Bridport
Bridport is covered by postcode districts DT6 and DT7. It is in the Dorset council area, England.
Every postcode in Bridport, by flood risk
- A home or business at high risk: 20
- At medium risk at worst: 20
- At low risk at worst: 74
- At very low risk only: 4
- Not on the at-risk list: 352
- Outline: where 5 or more postcodes at high or medium risk lie together
Of the 470 postcodes in Bridport that ONS places, 20 have a home or business at high risk, 20 are at medium risk at worst, 74 are at low risk at worst, 4 are at very low risk only and 352 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list.
Each mark is a postcode's centre point as ONS gives it, not a building. Press one to see its postcode and open its page. A dashed outline shows where 5 or more lie within 150 metres of each other. It is not a boundary, and no boundary is drawn. Where marks overlap, the one first in the key is drawn; the counts include every postcode.
The middle of its postcodes: latitude 50.7317, longitude -2.7570. Open this area on OpenStreetMap
Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026, the centre point of each postcode; flood risk: Environment Agency, published 6 July 2026; roads, rivers and built-up areas: Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Drawn by us. Street map: Ordnance Survey, OS Open Zoomstack, Open Government Licence v3.0, drawn with MapLibre. How we use them
The postcodes at high risk
20 postcodes here have a home or business at high risk. These are the 12 with the most homes and businesses at that risk.
Beside each: how many of its homes and businesses the Environment Agency puts at that risk.
Where the postcodes at high or medium risk lie together
- 8 postcodes at high or medium risk, outlined on the map. DT6 3HJ, is the one with most homes and businesses at high risk.
- 5 postcodes at high or medium risk, outlined on the map. DT6 3XA, is the one with most homes and businesses at high risk.
- 5 postcodes at high or medium risk, outlined on the map. DT6 4GZ, is the one with most homes and businesses at high risk.
What is it like to live in Bridport?
Homes sold for a typical £325,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, down 5.8% on the 12 months before. At 190 of the 459 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 213 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 118 of its 470 postcodes. It has 3 primary schools at its postcodes. One GP practice is at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Maiden Newton, 14.2 km from the middle of its postcodes in a straight line.
We don't rate places; here are the figures so you can judge.
Source: HM Land Registry, Ofcom, the Environment Agency, the Department for Education, NHS England and the Department for Transport, as each section of this page says. See all our data sources
What do homes cost in Bridport?
Homes in Bridport sold for a typical £325,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 199 sales, down 5.8% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.
- 12 months to August 2025
- £345,000
- 12 months to August 2026
- £325,000
▼ down 5.8% on the 12 months before
Across the whole DT6 district, Bridport's main postcode district: a typical £355,000.
Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Bridport: standard sales of homes at market value. A typical price is the median, the middle sale. Sales take weeks to be registered, so the last month or two are incomplete. Each postcode page gives the figure for its own postcode sector.
Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2021. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Are new homes being built in Bridport?
7 of the 470 postcodes now in use in Bridport came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 0 of the 229 homes sold in Bridport were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the DT6 district, 0%.
The newest postcodes
A new postcode is often a new street or estate, but Royal Mail also makes new postcodes when it reorganises old ones, so not every one means new homes. Only postcodes still in use are counted.
New homes among the homes sold
| Period | In Bridport | Across the DT6 district |
|---|---|---|
| The 12 months to August 2026 | 0 of 199 (0%) | 0 of 303 (0%) |
| The 12 months to August 2025 | 0 of 229 (0%) | 0 of 358 (0%) |
Standard sales of homes at market value that HM Land Registry marks as newly built. New homes take longer to be registered than other sales, so the latest 12 months count fewer of them than were sold. A share is given from 5 sales or more.
Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026; HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2021, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
What broadband can you get in Bridport?
Ofcom reports on 459 of the 470 postcodes in Bridport. At 190 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband.
Ofcom gives each postcode's share of homes and businesses, not how many there are, so these count postcodes. Each postcode page has its own figures. A provider's checker answers for one address.
Check one address on Ofcom's checkerSource: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026, data for January 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Is Bridport at risk of flooding?
118 of the 470 postcodes in Bridport have a home or business in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, the Environment Agency says. At those, it puts 213 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk.
High: 3.3% or more a year (1 in 30). Medium: 1% to 3.3% a year. Low: 0.1% to 1% a year. Very low: under 0.1% a year (1 in 1,000). Each band is the chance of flooding in any one year.
Homes and businesses in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, as the Environment Agency counts them, added up over the postcodes. It is for the land, not each building, and leaves out surface water, groundwater and sewers. Each postcode page has its own figures and its flood warning areas.
Source: Environment Agency, Risk of Flooding from Rivers and Sea (postcodes in areas at risk), published 6 July 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Which schools are in Bridport?
The primary schools are at the postcodes in Bridport. There is no secondary school at its postcodes; these are the nearest to its middle. Distances are straight lines from the middle of its postcodes. Distance is not a catchment: each council sets its own admission rules.
Primary
Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. Each school opens its own record there. How we use it
How far is the station from Bridport?
The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Bridport is Maiden Newton Rail Station, 14.2 km away in a straight line.
- Maiden Newton Rail Station Railway station 14.2 kmDrive
- Crewkerne Rail Station Railway station 15.8 kmDrive
- Axminster Rail Station Railway station 18.2 kmDrive
Straight-line distances from the centre point, not routes. Walk: under 1.2 km. Cycle: 1.2 to 5 km. Drive: further.
Straight-line distances from the middle of the postcodes, not routes. Each postcode page lists its own nearest stations and bus stops. The Department for Transport's register does not say how often services run.
Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Which GP surgeries are in Bridport?
The GP practices at the postcodes in Bridport. Each practice sets the area it takes patients from, so check with it before registering.
- Ammonite Health Partnership850 m
Source: NHS England, Organisation Data Service (GP practices), read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Is Bridport safe? Crime recorded around it
Police.uk records 798 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Bridport over the 12 months from September 2025 to August 2026. August 2026 is the latest month it has published. These are counts, not a rate: we hold no count of the people who live, work or pass through, so we do not say whether a place is safe.
Each month, September 2025 to August 2026
- 65 September 2025
- 61 October 2025
- 57 November 2025
- 54 December 2025
- 46 January 2026
- 61 February 2026
- 62 March 2026
- 59 April 2026
- 82 May 2026
- 63 June 2026
- 87 July 2026
- 101 August 2026
By kind, over the 12 months
Also: drugs 12, possession of weapons 10, bicycle theft 7, robbery 4, other crime 4, theft from the person 1.
Police.uk says its locations "always represent the approximate location of a crime". Each crime is moved to the nearest of a fixed list of map points, each over a street centre, a public place or a commercial premises, chosen so that every point covers at least eight addresses or none. A mile is a wide circle: in a town it takes in the centre and its shops, where much crime is recorded.
Crime around one postcodeSource: Police.uk (data.police.uk), data to August 2026, from its download of 30 September 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Who runs Bridport?
- Council
- Dorset
- Parliamentary constituency
- West Dorset
- Police force area
- Dorset
- Region
- South West
- Country
- England
- MP
- Edward Morello (Liberal Democrat)
All 470 postcodes here share these. Wards differ: check a postcode for yours. What council am I in?
Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026. The MP: UK Parliament. See all our data sources
Moving to Bridport
Who to tell and what to sort out in your first week.
- Tell Dorset about council tax Council tax, on dorsetcouncil.gov.uk
- Register to vote at the new address Register to vote on GOV.UK
- Register with a GP practice The GP practices in Bridport
- Take meter readings on the day you move in
- Power cut? Call 105. It is free. About 105, the power cut number
- Find out your bin day Find your rubbish collection day on GOV.UK
Bridport postcodes
470 postcodes in use in Bridport, by district:
Those districts are all in the DT postcode area.
Check a Bridport postcode
Enter a full postcode to see its ward, its flood risk, house prices in its sector and its nearest schools.
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Places near Bridport
With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Bridport's £325,000. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.
Questions about Bridport
- What is it like to live in Bridport?
- Homes sold for a typical £325,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, down 5.8% on the 12 months before. At 190 of the 459 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 213 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 118 of its 470 postcodes. It has 3 primary schools at its postcodes. One GP practice is at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Maiden Newton, 14.2 km from the middle of its postcodes in a straight line. We don't rate places; here are the figures so you can judge. Source: HM Land Registry, Ofcom, the Environment Agency, the Department for Education, NHS England and the Department for Transport, as each section of this page says.
- What is the postcode for Bridport?
- Bridport is covered by postcode districts DT6 and DT7, across 470 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
- Which council is Bridport in?
- Bridport is in the Dorset council area. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
- Who is the MP for Bridport?
- Bridport is in the West Dorset parliamentary constituency. Its MP is Edward Morello (Liberal Democrat), as UK Parliament listed them on 14 October 2026. Constituency: ONS Postcode Directory.
- How much are houses in Bridport?
- Homes in Bridport sold for a typical £325,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 199 sales, down 5.8% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
- What schools are in Bridport?
- In Bridport, primary schools at its postcodes include Bridport Primary School, Bridport, St Mary's Church of England Primary School and St Catherine's Roman Catholic School; the nearest secondary school to the middle of its postcodes is The Sir John Colfox Academy, 1.8 km away in a straight line. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026.
- Does Bridport have a railway station?
- The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Bridport is Maiden Newton, 14.2 km away in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
- What broadband can you get in Bridport?
- Ofcom reports on 459 of the 470 postcodes in Bridport. At 190 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband. Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
- Is Bridport at risk of flooding?
- 118 of the 470 postcodes in Bridport have a home or business in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, the Environment Agency says. At those, it puts 213 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk. This is long-term risk for the land, and leaves out surface water. Source: Environment Agency.
- Are new homes being built in Bridport?
- 7 of the 470 postcodes now in use in Bridport came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 0 of the 229 homes sold in Bridport were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the DT6 district, 0%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.
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