B3164 Dorset
15 addresses across 1 postcode (DT6), about 470 m (0.3 miles) long, classed as a b road. USRN 43210118.
- Energy: 4 homes have an energy certificate (C: 1, D: 1, E: 1, F: 1).
- 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 D; Band D in Dorset costs £2,765 a year in 2026-27.
- Broadband: Gigabit broadband is available to 100% of premises.
- Transport: The nearest railway station is Crewkerne, about 9.7 km (6 miles) away in a straight line.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 3.3 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 5.1 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: Its addresses are 156 to 179 m above sea level.
- Noise: 10 of its 15 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is Barton House Med Practice, about 8.7 km (5.4 miles) away.
- People: About 380 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 84% of households owned their home and 34% 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 121 m². Most common: House, semi-detached (2); House, detached (1); Bungalow, detached (1). Built: before 1900 (3); 2019 (1). Tenure at assessment: owner-occupied (2); rented (private) (1).
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 D (24% of about 940 homes).
Planning and heritage
- Conservation area: no postcode centre in this street's postcodes is in one.
- Listed buildings on or by this street: none.
- 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.
Roadworks
Finished in the last three months
- 30 August 2026: WESSEX WATER, Utility repair and maintenance works, road closure, on the carriageway (immediate - urgent works)
- 1 August 2026 to 5 August 2026: WESSEX WATER, Utility repair and maintenance works, road closure, on the carriageway (immediate - urgent works)
Flood risk
No address in this street's postcodes is in an area at high, medium or low risk of flooding from rivers, the sea or surface water. The rest are in areas at very low risk: less than a 0.1% (1 in 1,000) chance a year.
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 is in flood zone 2 or 3.
Height above sea level
The street's 15 addresses are between 156 m and 179 m above sea level (167 m on average); the ground rises about 23 m from the lowest to the highest.
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DT6 5QG | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Crewkerne 178,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 9.7 km (6 miles) |
| Axminster 418,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 10.5 km (6.5 miles) | |
| Bus stops | 4 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 4 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Crossroads Birdsmoor Gate | 290 m |
| EV charging points | Be.EV Charging Station | 4.7 km (2.9 miles) |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Exeter International Airport EXT | 39.8 km (25 miles) |
| Nearest large airport | Bristol Airport BRS | 65.2 km (40 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | Barton House Med Practice | 8.7 km (5.4 miles) |
| Pharmacies | Charmouth Pharmacy | 7.7 km (4.8 miles) |
| NHS dentists | The Minster Dental Health Centre | 8.6 km (5.3 miles) |
| Hospital | Bridport Community Hospital | 9.4 km (5.9 miles) |
| Police station | Devon & Cornwall Constabulary | 9.8 km (6.1 miles) |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Playing field | Unnamed 3,450 m² | 1.6 km (1 mile) |
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Garden Walls Attached on North Side of Manor House, a listed building (Grade II*), 830 m (0.5 miles) south-east. 17 listed buildings are within 1 km (0.6 miles), 4 of them Grade II*.
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Garden Walls Attached on North Side of Manor House | Listed building, Grade II* | 830 m (0.5 miles) south-east |
| Attached Service Ranges, West of Manor House, and Brick Wall at Front | Listed building, Grade II* | 840 m (0.5 miles) south-east |
| Racedown House With Attached Rear Garden Walls, and Gate Piers to North | Listed building, Grade II* | 850 m (0.5 miles) north |
| Bettiscombe Manor House With Attached South Front Area Wall and Gate-Piers | Listed building, Grade II* | 860 m (0.5 miles) south-east |
| Pilsdon Pen hillfort and associated remains | Scheduled monument | 1.9 km (1.2 miles) east |
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Dragon's Hill Plantation | Wood | 710 m (0.4 miles) west |
| Payne's Down Plantation | Wood | 740 m (0.5 miles) north-west |
| Payne's Down | Wood | 750 m (0.5 miles) north-west |
| The Three Clumps | Wood | 820 m (0.5 miles) north-west |
| Sliding Hill | Hill | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) east |
| Bridewell Bottom | Valley | 2.9 km (1.8 miles) south-west |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 3.3 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 5.1 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 8.3 | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 65 to 69 | 3 | 0 |
| 60 to 64 | 7 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 5 | 15 |
10 of the street's 15 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
| School | Phase | Ages | Distance | Inspection |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marshwood CofE Primary Academy Church of England | Primary | 4–11 | 1.7 km (1 mile) | Requires improvement (May 2024, overall grade under the previous framework) |
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 | 62 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 8% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 43% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 84% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 69% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | under 1% | 1% |
| Social rented | 1% | 17% |
| Private rented | 14% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 43% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 4% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 44% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 2% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 35% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 52% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | under 1% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | under 1% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 11% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 34% | 65% |
| Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away | 29% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 34% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 13% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 10% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 99% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | 0% | 2% |
Deprivation
The neighbourhood around this street is in decile 4 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
Nothing new since the change feed started on 30 October 2026. New sales and energy certificates, and hygiene ratings, school inspections and flood figures nearby, will be listed here as the sources update.
Postcodes on this street
- DT6 5QG: 15 addresses of 26 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.