Dorset
SP6 house prices in Dorset
Sold prices, council tax, schools, deprivation and planning for Dorset, from official UK data in one place.
Typical sold price
£390,000
Range £197,200–£785,500 · 250 real sales
- Real sales
- 250
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 20 Jun 2025 and 24 Aug 2026.
Summary
House prices in SP6: the typical (median) sold price is £390,000, well above the UK average (£272,611) (UK House Price Index, July 2026). SP6 is an active market, with about 18 recorded sales a month. By property type, 52% were detached homes (typically £515,000) and 24% were semi-detached homes (typically £346,000).
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 SP6: steady sales, so price from the evidence
SP6 is neither busy nor quiet, at about 18 sales a month, and with no dependable year-on-year figure to hand, recent sold homes are a safer guide than any headline.
If you are thinking of selling, a spread from £197,200 to £785,500 makes £390,000 a poor guide to any one home, so price from sold homes that match yours in type and size; sales arrive at a steady pace, so there is no need to rush to a low price.
Sell houseIf you are looking to buy, typical prices in SP6 sit well above the UK average, so a price above the norm for the area should be earned by the home itself, not assumed.
Before an offer goes in on any SP6 home, look at what has been applied for nearby (68 applications on record within 500 m), flood risk over the long term and council tax (Band D is £2,765 a year), and leave the title to your conveyancer.
Where the numbers are this loose, the free SP6 OfferCheck gives you something firmer to hold: flood, crime, planning and council tax, each with its source.
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At a glance
SP6 in four numbers
The headline figures from the records below, each one real and dated.
Typical price
£390,000
HM Land Registry
Sales a month
17.7
Across 250 sales
Council tax, Band D
£2,765
A year
The data, honestly
House prices in SP6
These 250 sales are what every figure here rests on. The typical price is the middle sale.
By property type
Average house price in SP6 by property type
Detached homes have the highest typical price at £515,000, and flat / maisonette the lowest at £162,500.
See the figures
| Type | Sales | Typical | Range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Detached | 119 | £515,000 | £362,900–£817,000 |
| Semi-detached | 54 | £346,000 | £272,900–£462,000 |
| Terraced | 27 | £303,000 | £244,200–£375,000 |
| Flat / maisonette | 27 | £162,500 | £100,000–£240,800 |
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 20 Jun 2025 and 24 Aug 2026.
24-month trend
Typical price by quarter in SP6
The quarterly typical price rose 7.1%, from £350,000 in Q2 2025 (17 sales) to £375,000 in Q3 2026 (21 sales).
See the figures
| Quarter | Typical price | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Q2 2025 | £350,000 | 17 |
| Q3 2025 | £410,000 | 87 |
| Q4 2025 | £386,250 | 60 |
| Q1 2026 | £385,500 | 38 |
| Q2 2026 | £385,000 | 27 |
| Q3 2026 | £375,000 | 21 |
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 20 Jun 2025 and 24 Aug 2026. Median of each quarter's recorded sales.
Range and mix
The spread of SP6 prices
How far prices run either side of the typical one, who owns what, and homes that have sold twice.
Price range
Where most SP6 homes sold
Eight in ten sales fell between £197,200 and £785,500, around a typical £390,000.
Lower and upper end are the 10th and 90th percentile of recorded sales.
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 20 Jun 2025 and 24 Aug 2026.
Mix of homes
Who is selling in SP6
Detached homes were 52% of recorded sales (119 of 227). 88% of sales were freehold and 12% leasehold.
Property type
- Detached52%
- Semi-detached24%
- Terraced12%
- Flat / maisonette12%
Tenure
- Freehold88%
- Leasehold12%
See the figures
219 freehold (88%) and 31 leasehold (12%) across the 250 most recent recorded sales in SP6, including 25 new-build sales. Leasehold is normal for flats; check the remaining lease term before you offer.
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 20 Jun 2025 and 24 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.
KINGS COURT, SALISBURY STREET, FORDINGBRIDGE
£85,000 (2025)£125,000 (2026)+47.1% over 0.6 yrs (+95.6%/yr)
BARTON HALL, BARTONS ROAD, FORDINGBRIDGE
£260,000 (2025)£240,000 (2026)-7.7% over 0.8 yrs (-9.5%/yr)
Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data to 28 August 2026. Updated monthly. Real transactions, never estimates. All sales.
On the map
Where SP6 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 SP6
4, DIAMOND CLOSE, FORDINGBRIDGE
Semi-detached · Freehold · 24 Aug 2026
£270,000
11, THE BARTONS, FORDINGBRIDGE
Semi-detached · Freehold · 18 Aug 2026
£310,000
LOGAN BANK, LOWER DENSOME WOOD, FORDINGBRIDGE
Detached · Freehold · 14 Aug 2026
£815,000
(HAWORTH), THE COMMON, FORDINGBRIDGE
Detached · Freehold · 13 Aug 2026
£1,150,000
29, ELMWOOD AVENUE, FORDINGBRIDGE
Detached · Freehold · 3 Aug 2026
£445,000
Sources: HM Land Registry · postcodes.io / ONS · OpenStreetMap (© contributors). SP6 includes the Cranborne & Alderholt ward.
In plain English
What the Dorset (SP6) numbers mean
- The headline number blends very different homes: detached homes sold for a typical £515,000 against £162,500 for flats: about 3.2 times as much. Use the figure for your type of home, not the mix.
- Prices here are widely spread: most sales fell between £197,200 and £785,500, so the median says little about any one home.
- This is an active district: about 18 recorded sales a month.
Based on 250 recorded sales between 20 June 2025 and 24 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 SP6
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 SP6
£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 SP6 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 SP6
5
open schools within 3 km, nearest Forres Sandle Manor School.
All schools
Forres Sandle Manor School
Independent schools · SP6 1NS
530 m
Not graded
Fordingbridge Junior School
Primary · Local authority maintained schools · SP6 1HJ
846 m
Good · 2023
Fordingbridge Infant School
Primary · Local authority maintained schools · SP6 1HJ
846 m
Good · 2019
The Burgate School and Sixth Form
Middle deemed secondary · Academies · SP6 1EZ
1.1 km
Good · 2019
Breamore Church of England Primary School
Primary · Local authority maintained schools · SP6 2EF
2.9 km
Good · 2015
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 SP6 district centroid, not from any address.
Source: Department for Education: Get Information about Schools, with Ofsted grades · 5 open schools within 3 km, 4 with a grade on record
Area context
Planning and deprivation near SP6
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 SP6
68
applications within 500 m of the district centre, as last checked 4 October 2026.
Recent applications
NewForest/25/10916Rejected
493 m
Change of use of two existing agricultural buildings to form 3no. residential dwellings (Use Class C3) and associated building operations (Prior Approval Application)
Received 2025-10-10 · decided 2025-12-04
NewForest/25/10654Rejected
493 m
Change of use of x2no agricultural buildings to form x3no. dwellings (Prior Approval Application)
Received 2025-07-15 · decided 2025-09-08
NewForest/25/10614Conditions
304 m
Variation of condition 2 of application 23/10895 to allow landscape, elevation and car parking alterations.
Received 2025-06-30 · decided 2025-10-03
Dwelling
Received 2025-02-11
NewForest/24/10976Undecided
487 m
68-bed care home (use class C2); 8no. dwellings (use class C3), public open space, provision of an extended residential curtilage for 'Fairmile', new access to Whitsbury Road; closure of the existing access to Whitsbury Road; parking, landscaping, sustainable drainage, and other associated works.
Received 2024-11-05
NewForest/24/10705Rejected
493 m
Use of former Art Block for residential accommodation that is ancillary to Sandle Manor Mews (Use Class C3) (Lawful Use Certificate for retaining an existing use or operation)
Received 2024-08-02 · decided 2024-10-28
Applications are matched within 500 m of the SP6 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 SP6 for the current picture.
Source: Local planning authority records via PlanIt · 68 applications matched within 500 m of the district centre · data to 4 October 2026
Deprivation (IMD)
Area profile for SP6
Decile 8 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 SP6 postcodes, deprivation runs decile 5 to decile 10, with a median of decile 8 of 10: where 1 is among the most deprived 10% of England and 10 the least deprived.
SP6 2BE, the sampled postcode sitting at that median: On the English Indices of Deprivation 2025, this postcode falls in decile 8 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 SP6 spans several. We sampled 12 postcodes in SP6: 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 SP6, band by band
Dorset's council tax for 2026-27 set against the SP6 median sold price of £390,000 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÷ £390,000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | up to £40,000 | £1,843 | £154 | 0.47% |
| B | £40,001–£52,000 | £2,151 | £179 | 0.55% |
| C | £52,001–£68,000 | £2,458 | £205 | 0.63% |
| D | £68,001–£88,000 | £2,765 | £230 | 0.71% |
| E | £88,001–£120,000 | £3,379 | £282 | 0.87% |
| F | £120,001–£160,000 | £3,994 | £333 | 1.02% |
| G | £160,001–£320,000 | £4,608 | £384 | 1.18% |
| H | over £320,000 | £5,530 | £461 | 1.42% |
The last column is the band's annual charge divided by the SP6 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 SP6 sold for
The 24 most recently sold doors of the 236 distinct addresses in the records we hold for SP6. Real recorded transactions: never estimates.
4, DIAMOND CLOSE, FORDINGBRIDGE
SP6 1NR · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£270,000
2026-08-24
11, THE BARTONS, FORDINGBRIDGE
SP6 1HZ · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£310,000
2026-08-18
LOGAN BANK, LOWER DENSOME WOOD, FORDINGBRIDGE
SP6 2BE · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£815,000
2026-08-14
(HAWORTH), THE COMMON, FORDINGBRIDGE
SP6 2BQ · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£1,150,000
2026-08-13
29, ELMWOOD AVENUE, FORDINGBRIDGE
SP6 1DL · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£445,000
2026-08-03
WOODSIDE, FORDINGBRIDGE
SP6 1PL · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£640,000
2026-07-31
23, RINGWOOD ROAD, FORDINGBRIDGE
SP6 3DF · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£333,500
2026-07-24
THE DEANS, DAGGONS ROAD, FORDINGBRIDGE
SP6 3FB · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£365,000
2026-07-24
21, AUGUSTUS AVENUE, FORDINGBRIDGE
SP6 1FL · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£255,000
2026-07-24
FIELDENS, WHITSBURY ROAD, FORDINGBRIDGE
SP6 1FF · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£540,000
2026-07-21
5, MEADOW COURT, FORDINGBRIDGE
SP6 1LW · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£375,000
2026-07-21
28, ALLENWATER DRIVE, FORDINGBRIDGE
SP6 1RB · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£275,000
2026-07-17
YEW TREE COTTAGE, THE MARSH, FORDINGBRIDGE
SP6 2EL · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£555,000
2026-07-17
KINGS COURT, SALISBURY STREET, FORDINGBRIDGE
SP6 1AL · Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 6 recorded sales
£125,000
2026-07-17
7, LIME TREE CLOSE, FORDINGBRIDGE
SP6 3RQ · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£325,000
2026-07-16
99, AUGUSTUS AVENUE, FORDINGBRIDGE
SP6 1FN · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£375,000
2026-07-15
55, BROOMFIELD DRIVE, FORDINGBRIDGE
SP6 3HY · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£485,000
2026-07-15
61, AVON MEADE, FORDINGBRIDGE
SP6 1QR · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£325,000
2026-07-07
17, ALLENWATER DRIVE, FORDINGBRIDGE
SP6 1RB · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£410,000
2026-07-07
HAZELDENE, OLD BRICKYARD ROAD, FORDINGBRIDGE
SP6 1SY · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£382,500
2026-07-03
HIGHFIELD HALL, FORDINGBRIDGE
SP6 3BS · Other · Leasehold · 1 recorded sale
£152,000
2026-07-01
STADDLES, FORDINGBRIDGE
SP6 3NF · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£785,000
2026-06-30
62, CHURCHILL CLOSE, FORDINGBRIDGE
SP6 3BG · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£440,000
2026-06-26
12, CASPARS WAY, FORDINGBRIDGE
SP6 1FP · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£630,000
2026-06-23
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 SP6
The closest districts to SP6 by straight-line distance between district centres.
- House prices in BH31 (Verwood) 5.2 miles
- House prices in SP5 (Salisbury) 6 miles
- House prices in BH24 (Ringwood) 6.5 miles
- House prices in SP1 (Salisbury) 9.6 miles
- House prices in SP2 (Salisbury) 9.6 miles
- House prices in BH22 (Ferndown) 9.8 miles
- House prices in SO43 (Lyndhurst) 9.9 miles
- House prices in BH21 (Wimborne) 11 miles
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Data sources
Every SP6 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.