| Postcode | DT11 8EW |
|---|---|
| Post Town | Blandford Forum |
| Nearest station | Gillingham (Dorset) (14 km) |
| Bus stops |
The School (E)
The Cross (SW)
The Cross (NE)
|
| Roads in this postcode | |
| Number of UPRNs | 16 View |
| Known addresses |
Bracken, Melway Lane, Child Okeford
Gold Crest Cottage, 9 Melway Lane, Child Okeford
Melway House, Melway Lane, Child Okeford
2 Melway Lane, Child Okeford
3 Melway Lane, Child Okeford
5 Melway Lane, Child Okeford
6 Melway Lane, Child Okeford
7 Melway Lane, Child Okeford
8 Melway Lane, Child Okeford
|
| Main property type | Semi-detached |
| Businesses |
| Latitude | 50.90929 | |
|---|---|---|
| Longitude | -2.236915 | |
| Easting | 383439 | |
| Northing | 112229 | |
| Grid reference | ST834122 | |
| UTM reference | 30U 553649 5640014 | |
| what3words | airbase.storming.behaving | |
| FixPhrase | cricket lustrous scrap twentieth | |
| Plus code | 9C2VWQ57+P6 | |
| Altitude | 57 metres (188 feet) | |
| Sunrise (today) | 6:58 | |
| Sunset (today) | 16:49 | |
| Distance away | ||
| Distance to sea | 24.9 KMs (15.4 miles) |
| Parish | Child Okeford | E04010491 |
|---|---|---|
| Ward | Hill Forts & Upper Tarrants | E05012703 |
| Unitary Authority | Dorset | E06000059 |
| County | Dorset | E10000009 |
| Constituency (2024) | North Dorset | E14001388 |
| MP | Simon Hoare | Conservative |
| Police force | Dorset | |
| Water company | Wessex Water | |
| NUTS/ITL 3 | Dorset | |
| NUTS/ITL 2 | North Somerset, Somerset and Dorset | |
| NUTS/ITL 1 | South West | |
| Country | England | E92000001 |
| Date introduced | January 1980 |
|---|---|
| Last updated | September 2025 |
| User type | Small (addresses receive less than 25 items of mail per day) |
| Quality | Within the building of the matched address closest to the postcode mean |
| Population (2011) | 24 | |
|---|---|---|
| Households (2011) | 12 | |
| Index of Multiple Deprivation (2019) |
Most deprivedLeast deprived
|
|
| Average household income (2020) |
Lowest (£22,200)
Highest (£108,100)
|
|
| Rural/urban (2021) | Smaller rural: Further from a major town or city | |
| Rural/urban (2011) | Rural village | |
| Built up area (2024) | Child Okeford | E63013560 |
| Census output area (2021) | E00103613 | |
| Census output area (2011) | 1B1 | |
| Lower layer super output area (2021) | Dorset 006C | E01020446 |
| Lower layer super output area (2011) | North Dorset 005C | E01020446 |
| Middle layer super output area (2021) | Child Okeford & Iwerne Minster | E02004259 |
| Middle layer super output area (2011) | Child Okeford & Iwerne Minster | E02004259 |
| Travel to work area | Blandford Forum and Gillingham | E30000172 |
| Average property price in Dorchester | £319,189 |
|---|---|
| Annual change | -1.5% |
| Address | Type | Date | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8 Melway Lane, Child Okeford | Semi-detached (freehold) | Jun 2021 | £435,000 |
| Semi-detached (freehold) | Mar 2007 | £240,000 | |
| 7 Melway Lane, Child Okeford | Semi-detached (freehold) | Jun 2021 | £410,000 |
| 2 Melway Lane, Child Okeford | Semi-detached (freehold) | Jun 2021 | £463,000 |
| Semi-detached (freehold) | Oct 2010 | £275,000 | |
| Bracken, Melway Lane, Child Okeford | Detached (freehold) | Oct 2018 | £369,500 |
| Detached (freehold) | Mar 2012 | £280,000 | |
| Detached (freehold) | Jul 2006 | £297,500 | |
| Detached (freehold) | Oct 1999 | £165,000 | |
| 3 Melway Lane, Child Okeford | Semi-detached (freehold) | May 2015 | £245,000 |
| 6 Melway Lane, Child Okeford | Semi-detached (freehold) | Mar 2013 | £245,000 |
| Semi-detached (freehold) | Jul 2011 | £231,750 | |
| 5 Melway Lane, Child Okeford | Semi-detached (freehold) | Sep 2009 | £248,750 |
| Gold Crest Cottage, 9 Melway Lane, Child Okeford | Detached (freehold) | Apr 2007 | £460,000 |
| New build detached (freehold) | Aug 2005 | £385,000 | |
| Melway House, Melway Lane, Child Okeford | Detached (freehold) | Sep 2002 | £950,000 |