DT2 8 postcode sector in the DT2 district

DT2 8 is a sector of the DT2 district: every postcode that starts DT2 8. It has 347 postcodes in use, 6 of them large-user postcodes. A large-user postcode is one Royal Mail gives to a single address that gets a lot of mail.

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Every postcode in the DT2 8 sector, by flood risk

Map of every postcode in the DT2 8 sector, by flood risk Of the 347 postcodes in the DT2 8 sector that ONS places, 17 have a home or business at high risk, 7 are at medium risk at worst, 12 are at low risk at worst and 311 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. Places named: Dorchester, Crossways, Puddletown. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 2.5 km. A35 DT2 8AA: not on the flood risk listDT2 8AD: not on the flood risk listDT2 8AE: not on the flood risk listDT2 8AF: not on the flood risk listDT2 8AH: not on the flood risk listDT2 8AJ: not on the flood risk listDT2 8AL: not on the flood risk listDT2 8AN: not on the flood risk listDT2 8AP: not on the flood risk listDT2 8AQ: not on the flood risk listDT2 8AR: not on the flood risk listDT2 8AT: not on the flood risk listDT2 8AU: not on the flood risk listDT2 8AW: not on the flood risk listDT2 8AX: not on the flood risk listDT2 8AY: not on the flood risk listDT2 8AZ: not on the flood risk listDT2 8BA: not on the flood risk listDT2 8BB: not on the flood risk listDT2 8BE: not on the flood risk listDT2 8BF: not on the flood risk listDT2 8BG: not on the flood risk listDT2 8BH: not on the flood risk listDT2 8BL: not on the flood risk listDT2 8BN: not on the flood risk listDT2 8BP: not on the flood risk listDT2 8BQ: not on the flood risk listDT2 8BS: not on the flood risk listDT2 8BT: not on the flood risk listDT2 8BU: not on the flood risk listDT2 8BW: not on the flood risk listDT2 8BY: not on the flood risk listDT2 8BZ: not on the flood risk listDT2 8DA: not on the flood risk listDT2 8DD: not on the flood risk listDT2 8DE: not on the flood risk listDT2 8DF: not on the flood risk listDT2 8DG: not on the flood risk listDT2 8DJ: not on the flood risk listDT2 8DL: not on the flood risk listDT2 8DQ: not on the flood risk listDT2 8DR: not on the flood risk listDT2 8DS: not on the flood risk listDT2 8DU: not on the flood risk listDT2 8DW: not on the flood risk listDT2 8DX: not on the flood risk listDT2 8DY: not on the flood risk listDT2 8EA: not on the flood risk listDT2 8EB: not on the flood risk listDT2 8ED: not on the flood risk listDT2 8EE: not on the flood risk listDT2 8EF: not on the flood risk listDT2 8EH: not on the flood risk listDT2 8EJ: not on the flood risk listDT2 8EP: not on the flood risk listDT2 8EQ: not on the flood risk listDT2 8ER: not on the flood risk listDT2 8ES: not on the flood risk listDT2 8EU: not on the flood risk listDT2 8EW: not on the flood risk listDT2 8EX: not on the flood risk listDT2 8FA: not on the flood risk listDT2 8FB: not on the flood risk listDT2 8FG: not on the flood risk listDT2 8FP: not on the flood risk listDT2 8FQ: not on the flood risk listDT2 8FR: not on the flood risk listDT2 8FU: not on the flood risk listDT2 8FW: not on the flood risk listDT2 8FX: not on the flood risk listDT2 8FY: not on the flood risk listDT2 8FZ: not on the flood risk listDT2 8GA: not on the flood risk listDT2 8GB: not on the flood risk listDT2 8GD: not on the flood risk listDT2 8GE: not on the flood risk listDT2 8GF: not on the flood risk listDT2 8GG: not on the flood risk listDT2 8GH: not on the flood risk listDT2 8GJ: not on the flood risk listDT2 8GL: not on the flood risk listDT2 8GN: not on the flood risk listDT2 8GR: not on the flood risk listDT2 8GS: not on the flood risk listDT2 8GT: not on the flood risk listDT2 8GW: not on the flood risk listDT2 8GZ: not on the flood risk listDT2 8HB: not on the flood risk listDT2 8HG: not on the flood risk listDT2 8HH: not on the flood risk listDT2 8HJ: not on the flood risk listDT2 8HL: not on the flood risk listDT2 8HN: not on the flood risk listDT2 8HP: not on the flood risk listDT2 8HQ: not on the flood risk listDT2 8HS: not on the flood risk listDT2 8HX: not on the flood risk listDT2 8HY: not on the flood risk listDT2 8JA: not on the flood risk listDT2 8JB: not on the flood risk listDT2 8JD: not on the flood risk listDT2 8JE: not on the flood risk listDT2 8JF: not on the flood risk listDT2 8JJ: not on the flood risk listDT2 8JL: not on the flood risk listDT2 8JP: not on the flood risk listDT2 8JT: not on the flood risk listDT2 8JY: not on the flood risk listDT2 8LD: not on the flood risk listDT2 8LF: not on the flood risk listDT2 8LG: not on the flood risk listDT2 8LJ: not on the flood risk listDT2 8LL: not on the flood risk listDT2 8LN: not on the flood risk listDT2 8LQ: not on the flood risk listDT2 8LS: not on the flood risk listDT2 8LT: not on the flood risk listDT2 8LU: not on the flood risk listDT2 8LW: not on the flood risk listDT2 8LX: not on the flood risk listDT2 8LY: not on the flood risk listDT2 8LZ: not on the flood risk listDT2 8NA: not on the flood risk listDT2 8NB: not on the flood risk listDT2 8ND: not on the flood risk listDT2 8NF: not on the flood risk listDT2 8NG: not on the flood risk listDT2 8NH: not on the flood risk listDT2 8NJ: not on the flood risk listDT2 8NL: not on the flood risk listDT2 8NP: not on the flood risk listDT2 8NQ: not on the flood risk listDT2 8NR: not on the flood risk listDT2 8NS: not on the flood risk listDT2 8NT: not on the flood risk listDT2 8NU: not on the flood risk listDT2 8NW: not on the flood risk listDT2 8NX: not on the flood risk listDT2 8NY: not on the flood risk listDT2 8NZ: not on the flood risk listDT2 8PB: not on the flood risk listDT2 8PD: not on the flood risk listDT2 8PE: not on the flood risk listDT2 8PF: not on the flood risk listDT2 8PG: not on the flood risk listDT2 8PH: not on the flood risk listDT2 8PL: not on the flood risk listDT2 8PN: not on the flood risk listDT2 8PT: not on the flood risk listDT2 8PU: not on the flood risk listDT2 8PW: not on the flood risk listDT2 8PX: not on the flood risk listDT2 8PY: not on the flood risk listDT2 8QB: not on the flood risk listDT2 8QD: not on the flood risk listDT2 8QE: not on the flood risk listDT2 8QF: not on the flood risk listDT2 8QG: not on the flood risk listDT2 8QH: not on the flood risk listDT2 8QJ: not on the flood risk listDT2 8QL: not on the flood risk listDT2 8QN: not on the flood risk listDT2 8QQ: not on the flood risk listDT2 8QR: not on the flood risk listDT2 8QS: not on the flood risk listDT2 8QT: not on the flood risk listDT2 8QU: not on the flood risk listDT2 8QW: not on the flood risk listDT2 8QY: not on the flood risk listDT2 8QZ: not on the flood risk listDT2 8RB: not on the flood risk listDT2 8RD: not on the flood risk listDT2 8RE: not on the flood risk listDT2 8RF: not on the flood risk listDT2 8RG: not on the flood risk listDT2 8RH: not on the flood risk listDT2 8RJ: not on the flood risk listDT2 8RN: not on the flood risk listDT2 8RP: not on the flood risk listDT2 8RQ: not on the flood risk listDT2 8RR: not on the flood risk listDT2 8RU: not on the flood risk listDT2 8RW: not on the flood risk listDT2 8RX: not on the flood risk listDT2 8RY: not on the flood risk listDT2 8SA: not on the flood risk listDT2 8SB: not on the flood risk listDT2 8SE: not on the flood risk listDT2 8SG: not on the flood risk listDT2 8SH: not on the flood risk listDT2 8SL: not on the flood risk listDT2 8SN: not on the flood risk listDT2 8SP: not on the flood risk listDT2 8SR: not on the flood risk listDT2 8SS: not on the flood risk listDT2 8SU: not on the flood risk listDT2 8SX: not on the flood risk listDT2 8TD: not on the flood risk listDT2 8TF: not on the flood risk listDT2 8TG: not on the flood risk listDT2 8TJ: not on the flood risk listDT2 8TN: not on the flood risk listDT2 8TR: not on the flood risk listDT2 8TT: not on the flood risk listDT2 8TU: not on the flood risk listDT2 8TW: not on the flood risk listDT2 8TX: not on the flood risk listDT2 8TY: not on the flood risk listDT2 8TZ: not on the flood risk listDT2 8UD: not on the flood risk listDT2 8UF: not on the flood risk listDT2 8UH: not on the flood risk listDT2 8UL: not on the flood risk listDT2 8UN: not on the flood risk listDT2 8UP: not on the flood risk listDT2 8UQ: not on the flood risk listDT2 8US: not on the flood risk listDT2 8UU: not on the flood risk listDT2 8UX: not on the flood risk listDT2 8WG: not on the flood risk listDT2 8WJ: not on the flood risk listDT2 8WN: not on the flood risk listDT2 8WP: not on the flood risk listDT2 8WQ: not on the flood risk listDT2 8WR: not on the flood risk listDT2 8XD: not on the flood risk listDT2 8XE: not on the flood risk listDT2 8XH: not on the flood risk listDT2 8XJ: not on the flood risk listDT2 8XP: not on the flood risk listDT2 8XU: not on the flood risk listDT2 8YD: not on the flood risk listDT2 8DZ: low flood risk at worstDT2 8HF: low flood risk at worstDT2 8HZ: low flood risk at worstDT2 8JR: low flood risk at worstDT2 8NN: low flood risk at worstDT2 8PS: low flood risk at worstDT2 8PZ: low flood risk at worstDT2 8RA: low flood risk at worstDT2 8RL: low flood risk at worstDT2 8DN: medium flood risk at worstDT2 8DP: medium flood risk at worstDT2 8TB: medium flood risk at worstDT2 8ZL: medium flood risk at worstDT2 8HA: medium flood risk at worstDT2 8LE: medium flood risk at worstDT2 8QP: medium flood risk at worstDT2 8AB: high flood riskDT2 8AS: high flood riskDT2 8DB: high flood riskDT2 8DT: high flood riskDT2 8EZ: high flood riskDT2 8JG: high flood riskDT2 8JH: high flood riskDT2 8JN: high flood riskDT2 8JW: high flood riskDT2 8JZ: high flood riskDT2 8LA: high flood riskDT2 8LB: high flood riskDT2 8NE: high flood riskDT2 8PR: high flood riskDT2 8QX: high flood riskDT2 8TE: high flood riskDT2 8ZB: high flood risk DorchesterCrosswaysPuddletown Map of every postcode in the DT2 8 sector, by flood risk Of the 347 postcodes in the DT2 8 sector that ONS places, 17 have a home or business at high risk, 7 are at medium risk at worst, 12 are at low risk at worst and 311 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. Places named: Dorchester, Crossways, Puddletown. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 2.5 km. DorchesterCrosswaysPuddletown
  • A home or business at high risk: 17
  • At medium risk at worst: 7
  • At low risk at worst: 12
  • At very low risk only: 0
  • Not on the at-risk list: 311

Of the 347 postcodes in the DT2 8 sector that ONS places, 17 have a home or business at high risk, 7 are at medium risk at worst, 12 are at low risk at worst and 311 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list.

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. No boundary is drawn. Where marks overlap, the one first in the key is drawn; the counts include every postcode.

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026, the centre point of each postcode; flood risk: Environment Agency, published 6 July 2026; 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 postcodes at high risk

17 postcodes here have a home or business at high risk. These are the 12 with the most homes and businesses at that risk.

Beside each: how many of its homes and businesses the Environment Agency puts at that risk.

DT2 8TE22 at high riskDT2 8LA6 at high riskDT2 8LB5 at high riskDT2 8JG2 at high riskDT2 8NE2 at high riskDT2 8JN2 at high riskDT2 8DT2 at high riskDT2 8JW1 at high riskDT2 8JH1 at high riskDT2 8ZB1 at high riskDT2 8AB1 at high riskDT2 8AS1 at high risk

What do homes sell for in DT2 8?

Homes in DT2 8 sold for a typical £345,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 98 sales, down 5.5% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.

£345,000 typical price, the 12 months to August 2026
£365,000 12 months to August 2025
▼ down 5.5% on the 12 months before
  • Detached £410,000 40 sales
  • Semi-detached £332,500 24 sales
  • Terraced £287,500 26 sales
  • Flat or maisonette £175,070 8 sales

Each bar is that kind's typical price, against the most expensive kind here.

Standard sales of homes at market value at the postcodes that start DT2 8. A typical price is the median, the middle sale, given from 5 sales or more.

How we work this out: house prices by postcode

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

Postcodes in DT2 8

Pick a postcode to see its council and MP, broadband, flood risk, what homes sell for, council tax, the nearest schools and stations, and crime around it.

DT2 8AADT2 8ABDT2 8ADDT2 8AEDT2 8AFDT2 8AGDT2 8AHDT2 8AJDT2 8ALDT2 8ANDT2 8APDT2 8AQDT2 8ARDT2 8ASDT2 8ATDT2 8AUDT2 8AWDT2 8AXDT2 8AYDT2 8AZDT2 8BADT2 8BBDT2 8BDDT2 8BEDT2 8BFDT2 8BGDT2 8BHDT2 8BJDT2 8BLDT2 8BNDT2 8BPDT2 8BQDT2 8BSDT2 8BTDT2 8BUDT2 8BWDT2 8BXDT2 8BYDT2 8BZDT2 8DADT2 8DBDT2 8DDDT2 8DEDT2 8DFDT2 8DGDT2 8DJDT2 8DLDT2 8DNDT2 8DPDT2 8DQDT2 8DRDT2 8DSDT2 8DTDT2 8DUDT2 8DWDT2 8DXDT2 8DYDT2 8DZDT2 8EADT2 8EBDT2 8EDDT2 8EEDT2 8EFDT2 8EGDT2 8EHDT2 8EJDT2 8ELDT2 8ENDT2 8EPDT2 8EQDT2 8ERDT2 8ESDT2 8ETDT2 8EUDT2 8EWDT2 8EXDT2 8EYDT2 8EZDT2 8FADT2 8FBDT2 8FGDT2 8FHDT2 8FJDT2 8FLDT2 8FNDT2 8FPDT2 8FQDT2 8FRDT2 8FSDT2 8FUDT2 8FWDT2 8FXDT2 8FYDT2 8FZDT2 8GADT2 8GBDT2 8GDDT2 8GEDT2 8GFDT2 8GGDT2 8GHDT2 8GJDT2 8GLDT2 8GNDT2 8GQDT2 8GRDT2 8GSDT2 8GTDT2 8GUDT2 8GWDT2 8GXDT2 8GYDT2 8GZDT2 8HADT2 8HBDT2 8HDDT2 8HEDT2 8HFDT2 8HGDT2 8HHDT2 8HJDT2 8HLDT2 8HNDT2 8HPDT2 8HQDT2 8HRDT2 8HSDT2 8HTDT2 8HXDT2 8HYDT2 8HZDT2 8JADT2 8JBDT2 8JDDT2 8JEDT2 8JFDT2 8JGDT2 8JHDT2 8JJDT2 8JLDT2 8JNDT2 8JPDT2 8JQDT2 8JRDT2 8JSDT2 8JTDT2 8JUDT2 8JWDT2 8JXDT2 8JYDT2 8JZDT2 8LADT2 8LBDT2 8LDDT2 8LEDT2 8LFDT2 8LGDT2 8LHDT2 8LJDT2 8LLDT2 8LNDT2 8LPDT2 8LQDT2 8LRDT2 8LSDT2 8LTDT2 8LUDT2 8LWDT2 8LXDT2 8LYDT2 8LZDT2 8NADT2 8NBDT2 8NDDT2 8NEDT2 8NFDT2 8NGDT2 8NHDT2 8NJDT2 8NLDT2 8NNDT2 8NPDT2 8NQDT2 8NRDT2 8NSDT2 8NTDT2 8NUDT2 8NWDT2 8NXDT2 8NYDT2 8NZDT2 8PBDT2 8PDDT2 8PEDT2 8PFDT2 8PGDT2 8PHDT2 8PJDT2 8PLDT2 8PNDT2 8PPDT2 8PQDT2 8PRDT2 8PSDT2 8PTDT2 8PUDT2 8PWDT2 8PXDT2 8PYDT2 8PZDT2 8QADT2 8QBDT2 8QDDT2 8QEDT2 8QFDT2 8QGDT2 8QHDT2 8QJDT2 8QLDT2 8QNDT2 8QPDT2 8QQDT2 8QRDT2 8QSDT2 8QTDT2 8QUDT2 8QWDT2 8QXDT2 8QYDT2 8QZDT2 8RADT2 8RBDT2 8RDDT2 8REDT2 8RFDT2 8RGDT2 8RHDT2 8RJDT2 8RLDT2 8RNDT2 8RPDT2 8RQDT2 8RRDT2 8RSDT2 8RTDT2 8RUDT2 8RWDT2 8RXDT2 8RYDT2 8RZDT2 8SADT2 8SBDT2 8SDDT2 8SEDT2 8SFDT2 8SGDT2 8SHDT2 8SJDT2 8SLDT2 8SNDT2 8SPDT2 8SQDT2 8SRDT2 8SSDT2 8STDT2 8SUDT2 8SWDT2 8SXDT2 8SYDT2 8SZDT2 8TADT2 8TBDT2 8TDDT2 8TEDT2 8TFDT2 8TGDT2 8THDT2 8TJDT2 8TLDT2 8TNDT2 8TPDT2 8TQDT2 8TRDT2 8TSDT2 8TTDT2 8TUDT2 8TWDT2 8TXDT2 8TYDT2 8TZDT2 8UADT2 8UBDT2 8UDDT2 8UEDT2 8UFDT2 8UGDT2 8UHDT2 8UJDT2 8ULDT2 8UNDT2 8UPDT2 8UQDT2 8URDT2 8USDT2 8UTDT2 8UUDT2 8UWDT2 8UXDT2 8UYDT2 8UZDT2 8WGDT2 8WJDT2 8WLDT2 8WNDT2 8WPDT2 8WQDT2 8WRDT2 8WSDT2 8WTDT2 8WUDT2 8WWDT2 8WYDT2 8XADT2 8XBDT2 8XDDT2 8XEDT2 8XFDT2 8XGDT2 8XHDT2 8XJDT2 8XLDT2 8XNDT2 8XPDT2 8XQDT2 8XRDT2 8XSDT2 8XTDT2 8XUDT2 8XWDT2 8XXDT2 8YDDT2 8ZBDT2 8ZGDT2 8ZHDT2 8ZJDT2 8ZLDT2 8ZN

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026. Postcodes that have ended are not listed. See all our data sources

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