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Walditch Dorset

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Primary Schools 9 Nursery Schools 8 Language Schools 6 Riding School and Stables 5 Driving Schools 4 Schools 3 Tennis Lessons 2 Business Schools 2 Martial Arts Schools 1 Aikido Schools 1 Art and Design Schools 1 Ballet Schools 1 Kickboxing Schools 1 Sailing Schools 1 Dance Schools 1 High and Secondary Schools 1 Karate Schools 1

Local servicesHospitalBridport Community Hospital1.7 miGP surgeryAmmonite Health Partnership1.5 miPharmacyWell3 pharmacies within 2 miles1.0 miDentistJohn Lumley & Simon Wood Dental Practice1.0 miSource: NHS Organisation Data Service
SchoolsWithin 2 mi5 schools4 primary, 1 secondaryPrimaryBridport Primary Schoolages 4-11, 267 pupilsunder a milePrimarySt Catherine's Roman Catholic Schoolages 5-11, 100 pupils1.1 miSecondaryThe Sir John Colfox Academyages 11-18, 756 pupils1.2 miCollegeCoastland College14.4 miSource: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools
Getting aroundAirportExeter International Airport EXT30 miMajor airportBristol Airport BRS45 miRailway stationMaiden Newton7.9 miBus stationBus StationBridport1.3 miFerryWeymouth Ferry Terminal15 miBus stops31 within a mileSources: Department for Transport NaPTAN; OurAirports

Distances in these cards are measured from the centre of the DT6 postcode district.

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Distances in these cards are measured from the centre of the DT6 postcode district.

County or areaDorset
Postcode districtDT6
Telephone codeNot listed
Time zoneEurope/London (GMT/BST)
Daylight through the yearLongest day (Jun 21): 16 h 30 min4:57 am – 9:27 pmShortest day (Dec 21): 7 h 58 min8:10 am – 4:07 pm
Sun todaySunrise –Sunset –
People7,665 residentsin the Burton Bradstock & Chideock census areaMedian age 56.73,497 households74% of homes owner-occupied56% owned outright9% social rented, 16% private rentedSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
Work and commuting3.4% unemployment rate52% of adults are economically active, 3,309 in work, 38% retiredMain industries: retail and wholesale 15%, health and social work 13%, construction 11%Getting to work: 32% work from home, 56% go by car, 10% walk or cycle57% of those who travel work within 10 km of homeSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
Education and languages36% of adults hold a degree or higher14% have no qualifications, 6% an apprenticeshipMain language: English 99%Source: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
ClimateWarmest month July: highs 21°C, lows 12°CColdest month January: highs 8°C, lows 2°C809 mm of rain a year, 29 days with 10 mm or morewettest month November30 days of air frost, 5 summer days above 25°C in a typical yearJanuary: 2 to 8°CJFebruary: 2 to 8°CFMarch: 3 to 10°CMApril: 5 to 13°CAMay: 7 to 16°CMJune: 10 to 19°CJJuly: 12 to 21°CJAugust: 12 to 20°CASeptember: 10 to 18°CSOctober: 8 to 15°CONovember: 5 to 11°CNDecember: 3 to 9°CD25°0°Source: Met Office HadUK-Grid 1991-2020 averages, 2 km grid (highs and lows from the 12 km grid)
Nearby landmarksHyde Hillhill · under a mileEast Beachbeach · 2.0 miEldon Hillhill · under a mileWest Bay Beachbeach · 2.0 miEast Cliffcliffs · 1.9 miMill Streamriver · 1.9 miSource: Ordnance Survey Open Names
Parks and green spacesThe Greenpark · under a mileRiverside Gardenspark · under a mileFlaxhayes Playing Fieldpark · 1.2 miThe Hyde Real Tennis Clubsports ground · under a mileBridport and West Dorset Golf Clubgolf course · 1.5 mi · 48 haKing George's Fieldplaying field · 1.1 miSource: Ordnance Survey Open Greenspace
Earthquakes23 of magnitude 2 or more within 50 miles since 19705 of magnitude 3+, 0 of magnitude 4+Largest: magnitude 3.0 on 5 Dec 201929 mi away, Bridgwater, SomersetMost recent: magnitude 2.0 on 8 Feb 202612 mi away, Chard, SomersetSource: British Geological Survey earthquake database
Flood riskRivers and sea: areas at High risk within 500 m of the centrea 1 in 30 chance of flooding in any year, or greaterAlso medium, low risk areas nearbySource: Environment Agency, Risk of Flooding from Rivers and Sea
Air qualityNO2 3.4 · PM2.5 5.0 · PM10 8.2 µg/m³annual mean concentrations, 2024Within the WHO guidelines for all threeSource: DEFRA modelled background pollution maps 2024, 1 km grid
Broadband30% of premises can get gigabit-capable broadband93% can get superfast (30 Mbit/s or more)1.2% cannot get a decent connection (below the 10 Mbit/s universal service obligation)3,965 residential premises in the census areaSource: Ofcom Connected Nations, July 2025
Elevation37 m121 ft above sea levelLand within 1 km ranges from 9 to 128 mSource: Ordnance Survey, OS Terrain 50





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