Dorset
DT8 house prices in Dorset
Sold prices, council tax, schools, deprivation and planning for Dorset, from official UK data in one place.
Typical sold price
£335,000
Range £195,000–£640,500 · 250 real sales
- Real sales
- 250
- 12-month change
- -5.1%
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 19 Apr 2024 and 27 Aug 2026.
Summary
House prices in DT8: the typical (median) sold price is £335,000, above the UK average (£272,611) (UK House Price Index, July 2026). Over the last twelve months the local median is down 5.1%. DT8 is a quiet market, with about 9 recorded sales a month. By property type, 40% were detached homes (typically £415,000) and 34% were semi-detached homes (typically £297,475).
Data from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, up to 28 August 2026.
Council tax on a Band D home there is £2,765 a year: Dorset's published charge for 2026-27.
Source: Council tax: Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government. Council Tax levels set by local authorities, Dorset, 2026-27.
Our take · opinion, not advice
Our take on DT8: few sales, so go in with your eyes open
DT8 sees just 9 sales a month, and prices have drifted down, so sellers should plan for a longer sale and buyers can afford to be patient.
For sellers, the spread in DT8 is wide, with most sales between £195,000 and £640,500, so the closest sold homes of your type say much more than the middle; with so few sales, allow extra time and a local agent’s view; if certainty matters more than price, a quick cash sale usually means accepting about 70–85% of market value (a rough guide, not a quote).
Sell houseWhen buying here, typical prices in DT8 sit above the UK average, but the local median has slipped, so it is fair to test an asking price, though a dip is not a trend.
Do your own homework first: flood risk over the long term, council tax (Band D is £2,765 a year) and planning applications nearby, then hand the title to your conveyancer.
With averages this broad, the free DT8 OfferCheck adds flood, crime, planning and council tax from the official sources.
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At a glance
DT8 in four numbers
The headline figures from the records below, each one real and dated.
Typical price
£335,000
HM Land Registry
Sales a month
8.8
Across 250 sales
12-month change
-5.1%
-5.1% from last year
Local median
Council tax, Band D
£2,765
A year
The data, honestly
House prices in DT8
These 250 sales are what every figure here rests on. The typical price is the middle sale.
24-month trend
Typical price by quarter in DT8
The quarterly typical price fell 4.9%, from £347,000 in Q4 2024 (27 sales) to £330,000 in Q3 2026 (10 sales).
See the figures
| Quarter | Typical price | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Q4 2024 | £347,000 | 27 |
| Q1 2025 | £345,000 | 38 |
| Q2 2025 | £303,500 | 14 |
| Q3 2025 | £411,000 | 41 |
| Q4 2025 | £300,000 | 27 |
| Q1 2026 | £352,500 | 21 |
| Q2 2026 | £305,000 | 23 |
| Q3 2026 | £330,000 | 10 |
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 19 Apr 2024 and 27 Aug 2026. Median of each quarter's recorded sales.
By property type
Average house price in DT8 by property type
Detached homes have the highest typical price at £415,000, and flat / maisonette the lowest at £130,000.
See the figures
| Type | Sales | Typical | Range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Detached | 96 | £415,000 | £285,000–£750,000 |
| Semi-detached | 80 | £297,475 | £196,900–£500,200 |
| Terraced | 53 | £275,000 | £181,000–£406,000 |
| Flat / maisonette | 9 | £130,000 | £124,796–£187,500 |
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 19 Apr 2024 and 27 Aug 2026.
Range and mix
The spread of DT8 prices
How far prices run either side of the typical one, who owns what, and homes that have sold twice.
Price range
Where most DT8 homes sold
Eight in ten sales fell between £195,000 and £640,500, around a typical £335,000.
Lower and upper end are the 10th and 90th percentile of recorded sales.
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 19 Apr 2024 and 27 Aug 2026.
Mix of homes
Who is selling in DT8
Detached homes were 40% of recorded sales (96 of 238). 96% of sales were freehold and 4% leasehold.
Property type
- Detached40%
- Semi-detached34%
- Terraced22%
- Flat / maisonette4%
Tenure
- Freehold96%
- Leasehold4%
See the figures
240 freehold (96%) and 10 leasehold (4%) across the 250 most recent recorded sales in DT8, including 2 new-build sales. Leasehold is normal for flats; check the remaining lease term before you offer.
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 19 Apr 2024 and 27 Aug 2026.
Sold twice: what the same home resold for
The strongest price signal there is: the same door, sold twice. Change shown in £, %, and per year. A big % over two decades is smaller than it looks.
STOKE WATER HOUSE, BEAMINSTER
£197,500 (2025)£140,000 (2026)-29.1% over 1.3 yrs (-23%/yr)
WEST SIDE, BEAMINSTER
£411,000 (2025)£500,000 (2026)+21.7% over 0.5 yrs (+43%/yr)
31, CLAY LANE, BEAMINSTER
£295,000 (2024)£300,000 (2025)+1.7% over 1.1 yrs (+1.5%/yr)
204, GERRARDS GREEN, BEAMINSTER
£200,000 (2024)£291,251 (2025)+45.6% over 1.3 yrs (+35%/yr)
HANOVER COURT, HOGSHILL STREET, BEAMINSTER
£128,000 (2024)£127,000 (2025)-0.8% over 0.5 yrs (-1.5%/yr)
Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data to 28 August 2026. Updated monthly. Real transactions, never estimates. All sales.
On the map
Where DT8 sits in Dorset
The pins are the 5 most recent recorded sales: real prices on real streets, not a valuation.
Latest sales
The most recent sales in DT8
2, SCHOOL HOUSE CLOSE, BEAMINSTER
Semi-detached · Freehold · 27 Aug 2026
£502,000
2C, NEWTOWN, BEAMINSTER
Terraced · Freehold · 13 Aug 2026
£520,000
9, BRIDPORT ROAD, BEAMINSTER
Semi-detached · Freehold · 3 Aug 2026
£950,000
122, GERRARDS GREEN, BEAMINSTER
Terraced · Freehold · 3 Aug 2026
£230,000
11, HOLLYMOOR LANE, BEAMINSTER
Terraced · Freehold · 24 Jul 2026
£275,000
Sources: HM Land Registry · postcodes.io / ONS · OpenStreetMap (© contributors). DT8 includes the Beaminster ward.
In plain English
What the Dorset (DT8) numbers mean
- The headline number blends very different homes: detached homes sold for a typical £415,000 against £130,000 for flats: about 3.2 times as much. Use the figure for your type of home, not the mix.
- Prices here are widely spread: most sales fell between £195,000 and £640,500, so the median says little about any one home.
- Nearly all of these sales (96%) were freehold, which points to mostly houses.
Only 250 sales sit behind these figures, so they are a rough guide rather than a firm reading.
- This is a quiet district: only about 9 recorded sales a month.
Based on 250 recorded sales between 19 April 2024 and 27 August 2026. HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, to 28 August 2026; page data refreshed 7 October 2026. Compared with the UK House Price Index. Written by Your Property Check (Check Labs Ltd, Birmingham) from this data. How we read the data · spotted a mistake? Tell us. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right. UK House Price Index licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Area data
What else the records hold on DT8
Council tax and schools, each from the body that publishes it, with the sample it rests on stated beside it.
Council tax
What council tax costs in DT8
£2,765
Band D a year in Dorset, 2026-27: the benchmark band every English authority is compared on.
All bands
| Band | 1991 value | A year |
|---|---|---|
| A | up to £40,000 | £1,843 |
| B | £40,001–£52,000 | £2,151 |
| C | £52,001–£68,000 | £2,458 |
| D | £68,001–£88,000 | £2,765 |
| E | £88,001–£120,000 | £3,379 |
| F | £120,001–£160,000 | £3,994 |
| G | £160,001–£320,000 | £4,608 |
| H | over £320,000 | £5,530 |
These are Dorset's charges for 2026-27, the authority DT8 falls in, not an estimate for any individual home. A property's band is set by the Valuation Office Agency and we never guess it; look up a band on GOV.UK and read your row. Bands reflect what a home was worth on 1 April 1991, not today.
Source: Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government. Council Tax levels set by local authorities · 8 of 8 bands published for Dorset · data to 2026-27 financial year
Schools
Schools near DT8
5
open schools within 3 km, nearest Mountjoy School.
All schools
Mountjoy School
Special schools · DT8 3HB
700 m
Good · 2022
Beaminster St Mary's Academy
Primary · Academies · DT8 3BY
1.2 km
Good · 2023
Beaminster School
Middle deemed secondary · Local authority maintained schools · DT8 3EP
1.4 km
Good · 2023
Parrett and Axe Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School
Primary · Local authority maintained schools · DT8 3JQ
2.6 km
Good · 2011
Broadwindsor Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School
Primary · Local authority maintained schools · DT8 3QL
2.9 km
Requires improvement · 2023
School data from the Department for Education “Get Information about Schools” (GIAS) and Ofsted inspection outcomes. Open Government Licence v3.0. The Ofsted grade shown is the last single overall grade on record (single grades were withdrawn in September 2024). Shows nearest schools by distance, not legal catchment areas. Distances are from the DT8 district centroid, not from any address.
Source: Department for Education: Get Information about Schools, with Ofsted grades · 5 open schools within 3 km, 5 with a grade on record
Area context
Planning and deprivation near DT8
What is being built nearby and how the area ranks, as context for the neighbourhood and never a judgement on a home.
Planning applications
Planning activity around DT8
7
applications within 500 m of the district centre, as last checked 21 October 2026.
Recent applications
DorsetCouncil/1/D/09/001281Permitted
406 m
Erect agricultural barn
Received 2009-08-18 · decided 2009-09-08
DorsetCouncil/1/D/08/002340Permitted
282 m
Demolish existing modern concrete block garden outbuildings and replace with new building in natural stone and hand made plain clay roof tiles to match listed house, erect green house and form swimming pool.
Received 2008-12-24 · decided 2009-02-12
DorsetCouncil/1/D/08/002341Permitted
282 m
Demolish existing modern concrete block garden outbuildings
Received 2008-12-24 · decided 2009-02-12
DorsetCouncil/1/D/08/000783Withdrawn
282 m
Remove greenhouse, single storey and two storey outbuildings.
Received 2008-04-30 · decided 2008-06-26
DorsetCouncil/1/D/08/000700Withdrawn
282 m
Construct swimming pool and ancillary building incorporating stores and plant room. Erect new greenhouse, including solar panels and wind turbine
Received 2008-04-30 · decided 2008-06-26
DorsetCouncil/1/W/04/000992Permitted
282 m
Demolish existing flat roofed 1960's extension, erect new back porch and carry out internal and external alterations
Received 2004-05-27 · decided 2004-07-14
Applications are matched within 500 m of the DT8 district centroid, so this is activity in the area, not at any one address. Register wording and status are reproduced as the local planning authority published them. Showing 6 of 7 held; run a live planning search for DT8 for the current picture.
Source: Local planning authority records via PlanIt · 7 applications matched within 500 m of the district centre · data to 21 October 2026
Deprivation (IMD)
Area profile for DT8
Decile 4 of 10
Median across 12 sampled postcodes; 1 is the most deprived 10% of England, 10 the least.
Read the detail
Across the 12 sampled DT8 postcodes, deprivation runs decile 3 to decile 6, with a median of decile 4 of 10: where 1 is among the most deprived 10% of England and 10 the least deprived.
DT8 3LW, the sampled postcode sitting at that median: On the English Indices of Deprivation 2025, this postcode falls in decile 4 of 10, where 1 is among the most deprived 10% of England and 10 the least deprived. It's area context for the wider neighbourhood, not a judgement on any individual home.
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0 (English Indices of Deprivation 2025, MHCLG). Deprivation is published for small areas (LSOAs), not for postcode districts, so DT8 spans several. We sampled 12 postcodes in DT8: the ones with the most recent recorded sales, up to a limit of 12. That is a convenience sample, not a random one, so it leans toward streets where homes are changing hands. 12 returned a row. It is context for the neighbourhood, never a judgement on any individual home. How we choose the sample.
Source: Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government. English Indices of Deprivation 2025 · 12 postcodes sampled of 12 checked · data to 2025 indices
Cost to run
Two sources, one table
What it costs to run a home in DT8, band by band
Dorset's council tax for 2026-27 set against the DT8 median sold price of £335,000 across 250 recorded sales: the annual running cost beside the purchase price, which neither source shows on its own.
| Band | 1991 valueVOA basis | A yearDorset | A month÷ 12 | Of the median÷ £335,000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | up to £40,000 | £1,843 | £154 | 0.55% |
| B | £40,001–£52,000 | £2,151 | £179 | 0.64% |
| C | £52,001–£68,000 | £2,458 | £205 | 0.73% |
| D | £68,001–£88,000 | £2,765 | £230 | 0.83% |
| E | £88,001–£120,000 | £3,379 | £282 | 1.01% |
| F | £120,001–£160,000 | £3,994 | £333 | 1.19% |
| G | £160,001–£320,000 | £4,608 | £384 | 1.38% |
| H | over £320,000 | £5,530 | £461 | 1.65% |
The last column is the band's annual charge divided by the DT8 median sold price. A comparison of two published figures, not a rate anyone charges. It is not a mapping from price to band: a band records what a home was worth on 1 April 1991 and is set by the Valuation Office Agency, so it cannot be worked out from a 2020s sale price. Look up a specific band on GOV.UK. Instalment counts vary by authority, so the monthly column is simply the year over twelve.
Sources: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data to 28 August 2026. Updated monthly. Median across 250 recorded sales. · Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government. Council Tax levels set by local authorities, Dorset, 2026-27.
Address by address
Address by address
What individual homes in DT8 sold for
The 24 most recently sold doors of the 241 distinct addresses in the records we hold for DT8. Real recorded transactions: never estimates.
2, SCHOOL HOUSE CLOSE, BEAMINSTER
DT8 3AH · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£502,000
2026-08-27
2C, NEWTOWN, BEAMINSTER
DT8 3EW · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£520,000
2026-08-13
9, BRIDPORT ROAD, BEAMINSTER
DT8 3LU · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£950,000
2026-08-03
122, GERRARDS GREEN, BEAMINSTER
DT8 3EA · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£230,000
2026-08-03
11, HOLLYMOOR LANE, BEAMINSTER
DT8 3NF · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£275,000
2026-07-24
STOKE WATER HOUSE, BEAMINSTER
DT8 3LW · Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 2 recorded sales
£140,000
2026-07-24
1, MANOR GARDENS, BEAMINSTER
DT8 3EE · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£425,000
2026-07-13
SOUTH COTTAGE, BEAMINSTER
DT8 3HG · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£372,000
2026-07-10
RAINBOWS END, 31, FAIRFIELD, BEAMINSTER
DT8 3BS · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£288,000
2026-07-03
OAKLANDS, BEAMINSTER
DT8 3QY · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£170,000
2026-07-01
AXE BROOK COTTAGE, BEAMINSTER
DT8 3HG · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£215,000
2026-06-29
SPRING COTTAGE, BEAMINSTER
DT8 3LL · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£795,000
2026-06-29
2, WEST STREET, BEAMINSTER
DT8 3QG · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£185,000
2026-06-29
73, EAST STREET, BEAMINSTER
DT8 3DT · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£240,000
2026-06-26
66, EAST STREET, BEAMINSTER
DT8 3DT · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£300,000
2026-06-22
15, MEADOWSIDE, BEAMINSTER
DT8 3LP · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£299,950
2026-06-18
30, FAIROAK WAY, BEAMINSTER
DT8 3JQ · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£230,000
2026-06-18
3, MARKSMEAD, BEAMINSTER
DT8 3RZ · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£410,000
2026-06-17
25, FLEET STREET, BEAMINSTER
DT8 3EF · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£315,000
2026-05-26
12, CULVERHAYES, BEAMINSTER
DT8 3DG · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£375,000
2026-05-26
4, HIGHER GREEN, BEAMINSTER
DT8 3SE · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£495,000
2026-05-22
40, CULVERHAYES, BEAMINSTER
DT8 3DG · Other · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£395,000
2026-05-20
20, FAIROAK WAY, BEAMINSTER
DT8 3JQ · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£265,000
2026-05-18
14, PARRETT MEAD, BEAMINSTER
DT8 3PQ · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£535,000
2026-05-15
Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. HM Land Registry Price Paid Data to 28 August 2026. Updated monthly. Addresses come from recorded sales since 1995, so homes that have never sold do not appear. 0 of these 24 doors resolve to a confident property record and link through; the rest are listed without a link. We match a door to a property record only where the match is certain, never by guessing.
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The DT8 report: your questions
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Postcode districts near DT8
The closest districts to DT8 by straight-line distance between district centres.
- House prices in TA18 (Crewkerne) 4.5 miles
- House prices in DT6 (Bridport) 5.6 miles
- House prices in TA16 (Merriott) 6.4 miles
- House prices in TA17 (Hinton St George) 7 miles
- House prices in TA14 (Stoke-Sub-Hamdon) 8.8 miles
- House prices in TA13 (South Petherton) 9.1 miles
- House prices in BA20 (Yeovil) 9.5 miles
- House prices in TA20 (Chard) 9.6 miles
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Data sources
Every DT8 figure is official and dated
Real recorded data from the UK's official registers, never an estimated valuation.
- HM Land RegistrySold prices
- MHCLGCouncil tax & deprivation
- Department for Education · OfstedSchools
- Local planning authoritiesPlanning applications
- Police.UKStreet-level crime
- Environment AgencyFlood risk
- postcodes.io · ONSGeography
Sources: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data · Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government. Council Tax levels set by local authorities · Department for Education: Get Information about Schools, with Ofsted grades · Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government. English Indices of Deprivation 2025 · Local planning authority records via PlanIt · Police.UK · Environment Agency · postcodes.io / ONS. HM Land Registry Price Paid Data to 28 August 2026. Updated monthly. All figures are real, attributed and carry the sample they rest on: never estimates, never a valuation. All sales · Get Free Valuation · About Your Property Check.