Chantry Lane Beaminster, Dorset
21 addresses across 3 postcodes (DT8), about 530 m (0.3 miles) long, classed as a local road. USRN 43201001.
- Sales: 11 recorded sales since 1995; in 2024 the median was £750,000 across 1 sale.
- Prices and rents: A typical home in Dorset cost £328,589 in August 2026 (-0.4% on a year); private rents averaged £1,059 a month.
- Energy: 11 homes have an energy certificate (B: 1, C: 3, D: 4, E: 3).
- Flood: 5 addresses on its postcodes are in areas at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers, the sea or surface water.
- Recorded floods: No recorded flood covers the centre of any of its postcodes.
- Storm overflows: 2 storm overflows within 1 km (0.6 miles) spilled 74 times (648 hours) in 2025.
- Radon: Up to 1 to 3% of homes in the 1 km squares around it are estimated to be at or above the radon Action Level.
- Council tax: Most homes around it are in council tax band B; Band D in Dorset costs £2,765 a year in 2026-27.
- Broadband: Gigabit broadband is available to 21% to 100% of premises.
- Transport: The nearest railway station is Crewkerne, about 6.7 km (4.1 miles) away in a straight line.
- Green space: The nearest park or garden, The Green, is about 1 km (0.6 miles) away.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 3.5 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 5.2 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: Its addresses are 75 to 105 m above sea level.
- Noise: 1 of its 21 addresses is modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is Barton House Med Practice, about 1 km (0.6 miles) away.
- People: About 270 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 90% of households owned their home and 45% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
- Crime: 1 crimes were recorded within 250 m between September 2025 and August 2026, most often violence and sexual offences.
- Road safety: No collisions in which someone was hurt were reported on and around it in 2021 to 2025.
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House sales on this street
| Year | Sales | Median price | Lowest | Highest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 1 | £750,000 | £750,000 | £750,000 |
| 2023 | 1 | £850,000 | £850,000 | £850,000 |
| 2021 | 1 | £565,000 | £565,000 | £565,000 |
| 2020 | 1 | £500,000 | £500,000 | £500,000 |
| 2019 | 1 | £630,000 | £630,000 | £630,000 |
| 2017 | 1 | £340,000 | £340,000 | £340,000 |
| 2015 | 1 | £325,000 | £325,000 | £325,000 |
| 2012 | 1 | £395,000 | £395,000 | £395,000 |
| 2011 | 1 | £380,000 | £380,000 | £380,000 |
| 1998 | 1 | £195,000 | £195,000 | £195,000 |
| Date | Address | Type | Price | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 Apr 1998 | 27 DT8 3ER | Detached | £195,000 | |
| 16 Mar 2021 | 29 DT8 3ER | Detached | £565,000 | |
| 19 May 2017 | 29 DT8 3ER | Detached | £340,000 | |
| 18 Dec 2020 | 30 DT8 3ER | Detached | £500,000 | |
| 10 Feb 2012 | 30 DT8 3ER | Detached | £395,000 | |
| 28 Jun 2023 | VALLEY VIEW, 30A DT8 3ER | Detached | £850,000 | |
| 18 Jan 2019 | VALLEY VIEW, 30A DT8 3ER | Detached | £630,000 | |
| 26 Nov 2024 | 31 DT8 3ER | Detached | £750,000 | |
| 27 Mar 2015 | 31 DT8 3ER | Detached | £325,000 | |
| 1 Jul 2011 | 33 DT8 3ER | Detached | £380,000 | |
| 25 Aug 2020 | CHANTRY HALL DT8 3SB | Other | £1,600,000 | Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer). |
House prices and rents in Dorset
A typical home in Dorset cost £328,589 in August 2026, 0.4% less than a year before. That is 9% more than five years earlier and 28% more than ten years earlier.
| Home | Typical price, Aug 2026 |
|---|---|
| Detached | £519,998 |
| Semi-detached | £333,127 |
| Terraced | £267,978 |
| Flat or maisonette | £169,474 |
| Bought by a first-time buyer | £257,241 |
Private renters in Dorset paid £1,059 a month on average in September 2026, 4.2% more than a year before. That is 26% more than five years earlier.
| Home | Average rent a month, Sep 2026 |
|---|---|
| One bedroom | £733 |
| Two bedrooms | £969 |
| Three bedrooms | £1,194 |
| Four or more bedrooms | £1,688 |
Energy performance certificates
11 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 176 m². Most common: House, detached (8); Bungalow, detached (3). Built: before 1900 (3); 1967-1975 (3); 2003-2006 (1). Tenure at assessment: owner-occupied (7).
Each home's certificates and sales (11 addresses)
- 23, Chantry Lane, Newtown
- 26a Chantry Lane, Newtown
- 28, Chantry Lane, Newtown
- 29 CHANTRY LANE, BEAMINSTER
- 30 Chantry Lane, Newtown
- 33, Chantry Lane, Newtown
- 49, Chantry Lane, Newtown
- CHANTRY FARM, CHANTRY LANE, BEAMINSTER
- Chantry Farmhouse
- The Old Cheese House, Chantry Farm
- Valley View, 30a Chantry Lane
Gas and electricity use
Homes with gas used 15,085 kWh of it on average in 2024, 46% more than the district's 10,364 kWh, and 5,310 kWh of electricity, 23% more than the district's 4,312 kWh. There are gas meters for about 63% of the homes.
1 of its postcodes has no gas meters recorded among 10 or more homes: often flats heated by electricity, or homes off the gas grid.
| Postcode | Electricity meters | Typical electricity | Gas meters | Typical gas |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DT8 3ER | 15 | 3,767 kWh | 16 | 15,170 kWh |
| DT8 3SB | 18 | 5,816 kWh | none recorded | |
| DT8 3EW | 21 | 2,898 kWh | 18 | 11,660 kWh |
These are all the homes on each postcode, whatever their size and however many live in them, so they show the kind of homes and heating here rather than what any one home uses. The typical figure is the median: half the homes used less. The district is DT8.
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 B (22% of about 760 homes).
Planning and heritage
- Conservation area: no postcode centre in this street's postcodes is in one.
- Listed buildings on or by this street: 1.
- 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
Energy projects nearby
No wind turbine or waste plant within 5 km (3.1 miles), and no solar farm, battery site or other project of 1 MW or more within 2 km (1.2 miles), of the street's postcodes, operating or planned.
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, 3 addresses are in areas at high risk, 2 at medium risk and 6 at low risk. Each address counts once, at the higher of its rivers-and-sea and surface-water risk.
Rivers and the sea alone: of the 53 homes the Environment Agency counts, 3 are in areas at high risk, 0 medium, 6 low and 0 very low.
Groundwater flooding is possible in 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| DT8 3ER | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 1 | possible |
| DT8 3SB | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 1 / 1 | possible |
| DT8 3EW | not in 2 or 3 | 3 / 1 / 4 | unlikely |
Recorded floods
No recorded flood covers the centre of any of this street's postcodes.
Recorded floods are where floodwater was seen or surveyed after a flood. Many floods were never mapped, an outline over a postcode's centre does not mean every home in it flooded, and homes outside one may have. Ask the seller whether the home itself has flooded.
Coastal erosion
No projected coastal erosion zone is within 1 km (0.6 miles) of the street's postcodes.
Storm overflows
2 storm overflows within 1 km (0.6 miles) of the street's postcodes spilled 74 times, for 648 hours in all, in 2025. They discharge into River Brit(S), River Brit.
| Overflow | Into | Spills | Hours | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hams Path Combined Sewer Overflow Wessex Water | River Brit(S) | 12 | 11 | 800 m (0.5 miles) |
| Southgate Pumping Station Wessex Water | River Brit | 62 | 637 | 930 m (0.6 miles) |
A storm overflow lets sewage diluted with rainwater into a river, stream or the sea when heavy rain overwhelms the sewers, so the spills here affect the water they run into, not homes. A spill is counted the regulators' way: a first 12 hours, then each 24 hours it goes on.
Coal mining
No postcode centre on the street is in a coalfield: the Mining Remediation Authority records no coal mining risk here.
Radon
The highest radon potential in the 1 km squares around the street's postcodes is 1 to 3%: up to that share of homes there is estimated to be at or above the Action Level of 200 becquerels per cubic metre. At least part of that area is a radon Affected Area, where 1% or more of homes are.
By postcode centre: less than 1% (1); 1 to 3% (3).
Radon is a natural radioactive gas from the ground that can build up indoors; long exposure raises the risk of lung cancer. A three-month test with two small detectors is the only way to know a home's level, and a high level can usually be brought down with a sump or better ventilation. UKHSA sells a radon report for a single address from its detailed map at ukradon.org.
Historic landfill
No historic landfill site is within 500 m (0.3 miles) of the street's postcodes.
Height above sea level
The street's 21 addresses are between 75 m and 105 m above sea level (87 m on average); the ground rises about 31 m from the lowest to the highest.
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DT8 3ER | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| DT8 3EW | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| DT8 3SB | 29% | 21% | 21% | 7% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Crewkerne 178,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 6.7 km (4.1 miles) |
| Maiden Newton 22,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 12.8 km (8 miles) | |
| Chetnole 2,640 journeys in 2024–25 | 13 km (8.1 miles) | |
| Bus stops | 1 stop within 400 m (0.2 miles), 3 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Beaminster School | 400 m (0.2 miles) |
| Bus or coach station | Bus Station Bridport | 9.5 km (5.9 miles) |
| EV charging points | 1 within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Be.EV Charging Station | 1 km (0.6 miles) |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Exeter International Airport EXT | 48.3 km (30 miles) |
| Nearest large airport | Bristol Airport BRS | 62.8 km (39 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | 1 practice within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Barton House Med Practice Good Feb 2025 | 1 km (0.6 miles) |
| Pharmacies | 1 pharmacy within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Beaminster Pharmacy | 940 m (0.6 miles) |
| NHS dentists | 1 practice within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest The Minster Dental Health Centre | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) |
| Hospital | Crewkerne Hospital | 7.9 km (4.9 miles) |
| Care homes | Broadwindsor House Good Jun 2023 | 3.9 km (2.4 miles) |
| Police station | Dorset Police | 9.6 km (5.9 miles) |
| Cash machines | 1 machine within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest The Cooperative Food Beaminster | 780 m (0.5 miles) |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | The Green 9.1 ha | 1 km (0.6 miles) |
| Play area | Unnamed 320 m² | 820 m (0.5 miles) |
| Playing field | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Beaminster Memorial Playing Field 3.2 ha | 730 m (0.5 miles) |
| Allotments | Unnamed 7,620 m² | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) |
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Meerhay Manor, a listed building (Grade II*), 710 m (0.4 miles) north-east. 51 listed buildings are within 1 km (0.6 miles), 5 of them Grade II*.
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Meerhay Manor | Listed building, Grade II* | 710 m (0.4 miles) north-east |
| Barton End, and Attached Walls at Rear | Listed building, Grade II* | 820 m (0.5 miles) south |
| Beaminster Manor | Registered park or garden, Grade II | 910 m (0.6 miles) south-east |
| Champions With Front Wall 30 Metres to South | Listed building, Grade II* | 950 m (0.6 miles) south |
| Devonia | Listed building, Grade II* | 1 km (0.6 miles) south |
| Parnham House | Registered park or garden, Grade II* | 2 km (1.3 miles) south |
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Whatley Pond | Lake or reservoir | 370 m south-east |
| Sea Mark Clump | Wood | 1 km (0.6 miles) north-west |
| Common Wood | Wood | 1 km (0.6 miles) west |
| Tower Hill | Hill | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) south |
| Horn Coppice | Wood | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) north-west |
| Beaminster Bottom | Valley | 2.7 km (1.7 miles) north-east |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 3.5 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 5.2 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 8.5 | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 55 to 59 | 1 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 20 | 21 |
1 of the street's 21 addresses is 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 | Exam results |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beaminster School Christian | Secondary | 11–18 | 410 m (0.3 miles) | Good (Sep 2023, overall grade under the previous framework) | GCSE 2026 (provisional): Attainment 8 45.4 (47.0 in 2025 and 43.3 in 2024); 41.3% grade 5+ in English and maths A level 2025: average grade C-; 5.3% AAB or better; progress below average |
| Beaminster St Mary's Academy Church of England | Primary | 4–11 | 870 m (0.5 miles) | Good (May 2023, overall grade under the previous framework) | 75% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 0% at the higher standard (2025; 41% in 2024 and 47% in 2023) |
Exam results are from the Department for Education's school performance tables (Explore Education Statistics, Open Government Licence), for all pupils at each school. The middle school in England had 63% at the expected standard at the end of primary school (2025), Attainment 8 of 46.0 at GCSE (2026) and an A level average of C+ (2025). Attainment 8 adds up a pupil's grades in eight GCSEs, with English and maths counted twice (90 is the most), averaged over the school's pupils. Progress 8 compares pupils with others who had the same results at the end of primary school; it is not published for GCSEs in 2025 and 2026, as those pupils sat no primary tests during the pandemic. Small year groups swing from year to year, and figures for very small ones are withheld.
Nurseries and childcare
1 nursery, pre-school or club within 1.5 km (0.9 miles), the nearest 870 m (0.5 miles) from the middle of the street.
| Provider | Kind | Places | Latest inspection | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beaminster Playgroup DT8 3BY | Sessional day care | 21 | Outstanding (May 2024, overall grade under the previous framework) | 870 m (0.5 miles) |
Ofsted also registers 115 childminders and 23 home childcarers (nannies) in Dorset. It does not publish their addresses, so they cannot be shown here; the council's family information service lists those taking children.
Food hygiene ratings nearby
| Business | Type | Distance | Rating | Rated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beaminster School DT8 3EP | School/college/university | 410 m (0.3 miles) | 5 Very good | 14 Nov 2024 |
Crime within 250 m
| Category | Crimes |
|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 1 |
Most of these are attached to: On or near Chantry Lane (1).
Road safety
No collisions in which someone was hurt were reported on and around the street in 2021 to 2025.
Only collisions in which someone was hurt and which the police were told about are here: damage-only collisions and near misses are not, and some injuries are never reported. Positions are recorded by the police, usually to within a few metres. Each year's figures are published the following September.
Traffic on nearby roads
No traffic count point is within 500 m (0.3 miles) of the street's postcodes. The Department for Transport counts every motorway and A road and only a sample of minor roads, so a quiet residential street usually has none.
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 71 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 9% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 62% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 90% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 74% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | under 1% | 1% |
| Social rented | 2% | 17% |
| Private rented | 7% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 25% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 12% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 66% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 1% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 46% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 43% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 2% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 2% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 7% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 19% | 65% |
| Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away | 62% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 45% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 12% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 6% | 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 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
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
- DT8 3ER: 13 addresses of 16 in the postcode
- DT8 3SB: 7 addresses of 38 in the postcode
- DT8 3EW: 1 address of 25 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; road collisions count only those in which someone was hurt and the police were told.
- 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.