Gillingham, Dorset

Gillingham, Dorset is covered by postcode district SP8. It is in the Dorset council area, England.

ONS publishes this built-up area as Gillingham (Dorset).

Typical price £255,000 Homes sold in Gillingham, Dorset, last 12 months. ▲ 1.2% on the year before Gigabit broadband 227 of 317 postcodes where every home and business can get it Flooding Some at high risk 44 of 320 postcodes have a home or business in an area at risk; 149 homes and businesses at high or medium risk Schools 4 3 primary schools and 1 secondary school at its postcodes

Every postcode in Gillingham, Dorset, by flood risk

Map of every postcode in Gillingham, Dorset, by flood risk Of the 320 postcodes in Gillingham, Dorset that ONS places, 17 have a home or business at high risk, 7 are at medium risk at worst, 20 are at low risk at worst and 276 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. Places named: Gillingham, Dorset. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 500 m. SP8 4AB: not on the flood risk listSP8 4AE: not on the flood risk listSP8 4AS: not on the flood risk listSP8 4AT: not on the flood risk listSP8 4AZ: not on the flood risk listSP8 4BA: not on the flood risk listSP8 4BD: not on the flood risk listSP8 4BE: not on the flood risk listSP8 4BF: not on the flood risk listSP8 4BG: not on the flood risk listSP8 4BH: not on the flood risk listSP8 4BJ: not on the flood risk listSP8 4BL: not on the flood risk listSP8 4BN: not on the flood risk listSP8 4BQ: not on the flood risk listSP8 4BS: not on the flood risk listSP8 4BT: not on the flood risk listSP8 4BU: not on the flood risk listSP8 4BW: not on the flood risk listSP8 4BX: not on the flood risk listSP8 4BY: not on the flood risk listSP8 4BZ: not on the flood risk listSP8 4DA: not on the flood risk listSP8 4DB: not on the flood risk listSP8 4DD: not on the flood risk listSP8 4DE: not on the flood risk listSP8 4DF: not on the flood risk listSP8 4DG: not on the flood risk listSP8 4DJ: not on the flood risk listSP8 4DN: not on the flood risk listSP8 4DP: not on the flood risk listSP8 4DQ: not on the flood risk listSP8 4DS: not on the flood risk listSP8 4DT: not on the flood risk listSP8 4DU: not on the flood risk listSP8 4DW: not on the flood risk listSP8 4DY: not on the flood risk listSP8 4EA: not on the flood risk listSP8 4EB: not on the flood risk listSP8 4ED: not on the flood risk listSP8 4EE: not on the flood risk listSP8 4EG: not on the flood risk listSP8 4EH: not on the flood risk listSP8 4EJ: not on the flood risk listSP8 4EP: not on the flood risk listSP8 4EQ: not on the flood risk listSP8 4ES: not on the flood risk listSP8 4ET: not on the flood risk listSP8 4EU: not on the flood risk listSP8 4EX: not on the flood risk listSP8 4EY: not on the flood risk listSP8 4EZ: not on the flood risk listSP8 4FA: not on the flood risk listSP8 4FB: not on the flood risk listSP8 4FD: not on the flood risk listSP8 4FE: not on the flood risk listSP8 4FF: not on the flood risk listSP8 4FG: not on the flood risk listSP8 4FH: not on the flood risk listSP8 4FJ: not on the flood risk listSP8 4FL: not on the flood risk listSP8 4FN: not on the flood risk listSP8 4FP: not on the flood risk listSP8 4FQ: not on the flood risk listSP8 4FR: not on the flood risk listSP8 4FS: not on the flood risk listSP8 4FT: not on the flood risk listSP8 4FU: not on the flood risk listSP8 4FW: not on the flood risk listSP8 4FX: not on the flood risk listSP8 4FY: not on the flood risk listSP8 4GA: not on the flood risk listSP8 4GB: not on the flood risk listSP8 4GD: not on the flood risk listSP8 4GE: not on the flood risk listSP8 4GG: not on the flood risk listSP8 4GH: not on the flood risk listSP8 4GJ: not on the flood risk listSP8 4GL: not on the flood risk listSP8 4GN: not on the flood risk listSP8 4GP: not on the flood risk listSP8 4GQ: not on the flood risk listSP8 4GS: not on the flood risk listSP8 4GT: not on the flood risk listSP8 4GU: not on the flood risk listSP8 4GW: not on the flood risk listSP8 4GX: not on the flood risk listSP8 4GY: not on the flood risk listSP8 4GZ: not on the flood risk listSP8 4HA: not on the flood risk listSP8 4HD: not on the flood risk listSP8 4HE: not on the flood risk listSP8 4HG: not on the flood risk listSP8 4HL: not on the flood risk listSP8 4HN: not on the flood risk listSP8 4HP: not on the flood risk listSP8 4HQ: not on the flood risk listSP8 4HR: not on the flood risk listSP8 4HS: not on the flood risk listSP8 4HT: not on the flood risk listSP8 4HU: not on the flood risk listSP8 4HX: not on the flood risk listSP8 4HY: not on the flood risk listSP8 4HZ: not on the flood risk listSP8 4JB: not on the flood risk listSP8 4JF: not on the flood risk listSP8 4JG: not on the flood risk listSP8 4JH: not on the flood risk listSP8 4JJ: not on the flood risk listSP8 4JL: not on the flood risk listSP8 4JP: not on the flood risk listSP8 4JQ: not on the flood risk listSP8 4JS: not on the flood risk listSP8 4JU: not on the flood risk listSP8 4JW: not on the flood risk listSP8 4JX: not on the flood risk listSP8 4JZ: not on the flood risk listSP8 4LA: not on the flood risk listSP8 4LB: not on the flood risk listSP8 4LD: not on the flood risk listSP8 4LE: not on the flood risk listSP8 4LF: not on the flood risk listSP8 4LG: not on the flood risk listSP8 4LH: not on the flood risk listSP8 4LJ: not on the flood risk listSP8 4LL: not on the flood risk listSP8 4LN: not on the flood risk listSP8 4LP: not on the flood risk listSP8 4LQ: not on the flood risk listSP8 4LR: not on the flood risk listSP8 4LT: not on the flood risk listSP8 4LU: not on the flood risk listSP8 4LW: not on the flood risk listSP8 4LY: not on the flood risk listSP8 4LZ: not on the flood risk listSP8 4NB: not on the flood risk listSP8 4ND: not on the flood risk listSP8 4NE: not on the flood risk listSP8 4NF: not on the flood risk listSP8 4NG: not on the flood risk listSP8 4NH: not on the flood risk listSP8 4NJ: not on the flood risk listSP8 4NL: not on the flood risk listSP8 4NN: not on the flood risk listSP8 4NP: not on the flood risk listSP8 4NQ: not on the flood risk listSP8 4NR: not on the flood risk listSP8 4NS: not on the flood risk listSP8 4NT: not on the flood risk listSP8 4NU: not on the flood risk listSP8 4NW: not on the flood risk listSP8 4NY: not on the flood risk listSP8 4NZ: not on the flood risk listSP8 4PA: not on the flood risk listSP8 4PD: not on the flood risk listSP8 4PE: not on the flood risk listSP8 4PF: not on the flood risk listSP8 4PH: not on the flood risk listSP8 4PJ: not on the flood risk listSP8 4PL: not on the flood risk listSP8 4PN: not on the flood risk listSP8 4PQ: not on the flood risk listSP8 4PT: not on the flood risk listSP8 4PU: not on the flood risk listSP8 4PW: not on the flood risk listSP8 4PX: not on the flood risk listSP8 4PY: not on the flood risk listSP8 4PZ: not on the flood risk listSP8 4QD: not on the flood risk listSP8 4QG: not on the flood risk listSP8 4QH: not on the flood risk listSP8 4QJ: not on the flood risk listSP8 4QL: not on the flood risk listSP8 4QN: not on the flood risk listSP8 4QP: not on the flood risk listSP8 4QQ: not on the flood risk listSP8 4QR: not on the flood risk listSP8 4QT: not on the flood risk listSP8 4QU: not on the flood risk listSP8 4QW: not on the flood risk listSP8 4QX: not on the flood risk listSP8 4QY: not on the flood risk listSP8 4QZ: not on the flood risk listSP8 4RA: not on the flood risk listSP8 4RB: not on the flood risk listSP8 4RD: not on the flood risk listSP8 4RF: not on the flood risk listSP8 4RG: not on the flood risk listSP8 4RH: not on the flood risk listSP8 4RJ: not on the flood risk listSP8 4RL: not on the flood risk listSP8 4RN: not on the flood risk listSP8 4RP: not on the flood risk listSP8 4RQ: not on the flood risk listSP8 4RR: not on the flood risk listSP8 4RS: not on the flood risk listSP8 4RT: not on the flood risk listSP8 4RU: not on the flood risk listSP8 4RW: not on the flood risk listSP8 4RX: not on the flood risk listSP8 4RY: not on the flood risk listSP8 4SA: not on the flood risk listSP8 4SB: not on the flood risk listSP8 4SD: not on the flood risk listSP8 4SE: not on the flood risk listSP8 4SF: not on the flood risk listSP8 4SG: not on the flood risk listSP8 4SH: not on the flood risk listSP8 4SJ: not on the flood risk listSP8 4SL: not on the flood risk listSP8 4SN: not on the flood risk listSP8 4SP: not on the flood risk listSP8 4SQ: not on the flood risk listSP8 4SR: not on the flood risk listSP8 4SS: not on the flood risk listSP8 4SU: not on the flood risk listSP8 4SW: not on the flood risk listSP8 4SX: not on the flood risk listSP8 4SY: not on the flood risk listSP8 4SZ: not on the flood risk listSP8 4TA: not on the flood risk listSP8 4TB: not on the flood risk listSP8 4TD: not on the flood risk listSP8 4TE: not on the flood risk listSP8 4TF: not on the flood risk listSP8 4TG: not on the flood risk listSP8 4TH: not on the flood risk listSP8 4TJ: not on the flood risk listSP8 4TN: not on the flood risk listSP8 4TP: not on the flood risk listSP8 4TQ: not on the flood risk listSP8 4TR: not on the flood risk listSP8 4TS: not on the flood risk listSP8 4TT: not on the flood risk listSP8 4TU: not on the flood risk listSP8 4TW: not on the flood risk listSP8 4TX: not on the flood risk listSP8 4TY: not on the flood risk listSP8 4TZ: not on the flood risk listSP8 4UD: not on the flood risk listSP8 4UE: not on the flood risk listSP8 4UF: not on the flood risk listSP8 4UG: not on the flood risk listSP8 4UH: not on the flood risk listSP8 4UN: not on the flood risk listSP8 4UP: not on the flood risk listSP8 4UQ: not on the flood risk listSP8 4UR: not on the flood risk listSP8 4US: not on the flood risk listSP8 4UU: not on the flood risk listSP8 4UW: not on the flood risk listSP8 4UZ: not on the flood risk listSP8 4WB: not on the flood risk listSP8 4WF: not on the flood risk listSP8 4WG: not on the flood risk listSP8 4WH: not on the flood risk listSP8 4WL: not on the flood risk listSP8 4XB: not on the flood risk listSP8 4XD: not on the flood risk listSP8 4XE: not on the flood risk listSP8 4XQ: not on the flood risk listSP8 4XS: not on the flood risk listSP8 4XT: not on the flood risk listSP8 4YN: not on the flood risk listSP8 4YP: not on the flood risk listSP8 4YR: not on the flood risk listSP8 4YS: not on the flood risk listSP8 4YU: not on the flood risk listSP8 5FB: not on the flood risk listSP8 5JG: not on the flood risk listSP8 5JQ: not on the flood risk listSP8 5NG: not on the flood risk listSP8 4AL: low flood risk at worstSP8 4AN: low flood risk at worstSP8 4AU: low flood risk at worstSP8 4DL: low flood risk at worstSP8 4DX: low flood risk at worstSP8 4DZ: low flood risk at worstSP8 4EL: low flood risk at worstSP8 4EN: low flood risk at worstSP8 4GR: low flood risk at worstSP8 4HH: low flood risk at worstSP8 4JN: low flood risk at worstSP8 4JY: low flood risk at worstSP8 4LS: low flood risk at worstSP8 4LX: low flood risk at worstSP8 4QA: low flood risk at worstSP8 4QF: low flood risk at worstSP8 4RE: low flood risk at worstSP8 4UB: low flood risk at worstSP8 4WE: low flood risk at worstSP8 4AD: medium flood risk at worstSP8 4AG: medium flood risk at worstSP8 4AJ: medium flood risk at worstSP8 4ER: medium flood risk at worstSP8 4EW: medium flood risk at worstSP8 4HW: medium flood risk at worstSP8 4RZ: medium flood risk at worstSP8 4AA: high flood riskSP8 4AP: high flood riskSP8 4AR: high flood riskSP8 4AX: high flood riskSP8 4AY: high flood riskSP8 4BB: high flood riskSP8 4BP: high flood riskSP8 4EF: high flood riskSP8 4FZ: high flood riskSP8 4HJ: high flood riskSP8 4NA: high flood riskSP8 4NX: high flood riskSP8 4PG: high flood riskSP8 4QS: high flood riskSP8 4ST: high flood riskSP8 4UA: high flood riskSP8 4XH: high flood risk Gillingham, Dorset 13 postcodes at high or medium risk, outlined: this goes to SP8 4AY, the one with most homes and businesses at high risk13 postcodes at high or medium risk Map of every postcode in Gillingham, Dorset, by flood risk Of the 320 postcodes in Gillingham, Dorset that ONS places, 17 have a home or business at high risk, 7 are at medium risk at worst, 20 are at low risk at worst and 276 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. Places named: Gillingham, Dorset. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 500 m. Gillingham, Dorset
  • A home or business at high risk: 17
  • At medium risk at worst: 7
  • At low risk at worst: 20
  • At very low risk only: 0
  • Not on the at-risk list: 276
  • Outline: where 5 or more postcodes at high or medium risk lie together

Of the 320 postcodes in Gillingham, Dorset that ONS places, 17 have a home or business at high risk, 7 are at medium risk at worst, 20 are at low risk at worst and 276 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 51.0387, longitude -2.2758. 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

17 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.

SP8 4AY9 at high riskSP8 4QS8 at high riskSP8 4AA8 at high riskSP8 4EF6 at high riskSP8 4NA6 at high riskSP8 4NX6 at high riskSP8 4AP4 at high riskSP8 4BP3 at high riskSP8 4AR3 at high riskSP8 4AX2 at high riskSP8 4FZ2 at high riskSP8 4XH1 at high risk

Where the postcodes at high or medium risk lie together

  • 13 postcodes at high or medium risk, outlined on the map. SP8 4AY, is the one with most homes and businesses at high risk.

What is it like to live in Gillingham, Dorset?

Homes sold for a typical £255,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 1.2% on the 12 months before. At 227 of the 317 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 149 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 44 of its 320 postcodes. It has 3 primary schools and 1 secondary school at its postcodes. One GP practice is at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Gillingham (Dorset), 550 metres 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 Gillingham, Dorset?

Homes in Gillingham, Dorset sold for a typical £255,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 195 sales, up 1.2% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.

£255,000 typical price, the 12 months to August 2026
£252,000 12 months to August 2025
▲ up 1.2% on the 12 months before
  • Detached £364,500 77 sales
  • Semi-detached £250,000 49 sales
  • Terraced £218,000 51 sales
  • Flat or maisonette £132,500 18 sales

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

Across the whole SP8 district, Gillingham, Dorset's main postcode district: a typical £278,000.

Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Gillingham, Dorset: 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 Gillingham, Dorset?

8 of the 320 postcodes now in use in Gillingham, Dorset came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 3 of the 250 homes sold in Gillingham, Dorset were newly built (1%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the SP8 district, 13%.

The newest postcodes

SP8 4QLsince February 2025SP8 4YRsince November 2022SP8 4YSsince September 2022SP8 4YPsince August 2022SP8 4YNsince March 2022SP8 4YUsince February 2022

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 Gillingham, DorsetAcross the SP8 district
The 12 months to August 2026 0 of 195 (0%) 5 of 237 (2%)
The 12 months to August 2025 3 of 250 (1%) 46 of 344 (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 Gillingham, Dorset?

Ofcom reports on 317 of the 320 postcodes in Gillingham, Dorset. At 227 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband.

Postcodes where every home can get gigabit227 of 317
Postcodes where every home can get superfast302 of 317

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 Gillingham, Dorset at risk of flooding?

44 of the 320 postcodes in Gillingham, Dorset 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 149 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk.

Homes and businesses in an area at risk, at 44 of 320 postcodes High: 63Medium: 86Low: 188

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 Gillingham, Dorset?

The open schools at the postcodes in Gillingham, Dorset. A school for ages 4 to 18 is listed under both. 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 Gillingham, Dorset?

The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Gillingham, Dorset is Gillingham (Dorset) Rail Station, 550 m away in a straight line.

  • Gillingham (Dorset) Rail Station Railway station 550 mWalk
  • Templecombe Rail Station Railway station 10.7 kmDrive
  • Tisbury Rail Station Railway station 14.0 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 Gillingham, Dorset?

The GP practices at the postcodes in Gillingham, Dorset. 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 Gillingham, Dorset safe? Crime recorded around it

Police.uk records 523 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Gillingham, Dorset 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. 37 September 2025
  2. 50 October 2025
  3. 46 November 2025
  4. 38 December 2025
  5. 36 January 2026
  6. 25 February 2026
  7. 41 March 2026
  8. 36 April 2026
  9. 47 May 2026
  10. 55 June 2026
  11. 60 July 2026
  12. 52 August 2026

By kind, over the 12 months

Violence and sexual offences168 reports
Anti-social behaviour143 reports
Criminal damage and arson58 reports
Other theft38 reports
Public order25 reports
Burglary24 reports
Vehicle crime24 reports
Shoplifting20 reports

Also: other crime 9, possession of weapons 5, bicycle theft 3, drugs 3, theft from the person 2, robbery 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 Gillingham, Dorset?

Council
Dorset
Parliamentary constituency
North Dorset
Police force area
Dorset
Region
South West
Country
England
MP
Simon Hoare (Conservative)

All 320 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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Gillingham, Dorset postcodes

320 postcodes in use in Gillingham, Dorset, by district:

SP8 postcode district,320 postcodes

That district is in the SP postcode area.

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Places near Gillingham, Dorset

With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Gillingham, Dorset's £255,000. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.

Mere5.7 km, £365,000Shaftesbury6.9 km, £282,000Marnhull8.2 km, £375,000Wincanton9.6 km, £277,500Henstridge10.8 km, £235,000Templecombe10.8 km, £230,000Stalbridge11.3 km, £327,500Sturminster Newton12.4 km, £277,000 All places A to Z

Questions about Gillingham, Dorset

What is it like to live in Gillingham, Dorset?
Homes sold for a typical £255,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 1.2% on the 12 months before. At 227 of the 317 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 149 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 44 of its 320 postcodes. It has 3 primary schools and 1 secondary school at its postcodes. One GP practice is at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Gillingham (Dorset), 550 metres 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 Gillingham, Dorset?
Gillingham, Dorset is covered by postcode district SP8, across 320 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Which council is Gillingham, Dorset in?
Gillingham, Dorset is in the Dorset council area. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Who is the MP for Gillingham, Dorset?
Gillingham, Dorset is in the North Dorset parliamentary constituency. Its MP is Simon Hoare (Conservative), as UK Parliament listed them on 14 October 2026. Constituency: ONS Postcode Directory.
How much are houses in Gillingham, Dorset?
Homes in Gillingham, Dorset sold for a typical £255,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 195 sales, up 1.2% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
What schools are in Gillingham, Dorset?
In Gillingham, Dorset, primary schools at its postcodes include Gillingham Primary School, Wyke Primary School and St Mary the Virgin Church of England Primary School; secondary schools at its postcodes include Gillingham School. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026.
Does Gillingham, Dorset have a railway station?
Yes: Gillingham (Dorset) is 550 metres from the centre point of the postcodes in Gillingham, Dorset, in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
What broadband can you get in Gillingham, Dorset?
Ofcom reports on 317 of the 320 postcodes in Gillingham, Dorset. At 227 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband. Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
Is Gillingham, Dorset at risk of flooding?
44 of the 320 postcodes in Gillingham, Dorset 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 149 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 Gillingham, Dorset?
8 of the 320 postcodes now in use in Gillingham, Dorset came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 3 of the 250 homes sold in Gillingham, Dorset were newly built (1%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the SP8 district, 13%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.

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