 miles
  • Canon's Gate

    BCT · Dover

    0.1 miles
  • Pencester Road

    BCT · Dover

    0.2 miles
  • Pencester Road

    BCT · Dover

    0.2 miles
  • Pencester Road

    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
Possible

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 137 m.

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

Recorded crime

3,664 published events cover 12 months, averaging 305.333 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 1,362 events.

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