DT2 7YQ

Puddletown & Lower Winterborne · Dorset · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Local authority
Dorset
Constituency
North Dorset
Postcode district
DT2
Postcode sector
DT2 7

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
DT2 7QD 22 m
DT2 7HA 88 m
DT2 7EZ 113 m
DT2 7EF 120 m
DT2 7DQ 138 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
DT2 7YQ
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 September 1991
Terminated
1 December 1994
Postcode area
DT
Postcode district
DT2
Postcode sector
DT2 7
Latitude
50.747942
Longitude
-2.286261
British National Grid easting
379,900
British National Grid northing
94,300

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South West · E12000009
Local authority district
Dorset · E06000059
Parish or community
E04013372
Westminster constituency
North Dorset · E14001388
Output area
E00104178
Lower layer super output area
Dorset 022E · E01020540
Middle layer super output area
Dorset 022 · E02004272

Postcode source versions

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Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
4
Primary
3
Secondary
1
  1. Milborne St Andrew First School

    Academy converter

    3.6 km
  2. Puddletown Church of England First School

    Academy converter

    3.9 km
  3. St Mary's Church of England Middle School, Puddletown

    Academy converter

    4.4 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
11
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 6
  • Anti social behaviour 2
  • Criminal damage and arson 2
  • Other theft 1

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.

GP practices

2

within 5 km straight-line

  • PUDDLETOWN SURGERY

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

    ODS code J81616

    3.9 km

  • BERE REGIS SURGERY

    THE SURGERY, MANOR FARM ROAD, BERE REGIS, WAREHAM, BH20 7HB

    ODS code J81020

    4.7 km

Nearby transport

  • Trent Close

    BCT · Tolpuddle

    0.1 miles
  • Trent Close

    BCT · Tolpuddle

    0.1 miles
  • Orchard Meadow

    BCT · Tolpuddle

    0.2 miles
  • Orchard Meadow

    BCT · Tolpuddle

    0.2 miles
  • Blacksmiths Cottage

    BCT · Affpuddle

    0.6 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Dorset 022E, 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

7 of 10

Overall England rank

20,817 of 33,755

Income
7 of 10
Employment
7 of 10
Education and skills
9 of 10
Health and disability
9 of 10
Crime
9 of 10
Housing and services
1 of 10
Living environment
3 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.

Evidence in context

Schools

4 open schools are in scope, including 3 primary and 1 secondary schools. Milborne St Andrew First School is the nearest published school at 2.2 miles.

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

Recorded crime

11 published events cover 12 months, averaging 0.917 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 6 events.

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