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DT2 8RS lies on Blandford Road in Puddletown, Dorchester. DT2 8RS is located in the Puddletown & Lower Winterborne electoral ward, within the unitary authority of Dorset and the English Parliamentary constituency of West Dorset. The Sub Integrated Care Board (ICB) Location is NHS Dorset ICB - 11J and the police force is Dorset. This postcode has been in use since January 1980.

Where is DT2 8RS?

Street	Blandford Road
Locality	Puddletown
Town/City	Dorchester
Country	England
Postcode District	DT2

DT2 8RS Elevation

Elevation or altitude of DT2 8RS as distance above sea level:

	Metres	Feet
Elevation	60m	197ft

Elevation is measured from the approximate centre of the postcode, to the nearest point on an OS contour line from OS Terrain 50, which has contour spacing of ten vertical metres.

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Politics

Ward	Puddletown & Lower Winterborne
Constituency	West Dorset

Transport

Nearest bus stops to DT2 8RS

Dorchester Road Traffic Lights (Greenacres)	Puddletown	114m
Dorchester Road Traffic Lights (Greenacres)	Puddletown	139m
Mill Street (Blandford Road)	Puddletown	159m
Coombe Road	Puddletown	180m
Coombe Road (High Street)	Puddletown	202m

Broadband

Broadband access in DT2 8RS (2020 data)

Percentage of properties with Next Generation Access	100.0%
Percentage of properties with Superfast Broadband	100.0%
Percentage of properties with Ultrafast Broadband	0.0%
Percentage of properties with Full Fibre Broadband	0.0%

Superfast Broadband is between 30Mbps and 300Mbps
Ultrafast Broadband is > 300Mbps

Broadband limitations in DT2 8RS (2020 data)

Percentage of properties unable to receive 2Mbps	0.0%
Percentage of properties unable to receive 5Mbps	0.0%
Percentage of properties unable to receive 10Mbps	0.0%
Percentage of properties unable to receive 30Mbps	0.0%

DT2 8RS gas and electricity consumption

Estimated total energy consumption in DT2 8RS by fuel type, 2015.

Electricity

Consumption (kWh)	34,966
Meter count	8
Mean (kWh/meter)	4,371
Median (kWh/meter)	3,704

• Consumption: The estimated total energy consumption, in kWh, across all meters in DT2 8RS, for 2015.
• Meter count: The total number of meters in DT2 8RS.
• Mean: The mean average consumption per meter, in kWh.
• Median: The median average consumption per meter, in kWh.

Deprivation

33% of English postcodes are less deprived than DT2 8RS:

Food Standards Agency

Three nearest food hygiene ratings to DT2 8RS (metres)

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Nearest post box to DT2 8RS

	Last Collection
Location	Mon-Fri	Sat	Distance
Puddletown P.o.	17:00	11:00	65m
Athelhampton	13:00	11:00	1,542m
Burleston	12:30	11:00	2,076m

DT2 8RS ITL and DT2 8RS LAU

The below table lists the International Territorial Level (ITL) codes (formerly Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics (NUTS) codes) and Local Administrative Units (LAU) codes for DT2 8RS:

ITL 1 Code	Name
TLK	South West (England)
ITL 2 Code	Name
TLK2	Dorset and Somerset
ITL 3 Code	Name
TLK25	Dorset
LAU 1 Code	Name
E06000059	Dorset

DT2 8RS census areas

The below table lists the Census Output Area (OA), Lower Layer Super Output Area (LSOA), and Middle Layer Super Output Area (MSOA) for DT2 8RS:

	Code	Name
OA	E00104174
LSOA	E01020540	West Dorset 004E
MSOA	E02004272	West Dorset 004

Nearest postcodes to DT2 8RS

DT2 8GZ	Sherrings Green Close	71m
DT2 8RR		94m
DT2 8RT	High Street	95m
DT2 8TD	Thompson Close	111m
DT2 8XH	Kingsmead	114m
DT2 8UE	High Street	114m
DT2 8WY	High Street	123m
DT2 8GX	Catmead	133m
DT2 8RU	High Street	142m
DT2 8GF	Greenacres	151m