Sturminster Newton

Sturminster Newton is covered by postcode district DT10. It is in the Dorset council area, England.

Typical price £277,000 Homes sold in Sturminster Newton, last 12 months. ▼ 3.7% on the year before Gigabit broadband 86 of 121 postcodes where every home and business can get it Flooding Some at high risk 2 of 133 postcodes have a home or business in an area at risk; 1 homes and businesses at high or medium risk Schools 3 1 primary school, 1 secondary school and 1 all-through school at its postcodes

Every postcode in Sturminster Newton, by flood risk

Map of every postcode in Sturminster Newton, by flood risk Of the 133 postcodes in Sturminster Newton that ONS places, 1 have a home or business at high risk, 1 are at low risk at worst and 131 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. Places named: Sturminster Newton. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 250 m. A357 DT10 1AA: not on the flood risk listDT10 1AB: not on the flood risk listDT10 1AD: not on the flood risk listDT10 1AE: not on the flood risk listDT10 1AF: not on the flood risk listDT10 1AG: not on the flood risk listDT10 1AH: not on the flood risk listDT10 1AJ: not on the flood risk listDT10 1AL: not on the flood risk listDT10 1AN: not on the flood risk listDT10 1AP: not on the flood risk listDT10 1AQ: not on the flood risk listDT10 1AR: not on the flood risk listDT10 1AS: not on the flood risk listDT10 1AU: not on the flood risk listDT10 1AW: not on the flood risk listDT10 1AX: not on the flood risk listDT10 1AY: not on the flood risk listDT10 1AZ: not on the flood risk listDT10 1BA: not on the flood risk listDT10 1BB: not on the flood risk listDT10 1BD: not on the flood risk listDT10 1BE: not on the flood risk listDT10 1BG: not on the flood risk listDT10 1BH: not on the flood risk listDT10 1BJ: not on the flood risk listDT10 1BL: not on the flood risk listDT10 1BN: not on the flood risk listDT10 1BP: not on the flood risk listDT10 1BQ: not on the flood risk listDT10 1BS: not on the flood risk listDT10 1BX: not on the flood risk listDT10 1BY: not on the flood risk listDT10 1BZ: not on the flood risk listDT10 1DA: not on the flood risk listDT10 1DB: not on the flood risk listDT10 1DD: not on the flood risk listDT10 1DE: not on the flood risk listDT10 1DF: not on the flood risk listDT10 1DG: not on the flood risk listDT10 1DH: not on the flood risk listDT10 1DJ: not on the flood risk listDT10 1DL: not on the flood risk listDT10 1DP: not on the flood risk listDT10 1DQ: not on the flood risk listDT10 1DR: not on the flood risk listDT10 1DS: not on the flood risk listDT10 1DT: not on the flood risk listDT10 1DU: not on the flood risk listDT10 1DW: not on the flood risk listDT10 1DX: not on the flood risk listDT10 1DY: not on the flood risk listDT10 1DZ: not on the flood risk listDT10 1EA: not on the flood risk listDT10 1EB: not on the flood risk listDT10 1ED: not on the flood risk listDT10 1EE: not on the flood risk listDT10 1EF: not on the flood risk listDT10 1EG: not on the flood risk listDT10 1EH: not on the flood risk listDT10 1EJ: not on the flood risk listDT10 1EL: not on the flood risk listDT10 1EN: not on the flood risk listDT10 1EP: not on the flood risk listDT10 1EQ: not on the flood risk listDT10 1ER: not on the flood risk listDT10 1ES: not on the flood risk listDT10 1ET: not on the flood risk listDT10 1EU: not on the flood risk listDT10 1EW: not on the flood risk listDT10 1FA: not on the flood risk listDT10 1FB: not on the flood risk listDT10 1FD: not on the flood risk listDT10 1FE: not on the flood risk listDT10 1FF: not on the flood risk listDT10 1FG: not on the flood risk listDT10 1FH: not on the flood risk listDT10 1FJ: not on the flood risk listDT10 1FP: not on the flood risk listDT10 1FR: not on the flood risk listDT10 1FU: not on the flood risk listDT10 1FW: not on the flood risk listDT10 1FZ: not on the flood risk listDT10 1GA: not on the flood risk listDT10 1GD: not on the flood risk listDT10 1GE: not on the flood risk listDT10 1GF: not on the flood risk listDT10 1JE: not on the flood risk listDT10 1JF: not on the flood risk listDT10 1JG: not on the flood risk listDT10 1LU: not on the flood risk listDT10 1LX: not on the flood risk listDT10 1LZ: not on the flood risk listDT10 1PE: not on the flood risk listDT10 1PF: not on the flood risk listDT10 1PG: not on the flood risk listDT10 1QH: not on the flood risk listDT10 1QJ: not on the flood risk listDT10 1QL: not on the flood risk listDT10 1QN: not on the flood risk listDT10 1QP: not on the flood risk listDT10 1QS: not on the flood risk listDT10 1QT: not on the flood risk listDT10 1QU: not on the flood risk listDT10 1QW: not on the flood risk listDT10 1QX: not on the flood risk listDT10 1QY: not on the flood risk listDT10 1QZ: not on the flood risk listDT10 1RA: not on the flood risk listDT10 2DH: not on the flood risk listDT10 2DJ: not on the flood risk listDT10 2DL: not on the flood risk listDT10 2DN: not on the flood risk listDT10 2DQ: not on the flood risk listDT10 2EU: not on the flood risk listDT10 2HN: not on the flood risk listDT10 2HW: not on the flood risk listDT10 2PX: not on the flood risk listDT10 2HP: low flood risk at worstDT10 1BU: high flood risk Sturminster Newton Map of every postcode in Sturminster Newton, by flood risk Of the 133 postcodes in Sturminster Newton that ONS places, 1 have a home or business at high risk, 1 are at low risk at worst and 131 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. Places named: Sturminster Newton. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 500 m. A357 Sturminster Newton
  • A home or business at high risk: 1
  • At medium risk at worst: 0
  • At low risk at worst: 1
  • At very low risk only: 0
  • Not on the at-risk list: 131

Of the 133 postcodes in Sturminster Newton that ONS places, 1 have a home or business at high risk, 1 are at low risk at worst and 131 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. Where marks overlap, the one first in the key is drawn; the counts include every postcode.

The middle of its postcodes: latitude 50.9287, longitude -2.3029. 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.

DT10 1BU1 at high risk

What is it like to live in Sturminster Newton?

Homes sold for a typical £277,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, down 3.7% on the 12 months before. At 86 of the 121 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 1 home or business at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 2 of its 133 postcodes. It has 1 primary school, 1 secondary school and 1 all-through school at its postcodes. One GP practice is at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Templecombe, 11.4 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 Sturminster Newton?

Homes in Sturminster Newton sold for a typical £277,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 55 sales, down 3.7% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.

£277,000 typical price, the 12 months to August 2026
£287,500 12 months to August 2025
▼ down 3.7% on the 12 months before
  • Detached £390,000 19 sales
  • Semi-detached £279,995 13 sales
  • Terraced £235,000 13 sales
  • Flat or maisonette £126,500 10 sales

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

Across the whole DT10 district, Sturminster Newton's main postcode district: a typical £327,500.

Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Sturminster Newton: 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 Sturminster Newton?

10 of the 133 postcodes now in use in Sturminster Newton came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 7 of the 72 homes sold in Sturminster Newton were newly built (10%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the DT10 district, 13%.

The newest postcodes

DT10 9BYsince November 2025DT10 9BWsince October 2025DT10 1GFsince January 2024DT10 1GDsince December 2023DT10 9BXsince October 2023DT10 1GEsince September 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 Sturminster NewtonAcross the DT10 district
The 12 months to August 2026 5 of 55 (9%) 12 of 161 (7%)
The 12 months to August 2025 7 of 72 (10%) 27 of 205 (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 Sturminster Newton?

Ofcom reports on 121 of the 133 postcodes in Sturminster Newton. At 86 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband.

Postcodes where every home can get gigabit86 of 121
Postcodes where every home can get superfast119 of 121

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 Sturminster Newton at risk of flooding?

2 of the 133 postcodes in Sturminster Newton 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 1 home or business in an area at high or medium risk.

Homes and businesses in an area at risk, at 2 of 133 postcodes High: 1Low: 1

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 Sturminster Newton?

The open schools at the postcodes in Sturminster Newton. 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 Sturminster Newton?

The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Sturminster Newton is Templecombe Rail Station, 11.4 km away in a straight line.

  • Templecombe Rail Station Railway station 11.4 kmDrive
  • Gillingham (Dorset) Rail Station Railway station 11.9 kmDrive
  • Sherborne Rail Station Railway station 14.8 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 Sturminster Newton?

The GP practices at the postcodes in Sturminster Newton. 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 Sturminster Newton safe? Crime recorded around it

Police.uk records 297 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Sturminster Newton 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. 19 September 2025
  2. 24 October 2025
  3. 20 November 2025
  4. 14 December 2025
  5. 24 January 2026
  6. 24 February 2026
  7. 23 March 2026
  8. 28 April 2026
  9. 34 May 2026
  10. 24 June 2026
  11. 33 July 2026
  12. 30 August 2026

By kind, over the 12 months

Violence and sexual offences122 reports
Anti-social behaviour104 reports
Criminal damage and arson18 reports
Public order11 reports
Other theft11 reports
Shoplifting10 reports
Other crime6 reports
Burglary5 reports

Also: drugs 4, vehicle crime 3, possession of weapons 2, 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 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 Sturminster Newton?

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

All 133 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 Sturminster Newton

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Sturminster Newton postcodes

133 postcodes in use in Sturminster Newton, by district:

DT10 postcode district,133 postcodes

That district is in the DT postcode area.

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Places near Sturminster Newton

With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Sturminster Newton's £277,000. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.

Marnhull4.7 km, £375,000Stalbridge6.1 km, £327,500Henstridge8.3 km, £235,000Templecombe11.3 km, £230,000Shaftesbury11.7 km, £282,000Milborne Port12.1 km, £278,000Gillingham, Dorset12.4 km, £255,000Blandford Forum12.6 km, £290,000 All places A to Z

Questions about Sturminster Newton

What is it like to live in Sturminster Newton?
Homes sold for a typical £277,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, down 3.7% on the 12 months before. At 86 of the 121 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 1 home or business at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 2 of its 133 postcodes. It has 1 primary school, 1 secondary school and 1 all-through school at its postcodes. One GP practice is at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Templecombe, 11.4 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 Sturminster Newton?
Sturminster Newton is covered by postcode district DT10, across 133 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Which council is Sturminster Newton in?
Sturminster Newton is in the Dorset council area. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Who is the MP for Sturminster Newton?
Sturminster Newton 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 Sturminster Newton?
Homes in Sturminster Newton sold for a typical £277,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 55 sales, down 3.7% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
What schools are in Sturminster Newton?
In Sturminster Newton, primary schools at its postcodes include Yewstock School and William Barnes Primary School; secondary schools at its postcodes include Yewstock School and Sturminster Newton High School. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026.
Does Sturminster Newton have a railway station?
The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Sturminster Newton is Templecombe, 11.4 km away in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
What broadband can you get in Sturminster Newton?
Ofcom reports on 121 of the 133 postcodes in Sturminster Newton. At 86 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband. Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
Is Sturminster Newton at risk of flooding?
2 of the 133 postcodes in Sturminster Newton 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 1 home or business 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 Sturminster Newton?
10 of the 133 postcodes now in use in Sturminster Newton came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 7 of the 72 homes sold in Sturminster Newton were newly built (10%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the DT10 district, 13%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.

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