A353 Dorset
20 addresses across 7 postcodes (DT2,DT3), about 2.4 km (1.5 miles) long, classed as a a road. USRN 43202155.
- Energy: 7 homes have an energy certificate (D: 3, E: 4).
- Flood: 10 addresses on its postcodes are in areas at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers, the sea or surface water.
- Council tax: Most homes around it are in council tax band E; Band D in Dorset costs £2,765 a year in 2026-27.
- Broadband: Gigabit broadband is available to 0% to 83% of premises.
- Transport: The nearest railway station is Moreton (Dorset), about 5.4 km (3.4 miles) away in a straight line.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 3.9 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 5.1 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: Its addresses are 66 to 121 m above sea level.
- Noise: 16 of its 20 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is Fordington Surgery, about 7.4 km (4.6 miles) away.
- People: About 510 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 75% of households owned their home and 36% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
Sales on this street
No sales recorded on this street since January 1995 under this street name.
Energy performance certificates
7 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 116 m². Most common: House, detached (2); House, semi-detached (2); House, end-terrace (1). Built: before 1900 (5); 1976-1982 (1); 1950-1966 (1). Tenure at assessment: owner-occupied (5); rented (private) (2).
Each home's certificates and sales (4 addresses)
Council tax
What each band costs in Dorset in 2026-27: Band D £2,765 a year on average, including the police, fire and any county and parish charges.
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £1,843 | £2,151 | £2,458 | £2,765 | £3,379 | £3,994 | £4,608 | £5,530 |
Homes by band in the neighbourhood around this street: most are in band E (23% of about 1,160 homes).
Planning and heritage
- Conservation area: yes, Poxwell Conservation Area, Warmwell Conservation Area 1. Extensions, demolition, some windows and doors, and work on trees need consent.
- Listed buildings on or by this street: 13.
- Article 4 direction (removing permitted development rights): none recorded, though not every council has published theirs.
- Tree preservation orders: none recorded, though not every council has published theirs.
- Green belt: no.
Listed buildings
- POXWELL HOUSE, grade I
- BARN, AT NORTH WEST CORNER OF FARMYARD, grade II*
- GATEHOUSE AND ATTACHED GARDEN WALLS IMMEDIATELY EAST OF POXWELL HOUSE, grade II*
- 1 AND 2, grade II
- 5 AND 6, grade II
- 7, grade II
- ATTACHED BARN AND CART SHED IMMEDIATELY WEST OF POXWELL HOUSE, grade II
- ATTACHED STABLES AT WEST END OF YARD, 50 METRES WEST OF POXWELL HOUSE, grade II
- LITTLE THATCH, grade II
- PIGEON HOUSE AT SOUTH WEST CORNER OF FARMYARD, grade II
- STABLES, AT NORTH EST CORNER OF FARMYARD, grade II
- THE LODGE, grade II
- VILLAGE PUMP, grade II
Roadworks
No street works under way, planned or finished in the last three months on this street, in permits up to 31 October 2026.
Flood risk
Rivers, the sea or surface water: in this street's postcodes, 7 addresses are in areas at high risk, 3 at medium risk and 1 at low risk. Each address counts once, at the higher of its rivers-and-sea and surface-water risk.
Rivers and the sea alone: no home is in an area at risk.
Groundwater flooding is possible in 5 of these postcodes: an address there is in a groundwater flood alert area.
High: 3.3% (1 in 30) or more chance of flooding a year. Medium: 1% to 3.3%. Low: 0.1% to 1%. Very low: under 0.1%. The rivers and sea figures allow for flood defences. Counts cover whole postcodes, which can include other streets.
Flood zone for planning: no postcode centre on this street is in flood zone 2 or 3.
| Postcode | Planning zone | Addresses at high / medium / low risk | Groundwater |
|---|---|---|---|
| DT2 8NA | not in 2 or 3 | 5 / 0 / 1 | possible |
| DT2 8ND | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | possible |
| DT2 8NB | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | possible |
| DT2 8FX | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | possible |
| DT2 8HQ | not in 2 or 3 | 2 / 3 / 0 | unlikely |
| DT2 8LZ | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| DT3 6EZ | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | possible |
Height above sea level
The street's 20 addresses are between 66 m and 121 m above sea level (83 m on average); the ground rises about 55 m from the lowest to the highest.
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DT2 8FX | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| DT2 8HQ | 93% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| DT2 8LZ | 100% | 83% | 83% | 0% |
| DT2 8NA | 83% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| DT2 8NB | 50% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| DT2 8ND | 63% | 63% | 63% | 0% |
| DT3 6EZ | 82% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Moreton (Dorset) 79,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 5.4 km (3.4 miles) |
| Dorchester South 466,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 7.5 km (4.7 miles) | |
| Upwey 54,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 7.6 km (4.7 miles) | |
| Bus stops | 0 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 2 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Warmwell Cross | 620 m (0.4 miles) |
| Bus or coach station | Top O Town Coach Park Dorchester | 8.3 km (5.2 miles) |
| Ferry terminal | Weymouth Ferry Terminal | 8.7 km (5.4 miles) |
| EV charging points | InstaVolt Charging Station | 3.2 km (2 miles) |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Bournemouth Airport BOH | 39.1 km (24 miles) |
| Nearest large airport | Bristol Airport BRS | 83.9 km (52 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | Fordington Surgery | 7.4 km (4.6 miles) |
| Pharmacies | Rowlands Pharmacy | 5.4 km (3.3 miles) |
| NHS dentists | Dental Surgery | 6.8 km (4.2 miles) |
| Hospital | Bmi The Winterbourne Hospital | 7.2 km (4.5 miles) |
| Police station | Dorset Police and Crime Commissioner | 5.7 km (3.6 miles) |
| Cash machines | Wessex Retail Ltd - Preston Road, Preston Cashzone | 4.6 km (2.8 miles) |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Play area | Unnamed 1,290 m² | 2.3 km (1.4 miles) |
| Playing field | Unnamed 1.1 ha | 2.2 km (1.4 miles) |
| Allotments | Unnamed 4,510 m² | 2.5 km (1.6 miles) |
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Barrow 500yds (450m) E of village, a scheduled monument, 640 m (0.4 miles) south. 13 listed buildings are within 1 km (0.6 miles), 1 of them Grade I and 2 of them Grade II*.
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Barrow 500yds (450m) E of village | Scheduled monument | 640 m (0.4 miles) south |
| Barn, at North West Corner of Farmyard | Listed building, Grade II* | 800 m (0.5 miles) south-west |
| Gatehouse and Attached Garden Walls Immediately East of Poxwell House | Listed building, Grade II* | 920 m (0.6 miles) south-west |
| Poxwell House | Listed building, Grade I | 930 m (0.6 miles) south-west |
| Kerbed cairn 590m south east of Poxwell Manor | Scheduled monument | 1.2 km (0.8 miles) south |
| Four barrows on Moigns Down | Scheduled monument | 1.6 km (1 mile) south-east |
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Poxwell Grove | Wood | 630 m (0.4 miles) west |
| Brick Hill | Hill | 910 m (0.6 miles) north |
| Coombe Bottom | Valley | 1.7 km (1.1 miles) south-west |
| Wally's Lake | Lake or reservoir | 2.3 km (1.4 miles) south-west |
| Overton Island | Island | 3.3 km (2 miles) north |
| Redcliff Point | Wetland | 4.7 km (2.9 miles) south-west |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 3.9 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 5.1 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 8.7 | 40 | 15 |
All three are within the UK legal limits; PM2.5 is above the WHO guideline, as in most towns and cities.
Road and rail noise
| Level | Road traffic | Railways |
|---|---|---|
| 70 to 74 | 1 | 0 |
| 65 to 69 | 7 | 0 |
| 60 to 64 | 5 | 0 |
| 55 to 59 | 3 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 4 | 20 |
16 of the street's 20 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic, above the WHO guidelines.
Climate, daylight and earthquakes
Monthly temperatures and rainfall, sunrise and sunset through the year, and earthquakes recorded nearby since 1970 are much the same across the area, so they are worked out once for Dorset: see them on the Dorset page.
Nearest schools
No open schools within 2 km (1.2 miles).
Food hygiene ratings nearby
No rated food businesses within 500 m (0.3 miles).
Crime within 250 m
No crimes recorded at anonymised points within 250 m in this period (dorset).
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 57 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 10% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 33% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 75% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 54% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | under 1% | 1% |
| Social rented | under 1% | 17% |
| Private rented | 24% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 50% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 5% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 35% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 2% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 36% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 56% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 0% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | under 1% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 7% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 46% | 65% |
| Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away | 18% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 36% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 14% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 9% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 97% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | under 1% | 2% |
Deprivation
The neighbourhood around this street is in decile 6 of 10 on the English Indices of Deprivation 2025, where 1 is the most deprived tenth of England's 33,755 neighbourhoods and 10 the least.
What has changed
- Energy certificates New energy certificate: band D, house, mid-terrace (lodged 27 October 2026) found 2 November 2026
Postcodes on this street
What this page cannot tell you
- Whether a particular house is at risk of flooding, subsiding or anything else: the flood map is a model of areas and there is no property-level data here.
- What a home is worth now: sales are historic prices for the homes that happened to sell.
- How safe the street is: crime points are moved to anonymised locations and many crimes are never reported.
- Whether you would get a place at a school: distances are straight lines, not catchments.
- Who lives on the street now: census figures describe the small areas around it in March 2021, during a lockdown.
- How long a journey takes or how often anything runs: transport distances are straight lines to the nearest stops.
- Whether a GP practice is taking new patients, or a dentist new NHS patients.
- How loud a home is inside, or noise from industry, neighbours or smaller airfields: noise figures are models of road, rail and air traffic outside.
How each figure on this page is matched to the street and worked out: methodology.