Postcodes in Dorset District

Facts Checked By Data Team - Written By Mallika Basu - Reviewed By Jonathan Benton

This article covers information about postcodes in Dorset's local authority district. Dorset is an administrative area in Dorset County. Dorset district is further divided into 52 Wards.

Below is a complete list of Dorset Postcodes, it has 13129 active postcodes. Dorset contains approximately 158765 residential properties with a population of about 365224.

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Dorset Postcode and Census - Statistical Overview


Population 365224
Addresses / Property Count 158765
Active Postcodes 13129
County Dorset
No Of Wards in Dorset 52

What is a District

The United Kingdom is primarily divided into large area blocks called Counties. A district is an administrative block in the UK and part of a County council area. The district is also the second-largest administrative block in the UK after counties. These are also known as local authority districts and are different from city districts. Dorset is a local authority district in Dorset county. Districts are majorly categorized into 4 types namely:

  • Non-Metropolitan districts
  • Unitary authority areas
  • Metropolitan boroughs
  • London boroughs

Sub Divisions Of a district

Districts are subdivided into different local administrative blocks. Other categories of local administrative blocks that comes under district authority are as follows:

  • Parish
  • Wards
  • Cities

View Map Of Dorset Wards


This map shows all wards in the district of Dorset, zoom to view all the pointers. If you click on any pointer you can see the ward name. Below the ward name, you can see a link called view postcodes. Click on the link to see the postcodes for that ward.

List of Dorset postcodes


showing 600-650 of 13129 active postcodes in Dorset
Postcode Ward Latitude Longitude
BH19 1QQ Swanage 50.61808100 -1.96799500
BH19 1QR Swanage 50.61793900 -1.96332400
BH19 1QS Swanage 50.62311900 -1.96395600
BH19 1QT Swanage 50.62329000 -1.96590600
BH19 1QU Swanage 50.62445900 -1.96541100
BH19 1QW Swanage 50.61858600 -1.96435500
BH19 1QX Swanage 50.62220000 -1.95838700
BH19 1QY Swanage 50.62321200 -1.95572100
BH19 1QZ Swanage 50.62245000 -1.95561600
BH19 1RA Swanage 50.62239700 -1.95759500
BH19 1RB Swanage 50.62372800 -1.95885200
BH19 1RD Swanage 50.62389900 -1.95763600
BH19 1RE Swanage 50.62352100 -1.95813100
BH19 1RF Swanage 50.62343200 -1.96023700
BH19 1RG Swanage 50.62342400 -1.96183500
BH19 1RH Swanage 50.62400800 -1.96114200
BH19 1RJ Swanage 50.62379300 -1.96293700
BH19 1RL Swanage 50.62637000 -1.95923800
BH19 1RN Swanage 50.61621900 -1.96517000
BH19 1RQ Swanage 50.62272200 -1.96097300
BH19 2AA Swanage 50.60610100 -1.95510800
BH19 2AB Swanage 50.60772900 -1.95601100
BH19 2AD Swanage 50.60696500 -1.95604000
BH19 2AE Swanage 50.60541800 -1.95525000
BH19 2AF Swanage 50.60726100 -1.95505100
BH19 2AG Swanage 50.60663800 -1.95508700
BH19 2AH Swanage 50.60532700 -1.95232500
BH19 2AJ Swanage 50.60650500 -1.95399100
BH19 2AL Swanage 50.60576800 -1.95395000
BH19 2AN Swanage 50.60614600 -1.95426000
BH19 2AP Swanage 50.60757200 -1.95151100
BH19 2AQ Swanage 50.60747700 -1.95413200
BH19 2AR Swanage 50.60809300 -1.95086000
BH19 2AT Swanage 50.60716700 -1.94606300
BH19 2AU Swanage 50.60731100 -1.94542700
BH19 2AW Swanage 50.60770900 -1.95117800
BH19 2AX Swanage 50.60731100 -1.94537000
BH19 2AY Swanage 50.60721300 -1.94645800
BH19 2AZ Swanage 50.60673900 -1.95414700
BH19 2BA Swanage 50.60567900 -1.95592800
BH19 2BB Swanage 50.60734800 -1.94862000
BH19 2BD Swanage 50.60739200 -1.98376000
BH19 2BE Swanage 50.60631700 -1.95645000
BH19 2BG Swanage 50.60657800 -1.95652100
BH19 2BH Swanage 50.60673800 -1.95778600
BH19 2BJ Swanage 50.60710700 -1.95850600
BH19 2BL Swanage 50.60727100 -1.95652000
BH19 2BN Swanage 50.60574900 -1.95715100
BH19 2BP Swanage 50.60610200 -1.95687500
BH19 2BQ Swanage 50.60747800 -1.95736800
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