Westridge Sherborne, Dorset
1 address across 1 postcode (DT9), about 40 m long. USRN 43201761.
- 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.
- Flood: No address on its postcodes is in an area 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.
- Storm overflows: 10 storm overflows within 1 km (0.6 miles) spilled 130 times (578 hours) in 2025.
- Radon: Up to 10 to 30% of homes in the 1 km squares around it are estimated to be at or above the radon Action Level.
- Traffic: The busiest counted road within 500 m (0.3 miles), the A352, carries 9,578 motor vehicles a day on average (2025).
- Council tax: Most homes around it are in council tax band D; 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 Sherborne, about 790 m (0.5 miles) away in a straight line.
- Green space: There is a small park or garden about 370 m away, and Pageant Gardens (0.9 hectares) is about 650 m (0.4 miles) away.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 5.6 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 5.9 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: It is about 57 m above sea level.
- Noise: 1 of its 1 addresses is modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is The Apples Medical Centre, about 1.2 km (0.8 miles) away, with 2 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile).
- People: About 320 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 78% of households owned their home and 41% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
- Crime: 20 crimes were recorded within 250 m between September 2025 and August 2026, most often anti-social behaviour.
- Road safety: 1 collision in which someone was hurt was reported on and around it in 2021 to 2025.
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House sales on this street
No sales recorded on this street since January 1995 under this street name.
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
No certificates found for addresses on this street.
Gas and electricity use
The postcode does not have the 5 or more domestic meters needed for figures to be published.
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 D (22% of about 880 homes).
Planning and heritage
- Conservation area: no postcode centre in this street's postcodes is in one.
- Listed buildings on or by this street: none.
- 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: no.
Brownfield land registered for housing within 1 km (0.6 miles)
- Aldhelmsted East, Sherborne School For Girls: up to 30 homes, not permissioned (800 m (0.5 miles))
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
No address in this street's postcodes is in an area at high, medium or low risk of flooding from rivers, the sea or surface water. The rest are in areas at very low risk: less than a 0.1% (1 in 1,000) chance a year.
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 is in flood zone 2 or 3.
Recorded floods
No recorded flood covers the centre 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
10 storm overflows within 1 km (0.6 miles) of the street's postcodes spilled 130 times, for 578 hours in all, in 2025. They discharge into River Yeo Via Sws, Tributary of the River Yeo, Trib of the River Yeo Via Sws, River Yeo.
| Overflow | Into | Spills | Hours | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Westbury Combined Sewer Overflow Wessex Water | River Yeo Via Sws | 0 | 0 | 460 m (0.3 miles) |
| Abbey Road Combined Sewer Overflow Wessex Water | Tributary of the River Yeo | 11 | 4 | 610 m (0.4 miles) |
| Cheap Street North Cso Wessex Water | Trib of the River Yeo Via Sws | 12 | 2 | 750 m (0.5 miles) |
| Sherborne Wwtw Wessex Water | River Yeo | 30 | 162 | 770 m (0.5 miles) |
| Sherborne Wwtw Wessex Water | River Yeo | 35 | 392 | 830 m (0.5 miles) |
| Ludborne Road Cso Wessex Water | River Yeo Via Sws | 10 | 13 | 830 m (0.5 miles) |
| Thorn Bank Cso Wessex Water | River Yeo Via Sws | 0 | 0 | 830 m (0.5 miles) |
| 63 Cheap Street Cso Wessex Water | River Yeo Via Sws | 23 | 5 | 830 m (0.5 miles) |
A storm overflow lets sewage diluted with rainwater into a river, stream or the sea when heavy rain overwhelms the sewers, so the spills here affect the water they run into, not homes. A spill is counted the regulators' way: a first 12 hours, then each 24 hours it goes on.
Coal mining
No postcode centre here is in a coalfield: the Mining Remediation Authority records no coal mining risk here.
Radon
The postcode is in a 1 km square with radon potential up to 10 to 30%: up to that share of homes there is estimated to be at or above the Action Level of 200 becquerels per cubic metre. At least part of the square is a radon Affected Area, where 1% or more of homes are.
Radon is a natural radioactive gas from the ground that can build up indoors; long exposure raises the risk of lung cancer. A three-month test with two small detectors is the only way to know a home's level, and a high level can usually be brought down with a sump or better ventilation. Homes built here in recent decades should have radon protection under the building regulations (basic protection from 3%, full protection from 10%). UKHSA sells a radon report for a single address from its detailed map at ukradon.org.
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 address is about 57 m above sea level.
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DT9 6DW | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Sherborne 207,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 790 m (0.5 miles) |
| Thornford 2,310 journeys in 2024–25 | 5.3 km (3.3 miles) | |
| Yeovil Pen Mill 170,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 6.3 km (3.9 miles) | |
| Bus stops | 8 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 25 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest The Ridgeway Sherborne | 20 m |
| Bus or coach station | Bus Station Yeovil | 7.2 km (4.5 miles) |
| EV charging points | 2 within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Be.EV Charging Station | 860 m (0.5 miles) |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Bristol Airport BRS | 50.6 km (31 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | 2 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest The Apples Medical Centre Good Sep 2016 | 1.2 km (0.8 miles) |
| Pharmacies | 3 pharmacies within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest The Abbey Pharmacy | 760 m (0.5 miles) |
| NHS dentists | 3 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Wessex House Dental Practice | 580 m (0.4 miles) |
| Hospital | Yeatman Hospital | 770 m (0.5 miles) |
| Care homes | 7 homes within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest The Evergreens Lodge Good Jul 2026 | 370 m |
| Police station | Dorset Police | 660 m (0.4 miles) |
| Cash machines | 1 machine within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest The Cooperative Food Sherborne Cashzone | 570 m (0.4 miles) |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | 3 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 2,490 m² | 370 m |
| Largest park within 800 m (0.5 miles) | Pageant Gardens 9,370 m² | 650 m (0.4 miles) |
| Play area | 3 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 920 m² | 320 m |
| Playing field | Unnamed 6,150 m² | 890 m (0.6 miles) |
| Allotments | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 2,470 m² | 360 m |
Within 800 m (0.5 miles): 3 parks and gardens, 1.4 hectares in all.
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Riverside. Riverside Lodge. Riverside Works., a listed building (Grade II*), 380 m south-east. 287 listed buildings are within 1 km (0.6 miles), 11 of them Grade I and 13 of them Grade II*.
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Riverside. Riverside Lodge. Riverside Works. | Listed building, Grade II* | 380 m south-east |
| Former Hospital of Saints John the Baptist and John the Evangelist | Listed building, Grade I | 570 m (0.4 miles) north-east |
| Gates and Gate Piers at South entrance to Abbey Close | Listed building, Grade II* | 600 m (0.4 miles) north-east |
| Chapel at Sherborne School | Listed building, Grade I | 610 m (0.4 miles) north-east |
| Sherborne Abbey, remains of | Scheduled monument | 620 m (0.4 miles) north-east |
| The Conduit Cross | Scheduled monument | 720 m (0.4 miles) north-east |
| Sherborne Old Castle | Scheduled monument | 1.7 km (1.1 miles) east |
| Sherborne Castle | Registered park or garden, Grade I | 2.6 km (1.6 miles) east |
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Dancing Hill | Hill | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) east |
| Yetman's Copse | Wood | 1.2 km (0.8 miles) south-east |
| Home Covert | Wood | 1.4 km (0.9 miles) east |
| Withybed Plantation | Wood | 1.4 km (0.9 miles) south-east |
| Lover's Grove | Wood | 1.5 km (0.9 miles) south-east |
| Sherborne Lake | Lake or reservoir | 2.2 km (1.4 miles) east |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 5.6 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 5.9 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 10.5 | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 70 to 74 | 1 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 0 | 1 |
1 of the street's 1 addresses is 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
| School | Phase | Ages | Distance | Inspection | Exam results |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sherborne Abbey Church of England Primary School | Primary | 4–11 | 650 m (0.4 miles) | Report card (Jun 2026): Curriculum and teaching: Expected standard; Achievement: Expected standard; Attendance and behaviour: Expected standard; Personal development and wellbeing: Strong standard; Inclusion: Strong standard; Leadership and governance: Expected standard; Early years: Expected standard; Safeguarding standards: Met | 48% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 8% at the higher standard (2025; 45% in 2024 and 53% in 2023) |
| Sherborne Primary School | Primary | 4–11 | 1.5 km (0.9 miles) | Report card (Jan 2026): Curriculum and teaching: Needs attention; Achievement: Needs attention; Attendance and behaviour: Expected standard; Personal development and wellbeing: Expected standard; Inclusion: Expected standard; Leadership and governance: Expected standard; Early years: Expected standard; Safeguarding standards: Met | 47% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 6% at the higher standard (2025; 47% in 2024 and 55% in 2023) |
| The Gryphon School Church of England | Secondary | 11–18 | 1.8 km (1.1 miles) | No published inspection | GCSE 2026 (provisional): Attainment 8 47.4 (46.7 in 2025 and 48.1 in 2024); 44.5% grade 5+ in English and maths A level 2025: average grade B-; 13.2% AAB or better; progress average |
Exam results are from the Department for Education's school performance tables (Explore Education Statistics, Open Government Licence), for all pupils at each school. The middle school in England had 63% at the expected standard at the end of primary school (2025), Attainment 8 of 46.0 at GCSE (2026) and an A level average of C+ (2025). Attainment 8 adds up a pupil's grades in eight GCSEs, with English and maths counted twice (90 is the most), averaged over the school's pupils. Progress 8 compares pupils with others who had the same results at the end of primary school; it is not published for GCSEs in 2025 and 2026, as those pupils sat no primary tests during the pandemic. Small year groups swing from year to year, and figures for very small ones are withheld.
Nurseries and childcare
5 nurseries, pre-schools and clubs within 1.5 km (0.9 miles), the nearest 450 m (0.3 miles) from the middle of the street.
| Provider | Kind | Places | Latest inspection | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harlequins Pre-School DT9 6AU | Sessional day care | 24 | Good (Apr 2024, overall grade under the previous framework) | 450 m (0.3 miles) |
| Activate Camps @ Sherborne Girls DT9 3QN | Out-of-school day care (over fives) | Not inspected yet | 570 m (0.4 miles) | |
| Activate Camps at Sherborne School DT9 3AP | Out-of-school day care (over fives) | Not inspected yet | 610 m (0.4 miles) | |
| Kaleidoscope Day Nursery DT9 3DR | Full day care | 120 | Jan 2026: Strong standard in 1 area, Expected standard in 5 | 1.2 km (0.7 miles) |
| Pear Tree Nursery and Pre-School DT9 4DN | Full day care | 30 | Not inspected yet | 1.4 km (0.9 miles) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Skippers Sherborne DT9 3HE | Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen | 110 m | 5 Very good | 25 Aug 2026 |
| Gamespod DT9 3RQ | Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen | 320 m | Exempt | |
| Parachute Brewing DT9 3RQ | Pub/bar/nightclub | 320 m | 5 Very good | 9 Aug 2023 |
| Evergreen Lodge DT9 3QZ | Hospitals/Childcare/Caring Premises | 370 m | 5 Very good | 19 May 2025 |
| COMMUNAL ROOM | Hospitals/Childcare/Caring Premises | 410 m (0.3 miles) | Exempt | |
| Chartwells (Sherborne Preparatory School) DT9 3NY | School/college/university | 460 m (0.3 miles) | 5 Very good | 21 Nov 2025 |
| SHERBORNE WEST END PRE-SCHOOL DT9 6AU | Hospitals/Childcare/Caring Premises | 460 m (0.3 miles) | Exempt | |
| The Coffee Stop DT9 6AU | Pub/bar/nightclub | 460 m (0.3 miles) | 5 Very good | 19 Mar 2019 |
| THE COFFEE STOP DT9 6AU | Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen | 460 m (0.3 miles) | Exempt | |
| Dorset Hemp Co DT9 3FB | Retailers - other | 480 m (0.3 miles) | 5 Very good | 14 Mar 2019 |
| Weavers Sports and Social Club DT9 3EL | Pub/bar/nightclub | 490 m (0.3 miles) | Awaiting inspection |
Crime within 250 m
| Category | Crimes |
|---|---|
| Anti-social behaviour | 11 |
| Violence and sexual offences | 7 |
| Public order | 1 |
| Criminal damage and arson | 1 |
Most of these are attached to: On or near Wingfield Road (8); On or near Westridge (5); On or near Wynnes Close (2); On or near Spring Field Crescent (2); On or near Horncastles Lane (1).
Road safety
1 collision in which someone was hurt was reported on and around the street in 2021 to 2025: 0 fatal, 0 serious and 1 slight. Most were on roads with a 30 mph limit.
| Year | Collisions | Fatal or serious |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 |
| 2023 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 0 | 0 |
| Date | Severity | Who was hurt | Road | Conditions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 Mar 2022 13:50 | Slight | 1 person | A352, 30 mph | Wet road |
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
The busiest counted road within 500 m (0.3 miles) is the A352 between A3030 Junction and A30 Yeovil Road Crossroads, with 9,578 motor vehicles a day on average in 2025, 30 m from the street's postcodes.
| Road | Between | Vehicles a day | Lorries | Ten years before | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A352 | A3030 Junction to A30 Yeovil Road Crossroads | 9,578 estimated; counted 2024 | 3% | +16% since 2015 | 30 m |
Each figure is the annual average daily flow: the motor vehicles passing the count point, both ways, on an average day of the year. A point is counted by hand on a weekday every few years and estimated from the trend on similar roads in between. Lorries are heavy goods vehicles, as a share of all motor vehicles.
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 61 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 8% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 45% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 78% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 60% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 1% | 1% |
| Social rented | 4% | 17% |
| Private rented | 17% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 39% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 6% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 49% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 3% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 26% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 55% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 0% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 0% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 14% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 58% | 65% |
| Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away | 15% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 41% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 16% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 6% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 99% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | 0% | 2% |
Deprivation
The neighbourhood around this street is in decile 8 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
- DT9 6DW: 1 address of 5 in the postcode
Nearby streets
Honeycombe Cottages · Spring Field Crescent · Horsecastles · Ottery Lane · Half Acres · Bensly Close · Wingfield Road · Richmond Close · Wynnes Rise · Wynnes Close · South Court · Richmond Road
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.