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DT6 6AB

Lyme & Charmouth · Dorset · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Bridport
Ward
Lyme & Charmouth
Local authority
Dorset
Constituency
West Dorset
Postcode district
DT6
Postcode sector
DT6 6

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
DT6 6QF 48 m
DT6 6QQ 50 m
DT6 6LH 61 m
DT6 6PU 66 m
DT6 6QG 67 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
DT6 6AB
Status
Current
Introduced
1 June 2002
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
DT
Postcode district
DT6
Postcode sector
DT6 6
Latitude
50.738605
Longitude
-2.899723
British National Grid easting
336,608
British National Grid northing
93,609

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South West · E12000009
Local authority district
Dorset · E06000059
Electoral ward
Lyme & Charmouth · E05012705
Parish or community
E04003520
Westminster constituency
West Dorset · E14001575
Output area
E00104004
Lower layer super output area
Dorset 023A · E01020511
Middle layer super output area
Dorset 023 · E02004273

Postcode source versions

Explore DT6

Property

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30 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
2, Queens Walk, Charmouth, Bridport, DT6 6AB 6 December 2024 £360,000
9, Queens Walk, Charmouth, Bridport, DT6 6AB 18 November 2022 £485,000
8, Queens Walk, Charmouth, Bridport, DT6 6AB 31 March 2022 £422,500

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
4
Primary
3
Secondary
1

  1. Charmouth Primary School

    Academy sponsor led

    372 m

  2. St Michael's CofE Primary School, Lyme Regis

    Academy sponsor led

    2.6 km

  3. The Woodroffe School

    Foundation school

    3.6 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
58
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 19
  • Anti social behaviour 12
  • Criminal damage and arson 7
  • Public order 6
  • Other theft 5

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
19

11 female, 8 male

Postcode households
9
Residents per household
2.1
DT6 6 residents
3,510

Age bands in DT6 6

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
9.9%

351 residents

Age 15 to 24
7.5%

268 residents

Age 25 to 44
12.7%

451 residents

Age 45 to 64
29.1%

1,034 residents

Age 65 and over
40.9%

1,454 residents

This postcode contained 0.5% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider DT6 6 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.

GP practices

1

within 5 km straight-line

  • LYME BAY MEDICAL PRACTICE

    LYME REGIS MEDICAL CENTRE, UPLYME ROAD, LYME REGIS, DT7 3LS

    ODS code J81647

    3.5 km

Nearby transport

  • Georges Close

    BCT · Charmouth

    0.1 miles

  • Georges Close

    BCT · Charmouth

    0.1 miles

  • St Andrews Church

    BCT · Charmouth

    0.1 miles

  • St Andrews Church

    BCT · Charmouth

    0.1 miles

  • Old Lyme Hill

    BCT · Charmouth

    0.3 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Dorset 023A, 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

6 of 10

Overall England rank

17,109 of 33,755

Income
6 of 10
Employment
6 of 10
Education and skills
6 of 10
Health and disability
8 of 10
Crime
8 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
1
Groundwater flood alert area
Unlikely

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 £422,500 from 3 recorded sales in DT6 6AB. 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

4 open schools are in scope, including 3 primary and 1 secondary schools. Charmouth Primary School is the nearest published school at 372 m.

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

Recorded crime

58 published events cover 12 months, averaging 4.833 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 19 events.

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