Map of DT2 8DL postcode

General information
Postcode DT2 8DL
Post Town Dorchester
Nearest station Moreton (Dorset) (6 km)
Bus stops
Lilac Cottage (NE)
Roads in this postcode
Number of UPRNs 17 View
Known addresses
Orchard Cottage, Chydyok Road, Chaldon Herring
Orchard House, Chydyok Road, Chaldon Herring
1 Old Playing Field, Chydyok Road, Chaldon Herring
2 Chydyok Road, Chaldon Herring
2 Old Playing Field, Chydyok Road, Chaldon Herring
3 Chydyok Road, Chaldon Herring
3 Old Playing Field, Chydyok Road, Chaldon Herring
4 Chydyok Road, Chaldon Herring
4 Old Playing Field, Chydyok Road, Chaldon Herring
6 Chydyok Road, Chaldon Herring
Main property type Terraced
Businesses
Geography
Latitude 50.648946
Longitude -2.295139
Easting 379230
Northing 83293
Grid reference SY792832
UTM reference 30U 549831 5611024
what3words zaps.spires.giggles
Plus code 9C2VJPX3+HW
Altitude 62 metres (202 feet)
Sunrise (today) 5:36
Sunset (today) 20:38
Distance away
Distance to sea 2.6 KMs (1.6 miles)
Administrative areas
ParishChaldon HerringE04003468
Ward West Purbeck E05012728
Unitary Authority Dorset E06000059
County Dorset E10000009
Constituency (2024) South Dorset E14001485
MPLloyd HattonLabour
Police forceDorset
Water companyWessex Water
NUTS/ITL 3 Dorset
NUTS/ITL 2 North Somerset, Somerset and Dorset
NUTS/ITL 1 South West
Country England E92000001
Data
Date introduced January 1980
Last updated February 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
Demographics
Population (2011) 21
Households (2011) 11
Index of Multiple Deprivation (2019)
15,392 / 32,844
Most deprivedLeast deprived
Average household income (2020)
£50,400
Lowest (£22,200) Highest (£108,100)
Rural/urbanRural hamlet and isolated dwellings
Census output area (2021)E00103879
Census output area (2011)E00103879
Lower layer super output area (2021)Dorset 035BE01020490
Lower layer super output area (2011)Purbeck 004BE01020490
Middle layer super output area (2021)Bovington, Wool & LulworthE02004266
Middle layer super output area (2011)Bovington, Wool & LulworthE02004266
Travel to work areaDorchester and WeymouthE30000046
Property sales
Average property price in Dorchester £321,478
Annual change -0.9%
View all properties sold in the DT postcode area
Properties recently sold in this postcode
AddressTypeDatePrice
2 Old Playing Field, Chydyok Road, Chaldon HerringTerraced (freehold)Aug 2024£310,000
Terraced (freehold)Mar 2012£200,000
Terraced (freehold)Dec 2003£180,000
Orchard House, Chydyok Road, Chaldon HerringDetached (freehold)Jun 2021£1,195,000
4 Chydyok Road, Chaldon HerringTerraced (freehold)Jul 2019£243,000
Terraced (freehold)Apr 2000£93,000
3 Old Playing Field, Chydyok Road, Chaldon HerringTerraced (freehold)Nov 2018£223,000
3 Chydyok Road, Chaldon HerringTerraced (freehold)Jun 2018£360,000
Terraced (freehold)Feb 2010£225,000
Terraced (freehold)Dec 2005£250,000
6 Chydyok Road, Chaldon HerringTerraced (freehold)Nov 2016£245,000
2 Chydyok Road, Chaldon HerringSemi-detached (freehold)Sep 2016£270,000
Semi-detached (freehold)May 2006£241,000
Semi-detached (freehold)Jul 1998£75,000
4 Old Playing Field, Chydyok Road, Chaldon HerringTerraced (freehold)Jul 2012£240,000
Orchard Cottage, Chydyok Road, Chaldon HerringDetached (freehold)Feb 2008£1,025,000
Detached (freehold)Oct 1998£170,000
1 Old Playing Field, Chydyok Road, Chaldon HerringSemi-detached (freehold)Jul 2002£159,950


View all properties sold in the DT2 8 sector

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