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DT9 5HP

Sherborne Rural · Dorset · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Sherborne
Ward
Sherborne Rural
Local authority
Dorset
Constituency
West Dorset
Postcode district
DT9
Postcode sector
DT9 5

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
DT9 5GF 562 m
DT9 5HR 651 m
DT9 5HS 734 m
DT9 5JR 741 m
DT9 5PF 820 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
DT9 5HP
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
DT
Postcode district
DT9
Postcode sector
DT9 5
Latitude
50.919902
Longitude
-2.486318
British National Grid easting
365,912
British National Grid northing
113,496

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South West · E12000009
Local authority district
Dorset · E06000059
Electoral ward
Sherborne Rural · E05012716
Parish or community
E04003537
Westminster constituency
West Dorset · E14001575
Output area
E00103980
Lower layer super output area
Dorset 008B · E01020508
Middle layer super output area
Dorset 008 · E02004270

Postcode source versions

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Property

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11 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
Pleck Cottage, Folke, Sherborne, DT9 5HP 25 November 2022 £810,000
Glebe House, Folke, Sherborne, DT9 5HP 30 November 2017 £705,000
Little Folke, Folke, Sherborne, DT9 5HP 15 November 2012 £210,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
9
Primary
3
Secondary
1

  1. Leweston School

    Other independent school

    2.6 km

  2. All Saints Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School

    Academy converter

    3.6 km

  3. Sherborne School

    Other independent school

    3.7 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
22
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 16
  • Other theft 2
  • Public order 1
  • Vehicle crime 1
  • Anti social behaviour 1

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
30

16 female, 14 male

Postcode households
10
Residents per household
3.0
DT9 5 residents
5,380

Age bands in DT9 5

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
15%

797 residents

Age 15 to 24
9.2%

488 residents

Age 25 to 44
19.1%

1,015 residents

Age 45 to 64
28.3%

1,509 residents

Age 65 and over
28.4%

1,514 residents

This postcode contained 0.6% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider DT9 5 sector, not people in this individual postcode.

Small counts are adjusted for privacy, so totals can differ slightly between Census tables.

Census Day: 21 March 2021. Sources: ONS/Nomis P001-P004 and ONS CT21_0228. Age table version 2024-04-08.

Fixed broadband coverage

Ofcom's predicted availability across all residential and commercial premises in this postcode in January 2026.

Superfast, 30 Mbit/s+
100%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
100%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
100%
Gigabit-capable
100%
Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
0%
Next Generation Access
100%
Decent broadband available from fixed wireless
0%

Predicted coverage, not measured speeds. Check availability for your address with a provider. Postcode-level full-fibre figures are not published in this release.

Source: Ofcom Connected Nations Spring 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

GP practices

2

within 5 km straight-line

  • THE APPLES MEDICAL CENTRE

    EAST MILL LANE, SHERBORNE, DT9 3DG

    ODS code J81029

    3.5 km

  • THE GROVE MEDICAL CENTRE

    WOOTTON GROVE, SHERBORNE, DT9 4DL

    ODS code J81078

    4.2 km

Nearby transport

  • Allweston Crossroads

    BCT · Alweston

    0.5 miles

  • Allweston Crossroads

    BCT · Alweston

    0.5 miles

  • West Lane

    BCT · North Wootton

    0.7 miles

  • West Lane

    BCT · North Wootton

    0.7 miles

  • Kings Close

    BCT · Longburton

    0.8 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Dorset 008B, the published LSOA linked to this postcode. Decile 1 contains the most deprived 10% of English LSOAs and decile 10 the least deprived 10%.

Overall IMD decile

5 of 10

Overall England rank

16,654 of 33,755

Income
8 of 10
Employment
8 of 10
Education and skills
7 of 10
Health and disability
10 of 10
Crime
10 of 10
Housing and services
1 of 10
Living environment
2 of 10

These are relative area statistics, not measures of an individual household, affluence or absolute change. They cannot be compared with indices for other UK nations. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, version 2025-v2.

Flood risk

Environment Agency long-term indicators for the area around addresses in this postcode. They are not an assessment of any individual property and do not show current or forecast flooding.

High risk addresses
0
Medium risk addresses
0
Low risk addresses
0
Groundwater flood alert area
Unlikely

Source: Environment Agency flood-risk postcode search tool data, version 2026-06-18. Check the long-term risk for an individual area. © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2025. All rights reserved.

Evidence in context

Property market

The five-year median is £810,000 from 1 recorded sale in DT9 5HP. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.

The latest UK House Price Index average for Dorset is £325,410 in June 2026, up 1.6% year on year.

Schools

9 open schools are in scope, including 3 primary and 1 secondary schools. Leweston School is the nearest published school at 1.6 miles.

Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.

Recorded crime

22 published events cover 12 months, averaging 1.833 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 16 events.

The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.