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DT2 7UA

Chalk Valleys · Dorset · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Dorchester
Ward
Chalk Valleys
Local authority
Dorset
Constituency
West Dorset
Postcode district
DT2
Postcode sector
DT2 7

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
DT2 7SZ 194 m
DT2 7SY 664 m
DT2 7TB 868 m
DT2 7TQ 882 m
DT2 7TU 932 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
DT2 7UA
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1983
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
DT
Postcode district
DT2
Postcode sector
DT2 7
Latitude
50.768292
Longitude
-2.394101
British National Grid easting
372,304
British National Grid northing
96,598

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South West · E12000009
Local authority district
Dorset · E06000059
Electoral ward
Chalk Valleys · E05012687
Parish or community
E04003579
Westminster constituency
West Dorset · E14001575
Output area
E00104169
Lower layer super output area
Dorset 022D · E01020539
Middle layer super output area
Dorset 022 · E02004272

Postcode source versions

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Property

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20 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
Unit 45a, Enterprise Park, Piddlehinton, Dorchester, DT2 7UA 1 August 2025 £175,000
Unit 45b, Enterprise Park, Piddlehinton, Dorchester, DT2 7UA 18 July 2025 £175,000
Unit 3, Enterprise Park, Piddlehinton, Dorchester, DT2 7UA 23 January 2023 £152,500

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
3
Primary
2
Secondary
1

  1. Piddle Valley Church of England First School

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    3.2 km

  2. St Mary's Church of England Middle School, Puddletown

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    4.1 km

  3. Puddletown Church of England First School

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    4.4 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
42
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Criminal damage and arson 14
  • Violence and sexual offences 11
  • Burglary 6
  • Anti social behaviour 5
  • Vehicle crime 4

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
DT2 7 residents
5,800

Age bands in DT2 7

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
13.2%

781 residents

Age 15 to 24
7.5%

442 residents

Age 25 to 44
15.5%

912 residents

Age 45 to 64
32.8%

1,936 residents

Age 65 and over
30.9%

1,824 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.

Fixed broadband coverage

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

Superfast, 30 Mbit/s+
84.4%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
65.6%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
65.6%
Gigabit-capable
65.6%
Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
12.5%
Next Generation Access
87.5%
Decent broadband available from fixed wireless
4.7%

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

1

within 5 km straight-line

  • PUDDLETOWN SURGERY

    2A ATHELHAMPTON ROAD, PUDDLETOWN, DORCHESTER, DT2 8FY

    ODS code J81616

    4.4 km

Nearby transport

  • Piddlehinton Park

    BCT · Piddlehinton

    0.1 miles

  • Piddlehinton Park

    BCT · Piddlehinton

    0.1 miles

  • Muston

    BCT · Piddlehinton

    0.4 miles

  • Muston

    BCT · Piddlehinton

    0.4 miles

  • War Memorial

    BCT · Piddlehinton

    0.6 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Dorset 022D, 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

5 of 10

Overall England rank

15,286 of 33,755

Income
7 of 10
Employment
8 of 10
Education and skills
7 of 10
Health and disability
9 of 10
Crime
9 of 10
Housing and services
1 of 10
Living environment
1 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
1
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

Property market

The five-year median is £186,900 from 13 recorded sales in DT2 7UA. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.

The latest UK House Price Index average for Dorset is £325,410 in June 2026, up 1.6% year on year.

Schools

3 open schools are in scope, including 2 primary and 1 secondary schools. Piddle Valley Church of England First School is the nearest published school at 2.0 miles.

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

Recorded crime

42 published events cover 12 months, averaging 3.5 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Criminal damage and arson with 14 events.

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