Fortuneswell

Fortuneswell is covered by postcode district DT5. It is in the Dorset council area, England.

Typical price £225,000 Homes sold in Fortuneswell, last 12 months. ▲ 25% on the year before Gigabit broadband 83 of 111 postcodes where every home and business can get it Flooding Some at high risk 30 of 113 postcodes have a home or business in an area at risk; 273 homes and businesses at high or medium risk Nearest school St George's Foundation Primary School 2.1 km from the middle, in a straight line

Every postcode in Fortuneswell, by flood risk

Map of every postcode in Fortuneswell, by flood risk Of the 113 postcodes in Fortuneswell that ONS places, 19 have a home or business at high risk, 3 are at medium risk at worst, 2 are at low risk at worst, 6 are at very low risk only and 83 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. One group of postcodes at high or medium risk is outlined: 13 postcodes at high or medium risk. One postcode lies beyond the edge and is listed under the map. Places named: Fortuneswell. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 250 m. A354 DT5 1AA: not on the flood risk listDT5 1AB: not on the flood risk listDT5 1AD: not on the flood risk listDT5 1AE: not on the flood risk listDT5 1AF: not on the flood risk listDT5 1AG: not on the flood risk listDT5 1AQ: not on the flood risk listDT5 1AU: not on the flood risk listDT5 1AX: not on the flood risk listDT5 1BA: not on the flood risk listDT5 1BB: not on the flood risk listDT5 1BE: not on the flood risk listDT5 1DT: not on the flood risk listDT5 1EF: not on the flood risk listDT5 1EG: not on the flood risk listDT5 1EH: not on the flood risk listDT5 1EJ: not on the flood risk listDT5 1EN: not on the flood risk listDT5 1EP: not on the flood risk listDT5 1EQ: not on the flood risk listDT5 1ER: not on the flood risk listDT5 1ES: not on the flood risk listDT5 1ET: not on the flood risk listDT5 1EU: not on the flood risk listDT5 1EW: not on the flood risk listDT5 1EX: not on the flood risk listDT5 1EY: not on the flood risk listDT5 1EZ: not on the flood risk listDT5 1FB: not on the flood risk listDT5 1FG: not on the flood risk listDT5 1FP: not on the flood risk listDT5 1FQ: not on the flood risk listDT5 1FS: not on the flood risk listDT5 1FW: not on the flood risk listDT5 1FX: not on the flood risk listDT5 1FY: not on the flood risk listDT5 1GA: not on the flood risk listDT5 1HA: not on the flood risk listDT5 1HB: not on the flood risk listDT5 1HD: not on the flood risk listDT5 1HE: not on the flood risk listDT5 1JE: not on the flood risk listDT5 1JF: not on the flood risk listDT5 1JG: not on the flood risk listDT5 1JJ: not on the flood risk listDT5 1JL: not on the flood risk listDT5 1JN: not on the flood risk listDT5 1JP: not on the flood risk listDT5 1JQ: not on the flood risk listDT5 1JR: not on the flood risk listDT5 1JS: not on the flood risk listDT5 1JU: not on the flood risk listDT5 1JW: not on the flood risk listDT5 1JX: not on the flood risk listDT5 1JY: not on the flood risk listDT5 1JZ: not on the flood risk listDT5 1LA: not on the flood risk listDT5 1LB: not on the flood risk listDT5 1LD: not on the flood risk listDT5 1LE: not on the flood risk listDT5 1LF: not on the flood risk listDT5 1LG: not on the flood risk listDT5 1LH: not on the flood risk listDT5 1LJ: not on the flood risk listDT5 1LL: not on the flood risk listDT5 1LP: not on the flood risk listDT5 1LQ: not on the flood risk listDT5 1LR: not on the flood risk listDT5 1LT: not on the flood risk listDT5 1LU: not on the flood risk listDT5 1LX: not on the flood risk listDT5 1LY: not on the flood risk listDT5 1LZ: not on the flood risk listDT5 1NE: not on the flood risk listDT5 1NF: not on the flood risk listDT5 1NG: not on the flood risk listDT5 1NH: not on the flood risk listDT5 1NJ: not on the flood risk listDT5 1NL: not on the flood risk listDT5 1NN: not on the flood risk listDT5 1NP: not on the flood risk listDT5 1NQ: not on the flood risk listDT5 1NW: not on the flood risk listDT5 1FD: very low flood risk onlyDT5 1FT: very low flood risk onlyDT5 1FU: very low flood risk onlyDT5 1GE: very low flood risk onlyDT5 1JH: very low flood risk onlyDT5 1PY: very low flood risk onlyDT5 1BD: low flood risk at worstDT5 1GB: low flood risk at worstDT5 1BL: medium flood risk at worstDT5 1PB: medium flood risk at worstDT5 1PP: medium flood risk at worstDT5 1AH: high flood riskDT5 1AL: high flood riskDT5 1AN: high flood riskDT5 1AP: high flood riskDT5 1AR: high flood riskDT5 1AS: high flood riskDT5 1AT: high flood riskDT5 1AW: high flood riskDT5 1AY: high flood riskDT5 1AZ: high flood riskDT5 1BG: high flood riskDT5 1BJ: high flood riskDT5 1DX: high flood riskDT5 1FA: high flood riskDT5 1FE: high flood riskDT5 1FH: high flood riskDT5 1LN: high flood riskDT5 1SA: high flood risk Fortuneswell 13 postcodes at high or medium risk, outlined: this goes to DT5 1AP, the one with most homes and businesses at high risk13 postcodes at high or medium risk Map of every postcode in Fortuneswell, by flood risk Of the 113 postcodes in Fortuneswell that ONS places, 19 have a home or business at high risk, 3 are at medium risk at worst, 2 are at low risk at worst, 6 are at very low risk only and 83 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. One group of postcodes at high or medium risk is outlined: 13 postcodes at high or medium risk. One postcode lies beyond the edge and is listed under the map. Places named: Fortuneswell. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 250 m. A354 Fortuneswell
  • A home or business at high risk: 19
  • At medium risk at worst: 3
  • At low risk at worst: 2
  • At very low risk only: 6
  • Not on the at-risk list: 83
  • Outline: where 5 or more postcodes at high or medium risk lie together

Of the 113 postcodes in Fortuneswell that ONS places, 19 have a home or business at high risk, 3 are at medium risk at worst, 2 are at low risk at worst, 6 are at very low risk only and 83 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 50.5624, longitude -2.4445. 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

19 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.

DT5 1AP65 at high riskDT5 1AW57 at high riskDT5 1AL33 at high riskDT5 1AN28 at high riskDT5 1DX24 at high riskDT5 1AS12 at high riskDT5 1AY9 at high riskDT5 1AH5 at high riskDT5 1FH4 at high riskDT5 1AZ4 at high riskDT5 1BJ4 at high riskDT5 1AR3 at high risk

Further out, not drawn

This postcode lies well apart from the rest, so the map is drawn without it to show the rest closer; it is in every count.

DT5 1PA

Where the postcodes at high or medium risk lie together

  • 13 postcodes at high or medium risk, outlined on the map. DT5 1AP, is the one with most homes and businesses at high risk.

What is it like to live in Fortuneswell?

Homes sold for a typical £225,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 25% on the 12 months before. At 83 of the 111 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 273 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 30 of its 113 postcodes. The nearest school is St George's Foundation Primary School, 2.1 km from the middle of its postcodes. The nearest GP practice is Royal Manor Health Care, 2.1 km from the middle. The nearest railway station is Weymouth, 5.9 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 Fortuneswell?

Homes in Fortuneswell sold for a typical £225,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 75 sales, up 25% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.

£225,000 typical price, the 12 months to August 2026
12 months to August 2025
£180,000
12 months to August 2026
£225,000

▲ up 25% on the 12 months before

Detached£317,500 8 sales
Semi-detached£220,000 8 sales
Terraced£231,500 44 sales
Flat or maisonette£125,000 15 sales

Across the whole DT5 district, Fortuneswell's main postcode district: a typical £233,000.

Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Fortuneswell: 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 Fortuneswell?

2 of the 113 postcodes now in use in Fortuneswell came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 0 of the 59 homes sold in Fortuneswell were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the DT5 district, 5%.

The newest postcodes

DT5 1GEsince September 2021DT5 1GBsince August 2020

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 FortuneswellAcross the DT5 district
The 12 months to August 2026 0 of 75 (0%) 0 of 201 (0%)
The 12 months to August 2025 0 of 59 (0%) 12 of 225 (5%)

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 Fortuneswell?

Ofcom reports on 111 of the 113 postcodes in Fortuneswell. At 83 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband.

Postcodes where every home can get gigabit83 of 111
Postcodes where every home can get superfast103 of 111

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 checker

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

Is Fortuneswell at risk of flooding?

30 of the 113 postcodes in Fortuneswell 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 273 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk.

Homes and businesses in an area at risk, at 30 of 113 postcodes High: 259Medium: 14Low: 16Very low: 58

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 Fortuneswell?

There is no primary school at the postcodes in Fortuneswell; these are the nearest to its middle. 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 Fortuneswell?

The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Fortuneswell is Weymouth Rail Station, 5.9 km away in a straight line.

  • Weymouth Rail Station Railway station 5.9 kmDrive
  • Upwey Rail Station Railway station 9.7 kmDrive
  • Dorchester South Rail Station Railway station 16.3 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 Fortuneswell?

There is no GP practice at the postcodes in Fortuneswell. 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 Fortuneswell safe? Crime recorded around it

Police.uk records 341 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Fortuneswell 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. 18 September 2025
  2. 21 October 2025
  3. 32 November 2025
  4. 33 December 2025
  5. 24 January 2026
  6. 30 February 2026
  7. 40 March 2026
  8. 28 April 2026
  9. 26 May 2026
  10. 23 June 2026
  11. 35 July 2026
  12. 31 August 2026

By kind, over the 12 months

Violence and sexual offences162 reports
Anti-social behaviour76 reports
Public order26 reports
Criminal damage and arson24 reports
Other theft21 reports
Other crime8 reports
Drugs7 reports
Burglary4 reports

Also: vehicle crime 4, shoplifting 4, theft from the person 2, robbery 2, possession of weapons 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 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 Fortuneswell?

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

All 113 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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Fortuneswell postcodes

113 postcodes in use in Fortuneswell, by district:

DT5 postcode district,113 postcodes

That district is in the DT postcode area.

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Places near Fortuneswell

With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Fortuneswell's £225,000. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.

Weston2.2 km, £230,000Weymouth6.5 km, £270,000Chickerell7.8 km, £322,500Dorchester16.6 km, £290,000Crossways16.9 km, £316,000Wool20.4 km, £300,000Puddletown21.8 km, £300,000Wareham27.3 km, £350,000 All places A to Z

Questions about Fortuneswell

What is it like to live in Fortuneswell?
Homes sold for a typical £225,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 25% on the 12 months before. At 83 of the 111 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 273 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 30 of its 113 postcodes. The nearest school is St George's Foundation Primary School, 2.1 km from the middle of its postcodes. The nearest GP practice is Royal Manor Health Care, 2.1 km from the middle. The nearest railway station is Weymouth, 5.9 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 Fortuneswell?
Fortuneswell is covered by postcode district DT5, across 113 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Which council is Fortuneswell in?
Fortuneswell is in the Dorset council area. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Who is the MP for Fortuneswell?
Fortuneswell 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 Fortuneswell?
Homes in Fortuneswell sold for a typical £225,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 75 sales, up 25% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
What schools are in Fortuneswell?
In Fortuneswell, the nearest primary school to the middle of its postcodes is St George's Foundation Primary School, 2.1 km away in a straight line; the nearest secondary school to the middle of its postcodes is Atlantic Academy Portland, 3.7 km away in a straight line. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026.
Does Fortuneswell have a railway station?
The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Fortuneswell is Weymouth, 5.9 km away in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
What broadband can you get in Fortuneswell?
Ofcom reports on 111 of the 113 postcodes in Fortuneswell. At 83 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband. Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
Is Fortuneswell at risk of flooding?
30 of the 113 postcodes in Fortuneswell 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 273 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 Fortuneswell?
2 of the 113 postcodes now in use in Fortuneswell came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 0 of the 59 homes sold in Fortuneswell were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the DT5 district, 5%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.

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