Postcodes in Dorset District

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Browse Information On Dorset Postcodes

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• Dorset Census And Postcode Overview.
• View Dorset Postcodes
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• Wards in Dorset

Dorset Postcode and Census - Statistical Overview

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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

Wards in Dorset

There are 52 wards in the district. Below is a list of the wards. You can click on any ward link to view the postcodes of that ward.

Beacon Beaminster Blackmore Vale Blandford Bridport Chalk Valleys Charminster St Mary's Chesil Bank Chickerell Colehill & Wimborne Minster East Corfe Mullen Cranborne & Alderholt Cranborne Chase Crossways Dorchester East Dorchester Poundbury Dorchester West Eggardon Ferndown North Ferndown South Gillingham Hill Forts & Upper Tarrants Littlemoor & Preston Lyme & Charmouth Lytchett Matravers & Upton Marshwood Vale Melcombe Regis Portland Puddletown & Lower Winterborne Radipole Rodwell & Wyke St Leonards & St Ives Shaftesbury Town Sherborne East Sherborne Rural Sherborne West South East Purbeck Stalbridge & Marnhull Stour & Allen Vale Sturminster Newton Swanage Upwey & Broadwey Verwood Wareham West Moors & Three Legged Cross West Parley West Purbeck Westham Wimborne Minster Winterborne & Broadmayne Winterborne North Yetminster