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What is the average house price in West Dorset?
£386,312

Average price per property type

Detached house illustration

Detached

£557,755

Semi-detached house illustration

Semi-Detached

£359,974

Terraced house illustration

Terraced

£309,002

Flats illustration

Flats

£198,313

Are prices going up or down?

Short term 📉

Prices decreased by £9,223 (2.33%) over the past year

AUG 2025JUL 2026

Long term 📈

Prices increased by £97,933 (33.96%) over the past 10 years

JUL 2016JUL 2026

Quick answers for West Dorset

6 key facts at a glance.

Which areas cost the most and least?

Highest

West Chelborough

£1,850,000

Lowest

Seaborough

£170,000

Area ranking

Most expensive houses in West Dorset

The five highest recorded property sales in West Dorset.

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How do house prices in West Dorset compare with nearby areas?

West Dorset compared with the 4 nearest other areas in Dorset.

West Dorset vs Weymouth and Portland

West Dorset
£386,312
Weymouth and Portland
£282,533−£103,779

Open comparison

West Dorset vs North Dorset

West Dorset
£386,312
North Dorset
£353,929−£32,383

Open comparison

West Dorset vs Purbeck

West Dorset
£386,312
Purbeck
£423,951+£37,639

Open comparison

West Dorset vs East Dorset

West Dorset
£386,312
East Dorset
£440,515+£54,203

Open comparison

Compare West Dorset with a different area

Areas in West Dorset

Open a child area for its sold-price average. These links are the crawlable location hierarchy.

RankAreaPrice
1West Chelborough£1,850,000
2Hilfield£1,642,000
3North Poorton£1,489,797
4Winterborne Came£1,400,000
5Littlebredy£1,350,000
6Pilsdon£1,205,000
7Toller Porcorum£1,042,500
8West Compton£987,000
9Clifton Maybank£950,000
10Castleton£937,500
11Batcombe£875,000
12Langton Herring£873,333
13Hermitage£843,500
14Compton Valence£830,000
15Hooke£825,000
16Burstock£822,768
17Lillington£820,000
18Wraxall£820,000
19Stockwood£805,000
20Purse Caundle£796,500
21Wynford Eagle£785,000
22Athelhampton£780,000
23Beer Hackett£770,000
24Fleet£758,000
25Stanton St. Gabriel£755,000
26Holnest£736,666
27Toller Fratrum£700,000
28Over Compton£696,250
29Tolpuddle£686,666
30Melbury Bubb£680,000
31Wootton Fitzpaine£668,338
32Winterborne Monkton£658,000
33Chideock£656,714
34Askerswell£620,000
35Godmanstone£616,062
36Caundle Marsh£615,000
37Loders£609,666
38Chetnole£595,000
39Dewlish£590,000
40Chilfrome£590,000
41Charmouth£586,211
42Abbotsbury£581,250
43Sandford Orcas£571,666
44Ryme Intrinseca£562,500
45Nether Compton£561,666
46West Stafford£559,642
47Holwell£559,166
48Thornford£550,250
49Trent£545,000
50Portesham£543,000
51Catherston Leweston£542,500
52North Wootton£540,000
53Cheselbourne£533,750
54Oborne£526,250
55Stinsford£525,000
56Corscombe£515,722
57Chedington£514,000
58Lyme Regis£512,084
59Netherbury£508,884
60Melcombe Horsey£496,666
61Rampisham£495,000
62Marshwood£493,333
63Stoke Abbott£492,333
64Sydling St. Nicholas£490,033
65Powerstock£487,500
66Burleston£487,500
67Burton Bradstock£480,535
68Piddletrenthide£479,312
69Buckland Newton£473,000
70Bothenhampton£469,185
71Broadmayne£466,932
72Tincleton£462,500
73West Knighton£455,000
74Winterborne St. Martin£454,888
75Symondsbury£454,260
76Cerne Abbas£450,642
77Kingston Russell£450,000
78Shipton Gorge£448,070
79Leigh£445,811
80Longburton£440,403
81Owermoigne£437,625
82Whitchurch Canonicorum£435,800
83Winterbourne Steepleton£433,571
84Piddlehinton£431,500
85Melbury Osmond£427,500
86South Perrott£421,666
87Swyre£420,000
88Litton Cheney£419,285
89Evershot£418,250
90Whitcombe£415,000
91Halstock£408,051
92Thorncombe£406,000
93Osmington£403,272
94Frampton£394,729
95Bradpole£390,309
96Folke£388,000
97Puddletown£385,071
98Stratton£378,000
99Warmwell£377,500
100Charminster£370,570
101Sherborne£368,805
102Broadwindsor£364,345
103Bradford Peverell£360,000
104Yetminster£358,686
105Leweston£357,000
106Nether Cerne£350,000
107Bettiscombe£350,000
108Bradford Abbas£348,733
109Crossways£346,239
110Cattistock£344,700
111Poyntington£343,750
112Alton Pancras£340,000
113Beaminster£332,787
114Dorchester£331,078
115Chickerell£329,839
116Woodsford£328,000
117Puncknowle£322,812
118Minterne Magna£321,000
119Maiden Newton£317,136
120Bincombe£315,200
121Bishop's Caundle£315,000
122Bridport£311,984
123Mosterton£311,067
124Winterbourne Abbas£306,662
125Haydon£273,000
126Long Bredy£270,000
127Poxwell£262,500
128Allington£262,121
129Frome St. Quintin£252,500
130Frome Vauchurch£243,361
131East Chelborough£200,000
132Seaborough£170,000

Data sources

Location boundary data sourced from OpenStreetMap and price information is from HM Land Registry

Last updated at 15 September 2026 at 08:34 with the latest Land Registry data (July 2026). The West Dorset dataset covers 5,361 postcodes.

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Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

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