Electoral ward
Sherborne Rural
E05012716
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
- 244
- Postcode districts
- 4
- Five-year recorded sales
- 361
- Open schools at matching postcodes
- 4
- Census 2021 residents
- 4,981
- Census 2021 households
- 2,193
- Mean postcode coordinate
- 50.93390, -2.52693
Quality-approved postcode districts
Related official areas
- Local authority districtDorsetE06000059 · 244 postcodes
- Lower layer super output areaDorset 008CE01020541 · 123 postcodes
- Lower layer super output areaDorset 008AE01020497 · 76 postcodes
- Lower layer super output areaDorset 008BE01020508 · 32 postcodes
- Lower layer super output areaDorset 014EE01020448 · 13 postcodes
- Middle layer super output areaDorset 008E02004270 · 231 postcodes
- Middle layer super output areaDorset 014E02004262 · 13 postcodes
- Westminster parliamentary constituencyWest DorsetE14001575 · 244 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.