Does DT8 flood?

Yes — parts of the DT8 district carry real flood risk: 10 of its 54 at-risk postcodes reach the Environment Agency's High likelihood band. The DT8 postcode district covers Beaminster, Marshwood Vale, Eggardon, Yetminster, close to Netherbury, Hooke, Powerstock, and surrounding villages in parts of Dorset and Somerset.

54 postcodes in the DT8 district appear in the Environment Agency's rivers-and-sea flood-risk dataset — worst bands: 10 high, 18 medium, 26 low. A postcode not listed here has no properties in any recorded risk band (which is good news, but never proof it cannot flood).

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Which DT8 postcodes are at risk?

DT8 3AY up to High DT8 3EH up to High DT8 3EW up to High DT8 3HS up to High DT8 3HZ up to High DT8 3LN up to High DT8 3LX up to High DT8 3QY up to High DT8 3RF up to High DT8 3RR up to High DT8 3AG up to Medium DT8 3AH up to Medium DT8 3BH up to Medium DT8 3BQ up to Medium DT8 3BZ up to Medium DT8 3DJ up to Medium DT8 3DW up to Medium DT8 3DZ up to Medium DT8 3EF up to Medium DT8 3EL up to Medium DT8 3FD up to Medium DT8 3FR up to Medium DT8 3HU up to Medium DT8 3LZ up to Medium DT8 3PP up to Medium DT8 3PR up to Medium DT8 3RP up to Medium DT8 3RS up to Medium DT8 3AW up to Low DT8 3AX up to Low DT8 3BA up to Low DT8 3BB up to Low DT8 3BD up to Low DT8 3BE up to Low DT8 3BT up to Low DT8 3DF up to Low DT8 3DN up to Low DT8 3DR up to Low DT8 3DU up to Low DT8 3EQ up to Low DT8 3ER up to Low DT8 3HA up to Low DT8 3HG up to Low DT8 3JL up to Low DT8 3LQ up to Low DT8 3LR up to Low DT8 3LU up to Low DT8 3LY up to Low DT8 3NB up to Low DT8 3NX up to Low DT8 3NZ up to Low DT8 3PQ up to Low DT8 3QR up to Low DT8 3SB up to Low

Rivers and flooding history near DT8

The rivers that matter here, each monitored live on FloodRadar:

293 official flood warnings and alerts have been raised within ~10 km of the district's centre since 2006 (60 at warning level or above), most recently 9 March 2026. Warnings cover flood areas, not individual addresses.

Recorded flood extents near the district (Environment Agency record):

Records, not floods: no outline on the record is not evidence a place has not flooded.

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Flood risk in nearby postcode districts

DT7 DT9 DT10 DT6 DT11 DT5 DT4 DT3

Band = the worst likelihood band of any property in that postcode (EA Risk of Flooding from Rivers & Sea, defence-adjusted, area-level). Check any postcode in detail — or get the full £19 property report — at the property flood-risk report. © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2025. All rights reserved. Some features of this map are based on digital spatial data from the Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, © NERC (CEH). © Crown Copyright and Database Rights 2025 OS AC0000807064. This product is produced in part from PAF® and Multiple Residence Data, the copyright in which is owned by Royal Mail Group Limited and/or Royal Mail Group plc. All rights reserved. Licence number AC0000807064.