Woolgarston Woolgarston, Dorset
7 addresses across 1 postcode (BH20), about 410 m (0.3 miles) long. USRN 30800380.
- Sales: 6 recorded sales since 1995; in 2020 the median was £920,000 across 1 sale.
- Energy: 3 homes have an energy certificate (D: 1, E: 1, F: 1).
- Flood: No address on its postcodes is in an area 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 D; Band D in Dorset costs £2,765 a year in 2026-27.
- Broadband: Gigabit broadband is available to 50% of premises.
- Transport: The nearest railway station is Wareham (Dorset), about 9.4 km (5.8 miles) away in a straight line.
- Green space: The nearest park or garden, Corfe Common, is about 1.6 km (1 mile) away.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 4.1 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 5.2 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: Its addresses are 79 to 88 m above sea level.
- Noise: None of its addresses is modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is Corfe Castle Surgery, about 2.5 km (1.5 miles) away.
- People: About 400 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 53% of households owned their home and 39% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
Sales on this street
| Year | Sales | Median price | Lowest | Highest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 1 | £920,000 | £920,000 | £920,000 |
| 2017 | 1 | £865,000 | £865,000 | £865,000 |
| 2002 | 1 | £275,000 | £275,000 | £275,000 |
| 2001 | 1 | £190,800 | £190,800 | £190,800 |
| 1997 | 1 | £70,000 | £70,000 | £70,000 |
| Date | Address | Type | Price | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 Jun 2021 | DAIRY COTTAGE BH20 5JD | Other | £985,500 | Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer). |
| 15 Jul 2020 | WEST OWER BH20 5JD | Detached | £920,000 | |
| 14 Aug 2017 | 1, WOOLGARSTON COTTAGE BH20 5JD | Detached | £865,000 | |
| 9 Apr 2002 | WOOLGARSTON FARM BH20 5JD | Detached | £275,000 | New build. |
| 21 Dec 2001 | DAIRY COTTAGE BH20 5JD | Detached | £190,800 | |
| 28 Feb 1997 | WILLOW COTTAGE BH20 5JD | Detached | £70,000 |
Energy performance certificates
3 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 109 m². Most common: House, detached (2); House, semi-detached (1). Built: 2003-2006 (2); 1900-1929 (1). Tenure at assessment: owner-occupied (3).
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 (25% of about 990 homes).
Planning and heritage
- Conservation area: no postcode centre in this street's postcodes is in one.
- Listed buildings on or by this street: 1.
- 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.
Listed buildings
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.
Groundwater flooding is possible in this postcode: 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 is in flood zone 2 or 3.
Height above sea level
The street's 7 addresses are between 79 m and 88 m above sea level (83 m on average); the ground rises about 9 m from the lowest to the highest.
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BH20 5JD | 70% | 50% | 50% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Wareham (Dorset) 302,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 9.4 km (5.8 miles) |
| Holton Heath 42,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 9.7 km (6 miles) | |
| Poole 965,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 10.3 km (6.4 miles) | |
| Bus stops | None within 800 m (0.5 miles) | |
| Bus or coach station | Coach Park Swanage | 4.9 km (3 miles) |
| Ferry terminal | Shell Bay Ferry Terminal Studland | 7.6 km (4.7 miles) |
| EV charging points | Be.EV Charging Station | 2.5 km (1.5 miles) |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Bournemouth Airport BOH | 21.2 km (13 miles) |
| Nearest large airport | Bristol Airport BRS | 96.6 km (60 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | Corfe Castle Surgery | 2.5 km (1.5 miles) |
| Pharmacies | Well | 5.3 km (3.3 miles) |
| NHS dentists | 118 Kings Road West Dental Practice | 4.7 km (2.9 miles) |
| Hospital | Swanage Community Hospital | 5.4 km (3.3 miles) |
| Police station | Purbeck Police | 8.7 km (5.4 miles) |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | Corfe Common 95 ha | 1.6 km (1 mile) |
| Play area | Unnamed 990 m² | 1.2 km (0.7 miles) |
| Playing field | Unnamed 9,240 m² | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) |
| Allotments | Unnamed 7,470 m² | 2.3 km (1.5 miles) |
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Round barrow cemetery and earlier long barrow on Ailwood Down, a scheduled monument, 1.3 km (0.8 miles) east. 4 listed buildings are within 1 km (0.6 miles).
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Round barrow cemetery and earlier long barrow on Ailwood Down | Scheduled monument | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) east |
| Bowl barrow 500m north east of Afflington Farm | Scheduled monument | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) south-west |
| Rempstone Stone Circle | Scheduled monument | 1.4 km (0.9 miles) north-east |
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Tabbit's Copse | Wood | 240 m east |
| Brenscombe Hill | Hill | 680 m (0.4 miles) north-east |
| Coombe Bottom | Valley | 2.9 km (1.8 miles) south-west |
| Green Pond | Lake or reservoir | 3.8 km (2.4 miles) north |
| Nath Point | Wetland | 4.8 km (3 miles) north |
| Newton Bay | Bay | 4.8 km (3 miles) north-east |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 4.1 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 5.2 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 8.1 | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Under 55 | 7 | 7 |
None of the street's 7 addresses is modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic or railways.
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 | 51 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 14% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 23% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 53% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 35% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 0% | 1% |
| Social rented | 1% | 17% |
| Private rented | 46% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 64% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | under 1% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 23% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 2% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 38% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 52% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | under 1% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | under 1% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 8% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 54% | 65% |
| Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away | 18% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 39% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 12% | 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 6 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
- BH20 5JD: 7 addresses of 14 in the postcode
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.