Wightman's Orchard Piddletrenthide, Dorset
28 addresses across 2 postcodes (DT2), about 100 m long, classed as a local road. USRN 43200845.
- 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: 25 homes have an energy certificate (C: 2, D: 20, E: 3).
- Flood: 6 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 154 times (3,445 hours) in 2025.
- Radon: Up to 3 to 5% of homes in the 1 km squares around it are estimated to be at or above the radon Action Level.
- Gas: No gas meters are recorded on its postcodes: it looks to be off the mains gas grid.
- Council tax: Most homes around it are in council tax band C; 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 Dorchester West, about 9.6 km (6 miles) away in a straight line.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 3.5 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 5.1 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: Its addresses are 97 to 101 m above sea level.
- Noise: 1 of its 28 addresses is modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is Cerne Abbas Surgery, about 4.1 km (2.6 miles) away.
- People: About 320 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 59% of households owned their home and 39% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
- Crime: 6 crimes were recorded within 250 m between September 2025 and August 2026, most often violence and sexual offences.
- Road safety: 1 collision in which someone was hurt was reported on and around it in 2021 to 2025.
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House sales on this street
No sales recorded on this street since January 1995 under this street name.
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
25 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 59 m². Most common: Flat (15); Bungalow, semi-detached (7); Bungalow, detached (2). Built: 1967-1975 (21); 1976-1982 (4). Tenure at assessment: rented (social) (25).
Each home's certificates and sales (25 addresses)
- 1 Wightmans Orchard, Piddletrenthide
- 2 Wightmans Orchard, Piddletrenthide
- 3 Wightmans Orchard, Piddletrenthide
- 4 Wightmans Orchard, Piddletrenthide
- 5 Wightmans Orchard, Piddletrenthide
- 6 Wightmans Orchard, Piddletrenthide
- 7 Wightmans Orchard, Piddletrenthide
- 8 Wightmans Orchard, Piddletrenthide
- 9 Wightmans Orchard, Piddletrenthide
- 10 Wightmans Orchard, Piddletrenthide
- 11 Wightmans Orchard, Piddletrenthide
- 12 Wightmans Orchard, Piddletrenthide
- 13 Wightmans Orchard, Piddletrenthide
- 14 Wightmans Orchard, Piddletrenthide
- 15 Wightmans Orchard, Piddletrenthide
- 16 Wightmans Orchard, Piddletrenthide
- 17 Wightmans Orchard, Piddletrenthide
- 18 Wightmans Orchard, Piddletrenthide
- 20 Wightmans Orchard, Piddletrenthide
- 21 Wightmans Orchard, Piddletrenthide
- 22 Wightmans Orchard, Piddletrenthide
- 23 Wightmans Orchard, Piddletrenthide
- 24 Wightmans Orchard, Piddletrenthide
- 25 Wightmans Orchard, Piddletrenthide
- 26 Wightmans Orchard, Piddletrenthide
Gas and electricity use
No gas meters are recorded on the street's postcodes, against 31 electricity meters: it looks to be off the mains gas grid, or almost, with heating from electricity, oil, LPG or solid fuel (21 meters are on Economy 7, the off-peak tariff for storage heaters).
| Postcode | Electricity meters | Typical electricity | Gas meters | Typical gas |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DT2 7QQ | 26 21 Economy 7 | 5,179 kWh | none recorded | |
| DT2 7QG | 5 | 4,472 kWh | under 5 |
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 DT2.
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 C (20% of about 1,020 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
- BROWNSVILLE, grade II
Energy projects nearby
1 energy project near the street's postcodes.
| Project | Kind | Size | Stage | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bourne Park AD (AD) Dorset PL\0698\08 | Anaerobic digestion | 1.1 MW | Operational Sep 2012 | 2.8 km (1.7 miles) |
Planned projects can change or not go ahead; search the planning authority's applications by the reference shown for the plans, conditions and any objections. Construction brings traffic for some months; once built, solar farms and batteries are usually quiet, while turbines and waste plants can be seen or heard further away.
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, 4 addresses are in areas at high risk, 2 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: of the 31 homes the Environment Agency counts, 2 are in areas at high risk, 4 medium, 3 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: at least one postcode centre is in flood zone 3. Zone 3 is a 1% (1 in 100) or greater annual chance of flooding from rivers, or 0.5% from the sea, ignoring defences.
| Postcode | Planning zone | Addresses at high / medium / low risk | Groundwater |
|---|---|---|---|
| DT2 7QQ | zone 3 | 2 / 2 / 2 | possible |
| DT2 7QG | not in 2 or 3 | 2 / 0 / 1 | possible |
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 154 times, for 3,445 hours in all, in 2025. They discharge into The River Piddle.
| Overflow | Into | Spills | Hours | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pumping Stn Adjacent the Piddle Inn Wessex Water | The River Piddle | 78 | 1,753 | 90 m |
| Pumping Station Adjacent Rivendell Wessex Water | The River Piddle | 76 | 1,692 | 480 m (0.3 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 3 to 5%: 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.
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. Homes built here in recent decades should have radon protection under the building regulations (basic protection from 3%, full protection from 10%). 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 28 addresses are between 97 m and 101 m above sea level (99 m on average).
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DT2 7QG | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| DT2 7QQ | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Dorchester West 97,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 9.6 km (6 miles) |
| Dorchester South 466,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 9.7 km (6 miles) | |
| Maiden Newton 22,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 10.7 km (6.7 miles) | |
| Bus stops | 6 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 8 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest The Piddle Inn Piddletrenthide | 30 m |
| Bus or coach station | Top O Town Coach Park Dorchester | 9.1 km (5.7 miles) |
| EV charging points | Be.EV Charging Station | 4.6 km (2.8 miles) |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Bournemouth Airport BOH | 40.9 km (25 miles) |
| Nearest large airport | Bristol Airport BRS | 68.4 km (43 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | Cerne Abbas Surgery Good Apr 2016 | 4.1 km (2.6 miles) |
| Pharmacies | Automeds Pharmacy LTD | 3.6 km (2.2 miles) |
| NHS dentists | Princess Street Dental Care | 9.1 km (5.7 miles) |
| Hospital | Dorset County Hospital Good Jun 2026 | 9.4 km (5.9 miles) |
| Care homes | Casterbridge Manor Good Feb 2025 | 4.8 km (3 miles) |
| Police station | Dorset Police | 9.1 km (5.7 miles) |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Play area | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 570 m² | 270 m |
| Playing field | Unnamed 1.5 ha | 2.1 km (1.3 miles) |
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is The Manor House, a listed building (Grade II*), 360 m north-west. 26 listed buildings are within 1 km (0.6 miles), 1 of them Grade II*.
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| The Manor House | Listed building, Grade II* | 360 m north-west |
| Bowl barrow on East Hill 510m north east of All Saints Church | Scheduled monument | 1.2 km (0.8 miles) north |
| Enclosure near 'the Sole Plantation' | Scheduled monument | 1.9 km (1.2 miles) north-west |
| Barrow on College Down | Scheduled monument | 1.9 km (1.2 miles) west |
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Ballyhack | Wood | 380 m north-east |
| Dutnole Coppice | Wood | 470 m (0.3 miles) south-west |
| Rogers' Bottom | Valley | 720 m (0.4 miles) north-west |
| East Hill | Hill | 880 m (0.5 miles) north |
| Redlands Coppice | Wood | 950 m (0.6 miles) north |
| Kingrove Bottom | Valley | 1 km (0.6 miles) west |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 3.5 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 5.1 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 8.9 | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 60 to 64 | 1 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 27 | 28 |
1 of the street's 28 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Piddle Valley Church of England First School | Primary | 2–9 | 310 m | Good (Nov 2023, overall grade under the previous framework) | None published |
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
No nursery, pre-school or out-of-school club on Ofsted's register is within 1.5 km (0.9 miles) of the middle of the street.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PIDDLETRENTHIDE LUNCHEON CLUB DT2 7QF | Other catering premises | 130 m | 5 Very good | 31 Oct 2025 |
| Little Piddle Stores DT2 7QF | Retailers - other | 130 m | 5 Very good | 31 Oct 2024 |
| PIDDLE VALLEY FIRST SCHOOL DT2 7QL | School/college/university | 160 m | 5 Very good | 19 May 2026 |
| PIDDLE VALLEY KIDS CLUB DT2 7QL | Hospitals/Childcare/Caring Premises | 160 m | Exempt |
Crime within 250 m
| Category | Crimes |
|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 2 |
| Anti-social behaviour | 1 |
| Public order | 1 |
| Criminal damage and arson | 1 |
| Vehicle crime | 1 |
Most of these are attached to: On or near Wightman'S Orchard (4); On or near Tullon'S Lane (2).
Road safety
1 collision in which someone was hurt was reported on and around the street in 2021 to 2025: 0 fatal, 0 serious and 1 slight. Most were on roads with a 30 mph limit.
| Year | Collisions | Fatal or serious |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 |
| 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 0 | 0 |
| Date | Severity | Who was hurt | Road | Conditions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 May 2023 12:18 | Slight | 2 people | B3143, 30 mph | Daylight |
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 | 54 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 14% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 24% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 59% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 38% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 0% | 1% |
| Social rented | 22% | 17% |
| Private rented | 19% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 62% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | under 1% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 27% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 2% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 38% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 57% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 0% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 0% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 2% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 43% | 65% |
| Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away | 15% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 39% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 16% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 5% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 97% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | 0% | 2% |
Deprivation
The neighbourhood around this street is in decile 5 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
Nearby streets
B3143 · Tullon's Lane · Courtyard Cottages · Northover Close
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.