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DT9 4RH

Sherborne East · Dorset · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Sherborne
Ward
Sherborne East
Local authority
Dorset
Constituency
West Dorset
Postcode district
DT9
Postcode sector
DT9 4

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
DT9 4JA 101 m
DT9 4JB 143 m
DT9 4EJ 199 m
DT9 4EG 202 m
DT9 4EF 266 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
DT9 4RH
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
DT
Postcode district
DT9
Postcode sector
DT9 4
Latitude
50.958932
Longitude
-2.519275
British National Grid easting
363,626
British National Grid northing
117,852

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South West · E12000009
Local authority district
Dorset · E06000059
Electoral ward
Sherborne East · E05012715
Parish or community
E04003593
Westminster constituency
West Dorset · E14001575
Output area
E00166101
Lower layer super output area
Dorset 004B · E01020543
Middle layer super output area
Dorset 004 · E02004269

Postcode source versions

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Property

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7 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
Lower Clatcombe Cottage, Lower Clatcombe, Sherborne, DT9 4RH 23 August 2019 £465,000
The Courtyard, 2, Lower Clatcombe, Sherborne, DT9 4RH 1 November 2010 £300,000
The Courtyard, 2, Lower Clatcombe, Sherborne, DT9 4RH 25 March 2010 £190,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
9
Primary
4
Secondary
1

  1. The Gryphon School

    Academy converter

    284 m

  2. Sherborne Primary School

    Academy converter

    594 m

  3. Harbour Vale School

    Academy alternative provision sponsor led

    628 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
465
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 164
  • Anti social behaviour 123
  • Shoplifting 42
  • Criminal damage and arson 33
  • Other theft 30

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
14

6 female, 8 male

Postcode households
6
Residents per household
2.3
DT9 4 residents
6,176

Age bands in DT9 4

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
15.9%

1,032 residents

Age 15 to 24
11.7%

762 residents

Age 25 to 44
19.3%

1,257 residents

Age 45 to 64
25.7%

1,670 residents

Age 65 and over
27.4%

1,779 residents

This postcode contained 0.2% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider DT9 4 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+
16.7%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
16.7%
Gigabit-capable
16.7%
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

3

within 5 km

  • THE GROVE MEDICAL CENTRE

    WOOTTON GROVE, SHERBORNE, DT9 4DL

    ODS code J81078

    741 m

  • THE APPLES MEDICAL CENTRE

    EAST MILL LANE, SHERBORNE, DT9 3DG

    ODS code J81029

    1.4 km

  • MILBORNE PORT SURGERY

    GAINSBOROUGH, MILBOURNE PORT, SHERBORNE, DT9 5FH

    ODS code L85031

    3.5 km

Main GP practices only; branch surgeries are excluded. Distances are straight-line. Contact the practice to check registration, services, opening hours and appointments.

Source acquired on 2026-09-05. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • Queens Terrace

    BCT · Sherborne

    0.2 miles

  • The Gryphon School

    BCT · Sherborne

    0.2 miles

  • The Mermaid

    BCT · Sherborne

    0.3 miles

  • The Mermaid

    BCT · Sherborne

    0.3 miles

  • Simons Road

    BCT · Sherborne

    0.4 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Dorset 004B, 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

10,283 of 33,755

Income
3 of 10
Employment
3 of 10
Education and skills
2 of 10
Health and disability
4 of 10
Crime
6 of 10
Housing and services
6 of 10
Living environment
9 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 4 primary and 1 secondary schools. The Gryphon School is the nearest published school at 284 m.

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

Recorded crime

465 published events cover 12 months, averaging 38.75 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 164 events.

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