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DT8 3FW

Marshwood Vale · Dorset · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Ward
Marshwood Vale
Local authority
Dorset
Constituency
West Dorset
Postcode district
DT8
Postcode sector
DT8 3

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
DT8 3JL 469 m
DT8 3LW 664 m
DT6 5NE 783 m
DT6 5RH 873 m
DT6 5NH 881 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
DT8 3FW
Status
Current
Introduced
1 December 2022
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
DT
Postcode district
DT8
Postcode sector
DT8 3
Latitude
50.799961
Longitude
-2.761352
British National Grid easting
346,442
British National Grid northing
100,322

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South West · E12000009
Local authority district
Dorset · E06000059
Electoral ward
Marshwood Vale · E05015782
Parish or community
E04003599
Westminster constituency
West Dorset · E14001575
Output area
E00103971
Lower layer super output area
Dorset 019D · E01020506
Middle layer super output area
Dorset 019 · E02004271

Postcode source versions

Explore DT8

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
6
Primary
4
Secondary
1

  1. Beaminster St Mary's Academy

    Academy sponsor led

    1.6 km

  2. Beaminster School

    Voluntary controlled school

    2.2 km

  3. Mountjoy School

    Community special school

    2.3 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
34
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 15
  • Public order 4
  • Anti social behaviour 4
  • Burglary 3
  • Other theft 3

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
DT8 3 residents
6,065

Age bands in DT8 3

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
12%

743 residents

Age 15 to 24
8.1%

497 residents

Age 25 to 44
15.5%

954 residents

Age 45 to 64
28.7%

1,772 residents

Age 65 and over
35.7%

2,204 residents

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+
0%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
0%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
0%
Gigabit-capable
0%
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

  • BARTON HOUSE MED PRACTICE

    BARTON HOUSE, BEAMINSTER, DT8 3EQ

    ODS code J81074

    1.9 km

Nearby transport

  • The Square

    BCT · Netherbury

    0.7 miles

  • The Square

    BCT · Netherbury

    0.7 miles

  • Crook Hill

    BCT · Netherbury

    0.9 miles

  • Crook Hill

    BCT · Netherbury

    0.9 miles

  • St James

    BCT · Beaminster

    0.9 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Dorset 019D, 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

4 of 10

Overall England rank

13,048 of 33,755

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

Schools

6 open schools are in scope, including 4 primary and 1 secondary schools. Beaminster St Mary's Academy is the nearest published school at 1.0 miles.

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

Recorded crime

34 published events cover 12 months, averaging 2.833 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 15 events.

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