Sherborne

7°CPartly Cloudy

• Today: 11° / 6° · 19% rain
• Tomorrow: 10° / 5° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:07Sunset 16:39

9h 32m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

21US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Bristol St Paul's, 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

54 reported · August 2026▲ 4% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences21
• Anti-social behaviour16
• Criminal damage & arson7
• Shoplifting6

Neighbourhood team: Sherborne · 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)

122 food businesses within 2 miles

• 95 rated 4–5 ★ (92 top)
• 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Sherborne (0.4 km)
• 5 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: 153.9p · BP (0.8 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 188.9p · BP (0.8 km)

3 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

9 charging locations within ~8 km

• 2 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 75 kW
• Nearest: Culverhayes Long Stay Car Park (0.4 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres3
• Swimming pools1
• Sports pitches24
• Playgrounds10

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 (Sherborne Conservation Area 1)
• Not in the Green Belt
• 391 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

Edward Morello

Liberal Democrat

West 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)

• Schools18
• GPs & clinics2
• Supermarkets3
• Parks & greens13
• Restaurants & cafés14

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

20,570 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

99 jobs advertised · £33,967 avg

e.g. HR Project Manager, Funeral Service Specialist, HGV Driver

Source: Adzuna

£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

29% low-carbon electricity

Gas 69% · Wind 14% · Biomass 8% · Nuclear 7%

282 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

5 GP surgeries · 4 pharmacies in DT9

• Yetminster Health Centre
• The Apples Medical Centre
• The Grove Medical Centre

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in West Dorset:

• Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks572 local signatures · 127,144 nationwide
• Make catapult attacks against animals a standalone criminal offence304 local signatures · 55,084 nationwide
• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases233 local signatures · 105,832 nationwide
• End the mandatory fortification of white flour with folic acid immediately197 local signatures · 76,640 nationwide
• Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills188 local signatures · 111,154 nationwide

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

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  St Johns' House, Sherborne · 0.0 km

  St Johns' House is an almshouse in Sherborne, Dorset, England. Dating from the mid-15th century, it is a Grade I listed building.

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  Sherborne Abbey · 0.1 km

  Sherborne Abbey, otherwise the Abbey Church of St. Mary the Virgin, is a Church of England church in Sherborne in the English county of Dorset. It was formerly a Saxon Catholic cathedral (705–1075) and a Benedictine a…

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  Sherborne · 0.1 km

  Sherborne is a market town and civil parish in north-west Dorset, England. It is sited on the River Yeo, on the edge of the Blackmore Vale, 6 miles (9.7 km) east of Yeovil. The parish includes the hamlets of Nether Co…

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  Sherborne Museum · 0.2 km

  Sherborne Museum is an independent, community-run museum located in the centre of Sherborne, Dorset. It is housed in the Abbey Gatehouse, a Grade II listed building situated on Church Lane, a pedestrianised thoroughfa…

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  Sherborne Preparatory School · 0.3 km

  Sherborne Prep School is a non-selective co-educational preparatory school in the town of Sherborne, Dorset, in southern England. In July 2024, the two charitable trusts that own Sherborne Prep, Sherborne Boys, Sherbo…

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  Sherborne School · 0.3 km

  Sherborne School, also known as "Sherborne Boys", is a boarding school with day places for boys aged 13 to 18 located beside Sherborne Abbey in the Dorset town of Sherborne. The school has been in continuous operation…

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