Corfe Castle

11°CSunny

• Today: 12° / 7° · 23% rain
• Tomorrow: 13° / 7° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:01Sunset 16:42

9h 41m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

22US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Bournemouth, United Kingdom

• 5.5 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
• 4.1% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

5 reported · August 2026

• Violence & sexual offences3
• Burglary1
• Criminal damage & arson1

Neighbourhood team: Purbeck South · Dorset

Source: data.police.uk (within ~1 mile)

675 reported road collisions (2025)

215 killed or seriously injured · 893 casualties · 17.8 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

43 food businesses within 2 miles

• 42 rated 4–5 ★ (39 top)
• 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Corfe Castle (0.2 km)
• 9 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£328,589 average▼ 0.4% YoY

Across Dorset · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,056 average monthly rent▲ 4.9% YoY

• 1 bed £732
• 2 bed £967
• 3 bed £1,191

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-08

9.9× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 9.9 times median annual pay (9.5× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

5,771 property sales in the last 12 months

12 months to May 2026

A busier or quieter market is not by itself good or bad. Monthly counts are small and volatile, so only the annual total is shown.

Source: HM Land Registry UK HPI, 12 months to 2026-05

• Cheapest petrol: 174.9p · Asda (11 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 199.9p · Asda (11 km)

2 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

7 charging locations within ~8 km

• 1 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 120 kW
• Nearest: West Street Car Park 1 (0.4 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Swimming pools2
• Sports pitches4
• Playgrounds3

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

379,579 residents in Dorset · 152/km²

• Under 16: 15%
• 16–64: 55%
• 65+: 30%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK20,787
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK16,709
• Net moves+4,078

Residential moves between local authorities (counts of moves, not people) · ONS Internal migration, YE Jun 2025

Around the average in England

Ranked 174 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

2% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£2,765 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band C (23% of 187,680)

Source: VOA council-tax stock · MHCLG band levels 2026-27

184 schools · 49,648 pupils

119 primary · 18 secondary · 47 other

Ofsted: 67 of 85 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (79%)

157 inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Dorset

388 CQC-registered services

• Care homes120
• GP practices61
• Dentists85
• Homecare agencies87
• Hospitals & hospices14

CQC ratings: 97% of rated services Good or Outstanding

Source: Care Quality Commission · Dorset

• In a conservation area (Corfe Castle Conservation Area)
• Not in the Green Belt
• 142 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

Source: planning.data.gov.uk (England)

683 applications decided

91.7% granted · 626 granted, 57 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Lloyd Hatton

Labour

South Dorset

Source: UK Parliament

Liberal Democrat majority

• Lab 2
• Con 30
• LD 42
• Grn 4
• Oth 4

Source: Open Council Data UK (CC BY-SA)

• Schools1
• Parks & greens4
• Restaurants & cafés7

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

20,570 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

£737 median full-time weekly pay

2.3% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£27,403 disposable income per head (2024)

Source: ONS / Nomis (claimant count · ASHE) · ONS regional GDHI

43% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 186,790 certificates

9.9% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

Source: MHCLG EPC statistics · DESNZ sub-regional fuel poverty

31% low-carbon electricity

Gas 65% · Wind 16% · Biomass 8% · Nuclear 5%

266 gCO₂/kWh · very high intensity

Latest estimate for South England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 85.4 yrs women · 82.1 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy: 65.6 women · 65.3 men

66% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.6
• Feeling worthwhile7.9
• Happiness yesterday7.6
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)2.9

Average rating out of 10 · ONS personal well-being 2022-23

6 GP surgeries · 4 pharmacies in BH20

• Bovington Medical Centre
• Wareham Surgery
• Bere Regis Surgery

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in South Dorset:

• Introduce legislation to make it possible to renumerate emergency volunteers438 local signatures · 13,821 nationwide
• Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks378 local signatures · 127,144 nationwide
• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases330 local signatures · 105,832 nationwide
• Make catapult attacks against animals a standalone criminal offence229 local signatures · 55,084 nationwide
• Launch a public inquiry into illegal migration in the UK168 local signatures · 78,478 nationwide

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-10-05

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  Corfe Castle · 0.1 km

  Corfe Castle is a fortification standing above the village of the same name on the Isle of Purbeck peninsula in the English county of Dorset. Built by William the Conqueror, the castle dates to the 11th century and co…

• Corfe Castle Hundred · 0.1 km

  Corfe Castle Hundred was a hundred in the county of Dorset, England, containing only the parish of Corfe Castle.

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  Corfe Castle (village) · 0.1 km

  Corfe Castle is a village and civil parish in the English county of Dorset. It is the site of a ruined castle of the same name. The village and castle stand over a gap in the Purbeck Hills on the route between Wareham…

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  Corfe Castle Town Hall · 0.2 km

  Corfe Castle Town Hall is a municipal building in West Street, Corfe Castle, Dorset, England. The town hall, which is currently used as a museum, is a Grade II* listed building.

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  Corfe Castle railway station · 0.2 km

  Corfe Castle railway station is a railway station located in the village of Corfe Castle, in the English county of Dorset. Originally an intermediate station on the London and South Western Railway (L&SWR) branch line…

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  Mortons House Hotel · 0.2 km

  Mortons House Hotel in Corfe Castle in Dorset, is a building of historical significance and is Grade II* listed on the National Heritage List for England. It was built in 1590 and was the home of several notable famil…

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