West Street Shapwick, Dorset
22 addresses across 2 postcodes (DT11), about 440 m (0.3 miles) long, classed as a minor road. USRN 12200695.
- Sales: 8 recorded sales since 1995; in 2011 the median was £285,000 across 1 sale.
- Prices and rents: A typical home in Dorset cost £328,589 in August 2026 (-0.4% on a year); private rents averaged £1,059 a month.
- Energy: 6 homes have an energy certificate (D: 1, E: 3, F: 2).
- Flood: 1 address on its postcodes is in areas at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers, the sea or surface water.
- Recorded floods: No recorded flood covers the centre of any of its postcodes.
- Gas: No gas meters are recorded on its postcodes: it looks to be off the mains gas grid.
- Council tax: Most homes around it are in council tax band C; Band D in Dorset costs £2,765 a year in 2026-27.
- Broadband: Gigabit broadband is available to 100% of premises.
- Transport: The nearest railway station is Hamworthy, about 11.2 km (7 miles) away in a straight line.
- Green space: The nearest park or garden, Market Place, is about 2 km (1.2 miles) away.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 4.2 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 5.5 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: Its addresses are 26 to 28 m above sea level.
- Noise: 7 of its 22 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is Walford Mill Medical Centre, about 7.2 km (4.5 miles) away.
- People: About 180 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 35% of households owned their home and 36% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
- Crime: 1 crimes were recorded within 250 m between September 2025 and August 2026, most often anti-social behaviour.
- Road safety: No collisions in which someone was hurt were reported on and around it in 2021 to 2025.
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House sales on this street
| Year | Sales | Median price | Lowest | Highest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 1 | £285,000 | £285,000 | £285,000 |
| 2006 | 1 | £240,000 | £240,000 | £240,000 |
| 2005 | 1 | £485,000 | £485,000 | £485,000 |
| 2004 | 1 | £754,500 | £754,500 | £754,500 |
| 2000 | 1 | £142,950 | £142,950 | £142,950 |
| 1996 | 1 | £96,000 | £96,000 | £96,000 |
| 1995 | 1 | £86,500 | £86,500 | £86,500 |
| Date | Address | Type | Price | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 Jun 2000 | KATES COTTAGE DT11 9LB | Terraced | £142,950 | |
| 11 Dec 1996 | KATES COTTAGE DT11 9LB | Terraced | £96,000 | |
| 18 Apr 2005 | THE OLD ORCHARD DT11 9LB | Detached | £485,000 | |
| 30 Sep 2025 | THE OLD SCHOOL DT11 9LB | Other | £275,000 | Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer). |
| 1 Dec 2004 | THE RIVER HOUSE DT11 9LB | Semi-detached | £754,500 | |
| 19 Dec 2011 | TODD COTTAGE DT11 9LB | Terraced | £285,000 | |
| 25 Aug 2006 | TODD COTTAGE DT11 9LB | Detached | £240,000 | |
| 4 Aug 1995 | TODD COTTAGE DT11 9LB | Detached | £86,500 |
House prices and rents in Dorset
A typical home in Dorset cost £328,589 in August 2026, 0.4% less than a year before. That is 9% more than five years earlier and 28% more than ten years earlier.
| Home | Typical price, Aug 2026 |
|---|---|
| Detached | £519,998 |
| Semi-detached | £333,127 |
| Terraced | £267,978 |
| Flat or maisonette | £169,474 |
| Bought by a first-time buyer | £257,241 |
Private renters in Dorset paid £1,059 a month on average in September 2026, 4.2% more than a year before. That is 26% more than five years earlier.
| Home | Average rent a month, Sep 2026 |
|---|---|
| One bedroom | £733 |
| Two bedrooms | £969 |
| Three bedrooms | £1,194 |
| Four or more bedrooms | £1,688 |
Energy performance certificates
6 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 103 m². Most common: House, semi-detached (4); House, detached (2). Built: before 1900 (4); 1900-1929 (2). Tenure at assessment: rented (private) (2); owner-occupied (2).
Each home's certificates and sales (6 addresses)
Gas and electricity use
No gas meters are recorded on the street's postcodes, against 27 electricity meters: it looks to be off the mains gas grid, or almost, with heating from electricity, oil, LPG or solid fuel.
| Postcode | Electricity meters | Typical electricity | Gas meters | Typical gas |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DT11 9LB | 12 | 5,346 kWh | none recorded | |
| DT11 9JT | 15 | 4,769 kWh | none recorded |
These are all the homes on each postcode, whatever their size and however many live in them, so they show the kind of homes and heating here rather than what any one home uses. The typical figure is the median: half the homes used less. The district is DT11.
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 C (35% of about 540 homes).
Planning and heritage
- Conservation area: yes, Shapwick Conservation Area. Extensions, demolition, some windows and doors, and work on trees need consent.
- Listed buildings on or by this street: 15.
- Article 4 direction (removing permitted development rights): none recorded, though not every council has published theirs.
- Tree preservation orders: none recorded, though not every council has published theirs.
- Green belt: yes, Dorset.
Listed buildings
- 188, STEWARDS LANE, grade II
- 192, CHURCH STREET, grade II
- 195, WEST STREET, grade II
- 198, WEST STREET, grade II
- 202, HIGH STREET, grade II
- BOUNDARY WALL TO NO 188, grade II
- CEDAR COTTAGE, grade II
- CHURCH COTTAGE AND LITTLE FALCON, grade II
- COB WALL ON CORNER OF LANE. OPPOSITE SCHOOL COTTAGE, grade II
- FRONT BOUNDARY WALL TO CEDAR COTTAGE, grade II
- OLD TIMBERS, grade II
- PAIR OF COTTAGES OPPOSITE ANCHOR INN, grade II
- SCHOOL COTTAGE, grade II
- THE WAR MEMORIAL, grade II
- TWO C18 TABLE TOMBS IN CHURCHYARD OF PARISH CHURCH OF ST BARTHOLOMEW, grade II
Energy projects nearby
No wind turbine or waste plant within 5 km (3.1 miles), and no solar farm, battery site or other project of 1 MW or more within 2 km (1.2 miles), of the street's postcodes, operating or planned.
Roadworks
No street works under way, planned or finished in the last three months on this street, in permits up to 31 October 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 3 at low risk. Each address counts once, at the higher of its rivers-and-sea and surface-water risk.
Rivers and the sea alone: of the 29 homes the Environment Agency counts, 0 are in areas at high risk, 1 medium, 2 low and 7 very low.
Groundwater flooding is possible in 2 of these postcodes: an address there is in a groundwater flood alert area.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| DT11 9LB | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 1 / 3 | possible |
| DT11 9JT | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | possible |
Recorded floods
No recorded flood covers the centre of any of this street's postcodes.
Recorded floods are where floodwater was seen or surveyed after a flood. Many floods were never mapped, an outline over a postcode's centre does not mean every home in it flooded, and homes outside one may have. Ask the seller whether the home itself has flooded.
Coastal erosion
No projected coastal erosion zone is within 1 km (0.6 miles) of the street's postcodes.
Storm overflows
No storm overflow outlet is within 1 km (0.6 miles) of the street's postcodes.
Coal mining
No postcode centre on the street is in a coalfield: the Mining Remediation Authority records no coal mining risk here.
Radon
Every 1 km square the street's postcodes are in is in the lowest band of radon potential: fewer than 1 home in 100 is estimated to be at or above the Action Level. It is not a radon Affected Area.
Historic landfill
No historic landfill site is within 500 m (0.3 miles) of the street's postcodes.
Height above sea level
The street's 22 addresses are between 26 m and 28 m above sea level (26 m on average).
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DT11 9JT | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| DT11 9LB | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Hamworthy 145,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 11.2 km (7 miles) |
| Holton Heath 42,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 11.6 km (7.2 miles) | |
| Poole 965,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 13.1 km (8.1 miles) | |
| Bus stops | 2 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 4 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest The Anchor Inn Shapwick | 80 m |
| Ferry terminal | Poole Quay Ferry Landing | 13.7 km (8.5 miles) |
| EV charging points | Be.EV Charging Station | 2.3 km (1.5 miles) |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Bournemouth Airport BOH | 18.1 km (11 miles) |
| Nearest large airport | Bristol Airport BRS | 76.8 km (48 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | Walford Mill Medical Centre Good Oct 2026 | 7.2 km (4.5 miles) |
| Pharmacies | Wellbeing Pharmacy | 2.4 km (1.5 miles) |
| NHS dentists | East Street Dental Practice | 6.8 km (4.2 miles) |
| Hospital | Wimborne Community Hospital | 6.8 km (4.2 miles) |
| Care homes | Spetisbury Manor Good May 2023 | 1.8 km (1.1 miles) |
| Police station | Dorset Police | 7.2 km (4.5 miles) |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | Market Place 1,060 m² | 2 km (1.2 miles) |
| Play area | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 2,070 m² | 140 m |
| Playing field | Unnamed 2.4 ha | 2.3 km (1.4 miles) |
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Parish Church of Saint Bartholomew, a listed building (Grade I), 150 m south-west. 31 listed buildings are within 1 km (0.6 miles), 1 of them Grade I.
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Parish Church of Saint Bartholomew | Listed building, Grade I | 150 m south-west |
| Bowl barrow 550m north east of Field Dairy Farm | Scheduled monument | 440 m (0.3 miles) west |
| Roman fort at Crab Farm | Scheduled monument | 1.2 km (0.7 miles) north-east |
| Straw Barrow | Scheduled monument | 1.6 km (1 mile) north-east |
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Wills Wood | Wood | 940 m (0.6 miles) east |
| Swan Way Copse | Wood | 1.4 km (0.9 miles) north-east |
| Little Hundred Coppice | Wood | 1.8 km (1.1 miles) north-west |
| Westley Wood | Wood | 1.9 km (1.2 miles) south-west |
| Ellen's Coppice | Wood | 2.3 km (1.4 miles) north-west |
| Spettisbury Ring | Hill | 2.3 km (1.5 miles) west |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 4.2 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 5.5 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 9.3 | 40 | 15 |
All three are within the UK legal limits; PM2.5 is above the WHO guideline, as in most towns and cities.
Road and rail noise
| Level | Road traffic | Railways |
|---|---|---|
| 55 to 59 | 7 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 15 | 22 |
7 of the street's 22 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).
Nurseries and childcare
1 nursery, pre-school or club within 1.5 km (0.9 miles), the nearest 100 m from the middle of the street.
| Provider | Kind | Places | Latest inspection | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Old School Nursery DT11 9LB | Full day care | 59 | Good (Apr 2022, overall grade under the previous framework) | 100 m |
Ofsted also registers 115 childminders and 23 home childcarers (nannies) in Dorset. It does not publish their addresses, so they cannot be shown here; the council's family information service lists those taking children.
Food hygiene ratings nearby
| Business | Type | Distance | Rating | Rated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Anchor DT11 9LB | Pub/bar/nightclub | 60 m | 5 Very good | 22 Aug 2025 |
| The Old School Nursery DT11 9LB | Hospitals/Childcare/Caring Premises | 100 m | 5 Very good | 22 Jan 2026 |
Crime within 250 m
| Category | Crimes |
|---|---|
| Anti-social behaviour | 1 |
Most of these are attached to: On or near Church Street (1).
Road safety
No collisions in which someone was hurt were reported on and around the street in 2021 to 2025.
Only collisions in which someone was hurt and which the police were told about are here: damage-only collisions and near misses are not, and some injuries are never reported. Positions are recorded by the police, usually to within a few metres. Each year's figures are published the following September.
Traffic on nearby roads
No traffic count point is within 500 m (0.3 miles) of the street's postcodes. The Department for Transport counts every motorway and A road and only a sample of minor roads, so a quiet residential street usually has none.
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 56 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 10% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 31% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 35% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 22% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 0% | 1% |
| Social rented | 32% | 17% |
| Private rented | 33% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 61% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 4% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 28% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 3% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 31% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 63% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 0% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 0% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 3% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 41% | 65% |
| Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away | 7% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 36% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 14% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 5% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 98% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | 0% | 2% |
Deprivation
The neighbourhood around this street is in decile 5 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.
Postcodes on this street
Nearby streets
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; road collisions count only those in which someone was hurt and the police were told.
- 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.