Latitude: 50.8149 / 50°48'53"N
Longitude: -1.0998 / 1°5'59"W
OS Eastings: 463513
OS Northings: 102094
OS Grid: SU635020
Mapcode National: GBR VPM.R8
Mapcode Global: FRA 86LY.7C5
Plus Code: 9C2WRW72+X3
Maidenhead Locator System: IO90kt85
What Three Birds: wren.reedling.wagtail
Marker point and cooordinate accuracy: Within the building of the matched address closest to the postcode mean.
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PO2 8DX is a large user postcode in Whale Island, Portsmouth. It was first introduced in January 1995.
'Large User' postcodes are allocated to organisations which receive large amounts of post. Unlike standard geographic postcodes, which cover up to 80 addresses, a large user postcode is unique to a single address.
To the best of our knowledge, the current address of this postcode is:
Headquarters Royal Marines, Whale Island, Portsmouth PO2 8DX.
The geographic coordinates assigned to a large user postcode may not necessarily be the actual coordinates of the location to which mail is delivered. If the address is a PO Box, then the coordinates will usually be the Royal Mail sorting office which handles mail for that postcode. In other cases, the coordinates of the postcode may be the headquarters, or registered office, of an organisation rather than the building which receives mail.
Portsmouth is a city, which had a population of 238,137 in the 2011 census.
PO2 8DX is in the Portsmouth travel to work area. NHS services are provided by the Portsmouth City Teaching Primary Care Trust.
PO2 8DX is approximately 6m (20ft) above sea level.
Office of National Statistics Output Area Classification for the area containing PO2 8DX
8b1: Hard-Pressed Living - Challenged Terraced Workers - Deprived Blue-Collar Terraces
Office of National Statistics Rural/Urban classification for PO2 8DX
England C1: a town or city, surrounded by populated countryside
Healthy Living Index
10/10 (Very high)
Neighbourhood Retail Diversity Index
7/10 (High)
Area Retail Diversity Index
8/10 (High)
Supermarkets near PO2 8DX include Aldi, Asda, Budgens, Co-Operative Food, Farmfoods, Iceland, Lidl, M&S Simply Food, Morrisons, Sainsbury's, Tesco and Waitrose. (Source: OpenStreetMap)
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Residents of PO2 8DX are represented at different levels of local, regional and national government by elected representatives. Where known, these are shown here.
This data is updated approximately monthly, and may not necessarily take account of the results of any elections or by-elections held recently.
Unitary Authority
Portsmouth City Council
Ward
Nelson
Councillors
Lee Hunt (Liberal Democrat)
Leo Madden (Liberal Democrat)
Jason Fazackarley (Liberal Democrat)
United Kingdom Parliament
Constituency
Portsmouth North
MP
Penny Mordaunt (Conservative)
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