B3157 Dorset
6 addresses across 3 postcodes (DT2), about 1.4 km (0.8 miles) long, classed as a b road. USRN 43202277.
- Energy: 4 homes have an energy certificate (E: 2, F: 2).
- Flood: No address on its postcodes is in an area 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% of premises.
- Transport: The nearest railway station is Maiden Newton, about 12.4 km (7.7 miles) away in a straight line.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 3.0 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 5.0 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: Its addresses are 81 to 132 m above sea level.
- Noise: 3 of its 6 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is Ammonite Health Partnership, about 9 km (5.6 miles) away.
- People: About 280 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 84% of households owned their home and 42% 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
4 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 157 m². Most common: House, detached (2); House, semi-detached (2). Built: before 1900 (2); 1976-1982 (1); 1900-1929 (1). Tenure at assessment: owner-occupied (4).
Each home's certificates and sales (1 address)
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 (21% of about 1,120 homes).
Planning and heritage
- Conservation area: yes, Swyre Conservation Area. Extensions, demolition, some windows and doors, and work on trees need consent.
- Listed buildings on or by this street: 7.
- Article 4 direction (removing permitted development rights): West Bexington.
- Tree preservation orders: none recorded, though not every council has published theirs.
- Green belt: no.
Listed buildings
- PARISH CHURCH OF HOLY TRINITY, grade I
- 24, grade II
- BARN 140 METRES EAST SOUTH EAST OF MANOR FARMHOUSE (PART OF MANOR FARM), grade II
- BRYANT MONUMENT AND RAILINGS 10 METRES NORTH OF PARISH CHURCH NAVE, grade II
- LOOK OUT ON THE KNOLL, grade II
- MONUMENT (ILLEGIBLE) 3 METRES NORTH OF PARISH CHURCH TOWER, grade II
- Swyre War Memorial, grade II
Roadworks
Planned, as of 31 October 2026
- 2 November 2026 to 4 November 2026: WESSEX WATER, Utility repair and maintenance works, give and take, on the verge (minor works)
Flood risk
Rivers, the sea or surface water: in this street's postcodes, 0 addresses are in areas at high risk, 0 at medium risk and 3 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.
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 9DA | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 1 | unlikely |
| DT2 9DN | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 2 | unlikely |
| DT2 9DQ | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
Height above sea level
The street's 6 addresses are between 81 m and 132 m above sea level (92 m on average); the ground rises about 51 m from the lowest to the highest.
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DT2 9DA | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| DT2 9DN | 97% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| DT2 9DQ | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Maiden Newton 22,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 12.4 km (7.7 miles) |
| Upwey 54,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 14.7 km (9.1 miles) | |
| Bus stops | 0 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 4 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest The Lemon Tree Swyre | 630 m (0.4 miles) |
| Bus or coach station | Bus Station Bridport | 8.7 km (5.4 miles) |
| EV charging points | Be.EV Charging Station | 7.2 km (4.5 miles) |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Exeter International Airport EXT | 53.2 km (33 miles) |
| Nearest large airport | Bristol Airport BRS | 77.5 km (48 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | Ammonite Health Partnership | 9 km (5.6 miles) |
| Pharmacies | Well | 8.3 km (5.2 miles) |
| NHS dentists | John Lumley & Simon Wood Dental Practice | 8.3 km (5.2 miles) |
| Hospital | Bridport Community Hospital | 9.6 km (6 miles) |
| Police station | Broadchurch Police Station | 7.5 km (4.7 miles) |
| Cash machines | ATM | 5 km (3.1 miles) |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Playing field | Unnamed 2,110 m² | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) |
| Allotments | Unnamed 2,720 m² | 860 m (0.5 miles) |
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Three bowl barrows on The Knoll 450m north west of Treetops, a scheduled monument, 370 m north-east. 16 listed buildings are within 1 km (0.6 miles), 1 of them Grade I.
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Three bowl barrows on The Knoll 450m north west of Treetops | Scheduled monument | 370 m north-east |
| Parish Church of Holy Trinity | Listed building, Grade I | 690 m (0.4 miles) north-west |
| Bowl barrow on Limekiln Hill 650m south east of Green Leaze | Scheduled monument | 1.4 km (0.9 miles) south-east |
| Bowl barrow on Limekiln Hill 500m north of Labour-in-Vain Farm | Scheduled monument | 1.6 km (1 mile) south-east |
| Dorset and East Devon Coast | World Heritage Site | 4.5 km (2.8 miles) south |
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Knoll Plantation | Wood | 410 m (0.3 miles) east |
| The Knoll | Hill | 420 m (0.3 miles) north-east |
| West Bexington Pond | Lake or reservoir | 670 m (0.4 miles) south |
| Walls Plantation | Wood | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) east |
| Long Gully | Valley | 1.9 km (1.2 miles) south-east |
| Cogden Beach | Beach | 2.9 km (1.8 miles) west |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 3.0 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 5.0 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 8.8 | 40 | 15 |
All three are within both the UK limits and the WHO guidelines.
Road and rail noise
| Level | Road traffic | Railways |
|---|---|---|
| 65 to 69 | 1 | 0 |
| 60 to 64 | 1 | 0 |
| 55 to 59 | 1 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 3 | 6 |
3 of the street's 6 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 | 61 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 9% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 40% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 84% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 69% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 0% | 1% |
| Social rented | 2% | 17% |
| Private rented | 15% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 47% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 5% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 46% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | under 1% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 46% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 41% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 0% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 0% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 12% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 17% | 65% |
| Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away | 53% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 42% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 9% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 9% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 100% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | 0% | 2% |
Deprivation
The neighbourhood around this street is in decile 7 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
- Roadworks Street works permit: WESSEX WATER: Utility repair and maintenance works, 2 November 2026 to 4 November 2026 (give and take) found 3 November 2026
Postcodes on this street
- DT2 9DA: 3 addresses of 6 in the postcode
- DT2 9DN: 2 addresses of 49 in the postcode
- DT2 9DQ: 1 address of 7 in the postcode
Nearby streets
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.