Wareham
Wareham is covered by postcode district BH20. It is in the Dorset council area, England.
Every postcode in Wareham, and which are new since 2020
- New since 2020: 5
- In use before 2020: 211
Of the 216 postcodes in Wareham that ONS places, 5 are new since 2020 and 211 were in use before 2020.
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. New since 2020 means it came into use in January 2020 or later. 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; when each came into use: the same directory; 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
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.
- 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
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
| Period | In Wareham | Across 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.
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 checkerSource: 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.
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.
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.
- Wareham Surgery Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report March 2016, over 3 years old · Phone 01929 553444 400 mWalk
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
- 24 September 2025
- 23 October 2025
- 24 November 2025
- 21 December 2025
- 17 January 2026
- 34 February 2026
- 45 March 2026
- 44 April 2026
- 34 May 2026
- 31 June 2026
- 42 July 2026
- 27 August 2026
By kind, over the 12 months
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 postcodeSource: 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.
- Tell Dorset about council tax Council tax, on dorsetcouncil.gov.uk
- Register to vote at the new address Register to vote on GOV.UK
- Register with a GP practice The GP practices in Wareham
- Take meter readings on the day you move in
- Power cut? Call 105. It is free. About 105, the power cut number
- Find out your bin day Find your rubbish collection day on GOV.UK
Wareham postcodes
216 postcodes in use in Wareham, by district:
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.
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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