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Where is Dean?

Dean is located in the county of Dorset, South West England, eight miles north-west of the town of Verwood, 16 miles north of the major town of Poole, 62 miles south-east of Cardiff, and 92 miles south-west of London. Dean lies two miles south of the Wiltshire border. Dean falls within the unitary authority of Dorset. It is in the SP5 postcode district. The post town for Dean is Salisbury.

Dean on a map

Map showing extent of Dean as bounding box
Bounding box showing extent of Dean
Map showing location of Dean within the UK
Location of Dean within the UK

Which county is Dean in?

Dean is in the ceremonial county of Dorset, the historic county of Dorset, and the administrative county of Dorset.

Ceremonial CountyDorset
Historic CountyDorset
Administrative CountyDorset

Where is Dean in Dorset?

Dean is situated towards the northernmost extremity of Dorset, and towards the easternmost extremity of Dorset.

Map showing location of Dean within Dorset
Location of Dean within Dorset

What is the postcode for Dean?

The nearest postcode to the centre of Dean is SP5 5RT.

Where is Dean in SP5?

Dean is situated towards the southernmost extremity of the SP5 postcode district, and towards the westernmost extremity of the SP5 postcode district.

Map showing location of Dean within SP5
Location of Dean within SP5

What is the post town for Dean?

The post town for Dean is Salisbury. Dean is in the SP5 postcode district, which corresponds to the post town of Salisbury.

What is the latitude and longitude of Dean?

The centre of Dean is located at position 50.9416° latitude and -2.03347° longitude.

Latitude50.9416°
Longitude-2.03347°

What is the easting and northing of Dean?

The centre of Dean is located at the grid reference easting 397745 and northing 115796 within the British National Grid (OSGB36) system.

Easting397745
Northing115796

What are the nearest towns to Dean?

Position of Dean relative to nearby towns. Distance is measured from the centre of Dean to the centre of the town.

north-west
8m
Dean is 8 miles north-west of Verwood
north-east
8m
Dean is 8 miles north-east of Blandford Forum
south-east
8m
Dean is 8 miles south-east of Shaftesbury
north
10m
Dean is 10 miles north of Wimborne Minster
west
11m
Dean is 11 miles west of Fordingbridge
north-west
12m
Dean is 12 miles north-west of Ferndown
east
12m
Dean is 12 miles east of Sturminster Newton
south-west
12m
Dean is 12 miles south-west of Wilton
south-east
12m
Dean is 12 miles south-east of Gillingham
north-west
12m
Dean is 12 miles north-west of Ringwood

What are the nearest cities to Dean?

Position of Dean relative to nearby cities. Distance is measured from the centre of Dean to the centre of the city.

south-west
14m
Dean is 14 miles south-west of Salisbury
west
28m
Dean is 28 miles west of Southampton
south-east
32m
Dean is 32 miles south-east of Wells
west
33m
Dean is 33 miles west of Winchester
south-east
34m
Dean is 34 miles south-east of Bath
west
42m
Dean is 42 miles west of Portsmouth
south-east
43m
Dean is 43 miles south-east of Bristol
west
55m
Dean is 55 miles west of Chichester
south-east
61m
Dean is 61 miles south-east of Newport
south-east
62m
Dean is 62 miles south-east of Cardiff