Electoral ward
Cranborne & Alderholt
E05012693
This page groups current postcode coverage with source-backed Census, recorded sale and school counts. It is an official area summary, not a boundary or service-eligibility check.
Area summary
- Active postcodes
- 179
- Postcode districts
- 3
- Five-year recorded sales
- 314
- Open schools at matching postcodes
- 6
- Census 2021 residents
- 5,010
- Census 2021 households
- 2,042
- Mean postcode coordinate
- 50.90849, -1.88476
Quality-approved postcode districts
Related official areas
- Local authority districtDorsetE06000059 · 179 postcodes
- Lower layer super output areaDorset 007CE01020389 · 118 postcodes
- Lower layer super output areaDorset 007BE01020374 · 35 postcodes
- Lower layer super output areaDorset 007AE01020373 · 25 postcodes
- Lower layer super output areaNew Forest 001DE01023022 · 1 postcodes
- Middle layer super output areaDorset 007E02004243 · 178 postcodes
- Middle layer super output areaNew Forest 001E02004779 · 1 postcodes
- Westminster parliamentary constituencyNorth DorsetE14001388 · 179 postcodes
Source and limitations
Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0.. Coverage: United Kingdom; Northern Ireland excluded pending rights review; Crown Dependencies outside product scope.
Names come from ONS Postcode Directory, release 2026-08, file Documents/WD Ward names and codes UK as at 05_26.csv, publisher date 1 Sept 2026.
OGL-3.0 with third-party rights. Counts reflect active postcodes in the current CheckNear.me publication and may differ from administrative service records.