The UK Postcode Database

CT6 8LQ

a terminated large user postcode in Kent

Introduced in January 1980, terminated in December 1996
CT6 8LQ Normal (geographic) postcodes Large user postcodes

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Coordinates

Latitude: 51.3637 / 51°21'49"N

Longitude: 1.1015 / 1°6'5"E

UTM Reference: 31U 367830 5691980

OS Easting: 616000

OS Northing: 167300

OS Grid: TR160673

Location Encoding

Mapcode Local: GBR TX4.H93

Mapcode Global: VHLG2.1ZNH

Open Location Code: 9F339472+FH

Maidenhead Locator System: JO01ni27

Demographics

Urban/Rural Indicator: C1

  • urban city or town
  • a town or city, surrounded by populated countryside

ONS Population Classification: 2a1

  • Suburbanites and Peri-Urbanites
  • Inner Suburbs and Small Town Living
  • Younger Suburban Family Renters

Index of Multiple Deprivation (IMD): 7711 / 32844

  • 3rd decile
  • more deprived

Demographics are based on the LSOA containing this postcode and not necessarily this postcode alone

Sun and Moon Times for CT6 8LQ on Thursday 4 June 2026

Nautical twilight begins (First light) 02:48
Civil twilight begins (Dawn) 03:56
Sunrise 04:42
Transit (sun is at its highest) 12:53
Sunset 21:05
Civil twilight ends (Dusk) 21:51
Nautical twilight ends (Nightfall) 22:59
Hours of daylight today04:12 to 21:35
Hours of darkness tonight
(lighting-up time)
21:35 to 04:11
Moon Phase Waning Gibbous
Moon Sets 06:50
Moon Rises 23:30

For a full sun and moon calendar for CT6 8LQ, go to The Time and Place

Elected Representatives for CT6 8LQ

United Kingdom Parliament
Constituency

Herne Bay and Sandwich

MP

Roger Gale Conservative

Kent County Council
County council electoral division

Whitstable East & Herne Bay West

Councillor

Adrian Kibble Reform UK

Canterbury City Council
District council ward

West Bay

Councillor

Andrew Harvey Independent

Elected representative data is updated approximately monthly, so may not include recent by-elections or vacancies.

Government Statistical Services (GSS) data for CT6 8LQ

CodeNameData TypeData ThemeActive SinceData Owner
E00122441 Output Areas Statistical Building Block 1 January 2009 ONS
E01024119 Canterbury 004D Lower layer Super Output Areas Statistical Building Block 1 February 2004 ONS
E02005013 Canterbury 004 Middle layer Super Output Areas Statistical Building Block 1 August 2004 ONS
E05010409 West Bay Electoral Wards/Divisions Administrative/Electoral 7 May 2015 DLUHC
E07000106 Canterbury Non-metropolitan Districts Administrative 1 January 2009 DLUHC
E10000016 Kent Counties Administrative 1 January 2009 DLUHC
E12000008 South East Regions Administrative 1 January 2009 DLUHC
E14001282 Herne Bay and Sandwich Westminster Parliamentary Constituencies Electoral 4 July 2024 LGBC
E23000032 Kent Police Force Areas Other 1 January 2009 Home Office
E30000187 Canterbury Travel to Work Areas Other 31 July 2015 ONS
E33042792 Workplace Zones Census 31 December 2011 ONS
E37000056 South East Local Enterprise Partnerships Other 1 April 2020 BEIS
E38000237 NHS Kent and Medway ICB - 91Q Sub Integrated Care Board Locations Health 1 July 2022 ODS
E40000005 South East NHS England Regions Health 1 April 2018 ODS
E43000269 Canterbury, unparished area Non-Civil Parished Areas Census 1 April 2019 ONS
E54000032 NHS Kent and Medway Integrated Care Board Integrated Care Boards Health 1 July 2022 ODS
E56000011 Kent and Medway Cancer Alliances Health 1 September 2016 NHS England
E58000748 Whitstable East & Herne Bay West ED County Electoral Divisions Electoral 4 May 2017 DLUHC
E63012287 Herne Bay Built Up Areas Census 17 April 2024 OS
E65000001 England Non-National Park Area England Non-National Park Area Census 27 February 2023 ONS
E92000001 England Country Administrative 1 January 2009 ONS

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