Latitude: 50.8575 / 50°51'27"N
Longitude: -2.1538 / 2°9'13"W
OS Eastings: 389272
OS Northings: 106459
OS Grid: ST892064
Mapcode National: GBR 1ZH.29N
Mapcode Global: FRA 66CT.YJ2
Plus Code: 9C2VVR5W+2F
Maidenhead Locator System: IO80wu15
What Three Birds: falcon.canvasback.roller
Marker point and cooordinate accuracy: Within the building of the matched address closest to the postcode mean.
DT11 8SW is a non-residential postcode in Blandford Forum, Dorset. It was first introduced in September 1981.
Commercial rateable values range from £6,300 to £42,750 with an average of £24,525. The most common recorded business types are Day Nursery and Food Processing Centre.
Blandford Forum is a town, which had a population of 11,694 in the 2011 census.
In the 2011 census, there were 7 people resident in DT11 8SW, of which 4 were male and 3 were female. This includes residents of non-domestic properties such as hotels, prisons and halls of residence, which are likely to be the majority in otherwise non-residential postcodes.
DT11 8SW is in the Blandford Forum and Gillingham travel to work area. NHS services are provided by the Dorset Primary Care Trust.
DT11 8SW is approximately 40m (131ft) above sea level.
Office of National Statistics Output Area Classification for the area containing DT11 8SW
1b1: Rural Residents - Rural Tenants - Rural Life
Office of National Statistics Rural/Urban classification for DT11 8SW
England C1: a town or city, surrounded by populated countryside
Healthy Living Index
7/10 (High)
Neighbourhood Retail Diversity Index
6/10 (Moderate)
Area Retail Diversity Index
1/10 (Very low)
Supermarkets near DT11 8SW include Co-Operative Food, Iceland, Lidl, M&S Simply Food, Morrisons and Tesco. (Source: OpenStreetMap)
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Residents of DT11 8SW are represented at different levels of local, regional and national government by elected representatives. Where known, these are shown here.
This data is updated approximately monthly, and may not necessarily take account of the results of any elections or by-elections held recently.
Unitary Authority
Dorset Council
Ward
Blandford
Councillors
Nocturin Lacey-Clarke (Conservative)
Byron Quayle (Conservative)
United Kingdom Parliament
Constituency
North Dorset
MP
Simon Hoare (Conservative)
Ofcom publishes annual statistics for Broadband availability. This is the most recent data for DT11 8SW.
Broadband statistics for commercial properties are less reliable than for domestic properties, as businesses are more likely to have other forms of Internet access that are not classified as 'Broadband'.
The most recent Ofsted rankings for schools near DT11 8SW.
Archbishop Wake Church of England Primary School
Black Lane, Blandford Forum, Dorset, DT11 8SW
Academy Converter
Ages 4 - 11
Good
Blandford St Mary Church of England Primary School
Birch Avenue, Blandford St Mary, Blandford Forum, Dorset, DT11 9QD
Academy Converter
Ages 4 - 11
Good
Milldown Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School
Milldown Road, Blandford Forum, Dorset, DT11 7SN
Voluntary Controlled School
Ages 4 - 11
Needs improvement
Downlands Community School
Blandford Camp, Blandford Forum, Dorset, DT11 8BG
Community School
Ages 3 - 11
Good
Pimperne Church of England VC Primary School
Newfield Road, Pimperne, Blandford Forum, Dorset, DT11 8WF
Voluntary Controlled School
Ages 4 - 11
Good
The Blandford School
Milldown Road, Blandford Forum, Dorset, DT11 7SQ
Voluntary Controlled School
Ages 11 - 18
Good
Queen Elizabeth's School
Blandford Road, Pamphill, Wimborne, Dorset, BH21 4DT
Academy Converter
Ages 13 - 18
Good
Lockyer's Middle School
Blandford Road, Corfe Mullen, Wimborne, Dorset, BH21 3HQ
Community School
Ages 9 - 13
Good
Allenbourn Middle School
East Borough, Wimborne, Dorset, BH21 1PL
Academy Converter
Ages 9 - 13
Outstanding
Sturminster Newton High School
Bath Road, Sturminster Newton, Dorset, DT10 1DT
Community School
Ages 11 - 18
Good
St Michael's Church of England Middle School, Colehill
Colehill Lane, Colehill, Wimborne, Dorset, BH21 7AB
Academy Converter
Ages 9 - 13
Good
Corfe Hills School
Higher Blandford Road, Broadstone, Dorset, BH18 9BG
Academy Converter
Ages 13 - 18
Good
Lytchett Minster School
Lytchett Minster, Poole, Dorset, BH16 6JD
Foundation School
Ages 11 - 18
Good
Poole Grammar School
Gravel Hill, Poole, Dorset, BH17 9JU
Academy Converter
Ages 11 - 18
Needs improvement
The overall school grade in this area is high.