Dorset
DT1 house prices in Dorset
Sold prices, council tax, schools, deprivation and planning for Dorset, from official UK data in one place.
Typical sold price
£283,500
Range £134,500–£550,700 · 250 real sales
- Real sales
- 250
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 5 Nov 2025 and 25 Aug 2026.
Summary
House prices in DT1: the typical (median) sold price is £283,500, close to the UK average (£272,611) (UK House Price Index, July 2026). DT1 is an active market, with about 26 recorded sales a month. By property type, 35% were terraced homes (typically £302,500) and 34% were flats (typically £175,000).
Data from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, up to 28 August 2026.
Council tax on a Band D home there is £2,765 a year: Dorset's published charge for 2026-27.
Source: Council tax: Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government. Council Tax levels set by local authorities, Dorset, 2026-27.
Our take · opinion, not advice
Our take on DT1: steady sales, so price from the evidence
At around 26 sales a month, DT1 ticks along steadily, which is enough to price from, though not enough history for us to call a clear twelve-month direction.
If you are thinking of selling, most DT1 sales sit between £134,500 and £550,700, which makes £283,500 a blunt instrument, so price from sold homes that match yours in type and size; buyers can compare homes at this pace but are not spoilt for choice.
Sell houseIf you are looking to buy, DT1 sits close to the UK average for typical prices, so hold any asking price up against the sold homes of the same type.
Before an offer goes in on any DT1 home, look at what has been applied for nearby (1,079 applications on record within 500 m), the tenure (leasehold is common here) and whether the home is at risk of flooding, and leave the title to your conveyancer.
The sold prices leave a lot open; the free DT1 OfferCheck closes some of the gap with flood, crime, planning and council tax.
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At a glance
DT1 in four numbers
The headline figures from the records below, each one real and dated.
Typical price
£283,500
HM Land Registry
Sales a month
26.0
Across 250 sales
Council tax, Band D
£2,765
A year
The data, honestly
House prices in DT1
These 250 sales are what every figure here rests on. The typical price is the middle sale.
By property type
Average house price in DT1 by property type
Detached homes have the highest typical price at £442,500, and flat / maisonette the lowest at £175,000.
See the figures
| Type | Sales | Typical | Range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Detached | 34 | £442,500 | £319,750–£685,000 |
| Semi-detached | 40 | £350,000 | £250,000–£504,500 |
| Terraced | 86 | £302,500 | £195,500–£535,500 |
| Flat / maisonette | 83 | £175,000 | £92,600–£340,000 |
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 5 Nov 2025 and 25 Aug 2026.
24-month trend
Typical price by quarter in DT1
The quarterly typical price rose 2.6%, from £321,750 in Q4 2025 (70 sales) to £330,000 in Q3 2026 (37 sales).
See the figures
| Quarter | Typical price | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Q4 2025 | £321,750 | 70 |
| Q1 2026 | £275,000 | 83 |
| Q2 2026 | £275,000 | 60 |
| Q3 2026 | £330,000 | 37 |
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 5 Nov 2025 and 25 Aug 2026. Median of each quarter's recorded sales.
Range and mix
The spread of DT1 prices
How far prices run either side of the typical one, who owns what, and homes that have sold twice.
Price range
Where most DT1 homes sold
Eight in ten sales fell between £134,500 and £550,700, around a typical £283,500.
Lower and upper end are the 10th and 90th percentile of recorded sales.
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 5 Nov 2025 and 25 Aug 2026.
Mix of homes
Who is selling in DT1
Terraced homes were 35% of recorded sales (86 of 243). 65% of sales were freehold and 35% leasehold.
Property type
- Detached14%
- Semi-detached16%
- Terraced35%
- Flat / maisonette34%
Tenure
- Freehold65%
- Leasehold35%
See the figures
163 freehold (65%) and 87 leasehold (35%) across the 250 most recent recorded sales in DT1. Leasehold is normal for flats; check the remaining lease term before you offer.
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 5 Nov 2025 and 25 Aug 2026.
Sold twice: what the same home resold for
The strongest price signal there is: the same door, sold twice. Change shown in £, %, and per year. A big % over two decades is smaller than it looks.
28, VESPASIAN WAY, DORCHESTER
£240,000 (2026)£365,000 (2026)+52.1% over 0.5 yrs (+127.8%/yr)
Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data to 28 August 2026. Updated monthly. Real transactions, never estimates. All sales.
On the map
Where DT1 sits in Dorset
The pins are the 5 most recent recorded sales: real prices on real streets, not a valuation.
Latest sales
The most recent sales in DT1
23, GLYDE PATH ROAD, DORCHESTER
Terraced · Freehold · 25 Aug 2026
£325,000
3, DURNGATE STREET, DORCHESTER
Terraced · Freehold · 24 Aug 2026
£405,000
6, DUKES AVENUE, DORCHESTER
Terraced · Freehold · 14 Aug 2026
£245,000
174, BRIDPORT ROAD, DORCHESTER
Terraced · Freehold · 11 Aug 2026
£490,000
51A, POUNDBURY CRESCENT, DORCHESTER
Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 10 Aug 2026
£160,000
Sources: HM Land Registry · postcodes.io / ONS · OpenStreetMap (© contributors). DT1 includes the Charminster St Mary's ward.
In plain English
What the Dorset (DT1) numbers mean
- The headline number blends very different homes: detached homes sold for a typical £442,500 against £175,000 for flats: about 2.5 times as much. Use the figure for your type of home, not the mix.
- Prices here are widely spread: most sales fell between £134,500 and £550,700, so the median says little about any one home.
- 35% of these sales were leasehold: a genuine mix of houses and flats, so check the tenure of the home you are looking at.
- This is an active district: about 26 recorded sales a month.
Based on 250 recorded sales between 5 November 2025 and 25 August 2026. HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, to 28 August 2026; page data refreshed 7 October 2026. Compared with the UK House Price Index. Written by Your Property Check (Check Labs Ltd, Birmingham) from this data. How we read the data · spotted a mistake? Tell us. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right. UK House Price Index licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Area data
What else the records hold on DT1
Council tax and schools, each from the body that publishes it, with the sample it rests on stated beside it.
Council tax
What council tax costs in DT1
£2,765
Band D a year in Dorset, 2026-27: the benchmark band every English authority is compared on.
All bands
| Band | 1991 value | A year |
|---|---|---|
| A | up to £40,000 | £1,843 |
| B | £40,001–£52,000 | £2,151 |
| C | £52,001–£68,000 | £2,458 |
| D | £68,001–£88,000 | £2,765 |
| E | £88,001–£120,000 | £3,379 |
| F | £120,001–£160,000 | £3,994 |
| G | £160,001–£320,000 | £4,608 |
| H | over £320,000 | £5,530 |
These are Dorset's charges for 2026-27, the authority DT1 falls in, not an estimate for any individual home. A property's band is set by the Valuation Office Agency and we never guess it; look up a band on GOV.UK and read your row. Bands reflect what a home was worth on 1 April 1991, not today.
Source: Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government. Council Tax levels set by local authorities · 8 of 8 bands published for Dorset · data to 2026-27 financial year
Schools
Schools near DT1
8
open schools within 3 km, nearest Dorchester Middle School.
All schools
Dorchester Middle School
Secondary · Academies · DT1 2HS
440 m
Requires improvement · 2023
The Thomas Hardye School
Middle deemed secondary · Academies · DT1 2ET
686 m
Outstanding · 2015
Sunninghill Preparatory School
Independent schools · DT1 1EB
938 m
Not graded
The Prince of Wales School
Primary · Local authority maintained schools · DT1 2HH
1.0 km
Good · 2018
Damers First School
Primary · Academies · DT1 3DF
1.2 km
Good · 2017
St Osmund's Church of England Middle School
Secondary · Academies · DT1 2DZ
1.2 km
Good · 2022
St Mary's Catholic First School, Dorchester
Primary · Academies · DT1 2DD
1.2 km
Good · 2010
Manor Park Church of England First School
Primary · Academies · DT1 2BH
1.4 km
Inadequate · 2022
School data from the Department for Education “Get Information about Schools” (GIAS) and Ofsted inspection outcomes. Open Government Licence v3.0. The Ofsted grade shown is the last single overall grade on record (single grades were withdrawn in September 2024). Shows nearest schools by distance, not legal catchment areas. Distances are from the DT1 district centroid, not from any address.
Source: Department for Education: Get Information about Schools, with Ofsted grades · 8 open schools within 3 km, 7 with a grade on record
Area context
Planning and deprivation near DT1
What is being built nearby and how the area ranks, as context for the neighbourhood and never a judgement on a home.
Planning applications
Planning activity around DT1
1,079
applications within 500 m of the district centre, as last checked 23 July 2026.
Recent applications
DorsetCouncil/P/TRC/2026/03850Undecided
492 m
T1 - Evergreen Magnolia - Fell.
Received 2026-07-15
DorsetCouncil/P/OUT/2026/01872Undecided
349 m
Demolition/conversion of buildings to provide 30 no. apartments and commercial floorspace (Use Class E) with associated parking & landscaping (outline application to determine access, layout).
Received 2026-06-11
DorsetCouncil/P/HOU/2026/02874Permitted
218 m
Erect flat roof extension & lean to porch
Received 2026-05-27 · decided 2026-07-13
DorsetCouncil/P/NMA/2026/02768Permitted
473 m
Non material amendment - reduce the window size to southern west corner elevation serving bedrooms to Planning Permission P/FUL/2025/02576. (Demolition of the existing building and erection of 4-storey building to provide 79 no. affordable key worker dwellings).
Received 2026-05-19 · decided 2026-06-19
DorsetCouncil/P/TRD/2026/02667Permitted
349 m
T1 Horse Chestnut - Remove Under Regulation 14 (S198)
Received 2026-05-15 · decided 2026-05-15
DorsetCouncil/P/CLP/2026/02626Permitted
257 m
Certificate of lawfulness for change of use from dwelling (Use Class C3) to house in multiple occupation (Use Class C4).
Received 2026-05-13 · decided 2026-07-06
Applications are matched within 500 m of the DT1 district centroid, so this is activity in the area, not at any one address. Register wording and status are reproduced as the local planning authority published them. Showing 6 of 20 held; run a live planning search for DT1 for the current picture.
Source: Local planning authority records via PlanIt · 1079 applications matched within 500 m of the district centre · data to 23 July 2026
Deprivation (IMD)
Area profile for DT1
Decile 6 of 10
Median across 12 sampled postcodes; 1 is the most deprived 10% of England, 10 the least.
Read the detail
Across the 12 sampled DT1 postcodes, deprivation runs decile 3 to decile 10, with a median of decile 6 of 10: where 1 is among the most deprived 10% of England and 10 the least deprived.
DT1 3AH, the sampled postcode sitting at that median: On the English Indices of Deprivation 2025, this postcode falls in decile 6 of 10, where 1 is among the most deprived 10% of England and 10 the least deprived. It's area context for the wider neighbourhood, not a judgement on any individual home.
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0 (English Indices of Deprivation 2025, MHCLG). Deprivation is published for small areas (LSOAs), not for postcode districts, so DT1 spans several. We sampled 12 postcodes in DT1: the ones with the most recent recorded sales, up to a limit of 12. That is a convenience sample, not a random one, so it leans toward streets where homes are changing hands. 12 returned a row. It is context for the neighbourhood, never a judgement on any individual home. How we choose the sample.
Source: Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government. English Indices of Deprivation 2025 · 12 postcodes sampled of 12 checked · data to 2025 indices
Cost to run
Two sources, one table
What it costs to run a home in DT1, band by band
Dorset's council tax for 2026-27 set against the DT1 median sold price of £283,500 across 250 recorded sales: the annual running cost beside the purchase price, which neither source shows on its own.
| Band | 1991 valueVOA basis | A yearDorset | A month÷ 12 | Of the median÷ £283,500 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | up to £40,000 | £1,843 | £154 | 0.65% |
| B | £40,001–£52,000 | £2,151 | £179 | 0.76% |
| C | £52,001–£68,000 | £2,458 | £205 | 0.87% |
| D | £68,001–£88,000 | £2,765 | £230 | 0.98% |
| E | £88,001–£120,000 | £3,379 | £282 | 1.19% |
| F | £120,001–£160,000 | £3,994 | £333 | 1.41% |
| G | £160,001–£320,000 | £4,608 | £384 | 1.63% |
| H | over £320,000 | £5,530 | £461 | 1.95% |
The last column is the band's annual charge divided by the DT1 median sold price. A comparison of two published figures, not a rate anyone charges. It is not a mapping from price to band: a band records what a home was worth on 1 April 1991 and is set by the Valuation Office Agency, so it cannot be worked out from a 2020s sale price. Look up a specific band on GOV.UK. Instalment counts vary by authority, so the monthly column is simply the year over twelve.
Sources: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data to 28 August 2026. Updated monthly. Median across 250 recorded sales. · Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government. Council Tax levels set by local authorities, Dorset, 2026-27.
Address by address
Address by address
What individual homes in DT1 sold for
The 24 most recently sold doors of the 221 distinct addresses in the records we hold for DT1. Real recorded transactions: never estimates.
23, GLYDE PATH ROAD, DORCHESTER
DT1 1XE · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£325,000
2026-08-25
3, DURNGATE STREET, DORCHESTER
DT1 1JP · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£405,000
2026-08-24
6, DUKES AVENUE, DORCHESTER
DT1 1EN · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£245,000
2026-08-14
174, BRIDPORT ROAD, DORCHESTER
DT1 3AH · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£490,000
2026-08-11
51A, POUNDBURY CRESCENT, DORCHESTER
DT1 2NP · Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 1 recorded sale
£160,000
2026-08-10
CROWN TERRACE, CROWN STREET EAST, DORCHESTER
DT1 3EQ · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£725,000
2026-08-10
31, SOUTH WALKS ROAD, DORCHESTER
DT1 1ED · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£130,000
2026-08-06
HOP HOUSE, 18, ELDRIDGE STREET, DORCHESTER
DT1 1HL · Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 2 recorded sales
£180,000
2026-08-04
7, BUCKBURY MEWS, DORCHESTER
DT1 2TX · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£330,000
2026-08-03
50, WEATHERBURY WAY, DORCHESTER
DT1 2EF · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£482,000
2026-07-31
39, CASTERBRIDGE ROAD, DORCHESTER
DT1 2AH · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£430,000
2026-07-31
79, LUBBECKE WAY, DORCHESTER
DT1 1WQ · Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 1 recorded sale
£164,000
2026-07-31
53, LOUISE ROAD, DORCHESTER
DT1 2LU · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£345,000
2026-07-28
4, BROOKHOUSE STREET, DORCHESTER
DT1 3GL · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£331,000
2026-07-27
16, ALFRED PLACE, DORCHESTER
DT1 1NW · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£260,000
2026-07-24
BOWES LYON COURT, 2, BOWES LYON PLACE, DORCHESTER
DT1 3DA · Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 4 recorded sales
£170,000
2026-07-23
3, ALINGTON TERRACE, DORCHESTER
DT1 1JS · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£248,500
2026-07-21
GROVE COURT, THE GROVE, DORCHESTER
DT1 1XL · Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 1 recorded sale
£115,000
2026-07-21
28, VESPASIAN WAY, DORCHESTER
DT1 2RD · Detached · Freehold · 2 recorded sales
£365,000
2026-07-21
NEWBOROUGH HOUSE, 3, QUEEN MOTHER SQUARE, DORCHESTER
DT1 3BJ · Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 1 recorded sale
£250,000
2026-07-17
1, CAMBRIDGE WALK, DORCHESTER
DT1 3FD · Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 1 recorded sale
£250,000
2026-07-16
VICTORIA COURT, CAMBRIDGE ROAD, DORCHESTER
DT1 2NF · Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 1 recorded sale
£89,000
2026-07-10
57, PRINCE OF WALES ROAD, DORCHESTER
DT1 1PS · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£425,000
2026-07-10
3, SOUTH COURT AVENUE, DORCHESTER
DT1 2BY · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£480,000
2026-07-10
Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. HM Land Registry Price Paid Data to 28 August 2026. Updated monthly. Addresses come from recorded sales since 1995, so homes that have never sold do not appear. 0 of these 24 doors resolve to a confident property record and link through; the rest are listed without a link. We match a door to a property record only where the match is certain, never by guessing.
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Postcode districts near DT1
The closest districts to DT1 by straight-line distance between district centres.
- House prices in DT2 (Dorchester) 2.6 miles
- House prices in DT3 (Weymouth) 4.9 miles
- House prices in DT4 (Weymouth) 7.1 miles
- House prices in DT5 (Portland) 11 miles
- House prices in BH20 (Wareham) 13 miles
- House prices in DT6 (Bridport) 15 miles
- House prices in DT11 (Blandford Forum) 15 miles
- House prices in DT8 (Beaminster) 16 miles
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Data sources
Every DT1 figure is official and dated
Real recorded data from the UK's official registers, never an estimated valuation.
- HM Land RegistrySold prices
- MHCLGCouncil tax & deprivation
- Department for Education · OfstedSchools
- Local planning authoritiesPlanning applications
- Police.UKStreet-level crime
- Environment AgencyFlood risk
- postcodes.io · ONSGeography
Sources: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data · Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government. Council Tax levels set by local authorities · Department for Education: Get Information about Schools, with Ofsted grades · Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government. English Indices of Deprivation 2025 · Local planning authority records via PlanIt · Police.UK · Environment Agency · postcodes.io / ONS. HM Land Registry Price Paid Data to 28 August 2026. Updated monthly. All figures are real, attributed and carry the sample they rest on: never estimates, never a valuation. All sales · Get Free Valuation · About Your Property Check.