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Shaftesbury

From July 2023 to June 2026, homes in Shaftesbury typically sold for £280,250. Half of the 581 sales were between £220k and £380k, against a typical £345,000 across Dorset.

Postcode SP7

All of Dorset
Gillingham Outer, Bourton & MotcombeChild Okeford & Iwerne Minster
Shaftesbury and the neighbourhoods next to it, in Dorset.Open the map
Typical price Typical priceThe middle sale. Half sold for more and half for less. £280k half sold for £220k to £380k
Homes sold Homes soldHomes sold from July 2023 to June 2026. 581 July 2023 to June 2026
Over 5 years Over 5 yearsThe change in the typical price against the same three years five years before. +16.8% typical price, against 5 years before
New builds 15% of sales · 12% leasehold

By type of home

What homes sold for

The band is the middle half of sales, a quarter sold for less and a quarter for more, with the typical price marked. The dashed line is the typical price for the same type across Dorset.

  • Detached £435,000 typical
    Half between £360k and £515k · 181 sales · Dorset £482k
  • Semi-detached £280,000 typical
    Half between £249k and £325k · 135 sales · Dorset £328k
  • Terraced £231,500 typical
    Half between £203k and £275k · 201 sales · Dorset £275k
  • Flat £141,500 typical
    Half between £110k and £182k · 64 sales · Dorset £187k

Since 1995

Each year in Shaftesbury

This neighbourhood Dorset Homes sold
£0£200k£400k 1995: £53,0001996: £51,7501997: £49,7251998: £57,0001999: £75,8752000: £89,0002001: £85,7502002: £114,9502003: £136,7252004: £164,0002005: £161,4752006: £175,0002007: £184,5002008: £187,0002009: £175,0002010: £191,0002011: £175,5002012: £190,0002013: £200,0002014: £189,9952015: £195,0002016: £192,5002017: £220,0002018: £230,0002019: £225,0002020: £240,0002021: £273,7502022: £292,5252023: £296,7502024: £289,7502025: £275,000 1995: 136 sold1996: 178 sold1997: 170 sold1998: 171 sold1999: 264 sold2000: 239 sold2001: 264 sold2002: 221 sold2003: 242 sold2004: 191 sold2005: 216 sold2006: 207 sold2007: 183 sold2008: 115 sold2009: 111 sold2010: 152 sold2011: 166 sold2012: 139 sold2013: 171 sold2014: 237 sold2015: 263 sold2016: 255 sold2017: 194 sold2018: 266 sold2019: 148 sold2020: 179 sold2021: 234 sold2022: 184 sold2023: 222 sold2024: 201 sold2025: 202 sold 1995200020052010201520202025
£0£200k£400k 1995: £53,0001996: £51,7501997: £49,7251998: £57,0001999: £75,8752000: £89,0002001: £85,7502002: £114,9502003: £136,7252004: £164,0002005: £161,4752006: £175,0002007: £184,5002008: £187,0002009: £175,0002010: £191,0002011: £175,5002012: £190,0002013: £200,0002014: £189,9952015: £195,0002016: £192,5002017: £220,0002018: £230,0002019: £225,0002020: £240,0002021: £273,7502022: £292,5252023: £296,7502024: £289,7502025: £275,000 1995: 136 sold1996: 178 sold1997: 170 sold1998: 171 sold1999: 264 sold2000: 239 sold2001: 264 sold2002: 221 sold2003: 242 sold2004: 191 sold2005: 216 sold2006: 207 sold2007: 183 sold2008: 115 sold2009: 111 sold2010: 152 sold2011: 166 sold2012: 139 sold2013: 171 sold2014: 237 sold2015: 263 sold2016: 255 sold2017: 194 sold2018: 266 sold2019: 148 sold2020: 179 sold2021: 234 sold2022: 184 sold2023: 222 sold2024: 201 sold2025: 202 sold 199520102025

The typical price is the middle sale of each full year, shown where at least 5 homes sold. It moves with which homes happened to sell, so a single year can jump.

The homes that sell here

  • Terraced35% · Dorset 24%
  • Detached31% · Dorset 39%
  • Semi-detached23% · Dorset 21%
  • Flat11% · Dorset 15%

New builds and leaseholds

New builds, share of sales15% · Dorset 7%
Leaseholds, share of sales12% · Dorset 16%

New builds can take up to a year to appear in Land Registry's figures, so the latest year may show fewer than were sold.

Next door

Neighbourhoods around Shaftesbury

About these figures

Every standard home sale registered with HM Land Registry since 1995: homes sold at full market value to a person, so repossessions and sales to companies are left out. Recent months fill in as late sales are registered. Not financial advice.

Sources and licences

Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Neighbourhood names: contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 (House of Commons Library). Neighbourhood boundaries and the postcode lookup: source, Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2026.