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DT9 6FD

Sherborne West · Dorset · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Sherborne
Ward
Sherborne West
Local authority
Dorset
Constituency
West Dorset
Postcode district
DT9
Postcode sector
DT9 6

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
DT9 6FH 99 m
DT9 6BW 113 m
DT9 6EQ 120 m
DT9 6EU 126 m
DT9 6BT 171 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
DT9 6FD
Status
Current
Introduced
1 April 2021
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
DT
Postcode district
DT9
Postcode sector
DT9 6
Latitude
50.947862
Longitude
-2.533145
British National Grid easting
362,643
British National Grid northing
116,628

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South West · E12000009
Local authority district
Dorset · E06000059
Electoral ward
Sherborne West · E05012717
Parish or community
E04003593
Westminster constituency
West Dorset · E14001575
Output area
E00104217
Lower layer super output area
Dorset 004G · E01034380
Middle layer super output area
Dorset 004 · E02004269

Postcode source versions

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Property

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4 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
1, Canon Woods Close, Sherborne, DT9 6FD 11 July 2024 £2,400,000
24, Canon Woods Close, Sherborne, DT9 6FD 28 November 2023 £192,000
8, Canon Woods Close, Sherborne, DT9 6FD 16 March 2022 £566,500

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
11
Primary
5
Secondary
1

  1. Sherborne School for Girls

    Other independent school

    381 m

  2. Sherborne Preparatory School

    Other independent school

    952 m

  3. Sherborne Abbey Church of England Primary School

    Academy converter

    955 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
483
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 153
  • Anti social behaviour 138
  • Shoplifting 53
  • Other theft 36
  • Criminal damage and arson 31

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
DT9 6 residents
6,870

Age bands in DT9 6

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
13.1%

907 residents

Age 15 to 24
9.2%

639 residents

Age 25 to 44
15.3%

1,055 residents

Age 45 to 64
29.4%

2,031 residents

Age 65 and over
33%

2,282 residents

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+
97.4%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
97.4%
Gigabit-capable
97.4%
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

3

within 5 km straight-line

  • THE GROVE MEDICAL CENTRE

    WOOTTON GROVE, SHERBORNE, DT9 4DL

    ODS code J81078

    1.5 km

  • THE APPLES MEDICAL CENTRE

    EAST MILL LANE, SHERBORNE, DT9 3DG

    ODS code J81029

    1.7 km

  • MILBORNE PORT SURGERY

    GAINSBOROUGH, MILBOURNE PORT, SHERBORNE, DT9 5FH

    ODS code L85031

    4.9 km

Nearby transport

  • Sherborne Hotel

    BCT · Sherborne

    0.1 miles

  • Sherborne Hotel

    BCT · Sherborne

    0.1 miles

  • Barton Gardens

    BCT · Sherborne

    0.2 miles

  • Barton Gardens

    BCT · Sherborne

    0.2 miles

  • Ridgeway Corner

    BCT · Sherborne

    0.3 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Dorset 004G, 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

8 of 10

Overall England rank

23,805 of 33,755

Income
7 of 10
Employment
6 of 10
Education and skills
7 of 10
Health and disability
5 of 10
Crime
9 of 10
Housing and services
6 of 10
Living environment
9 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 £578,250 from 4 recorded sales in DT9 6FD. 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

11 open schools are in scope, including 5 primary and 1 secondary schools. Sherborne School for Girls is the nearest published school at 381 m.

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

Recorded crime

483 published events cover 12 months, averaging 40.25 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 153 events.

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