Ship Knapp Morcombelake, Dorset
15 addresses across 2 postcodes (DT6), about 1.3 km (0.8 miles) long, classed as a minor road. USRN 43200253.
- Sales: 7 recorded sales since 1995; in 2024 the median was £950,000 across 1 sale.
- Energy: 6 homes have an energy certificate (C: 3, D: 2, G: 1).
- Flood: 1 address on its postcodes is in areas at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers, the sea or surface water.
- Council tax: Most homes around it are in council tax band E; Band D in Dorset costs £2,765 a year in 2026-27.
- Broadband: Gigabit broadband is available to 0% of premises.
- Transport: The nearest railway station is Axminster, about 11.1 km (6.9 miles) away in a straight line.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 2.9 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 4.8 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: Its addresses are 122 to 189 m above sea level.
- Noise: 4 of its 15 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is Lyme Bay Medical Practice, about 6.3 km (3.9 miles) away.
- People: About 330 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 77% of households owned their home and 40% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
Sales on this street
| Year | Sales | Median price | Lowest | Highest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 1 | £950,000 | £950,000 | £950,000 |
| 2019 | 1 | £550,000 | £550,000 | £550,000 |
| 2017 | 1 | £665,000 | £665,000 | £665,000 |
| 2015 | 2 | £422,500 | £335,000 | £510,000 |
| 2014 | 1 | £495,000 | £495,000 | £495,000 |
| 2012 | 1 | £555,000 | £555,000 | £555,000 |
| Date | Address | Type | Price | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 May 2024 | SHIP FARM DT6 6EW | Detached | £950,000 | |
| 11 Feb 2019 | SHIP FARM DT6 6EW | Detached | £550,000 | |
| 18 Jan 2017 | GREENACRES DT6 6EW | Detached | £665,000 | |
| 10 Dec 2015 | ROSE COTTAGE DT6 6EW | Detached | £510,000 | |
| 12 Mar 2015 | RANDOM LODGE DT6 6EW | Detached | £335,000 | |
| 28 Mar 2014 | ROSE COTTAGE DT6 6EW | Detached | £495,000 | |
| 10 Oct 2012 | GREENACRES DT6 6EW | Detached | £555,000 |
Energy performance certificates
6 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 123 m². Most common: Bungalow, detached (3); House, detached (3). Built: 2003-2006 (2); 1967-1975 (2); 1983-1990 (1). Tenure at assessment: owner-occupied (5).
Council tax
What each band costs in Dorset in 2026-27: Band D £2,765 a year on average, including the police, fire and any county and parish charges.
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £1,843 | £2,151 | £2,458 | £2,765 | £3,379 | £3,994 | £4,608 | £5,530 |
Homes by band in the neighbourhood around this street: most are in band E (21% of about 910 homes).
Planning and heritage
- Conservation area: no postcode centre in this street's postcodes is in one.
- Listed buildings on or by this street: 3.
- Article 4 direction (removing permitted development rights): Bridport to LymeRegis 1, Bridport to LymeRegis 2.
- Tree preservation orders: none recorded, though not every council has published theirs.
- Green belt: no.
Listed buildings
- MORECOMBE FARMHOUSE, grade II
- MORECOMBELAKE COTTAGE, grade II
- Ship Farmhouse, grade II
Roadworks
No street works under way, planned or finished in the last three months on this street, in permits up to 30 September 2026.
Flood risk
Rivers, the sea or surface water: in this street's postcodes, 0 addresses are in areas at high risk, 1 at medium risk and 0 at low risk. Each address counts once, at the higher of its rivers-and-sea and surface-water risk.
Rivers and the sea alone: no home is in an area at risk.
High: 3.3% (1 in 30) or more chance of flooding a year. Medium: 1% to 3.3%. Low: 0.1% to 1%. Very low: under 0.1%. The rivers and sea figures allow for flood defences. Counts cover whole postcodes, which can include other streets.
Flood zone for planning: no postcode centre on this street is in flood zone 2 or 3.
| Postcode | Planning zone | Addresses at high / medium / low risk | Groundwater |
|---|---|---|---|
| DT6 6EW | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| DT6 6DY | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 1 / 0 | unlikely |
Height above sea level
The street's 15 addresses are between 122 m and 189 m above sea level (147 m on average); the ground rises about 67 m from the lowest to the highest.
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DT6 6DY | 92% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| DT6 6EW | 33% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway station | Axminster 418,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 11.1 km (6.9 miles) |
| Bus stops | 0 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 2 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Ship Knapp Morcombelake | 690 m (0.4 miles) |
| Bus or coach station | Bus Station Bridport | 6.9 km (4.3 miles) |
| EV charging points | Be.EV Charging Station | 3 km (1.8 miles) |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Exeter International Airport EXT | 39.1 km (24 miles) |
| Nearest large airport | Bristol Airport BRS | 72.1 km (45 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | Lyme Bay Medical Practice | 6.3 km (3.9 miles) |
| Pharmacies | Charmouth Pharmacy | 2.9 km (1.8 miles) |
| NHS dentists | Lyme Bay Dentistry | 5.6 km (3.5 miles) |
| Hospital | Bridport Community Hospital | 6.3 km (3.9 miles) |
| Police station | Dorset Police | 5.6 km (3.5 miles) |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Play area | Unnamed 420 m² | 1.6 km (1 mile) |
| Playing field | Unnamed 3.0 ha | 3 km (1.8 miles) |
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Three bowl barrows on High Bullen 230m south west of Hazelbower, a scheduled monument, 1.2 km (0.8 miles) east. 3 listed buildings are within 1 km (0.6 miles).
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Three bowl barrows on High Bullen 230m south west of Hazelbower | Scheduled monument | 1.2 km (0.8 miles) east |
| Barrow cemetery on Hardown Hill 600m west of Butt Farm | Scheduled monument | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) north-east |
| St Gabriel's Church | Scheduled monument | 1.6 km (1 mile) south-east |
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Chardown Hill | Hill | 250 m south-east |
| Home Bottom Coppice | Wood | 260 m north-west |
| Marsh Copse | Wood | 570 m (0.4 miles) south |
| Ridge Cliff | Cliff or slope | 1.4 km (0.9 miles) south |
| St Gabriel's Mouth | Wetland | 1.6 km (1 mile) south |
| The Cove | Tidal water | 2.2 km (1.4 miles) south-east |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 2.9 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 4.8 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 7.5 | 40 | 15 |
All three are within both the UK limits and the WHO guidelines.
Road and rail noise
| Level | Road traffic | Railways |
|---|---|---|
| 65 to 69 | 1 | 0 |
| 60 to 64 | 1 | 0 |
| 55 to 59 | 2 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 11 | 15 |
4 of the street's 15 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic, above the WHO guidelines.
Climate, daylight and earthquakes
Monthly temperatures and rainfall, sunrise and sunset through the year, and earthquakes recorded nearby since 1970 are much the same across the area, so they are worked out once for Dorset: see them on the Dorset page.
Nearest schools
No open schools within 2 km (1.2 miles).
Food hygiene ratings nearby
No rated food businesses within 500 m (0.3 miles).
Crime within 250 m
No crimes recorded at anonymised points within 250 m in this period (dorset).
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 56 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 14% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 31% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 77% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 61% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 1% | 1% |
| Social rented | 5% | 17% |
| Private rented | 18% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 57% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 3% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 30% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 2% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 50% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 46% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 0% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | under 1% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 1% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 45% | 65% |
| Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away | 28% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 40% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 13% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 3% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 100% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | 0% | 2% |
Deprivation
The neighbourhood around this street is in decile 4 of 10 on the English Indices of Deprivation 2025, where 1 is the most deprived tenth of England's 33,755 neighbourhoods and 10 the least.
What has changed
Nothing new since the change feed started on 30 October 2026. New sales and energy certificates, and hygiene ratings, school inspections and flood figures nearby, will be listed here as the sources update.
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What this page cannot tell you
- Whether a particular house is at risk of flooding, subsiding or anything else: the flood map is a model of areas and there is no property-level data here.
- What a home is worth now: sales are historic prices for the homes that happened to sell.
- How safe the street is: crime points are moved to anonymised locations and many crimes are never reported.
- Whether you would get a place at a school: distances are straight lines, not catchments.
- Who lives on the street now: census figures describe the small areas around it in March 2021, during a lockdown.
- How long a journey takes or how often anything runs: transport distances are straight lines to the nearest stops.
- Whether a GP practice is taking new patients, or a dentist new NHS patients.
- How loud a home is inside, or noise from industry, neighbours or smaller airfields: noise figures are models of road, rail and air traffic outside.
How each figure on this page is matched to the street and worked out: methodology.