| Postcode | DT11 8RS | 
|---|---|
| Post Town | Blandford Forum | 
| Nearest station | Hamworthy (18 km) | 
| Bus stops | Sgt's Mess (S) Downlands School (W) Downlands School (E) College Road (W) College Road (SE) Central Park (S) | 
| Known addresses | 
                          No addresses found
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| Businesses | 
                        No businesses found
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| Latitude | 50.871436 | |
|---|---|---|
| Longitude | -2.115057 | |
| Easting | 392000 | |
| Northing | 107999 | |
| Grid reference | ST920079 | |
| UTM reference | 30U 562267 5635901 | |
| what3words | install.processes.departure | |
| FixPhrase | crib lusty steadily underling | |
| Plus code | 9C2VVVCM+HX | |
| Altitude | 92 metres (303 feet) | |
| Sunrise (today) | 6:59 | |
| Sunset (today) | 16:46 | |
| Distance away | ||
| Distance to sea | 17.9 KMs (11.1 miles) | 
| Parish | Tarrant Monkton | E04010500 | 
|---|---|---|
| Ward | Cranborne Chase | E05012694 | 
| Unitary Authority | Dorset | E06000059 | 
| County | Dorset | E10000009 | 
| Constituency (2024) | North Dorset | E14001388 | 
| MP | Simon Hoare | Conservative | 
| Police force | Dorset | |
| NUTS/ITL 3 | Dorset | |
| NUTS/ITL 2 | North Somerset, Somerset and Dorset | |
| NUTS/ITL 1 | South West | |
| Country | England | E92000001 | 
| Date introduced | January 1980 | 
|---|---|
| Date usage ended | June 1997 | 
| Last updated | September 2025 | 
| User type | Large (addresses receive more than 25 items of mail per day) | 
| Quality | Postcode terminated prior to Gridlink initiative - last known ONS postcode grid reference | 
| Index of Multiple Deprivation (2019) | Most deprivedLeast deprived | |
|---|---|---|
| Average household income (2020) | Lowest (£22,200)
                        Highest (£108,100)
                       | |
| Rural/urban (2021) | Smaller rural: Nearer to a major town or city | |
| Rural/urban (2011) | Rural village | |
| Built up area (2024) | Pimperne | E63013613 | 
| Census output area (2021) | E00103719 | |
| Census output area (2011) | 1A1 | |
| Lower layer super output area (2021) | Dorset 009D | E01034378 | 
| Lower layer super output area (2011) | North Dorset 006F | E01033159 | 
| Middle layer super output area (2021) | Blandford Outer & Tarrants | E02004260 | 
| Middle layer super output area (2011) | Blandford Outer & Tarrants | E02004260 | 
| Travel to work area | Blandford Forum and Gillingham | E30000172 | 
| Average property price in Dorchester | £319,189 | 
|---|---|
| Annual change | -1.5% |