Wareham

Wareham is covered by postcode district BH20. It is in the Dorset council area, England.

Typical price £350,000 Homes sold in Wareham, last 12 months. ▲ 5.3% on the year before Gigabit broadband 148 of 211 postcodes where every home and business can get it Flooding Some at high risk 14 of 216 postcodes have a home or business in an area at risk; 38 homes and businesses at high or medium risk Schools 2 1 primary school and 1 secondary school at its postcodes

Every postcode in Wareham, by flood risk

Map of every postcode in Wareham, by flood risk Of the 216 postcodes in Wareham that ONS places, 8 have a home or business at high risk, 3 are at medium risk at worst, 3 are at low risk at worst and 202 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. Places named: Wareham. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 250 m. A351 BH20 4AA: not on the flood risk listBH20 4AB: not on the flood risk listBH20 4AD: not on the flood risk listBH20 4AE: not on the flood risk listBH20 4AF: not on the flood risk listBH20 4AG: not on the flood risk listBH20 4AH: not on the flood risk listBH20 4AN: not on the flood risk listBH20 4AQ: not on the flood risk listBH20 4AW: not on the flood risk listBH20 4AX: not on the flood risk listBH20 4AY: not on the flood risk listBH20 4AZ: not on the flood risk listBH20 4BA: not on the flood risk listBH20 4BB: not on the flood risk listBH20 4BD: not on the flood risk listBH20 4BE: not on the flood risk listBH20 4BG: not on the flood risk listBH20 4BH: not on the flood risk listBH20 4BJ: not on the flood risk listBH20 4BL: not on the flood risk listBH20 4BN: not on the flood risk listBH20 4BP: not on the flood risk listBH20 4BQ: not on the flood risk listBH20 4BS: not on the flood risk listBH20 4BT: not on the flood risk listBH20 4BU: not on the flood risk listBH20 4BX: not on the 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flood risk listBH20 4NX: not on the flood risk listBH20 4NY: not on the flood risk listBH20 4PF: not on the flood risk listBH20 4PG: not on the flood risk listBH20 4PH: not on the flood risk listBH20 4PJ: not on the flood risk listBH20 4PL: not on the flood risk listBH20 4PN: not on the flood risk listBH20 4PP: not on the flood risk listBH20 4PQ: not on the flood risk listBH20 4PR: not on the flood risk listBH20 4PS: not on the flood risk listBH20 4PT: not on the flood risk listBH20 4PU: not on the flood risk listBH20 4PW: not on the flood risk listBH20 4PX: not on the flood risk listBH20 4PY: not on the flood risk listBH20 4PZ: not on the flood risk listBH20 4QA: not on the flood risk listBH20 4QB: not on the flood risk listBH20 4QD: not on the flood risk listBH20 4QE: not on the flood risk listBH20 4QF: not on the flood risk listBH20 4QH: not on the flood risk listBH20 4QJ: not on the flood risk listBH20 4QL: not on the flood risk listBH20 4QN: not on the flood risk listBH20 4QP: not on the flood risk listBH20 4QQ: not on the flood risk listBH20 4QR: not on the flood risk listBH20 4QS: not on the flood risk listBH20 4QT: not on the flood risk listBH20 4QU: not on the flood risk listBH20 4QX: not on the flood risk listBH20 4QY: not on the flood risk listBH20 4RA: not on the flood risk listBH20 4RB: not on the flood risk listBH20 4RD: not on the flood risk listBH20 4RE: not on the flood risk listBH20 4RF: not on the flood risk listBH20 4RG: not on the flood risk listBH20 4RN: not on the flood risk listBH20 4RU: not on the flood risk listBH20 4RX: not on the flood risk listBH20 4RY: not on the flood risk listBH20 4RZ: not on the flood risk listBH20 4SA: not on the flood risk listBH20 4SB: not on the flood risk listBH20 4SD: not on the flood risk listBH20 4SE: not on the flood risk listBH20 4SF: not on the flood risk listBH20 4SG: not on the flood risk listBH20 4SH: not on the flood risk listBH20 4SN: not on the flood risk listBH20 4SP: not on the flood risk listBH20 4SQ: not on the flood risk listBH20 4SR: not on the flood risk listBH20 4SW: not on the flood risk listBH20 4AT: low flood risk at worstBH20 4BW: low flood risk at worstBH20 4SJ: low flood risk at worstBH20 4AP: medium flood risk at worstBH20 4EU: medium flood risk at worstBH20 7PQ: medium flood risk at worstBH20 4AR: high flood riskBH20 4AS: high flood riskBH20 4EA: high flood riskBH20 4LP: high flood riskBH20 4LW: high flood riskBH20 4ND: high flood riskBH20 4PB: high flood riskBH20 4QW: high flood risk Wareham Map of every postcode in Wareham, by flood risk Of the 216 postcodes in Wareham that ONS places, 8 have a home or business at high risk, 3 are at medium risk at worst, 3 are at low risk at worst and 202 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. Places named: Wareham. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 500 m. A351 Wareham
  • A home or business at high risk: 8
  • At medium risk at worst: 3
  • At low risk at worst: 3
  • At very low risk only: 0
  • Not on the at-risk list: 202

Of the 216 postcodes in Wareham that ONS places, 8 have a home or business at high risk, 3 are at medium risk at worst, 3 are at low risk at worst and 202 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 50.6900, longitude -2.1135. 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.

BH20 4AR13 at high riskBH20 4LP4 at high riskBH20 4LW4 at high riskBH20 4AS3 at high riskBH20 4EA1 at high riskBH20 4ND1 at high riskBH20 4PB1 at high riskBH20 4QW1 at high risk

What is it like to live in Wareham?

Homes sold for a typical £350,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 5.3% on the 12 months before. At 148 of the 211 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 38 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 14 of its 216 postcodes. It has 1 primary school and 1 secondary school at its postcodes. One GP practice is at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Wareham, 350 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 Wareham?

Homes in Wareham sold for a typical £350,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 74 sales, up 5.3% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.

£350,000 typical price, the 12 months to August 2026
£332,500 12 months to August 2025
▲ up 5.3% on the 12 months before
  • Detached £440,000 21 sales
  • Semi-detached £343,000 15 sales
  • Terraced £305,000 29 sales
  • Flat or maisonette £175,000 9 sales

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

Across the whole BH20 district, Wareham's main postcode district: a typical £380,000.

Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Wareham: 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 Wareham?

5 of the 216 postcodes now in use in Wareham came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 0 of the 82 homes sold in Wareham were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the BH20 district, 0%.

The newest postcodes

BH20 9DTsince May 2026BH20 9DNsince February 2024BH20 4FQsince September 2021BH20 9DBsince October 2020BH20 4FRsince June 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 WarehamAcross the BH20 district
The 12 months to August 2026 0 of 74 (0%) 0 of 209 (0%)
The 12 months to August 2025 0 of 82 (0%) 0 of 244 (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 Wareham?

Ofcom reports on 211 of the 216 postcodes in Wareham. At 148 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband.

Postcodes where every home can get gigabit148 of 211
Postcodes where every home can get superfast197 of 211

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 Wareham at risk of flooding?

14 of the 216 postcodes in Wareham 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 38 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk.

Homes and businesses in an area at risk, at 14 of 216 postcodes High: 28Medium: 10Low: 25Very low: 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 Wareham?

The open schools at the postcodes in Wareham. 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

Find and compare schools in England, on GOV.UK

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 Wareham?

The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Wareham is Wareham Rail Station, 350 m away in a straight line.

  • Wareham Rail Station Railway station 350 mWalk
  • Holton Heath Rail Station Railway station 3.5 kmCycle
  • Corfe Castle Railway station 7.1 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 Wareham?

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

Police.uk records 366 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Wareham 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. 24 September 2025
  2. 23 October 2025
  3. 24 November 2025
  4. 21 December 2025
  5. 17 January 2026
  6. 34 February 2026
  7. 45 March 2026
  8. 44 April 2026
  9. 34 May 2026
  10. 31 June 2026
  11. 42 July 2026
  12. 27 August 2026

By kind, over the 12 months

Violence and sexual offences118 reports
Anti-social behaviour98 reports
Shoplifting40 reports
Criminal damage and arson31 reports
Other theft28 reports
Public order13 reports
Burglary12 reports
Drugs10 reports

Also: vehicle crime 9, possession of weapons 3, robbery 2, bicycle theft 1, other crime 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 Wareham?

Council
Dorset
Parliamentary constituency
Mid Dorset and North Poole
Police force area
Dorset
Region
South West
Country
England
MP
Vikki Slade (Liberal Democrat)

All 216 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 Wareham

Who to tell and what to sort out in your first week.

Who to tell when moving house: the full list Moving house checklist

Wareham postcodes

216 postcodes in use in Wareham, by district:

BH20 postcode district,216 postcodes

That district is in the BH postcode area.

Check a Wareham 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 Wareham

With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Wareham's £350,000. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.

Lytchett Matravers7.8 km, £430,000Upton7.9 km, £305,000Wool8.5 km, £300,000Corfe Mullen11.2 km, £397,500Poole11.8 km, £335,000Swanage13.8 km, £381,250Merley14.5 km, £435,000Bearwood15.3 km, £317,500 All places A to Z

Questions about Wareham

What is it like to live in Wareham?
Homes sold for a typical £350,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 5.3% on the 12 months before. At 148 of the 211 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 38 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 14 of its 216 postcodes. It has 1 primary school and 1 secondary school at its postcodes. One GP practice is at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Wareham, 350 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 Wareham?
Wareham is covered by postcode district BH20, across 216 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Which council is Wareham in?
Wareham is in the Dorset council area. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Who is the MP for Wareham?
Wareham is in the Mid Dorset and North Poole parliamentary constituency. Its MP is Vikki Slade (Liberal Democrat), as UK Parliament listed them on 14 October 2026. Constituency: ONS Postcode Directory.
How much are houses in Wareham?
Homes in Wareham sold for a typical £350,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 74 sales, up 5.3% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
What schools are in Wareham?
In Wareham, primary schools at its postcodes include Wareham St Mary Church of England Primary School; secondary schools at its postcodes include The Purbeck School. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026.
Does Wareham have a railway station?
Yes: Wareham is 350 metres from the centre point of the postcodes in Wareham, in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
What broadband can you get in Wareham?
Ofcom reports on 211 of the 216 postcodes in Wareham. At 148 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband. Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
Is Wareham at risk of flooding?
14 of the 216 postcodes in Wareham 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 38 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 Wareham?
5 of the 216 postcodes now in use in Wareham came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 0 of the 82 homes sold in Wareham were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the BH20 district, 0%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.

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