Wool

Wool is covered by postcode districts BH20 and DT2. It is in the Dorset council area, England.

Typical price £300,000 Homes sold in Wool, last 12 months. ▼ 6.2% on the year before Gigabit broadband 27 of 123 postcodes where every home and business can get it Flooding Some at high risk 14 of 131 postcodes have a home or business in an area at risk; 49 homes and businesses at high or medium risk Schools 3 3 primary schools at its postcodes

Every postcode in Wool, by flood risk

Map of every postcode in Wool, by flood risk Of the 131 postcodes in Wool that ONS places, 8 have a home or business at high risk, 1 are at medium risk at worst, 5 are at low risk at worst and 117 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. One group of postcodes at high or medium risk is outlined: 5 postcodes at high or medium risk. Places named: Wool. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 500 m. A352 BH20 6AZ: not on the flood risk listBH20 6BG: not on the flood risk listBH20 6BH: not on the flood risk listBH20 6BU: not on the flood risk listBH20 6BW: not on the flood risk listBH20 6BX: not on the flood risk listBH20 6BY: not on the flood risk listBH20 6BZ: not on the flood risk listBH20 6DA: not on the flood risk listBH20 6DG: not on the flood risk listBH20 6DH: not on the flood risk listBH20 6DJ: not on the flood risk listBH20 6DL: not on the flood risk listBH20 6DN: not on the flood risk listBH20 6DP: not on the flood risk listBH20 6DQ: not on the flood risk listBH20 6DR: not on the flood risk listBH20 6DS: not on the flood risk listBH20 6DT: not on the flood risk listBH20 6DU: not on the flood risk listBH20 6DW: not on the flood risk listBH20 6DX: not on the flood risk listBH20 6DY: not on the flood risk listBH20 6DZ: not on the flood risk listBH20 6EA: not on the flood risk listBH20 6EB: not on the flood risk listBH20 6ED: not on the flood risk listBH20 6EE: not on the flood risk listBH20 6EF: not on the flood risk listBH20 6EG: not on the flood risk listBH20 6EH: not on the flood risk listBH20 6EJ: not on the flood risk listBH20 6EL: not on the flood risk listBH20 6EN: not on the flood risk listBH20 6EP: not on the flood risk listBH20 6EQ: not on the flood risk listBH20 6ER: not on the flood risk listBH20 6ES: not on the flood risk listBH20 6ET: not on the flood risk listBH20 6EW: not on the flood risk listBH20 6EX: not on the flood risk listBH20 6EZ: not on the flood risk listBH20 6FD: not on the flood risk listBH20 6FE: not on the flood risk listBH20 6FF: not on the flood risk listBH20 6HA: not on the flood risk listBH20 6HB: not on the flood risk listBH20 6HD: not on the flood risk listBH20 6HF: not on the flood risk listBH20 6HG: not on the flood risk listBH20 6HN: not on the flood risk listBH20 6HR: not on the flood risk listBH20 6HT: not on the flood risk listBH20 6HU: not on the flood risk listBH20 6HX: not on the flood risk listBH20 6HY: not on the flood risk listBH20 6HZ: not on the flood risk listBH20 6JA: not on the flood risk listBH20 6JB: not on the flood risk listBH20 6JD: not on the flood risk listBH20 6JF: not on the flood risk listBH20 6JG: not on the flood risk listBH20 6JJ: not on the flood risk listBH20 6JL: not on the flood risk listBH20 6JN: not on the flood risk listBH20 6JP: not on the flood risk listBH20 6JQ: not on the flood risk listBH20 6JR: not on the flood risk listBH20 6JS: not on the flood risk listBH20 6JT: not on the flood risk listBH20 6JU: not on the flood risk listBH20 6JW: not on the flood risk listBH20 6JX: not on the flood risk listBH20 6JY: not on the flood risk listBH20 6JZ: not on the flood risk listBH20 6LA: not on the flood risk listBH20 6LB: not on the flood risk listBH20 6LD: not on the flood risk listBH20 6LE: not on the flood risk listBH20 6LG: not on the flood risk listBH20 6LH: not on the flood risk listBH20 6LJ: not on the flood risk listBH20 6LL: not on the flood risk listBH20 6LN: not on the flood risk listBH20 6LP: not on the flood risk listBH20 6LQ: not on the flood risk listBH20 6LR: not on the flood risk listBH20 6LS: not on the flood risk listBH20 6LT: not on the flood risk listBH20 6LW: not on the flood risk listBH20 6NA: not on the flood risk listBH20 6NF: not on the flood risk listBH20 6NG: not on the flood risk listBH20 6NH: not on the flood risk listBH20 6NJ: not on the flood risk listBH20 6NL: not on the flood risk listBH20 6NN: not on the flood risk listBH20 6NP: not on the flood risk listBH20 6NS: not on the flood risk listBH20 6NT: not on the flood risk listBH20 6NW: not on the flood risk listBH20 6NY: not on the flood risk listBH20 6PB: not on the flood risk listBH20 6PD: not on the flood risk listBH20 6PE: not on the flood risk listBH20 6PF: not on the flood risk listBH20 6PH: not on the flood risk listBH20 6PJ: not on the flood risk listBH20 6SH: not on the flood risk listDT2 8GB: not on the flood risk listDT2 8QQ: not on the flood risk listDT2 8WQ: not on the flood risk listDT2 8XJ: not on the flood risk listBH20 6DD: low flood risk at worstBH20 6NR: low flood risk at worstBH20 6PA: low flood risk at worstDT2 8DZ: low flood risk at worstDT2 8RL: low flood risk at worstBH20 6BT: medium flood risk at worstBH20 6BL: high flood riskBH20 6BP: high flood riskBH20 6DB: high flood riskBH20 6DE: high flood riskBH20 6EY: high flood riskBH20 6HE: high flood riskBH20 6HL: high flood riskDT2 8ZB: high flood risk Wool 5 postcodes at high or medium risk, outlined: this goes to BH20 6BL, the one with most homes and businesses at high risk5 postcodes at high or medium risk Map of every postcode in Wool, by flood risk Of the 131 postcodes in Wool that ONS places, 8 have a home or business at high risk, 1 are at medium risk at worst, 5 are at low risk at worst and 117 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. One group of postcodes at high or medium risk is outlined: 5 postcodes at high or medium risk. Places named: Wool. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 500 m. Wool
  • A home or business at high risk: 8
  • At medium risk at worst: 1
  • At low risk at worst: 5
  • At very low risk only: 0
  • Not on the at-risk list: 117
  • Outline: where 5 or more postcodes at high or medium risk lie together

Of the 131 postcodes in Wool that ONS places, 8 have a home or business at high risk, 1 are at medium risk at worst, 5 are at low risk at worst and 117 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 190 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 50.6880, longitude -2.2347. 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 6BL19 at high riskBH20 6DB5 at high riskBH20 6HL5 at high riskBH20 6BP4 at high riskBH20 6HE3 at high riskBH20 6DE3 at high riskDT2 8ZB1 at high riskBH20 6EY1 at high risk

Where the postcodes at high or medium risk lie together

  • 5 postcodes at high or medium risk, outlined on the map. BH20 6BL, is the one with most homes and businesses at high risk.

What is it like to live in Wool?

Homes sold for a typical £300,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, down 6.2% on the 12 months before. At 27 of the 123 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 49 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 14 of its 131 postcodes. It has 3 primary schools at its postcodes. One GP practice is at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Wool, 1.2 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 Wool?

Homes in Wool sold for a typical £300,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 44 sales, down 6.2% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.

£300,000 typical price, the 12 months to August 2026
£320,000 12 months to August 2025
▼ down 6.2% on the 12 months before
  • Detached £392,500 18 sales
  • Semi-detached £300,000 9 sales
  • Terraced £262,500 11 sales
  • Flat or maisonette £163,000 6 sales

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

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

Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Wool: 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 Wool?

2 of the 131 postcodes now in use in Wool came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 0 of the 58 homes sold in Wool were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the BH20 district, 0%.

The newest postcodes

DT2 8QQsince February 2025BH20 6PFsince December 2021

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 WoolAcross the BH20 district
The 12 months to August 2026 0 of 44 (0%) 0 of 209 (0%)
The 12 months to August 2025 0 of 58 (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 Wool?

Ofcom reports on 123 of the 131 postcodes in Wool. At 27 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband, and at 2 some cannot get decent broadband (10 Mbit/s).

Postcodes where every home can get gigabit27 of 123
Postcodes where every home can get superfast104 of 123
Postcodes where some cannot get decent broadband2 of 123

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 Wool at risk of flooding?

14 of the 131 postcodes in Wool 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 49 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk.

Homes and businesses in an area at risk, at 14 of 131 postcodes High: 41Medium: 8Low: 22

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 Wool?

The primary schools are at the postcodes in Wool. 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 Wool?

The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Wool is Wool Rail Station, 1.2 km away in a straight line.

  • Wool Rail Station Railway station 1.2 kmWalk
  • Moreton (Dorset) Rail Station Railway station 5.7 kmDrive
  • Wareham Rail Station Railway station 8.4 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 Wool?

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

Police.uk records 267 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Wool 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. 23 September 2025
  2. 32 October 2025
  3. 20 November 2025
  4. 23 December 2025
  5. 18 January 2026
  6. 14 February 2026
  7. 23 March 2026
  8. 12 April 2026
  9. 17 May 2026
  10. 22 June 2026
  11. 27 July 2026
  12. 36 August 2026

By kind, over the 12 months

Violence and sexual offences98 reports
Anti-social behaviour95 reports
Other theft23 reports
Public order16 reports
Criminal damage and arson8 reports
Burglary8 reports
Vehicle crime8 reports
Shoplifting6 reports

Also: other crime 2, theft from the person 1, drugs 1, 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 Wool?

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

All 131 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 Wool

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Wool postcodes

131 postcodes in use in Wool, by district:

BH20 postcode district,124 postcodesDT2 postcode district,7 postcodes

Those districts are in the BH postcode area and DT postcode area.

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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 Wool

With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Wool's £300,000. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.

Crossways6.8 km, £316,000Wareham8.5 km, £350,000Puddletown10.3 km, £300,000Lytchett Matravers13.4 km, £430,000Dorchester15.1 km, £290,000Upton15.4 km, £305,000Weymouth17.7 km, £270,000Corfe Mullen17.8 km, £397,500 All places A to Z

Questions about Wool

What is it like to live in Wool?
Homes sold for a typical £300,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, down 6.2% on the 12 months before. At 27 of the 123 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 49 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 14 of its 131 postcodes. It has 3 primary schools at its postcodes. One GP practice is at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Wool, 1.2 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 Wool?
Wool is covered by postcode districts BH20 and DT2, across 131 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Which council is Wool in?
Wool is in the Dorset council area. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Who is the MP for Wool?
Wool 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 Wool?
Homes in Wool sold for a typical £300,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 44 sales, down 6.2% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
What schools are in Wool?
In Wool, primary schools at its postcodes include St Mary & St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Bovington Academy and Wool Church of England Primary School; the nearest secondary school to the middle of its postcodes is The Purbeck School, 7.9 km away in a straight line. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026.
Does Wool have a railway station?
Yes: Wool is 1.2 km from the centre point of the postcodes in Wool, in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
What broadband can you get in Wool?
Ofcom reports on 123 of the 131 postcodes in Wool. At 27 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband, and at 2 some cannot get decent broadband (10 Mbit/s). Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
Is Wool at risk of flooding?
14 of the 131 postcodes in Wool 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 49 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 Wool?
2 of the 131 postcodes now in use in Wool came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 0 of the 58 homes sold in Wool 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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