Chickerell

Chickerell is covered by postcode district DT3. It is in the Dorset council area, England.

Typical price £322,500 Homes sold in Chickerell, last 12 months. ▼ 11.6% on the year before Gigabit broadband 79 of 94 postcodes where every home and business can get it Flooding Some at high risk 13 of 95 postcodes have a home or business in an area at risk; 30 homes and businesses at high or medium risk Schools 1 1 primary school at its postcodes

Every postcode in Chickerell, by flood risk

Map of every postcode in Chickerell, by flood risk Of the 95 postcodes in Chickerell that ONS places, 4 have a home or business at high risk, 2 are at medium risk at worst, 7 are at low risk at worst and 82 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. Places named: Chickerell. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 250 m. DT3 4AG: not on the flood risk listDT3 4AH: not on the flood risk listDT3 4AL: not on the flood risk listDT3 4AX: not on the flood risk listDT3 4AZ: not on the flood risk listDT3 4BA: not on the flood risk listDT3 4BB: not on the flood risk listDT3 4BD: not on the flood risk listDT3 4BE: not on the flood risk listDT3 4BF: not on the flood risk listDT3 4BY: not on the flood risk listDT3 4DH: not on the flood risk listDT3 4DJ: not on the flood risk listDT3 4DL: not on the flood risk listDT3 4DP: not on the flood risk listDT3 4DR: not on the flood risk listDT3 4DS: not on the flood risk listDT3 4DT: not on the flood risk listDT3 4DU: not on the flood risk listDT3 4DX: not on the flood risk listDT3 4DY: not on the flood risk listDT3 4DZ: not on the flood risk listDT3 4EJ: not on the flood risk listDT3 4EQ: not on the flood risk listDT3 4FE: not on the flood risk listDT3 4FF: not on the flood risk listDT3 4FG: not on the flood risk listDT3 4FH: not on the flood risk listDT3 4FJ: not on the flood risk listDT3 4FP: not on the flood risk listDT3 4FQ: not on the flood risk listDT3 4FR: not on the flood risk listDT3 4FS: not on the flood risk listDT3 4FU: not on the flood risk listDT3 4FW: not on the flood risk listDT3 4GA: not on the flood risk listDT3 4GB: not on the flood risk listDT3 4GD: not on the flood risk listDT3 4GG: not on the flood risk listDT3 4GH: not on the flood risk listDT3 4GJ: not on the flood risk listDT3 4GL: not on the flood risk listDT3 4GN: not on the flood risk listDT3 4GP: not on the flood risk listDT3 4GQ: not on the flood risk listDT3 4GR: not on the flood risk listDT3 4GS: not on the flood risk listDT3 4GU: not on the flood risk listDT3 4GW: not on the flood risk listDT3 4GX: not on the flood risk listDT3 4GY: not on the flood risk listDT3 4GZ: not on the flood risk listDT3 4LJ: not on the flood risk listDT3 4LL: not on the flood risk listDT3 4LN: not on the flood risk listDT3 4LR: not on the flood risk listDT3 4LS: not on the flood risk listDT3 4LT: not on the flood risk listDT3 4LU: not on the flood risk listDT3 4LW: not on the flood risk listDT3 4LY: not on the flood risk listDT3 4LZ: not on the flood risk listDT3 4NA: not on the flood risk listDT3 4NB: not on the flood risk listDT3 4ND: not on the flood risk listDT3 4NE: not on the flood risk listDT3 4NF: not on the flood risk listDT3 4NG: not on the flood risk listDT3 4NH: not on the flood risk listDT3 4NJ: not on the flood risk listDT3 4NL: not on the flood risk listDT3 4NN: not on the flood risk listDT3 4NQ: not on the flood risk listDT3 4NR: not on the flood risk listDT3 4NW: not on the flood risk listDT3 4NX: not on the flood risk listDT3 4NZ: not on the flood risk listDT3 4PA: not on the flood risk listDT3 4PB: not on the flood risk listDT3 4PD: not on the flood risk listDT3 4PJ: not on the flood risk listDT3 4PL: not on the flood risk listDT3 4AP: low flood risk at worstDT3 4AR: low flood risk at worstDT3 4AU: low flood risk at worstDT3 4AW: low flood risk at worstDT3 4AY: low flood risk at worstDT3 4FZ: low flood risk at worstDT3 4GE: low flood risk at worstDT3 4AJ: medium flood risk at worstDT3 4FD: medium flood risk at worstDT3 4AN: high flood riskDT3 4AS: high flood riskDT3 4AT: high flood riskDT3 4FN: high flood risk Chickerell Map of every postcode in Chickerell, by flood risk Of the 95 postcodes in Chickerell that ONS places, 4 have a home or business at high risk, 2 are at medium risk at worst, 7 are at low risk at worst and 82 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. Places named: Chickerell. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 250 m. Chickerell
  • A home or business at high risk: 4
  • At medium risk at worst: 2
  • At low risk at worst: 7
  • At very low risk only: 0
  • Not on the at-risk list: 82

Of the 95 postcodes in Chickerell that ONS places, 4 have a home or business at high risk, 2 are at medium risk at worst, 7 are at low risk at worst and 82 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. No boundary is drawn.

The middle of its postcodes: latitude 50.6231, longitude -2.5005. 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

Beside each: how many of its homes and businesses the Environment Agency puts at that risk.

DT3 4FN6 at high riskDT3 4AT2 at high riskDT3 4AS1 at high riskDT3 4AN1 at high risk

What is it like to live in Chickerell?

Homes sold for a typical £322,500 in the 12 months to August 2026, down 11.6% on the 12 months before. At 79 of the 94 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 30 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 13 of its 95 postcodes. It has 1 primary school at its postcodes. The nearest GP practice is The Bridges Medical Ctr., 3.3 km from the middle. The nearest railway station is Weymouth, 3.4 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 Chickerell?

Homes in Chickerell sold for a typical £322,500 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 71 sales, down 11.6% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.

£322,500 typical price, the 12 months to August 2026
£365,000 12 months to August 2025
▼ down 11.6% on the 12 months before
  • Detached £408,750 30 sales
  • Semi-detached £296,000 7 sales
  • Terraced £300,000 30 sales
  • Flat or maisonette 4 sales, too few to price

Each bar is that kind's typical price, against the most expensive kind here.

Across the whole DT3 district, Chickerell's main postcode district: a typical £335,000.

Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Chickerell: 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 Chickerell?

13 of the 95 postcodes now in use in Chickerell came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 24 of the 84 homes sold in Chickerell were newly built (29%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the DT3 district, 13%.

The newest postcodes

DT3 4GRsince June 2026DT3 4GZsince June 2024DT3 4GWsince April 2024DT3 4GQsince December 2023DT3 4GXsince June 2023DT3 4GPsince May 2023

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

PeriodIn ChickerellAcross the DT3 district
The 12 months to August 2026 0 of 71 (0%) 6 of 387 (2%)
The 12 months to August 2025 24 of 84 (29%) 58 of 464 (13%)

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 Chickerell?

Ofcom reports on 94 of the 95 postcodes in Chickerell. At 79 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband.

Postcodes where every home can get gigabit79 of 94
Postcodes where every home can get superfast92 of 94

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.

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Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026, data for January 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Is Chickerell at risk of flooding?

13 of the 95 postcodes in Chickerell 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 30 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk.

Homes and businesses in an area at risk, at 13 of 95 postcodes High: 10Medium: 20Low: 46

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 Chickerell?

The primary schools are at the postcodes in Chickerell. 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

Secondary

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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 Chickerell?

The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Chickerell is Weymouth Rail Station, 3.4 km away in a straight line.

  • Weymouth Rail Station Railway station 3.4 kmCycle
  • Upwey Rail Station Railway station 3.7 kmCycle
  • Dorchester South Rail Station Railway station 10.6 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 Chickerell?

There is no GP practice at the postcodes in Chickerell. These are the nearest to its middle, in a straight line. Each practice sets the area it takes patients from, so check with it before registering.

Find a GP on the NHS website

Source: NHS England, Organisation Data Service (GP practices), read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Is Chickerell safe? Crime recorded around it

Police.uk records 423 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Chickerell 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

  1. 28 September 2025
  2. 28 October 2025
  3. 22 November 2025
  4. 33 December 2025
  5. 36 January 2026
  6. 26 February 2026
  7. 40 March 2026
  8. 30 April 2026
  9. 35 May 2026
  10. 43 June 2026
  11. 66 July 2026
  12. 36 August 2026

By kind, over the 12 months

Violence and sexual offences169 reports
Anti-social behaviour80 reports
Shoplifting47 reports
Public order34 reports
Criminal damage and arson27 reports
Other theft22 reports
Drugs14 reports
Vehicle crime13 reports

Also: burglary 7, possession of weapons 5, other crime 5.

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 postcode

Source: 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 Chickerell?

Council
Dorset
Parliamentary constituency
South Dorset
Police force area
Dorset
Region
South West
Country
England
MP
Lloyd Hatton (Labour)

All 95 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

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Chickerell postcodes

95 postcodes in use in Chickerell, by district:

DT3 postcode district,95 postcodes

That district is in the DT postcode area.

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Places near Chickerell

With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Chickerell's £322,500. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.

Weymouth2.8 km, £270,000Fortuneswell7.8 km, £225,000Weston9.9 km, £230,000Dorchester10.6 km, £290,000Crossways14.5 km, £316,000Puddletown17.7 km, £300,000Wool20.1 km, £300,000Bridport21.7 km, £325,000 All places A to Z

Questions about Chickerell

What is it like to live in Chickerell?
Homes sold for a typical £322,500 in the 12 months to August 2026, down 11.6% on the 12 months before. At 79 of the 94 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 30 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 13 of its 95 postcodes. It has 1 primary school at its postcodes. The nearest GP practice is The Bridges Medical Ctr., 3.3 km from the middle. The nearest railway station is Weymouth, 3.4 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 Chickerell?
Chickerell is covered by postcode district DT3, across 95 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Which council is Chickerell in?
Chickerell is in the Dorset council area. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Who is the MP for Chickerell?
Chickerell is in the South Dorset parliamentary constituency. Its MP is Lloyd Hatton (Labour), as UK Parliament listed them on 14 October 2026. Constituency: ONS Postcode Directory.
How much are houses in Chickerell?
Homes in Chickerell sold for a typical £322,500 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 71 sales, down 11.6% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
What schools are in Chickerell?
In Chickerell, primary schools at its postcodes include Chickerell Primary Academy; the nearest secondary school to the middle of its postcodes is Budmouth Academy Weymouth, 1.4 km away in a straight line. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026.
Does Chickerell have a railway station?
The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Chickerell is Weymouth, 3.4 km away in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
What broadband can you get in Chickerell?
Ofcom reports on 94 of the 95 postcodes in Chickerell. At 79 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband. Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
Is Chickerell at risk of flooding?
13 of the 95 postcodes in Chickerell 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 30 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 Chickerell?
13 of the 95 postcodes now in use in Chickerell came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 24 of the 84 homes sold in Chickerell were newly built (29%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the DT3 district, 13%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.

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