DT8 3JD

Beaminster · Dorset · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Local authority
Dorset
Constituency
West Dorset
Postcode district
DT8
Postcode sector
DT8 3

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
DT8 3LP 824 m
DT8 3JH 894 m
DT8 3HL 902 m
DT8 3HH 904 m
DT8 3JQ 908 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
DT8 3JD
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
DT
Postcode district
DT8
Postcode sector
DT8 3
Latitude
50.839968
Longitude
-2.761620
British National Grid easting
346,469
British National Grid northing
104,771

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South West · E12000009
Local authority district
Dorset · E06000059
Parish or community
E04003569
Westminster constituency
West Dorset · E14001575
Output area
E00103908
Lower layer super output area
Dorset 019A · E01020494
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
9
Primary
5
Secondary
1
  1. Parrett and Axe Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School

    Voluntary aided school

    960 m
  2. Mountjoy School

    Community special school

    2.5 km
  3. Beaminster School

    Voluntary controlled school

    3.2 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
12
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 6
  • Public order 2
  • Anti social behaviour 2
  • Shoplifting 1
  • Criminal damage and arson 1

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
15

7 female, 8 male

Postcode households
7
Residents per household
2.1
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

This postcode contained 0.2% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider DT8 3 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

  • BARTON HOUSE MED PRACTICE

    BARTON HOUSE, BEAMINSTER, DT8 3EQ

    ODS code J81074

    3.8 km

Nearby transport

  • Post Office

    BCT · Mosterton

    0.6 miles
  • Village Hall

    BCT · Mosterton

    0.6 miles
  • Mosterton Cross

    BCT · Mosterton

    0.6 miles
  • Mosterton Cross

    BCT · Mosterton

    0.6 miles
  • Admiral Hood

    BCT · Mosterton

    0.6 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Dorset 019A, 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

5 of 10

Overall England rank

15,999 of 33,755

Income
6 of 10
Employment
8 of 10
Education and skills
7 of 10
Health and disability
8 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

9 open schools are in scope, including 5 primary and 1 secondary schools. Parrett and Axe Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School is the nearest published school at 960 m.

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

Recorded crime

12 published events cover 12 months, averaging 1 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 6 events.

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