CT15 5FT Dover
Live postcode, introduced May 2023. Ward: Town & Castle. Region: South East.
Streets
Council tax
What each band costs in Dover in 2026-27: Band D £2,462 a year on average, including the police, fire and any county and parish charges.
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £1,641 | £1,915 | £2,188 | £2,462 | £3,009 | £3,556 | £4,103 | £4,923 |
Homes by band in the neighbourhood around this postcode: most are in band A (30% of about 670 homes).
Planning and heritage
- Conservation area: no postcode centre in this postcode is in one.
- Listed buildings within 100 m of this postcode: none.
- Article 4 direction (removing permitted development rights): none recorded, though not every council has published theirs.
- Tree preservation orders: none recorded, though not every council has published theirs.
- Green belt: no.
Brownfield land registered for housing within 1.0 km
- Former Connaught Barracks, Dover Road, (Officers Mess), Guston: up to 64 homes, permissioned (70 m)
- Connaught Barracks (Main Site), Dover Road, Guston: up to 300 homes, permissioned (240 m)
- Land to the Rear of Former Magistrates Court, Pencester Road, Dover: up to 12 homes, permissioned (700 m)
- Former Magistrates Court 1 - 7 Pencester Road, Dover: up to 46 homes, permissioned (700 m)
- Mid Town, Dover: up to 100 homes, not permissioned (740 m)
- 7-8 Eastbrook Place, St Marys Residential Home, Maison Dieu Road, Dover: up to 20 homes, permissioned (760 m)
- Charlton Shopping Centre car park, Dover: up to 100 homes, not permissioned (820 m)
- Former United Reformed Church, High Street, Dover: up to 16 homes, permissioned (880 m)
Flood risk
The Environment Agency's long-term flood risk figures have not been loaded for this postcode yet.
Flood zone for planning: no postcode centre is in flood zone 2 or 3.
Height above sea level
The postcode's 6 addresses are between 104 m and 105 m above sea level (105 m on average).
Broadband
Superfast 100%, ultrafast 100%, gigabit 100% of premises; 0% cannot get 10 Mbit/s. Ofcom Connected Nations, data as at January 2026.
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Dover Priory 1.0 million journeys in 2024–25 | 1.2 km |
| Kearsney (Kent) 48,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 3.6 km | |
| Martin Mill 68,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 4.6 km | |
| Bus stops | 5 stops within 400 m, 24 within 800 m; nearest Officers View Dover | 130 m |
| Ferry terminal | Dover Eastern Docks Ferry Terminal | 1.1 km |
| Car parks | 1 within 800 m; nearest Ladywell Car Park | 780 m |
| EV charging points | 8 within 1.6 km; nearest Maison Dieu Car Park | 690 m |
| Airport with scheduled flights | London Southend Airport SEN | 65.1 km |
| Nearest large airport | London Gatwick Airport LGW | 105.1 km |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | 5 practices within 1.6 km; nearest St James' Surgery | 610 m |
| Pharmacies | 6 pharmacies within 1.6 km; nearest Aa Beggs | 800 m |
| NHS dentists | 6 practices within 1.6 km; nearest Bupa Dental Care | 800 m |
| Hospital | Buckland Community Hospital Cdc | 1.7 km |
| Police station | Dover Police Station | 740 m |
| Cash machines | 1 machines within 800 m; nearest Payzone | 780 m |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | 4 within 800 m; nearest Connaught Park 8.7 ha | 240 m |
| Play area | 3 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 1,350 m² | 450 m |
| Playing field | 2 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 7.4 ha | 460 m |
| Allotments | 1 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 2,810 m² | 530 m |
Within 800 m: 4 parks and gardens, 10 hectares in all.
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Fort Burgoyne, a scheduled monument, 380 m north-east. 70 listed buildings are within 1.0 km, 4 of them Grade I and 6 of them Grade II*.
| Name | What it is | From the postcode's centre |
|---|---|---|
| Fort Burgoyne | Scheduled monument | 380 m north-east |
| Dover Castle | Listed building, Grade I | 590 m south-east |
| Church of St Peter and St Paul | Listed building, Grade II* | 730 m west |
| Dover Castle | Scheduled monument | 740 m south-east |
| The Roman Pharos | Listed building, Grade I | 770 m south-east |
| Church of St Mary Sub-Castro | Listed building, Grade I | 780 m south-east |
| Maison Dieu | Scheduled monument | 840 m south-west |
| Name | What it is | From the postcode's centre |
|---|---|---|
| Hole Coombe | Valley | 320 m north |
| Edinburgh Hill | Hill | 420 m north-east |
| Broadlees Bottom | Valley | 1.0 km east |
| Mill Stream | Lake or reservoir | 1.2 km west |
| Coombe Down | Wood | 2.0 km west |
| Langdon Bay | Bay | 2.2 km east |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 7.5 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 6.5 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 10.1 | 40 | 15 |
All three are within the UK legal limits; PM2.5 is above the WHO guideline, as in most towns and cities.
Road and rail noise
| Level | Road traffic | Railways |
|---|---|---|
| Under 55 | 6 | 6 |
None of the postcode's 6 addresses is modelled at 55 dB or more from road or rail traffic.
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 53 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 13% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 30% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 73% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 44% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 0% | 1% |
| Social rented | under 1% | 17% |
| Private rented | 26% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 58% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 7% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 31% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | under 1% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 38% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 49% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 2% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 3% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 7% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km of home (of those who travel to work) | 54% | 65% |
| Work 30 km or more away | 7% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 45% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 9% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 6% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 95% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | 2% | 2% |
Deprivation
The neighbourhood around this postcode is in decile 2 of 10 on the English Indices of Deprivation 2025, where 1 is the most deprived tenth of England's 33,755 neighbourhoods and 10 the least.