Dover
Dover is covered by postcode districts CT15, CT16 and CT17. It is in the Dover council area, Kent.
Every postcode in Dover, and which are new since 2020
- New since 2020: 27
- In use before 2020: 938
- Outline: where 5 or more new postcodes since 2020 lie together
Of the 965 postcodes in Dover that ONS places, 27 are new since 2020 and 938 were in use before 2020.
Each mark is a postcode's centre point as ONS gives it, not a building. Press one to see its postcode and open its page. New since 2020 means it came into use in January 2020 or later. A dashed outline shows where 5 or more lie within 150 metres of each other. It is not a boundary, and no boundary is drawn. Where marks overlap, the one first in the key is drawn; the counts include every postcode.
The middle of its postcodes: latitude 51.1325, longitude 1.2973. Open this area on OpenStreetMap
Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026, the centre point of each postcode; when each came into use: the same directory; roads, rivers and built-up areas: Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Drawn by us. Street map: Ordnance Survey, OS Open Zoomstack, Open Government Licence v3.0, drawn with MapLibre. How we use them
The 5 newest postcodes
Where the new postcodes lie together
- 5 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. CT16 9HG, is the newest of them.
What is it like to live in Dover?
Homes sold for a typical £219,900 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 0.9% on the 12 months before. At 657 of the 930 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 488 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 116 of its 965 postcodes. It has at least 8 primary schools and 4 secondary schools at its postcodes. At least 5 GP practices are at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Dover Priory, 950 metres from the middle of its postcodes in a straight line.
We don't rate places; here are the figures so you can judge.
Source: HM Land Registry, Ofcom, the Environment Agency, the Department for Education, NHS England and the Department for Transport, as each section of this page says. See all our data sources
What do homes cost in Dover?
Homes in Dover sold for a typical £219,900 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 395 sales, up 0.9% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.
- Detached £407,500 46 sales
- Semi-detached £277,500 90 sales
- Terraced £200,000 202 sales
- Flat or maisonette £135,000 57 sales
Each bar is that kind's typical price, against the most expensive kind here.
Across the whole CT17 district, Dover's main postcode district: a typical £217,500.
Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Dover: standard sales of homes at market value. A typical price is the median, the middle sale. Sales take weeks to be registered, so the last month or two are incomplete. Each postcode page gives the figure for its own postcode sector.
Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2021. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Are new homes being built in Dover?
27 of the 965 postcodes now in use in Dover came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 6 of the 431 homes sold in Dover were newly built (1%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the CT17 district, Under 1%.
The newest postcodes
A new postcode is often a new street or estate, but Royal Mail also makes new postcodes when it reorganises old ones, so not every one means new homes. Only postcodes still in use are counted.
New homes among the homes sold
| Period | In Dover | Across the CT17 district |
|---|---|---|
| The 12 months to August 2026 | 0 of 395 (0%) | 0 of 240 (0%) |
| The 12 months to August 2025 | 6 of 431 (1%) | 1 of 254 (Under 1%) |
Standard sales of homes at market value that HM Land Registry marks as newly built. New homes take longer to be registered than other sales, so the latest 12 months count fewer of them than were sold. A share is given from 5 sales or more.
Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026; HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2021, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
What broadband can you get in Dover?
Ofcom reports on 930 of the 965 postcodes in Dover. At 657 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband, and at 4 some cannot get decent broadband (10 Mbit/s).
Ofcom gives each postcode's share of homes and businesses, not how many there are, so these count postcodes. Each postcode page has its own figures. A provider's checker answers for one address.
Check one address on Ofcom's checkerSource: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026, data for January 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Is Dover at risk of flooding?
116 of the 965 postcodes in Dover have a home or business in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, the Environment Agency says. At those, it puts 488 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk.
High: 3.3% or more a year (1 in 30). Medium: 1% to 3.3% a year. Low: 0.1% to 1% a year. Very low: under 0.1% a year (1 in 1,000). Each band is the chance of flooding in any one year.
Homes and businesses in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, as the Environment Agency counts them, added up over the postcodes. It is for the land, not each building, and leaves out surface water, groundwater and sewers. Each postcode page has its own figures and its flood warning areas.
Source: Environment Agency, Risk of Flooding from Rivers and Sea (postcodes in areas at risk), published 6 July 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Which schools are in Dover?
The open schools at the postcodes in Dover (the first 8 primaries by distance from its middle). A school for ages 4 to 18 is listed under both. Distances are straight lines from the middle of its postcodes. Distance is not a catchment: each council sets its own admission rules.
Primary
- Priory Fields School550 m 319 pupils, 420 places
- Barton Junior School550 m 202 pupils, 240 places
- White Cliffs Primary and Nursery School600 m 277 pupils, 360 places
- Charlton Church of England Primary School650 m 206 pupils, 210 places
- Shatterlocks Infant and Nursery School700 m 138 pupils, 232 places
- Vale View Community School950 m 222 pupils, 210 places
- Dover College950 m 242 pupils, 478 places
- St Richard's Catholic Primary School1.1 km 191 pupils, 210 places
Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. Each school opens its own record there. How we use it
How far is the station from Dover?
The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Dover is Dover Priory Rail Station, 950 m away in a straight line.
- Dover Priory Rail Station Railway station 950 mWalk
- Kearsney Rail Station Railway station 2.6 kmCycle
- Martin Mill Rail Station Railway station 5.5 kmDrive
Straight-line distances from the centre point, not routes. Walk: under 1.2 km. Cycle: 1.2 to 5 km. Drive: further.
Straight-line distances from the middle of the postcodes, not routes. Each postcode page lists its own nearest stations and bus stops. The Department for Transport's register does not say how often services run.
Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Which GP surgeries are in Dover?
The GP practices at the postcodes in Dover, the first 5 by distance from its middle. Each practice sets the area it takes patients from, so check with it before registering.
- Buckland Medical Practice Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report February 2024 · Phone 01304 206353 550 mWalk
- High Street Surgery Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report December 2017, over 3 years old · Phone 01304 206463 650 mWalk
- White Cliffs Medical Centre Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report July 2018, over 3 years old · Phone 01304 201705 950 mWalk
- Pencester Surgery Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report December 2018, over 3 years old · Phone 01304 240553 1.2 kmWalk
- St James' Surgery Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report February 2017, over 3 years old · Phone 01304 225559 1.4 kmCycle
Source: NHS England, Organisation Data Service (GP practices), read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Is Dover safe? Crime recorded around it
Police.uk records 4,880 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Dover over the 12 months from September 2025 to August 2026. August 2026 is the latest month it has published. These are counts, not a rate: we hold no count of the people who live, work or pass through, so we do not say whether a place is safe.
Each month, September 2025 to August 2026
- 404 September 2025
- 395 October 2025
- 399 November 2025
- 408 December 2025
- 361 January 2026
- 368 February 2026
- 408 March 2026
- 378 April 2026
- 431 May 2026
- 414 June 2026
- 481 July 2026
- 433 August 2026
By kind, over the 12 months
Also: other crime 111, burglary 76, possession of weapons 60, robbery 47, theft from the person 17, bicycle theft 16.
Police.uk says its locations "always represent the approximate location of a crime". Each crime is moved to the nearest of a fixed list of map points, each over a street centre, a public place or a commercial premises, chosen so that every point covers at least eight addresses or none. A mile is a wide circle: in a town it takes in the centre and its shops, where much crime is recorded.
Crime around one postcodeSource: Police.uk (data.police.uk), data to August 2026, from its download of 30 September 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Who runs Dover?
- District, borough or city council
- Dover
- County council
- Kent
- Parliamentary constituency
- Dover and Deal
- Police force area
- Kent
- Region
- South East
- Country
- England
- MP
- Mike Tapp (Labour)
All 965 postcodes here share these. Wards differ: check a postcode for yours. What council am I in?
Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026. The MP: UK Parliament. See all our data sources
Moving to Dover
Who to tell and what to sort out in your first week.
- Tell Dover about council tax Council tax, on dover.gov.uk
- Register to vote at the new address Register to vote on GOV.UK
- Register with a GP practice The GP practices in Dover
- Take meter readings on the day you move in
- Power cut? Call 105. It is free. About 105, the power cut number
- Find out your bin day Find your rubbish collection day on GOV.UK
Dover postcodes
965 postcodes in use in Dover, by district:
Those districts are all in the CT postcode area.
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Places near Dover
With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Dover's £219,900. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.
Questions about Dover
- What is it like to live in Dover?
- Homes sold for a typical £219,900 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 0.9% on the 12 months before. At 657 of the 930 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 488 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 116 of its 965 postcodes. It has at least 8 primary schools and 4 secondary schools at its postcodes. At least 5 GP practices are at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Dover Priory, 950 metres from the middle of its postcodes in a straight line. We don't rate places; here are the figures so you can judge. Source: HM Land Registry, Ofcom, the Environment Agency, the Department for Education, NHS England and the Department for Transport, as each section of this page says.
- What is the postcode for Dover?
- Dover is covered by postcode districts CT15, CT16 and CT17, across 965 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
- Which council is Dover in?
- Dover is in the Dover council area, and Kent is its county council. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
- Who is the MP for Dover?
- Dover is in the Dover and Deal parliamentary constituency. Its MP is Mike Tapp (Labour), as UK Parliament listed them on 14 October 2026. Constituency: ONS Postcode Directory.
- How much are houses in Dover?
- Homes in Dover sold for a typical £219,900 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 395 sales, up 0.9% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
- What schools are in Dover?
- In Dover, primary schools at its postcodes include Priory Fields School, Barton Junior School and White Cliffs Primary and Nursery School; secondary schools at its postcodes include Dover Grammar School for Boys, Dover Grammar School for Girls and St Edmund's Catholic School. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026.
- Does Dover have a railway station?
- Yes: Dover Priory is 950 metres from the centre point of the postcodes in Dover, in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
- What broadband can you get in Dover?
- Ofcom reports on 930 of the 965 postcodes in Dover. At 657 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband, and at 4 some cannot get decent broadband (10 Mbit/s). Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
- Is Dover at risk of flooding?
- 116 of the 965 postcodes in Dover have a home or business in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, the Environment Agency says. At those, it puts 488 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk. This is long-term risk for the land, and leaves out surface water. Source: Environment Agency.
- Are new homes being built in Dover?
- 27 of the 965 postcodes now in use in Dover came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 6 of the 431 homes sold in Dover were newly built (1%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the CT17 district, Under 1%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.
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