Sturminster Marshall

16°COvercast

• Today: 20° / 16° · 64% rain
• Tomorrow: 23° / 17° · Mist

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:39Sunset 19:29

12h 50m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

25US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Bournemouth, United Kingdom

14 reported · July 2026▲ 180% YoY

• Anti-social behaviour9
• Criminal damage & arson1
• Other theft1
• Public order1

Neighbourhood team: East Dorset Rural · Dorset

Source: data.police.uk (within ~1 mile)

686 reported road collisions (2024)

156 killed or seriously injured · 883 casualties · 18.1 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

13 food businesses within 2 miles

• 12 rated 4–5 ★ (11 top)
• 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• 10 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£325,410 average▲ 1.6% YoY

Across Dorset · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,051 average monthly rent▲ 4.8% YoY

• 1 bed £728
• 2 bed £961
• 3 bed £1,184

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-07

9.9× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 9.9 times median annual pay (9.5× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

• Cheapest petrol: 167.9p · Asda (10.5 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 191.9p · Asda (9.4 km)

11 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

11 charging locations within ~8 km

• 3 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 50 kW
• Nearest: English Oak Vineyard (3.7 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Swimming pools1
• Sports pitches9
• Golf courses1
• Playgrounds1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

379,579 residents in Dorset · 152/km²

• Under 16: 15%
• 16–64: 55%
• 65+: 30%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Less deprived than the average in England

Ranked 197 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

3% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£2,765 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band C (23% of 187,680)

Source: VOA council-tax stock · MHCLG band levels 2026-27

184 schools · 51,332 pupils

119 primary · 18 secondary · 47 other

Ofsted: 68 of 86 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (79%)

158inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Dorset

385 CQC-registered services

• Care homes121
• GP practices59
• Dentists84
• Homecare agencies86
• Hospitals & hospices14

CQC ratings: 96% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 2 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · Dorset

• In a conservation area (Sturminster Marshall Conservation Area)
• Not in the Green Belt
• 23 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

Source: planning.data.gov.uk (England)

662 applications decided

92.4% granted · 612 granted, 50 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Vikki Slade

Liberal Democrat

Mid Dorset and North Poole

Source: UK Parliament

Liberal Democrat / Green coalition

• Lab 2
• Con 30
• LD 42
• Grn 4
• Oth 4

Source: Open Council Data UK (CC BY-SA)

• Schools1
• Pharmacies1
• Restaurants & cafés2

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

20,515 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

7 jobs advertised · £133,638 avg

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Source: Adzuna

£737 median full-time weekly pay

2.3% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£27,403 disposable income per head (2024)

Source: ONS / Nomis (claimant count · ASHE) · ONS regional GDHI

43% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 186,790 certificates

9.9% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

Source: MHCLG EPC statistics · DESNZ sub-regional fuel poverty

56% low-carbon electricity

Wind 33% · Gas 26% · Imports 19% · Biomass 16%

130 gCO₂/kWh · moderate intensity

Latest estimate for South England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 85.4 yrs women · 82.1 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy: 65.6 women · 65.3 men

66% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.6
• Feeling worthwhile7.9
• Happiness yesterday7.6
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)2.9

Average rating out of 10 · ONS personal well-being 2022-23

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Mid Dorset and North Poole:

• Cap Academy Trust CEO Pay and Protect School Funding for Children646 local signatures · 3,627 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership371 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office347 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test320 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide
• Hold a referendum to bring the water industry into public ownership286 local signatures · 163,883 nationwide

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-08-06

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  River Winterborne · 0.3 km

  The River Winterborne is a river in Dorset, England.

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  Sturminster Marshall · 0.3 km

  Sturminster Marshall is a village and civil parish in the east of Dorset in England, situated on the River Stour between Blandford Forum and Poole. The parish had a population of 1,895 at the 2001 census, increasing t…

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  Bailey Gate railway station · 0.5 km

  Bailey Gate railway station was on the Somerset & Dorset Joint Railway in the English county of Dorset. It was in use from 1860 until 1966.

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  White Mill, Sturminster Marshall · 1.2 km

  White Mill is an 18th-century water powered corn mill near Sturminster Marshall in Dorset on the River Stour which is in the care of the National Trust. The first record of a mill on the site is from Domesday Book; th…

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  Henbury, Dorset · 1.9 km

  Henbury is a hamlet in the civil parish of Sturminster Marshall in Dorset, England. It lies on the A31 road.

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  Shapwick, Dorset · 2.1 km

  Shapwick is a village and civil parish in east Dorset, England, situated on the River Stour 5 mi (8.0 km) south-east of Blandford Forum and 8 mi (13 km) north of Poole. The village had a population of 175 in 2021.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)