DT11 8DF

Hill Forts & Upper Tarrants · Dorset · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Blandford Forum
Local authority
Dorset
Constituency
North Dorset
Postcode district
DT11
Postcode sector
DT11 8

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
DT11 8DE 403 m
DT11 8DG 593 m
DT11 8DQ 686 m
DT11 8FF 965 m
DT11 8DD 1.1 km
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
DT11 8DF
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
DT
Postcode district
DT11
Postcode sector
DT11 8
Latitude
50.939306
Longitude
-2.063446
British National Grid easting
395,638
British National Grid northing
115,543

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South West · E12000009
Local authority district
Dorset · E06000059
Parish or community
E04003405
Westminster constituency
North Dorset · E14001388
Output area
E00103597
Lower layer super output area
Dorset 009A · E01020442
Middle layer super output area
Dorset 009 · E02004260

Postcode source versions

Explore DT11

3 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
8, Oakley View, Farnham, Blandford Forum, DT11 8DF 22 July 2025 £265,500
5, Oakley View, Farnham, Blandford Forum, DT11 8DF 8 July 2025 £240,000
4, Oakley View, Farnham, Blandford Forum, DT11 8DF 20 March 2025 £220,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
2
Primary
1
Secondary
0
  1. Sandroyd School

    Other independent school

    2.9 km
  2. Sixpenny Handley First School and Nursery

    Academy converter

    4.2 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
6
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Burglary 2
  • Violence and sexual offences 2
  • Other theft 1
  • Criminal damage and arson 1

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
16

9 female, 7 male

Postcode households
10
Residents per household
1.6
DT11 8 residents
7,148

Age bands in DT11 8

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
16.4%

1,247 residents

Age 15 to 24
13.7%

1,046 residents

Age 25 to 44
20.8%

1,582 residents

Age 45 to 64
24.1%

1,836 residents

Age 65 and over
25%

1,904 residents

This postcode contained 0.2% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider DT11 8 sector, not people in this individual postcode.

Small counts are adjusted for privacy, so totals can differ slightly between Census tables.

Census Day: 21 March 2021. Sources: ONS/Nomis P001-P004 and ONS CT21_0228. Age table version 2024-04-08.

Fixed broadband coverage

Ofcom's predicted availability across all residential and commercial premises in this postcode in January 2026.

Superfast, 30 Mbit/s+
100%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
100%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
100%
Gigabit-capable
100%
Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
0%
Next Generation Access
100%
Decent broadband available from fixed wireless
0%

Predicted coverage, not measured speeds. Check availability for your address with a provider. Postcode-level full-fibre figures are not published in this release.

Source: Ofcom Connected Nations Spring 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Nearby transport

  • Museum Hotel

    BCT · Farnham

    0.3 miles
  • Museum Hotel

    BCT · Farnham

    0.3 miles
  • Minchington Farm

    BCT · Minchington

    0.4 miles
  • Minchington Farm

    BCT · Minchington

    0.4 miles
  • Minchington

    BCT · Minchington

    0.9 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Dorset 009A, the published LSOA linked to this postcode. Decile 1 contains the most deprived 10% of English LSOAs and decile 10 the least deprived 10%.

Overall IMD decile

7 of 10

Overall England rank

20,359 of 33,755

Income
8 of 10
Employment
8 of 10
Education and skills
7 of 10
Health and disability
9 of 10
Crime
10 of 10
Housing and services
1 of 10
Living environment
3 of 10

These are relative area statistics, not measures of an individual household, affluence or absolute change. They cannot be compared with indices for other UK nations. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, version 2025-v2.

Flood risk

Environment Agency long-term indicators for the area around addresses in this postcode. They are not an assessment of any individual property and do not show current or forecast flooding.

High risk addresses
0
Medium risk addresses
0
Low risk addresses
0
Groundwater flood alert area
Possible

Source: Environment Agency flood-risk postcode search tool data, version 2026-06-18. Check the long-term risk for an individual area. © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2025. All rights reserved.

Evidence in context

Property market

The five-year median is £240,000 from 3 recorded sales in DT11 8DF. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.

The latest UK House Price Index average for Dorset is £325,410 in June 2026, up 1.6% year on year.

Schools

2 open schools are in scope, including 1 primary and 0 secondary schools. Sandroyd School is the nearest published school at 1.8 miles.

Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.

Recorded crime

6 published events cover 12 months, averaging 0.5 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Burglary with 2 events.

The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.