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On Dorchester Road, in Yeovil South
What it's like at BA20 2RW: every home that has sold on Dorchester Road since 1995 and who owns them, what's happening down the road, crime on the street, a day in the life, history on the doorstep and what's changing nearby. Moving, buying, selling, improving or investing? Pick a lens above for what matters to you.
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2 homes on the street extended (energy certificates).
Sales and extensions on Dorchester Road; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
None of the 31 homes on the street is owned by a company.
| 1, Dorchester RoadDetached | Jun 1995 | £163,000 | – | – | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3a, Dorchester RoadDetached | Oct 2000 | £169,500 | 153 m² | £1,108/m² | 1 |
| Beech House, Dorchester RoadDetached | May 2019 | £640,000 | 298 m² | £2,148/m² | 2 |
| Flat 4, Dorchester Court, Dorchester RoadFlat | Oct 2018 | £150,000 | 58 m² | £2,586/m² | 2 |
| Flat 1, Dorchester Court, Dorchester RoadFlat | Aug 2021 | £147,000 | 24 m² | £6,125/m² | 4 |
| Flat 7, Dorchester Court, Dorchester RoadFlat | Nov 2023 | £183,500 | 99 m² | £1,854/m² | 3 |
| Flat 2, Dorchester Court, Dorchester RoadFlat | Dec 2019 | £142,000 | 62 m² | £2,290/m² | 3 |
| Flat 3, Dorchester Court, Dorchester RoadFlat | Aug 2025 | £163,000 | 71 m² | £2,296/m² | 2 |
| Flat 5, Dorchester Court, Dorchester RoadFlat | May 2015 | £130,000 | 58 m² | £2,241/m² | 1 |
| Homeleigh, Dorchester RoadDetached | Mar 2007 | £380,000 | – | – | 1 |
| North House, Dorchester RoadDetached | Feb 2010 | £565,000 | 383 m² | £1,475/m² | 1 |
| Tall Trees, Dorchester RoadDetached | Jul 2026 | £460,000 | 144 m² | £3,194/m² | 3 |
| The Small House, Dorchester RoadDetached | Mar 2020 | £650,000 | 301 m² | £2,159/m² | 1 |
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
The nearest station is Yeovil Junction, a short drive or bike ride (2.2 km), with 221k journeys a year; its busiest route is to London Waterloo.
The nearest bus stop is Windermere Close, 200 m away, with fewer than one bus an hour on weekdays (routes CR6, 96, 96A, 44); 6 departures an hour from the 7 stops within a 5-minute walk.
Plenty of jobs are close by: somewhere with 5,000 or more jobs (a town centre, business park or big hospital) is about 13 minutes away by public transport or on foot.
The nearest primary school is Holy Trinity Church School, about a 10-minute walk (750 m); 65% met the expected standard.
The closest top-rated primary is Preston CofE Primary School (1.6 km), with 2 rated strongly by Ofsted within 2 km.
The nearest secondary is Preston School Academy, 1.8 km away; Attainment 8: 45.9 · 10.5% of GCSEs at 8–9.
The nearest supermarket is Lidl UK GmbH, 550 m away, with Spar closer still (400 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Diamond Health Group (750 m), with Options Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (550 m).
For a haircut, Hair @ 37 (Mervyns Barbers) is 650 m away.
The nearest full A&E is Yeovil District Hospital, 2.1 km away, rated good by the CQC.
At its trust, 52% of major A&E patients were seen within 4 hours in September 2026 (the NHS standard is 95%), and 64% of people waiting for planned treatment had waited under 18 weeks (typical wait 12 weeks).
There's a handful of places to eat and drink locally: 7 restaurants and cafés, 3 pubs and bars.
McDonald's is the closest café or restaurant (550 m), and Quicksilver Mail the nearest pub (200 m).
It's a low-crime area: about 61 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents a year, below most of the country.
There are 13 listed buildings.
Detached houses make up 44% of homes.
The typical home here was built in 1983-1992.
It's growing: about 112 new homes were completed in 2021–2025.
The nearest park is Ninesprings, 700 m away; for exercise, Goldenstones Leasure Centre (650 m).
The air is clean: background nitrogen dioxide is 5.9 µg/m³, among the lowest in the country.
For holidays, Bristol is 50 km away.
Neighbours tend to stay put: 45% of households own their home outright.
It's an older community: 25% are 65 or over.
21 places on this map are within about a 10-minute walk.
Walking times are estimates from straight-line distance. Food businesses from the FSA food hygiene register; schools from the DfE register; nurseries from Ofsted's childcare register; care homes from the Care Quality Commission; pools, sports halls, tennis and golf from Sport England Active Places (contains data © Sport England); everything else © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Map © OpenFreeMap, OpenMapTiles, OpenStreetMap contributors.
| Building | Grade | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Quicksilver Mail, Public House | II | 120 m |
Grade I and II* are the most important few per cent. Listing means consent is needed for most changes, inside and out. Contains Historic England data © Historic England 2026 (via planning.data.gov.uk), OGL.
Yeovil constituency: Adam Dance MP (Liberal Democrat), since July 2024. 2024 general election: LD gain from Con, majority 12,268 (25.1%), turnout 61%. Vote shares: Liberal Democrat 49%, Conservative 24%, Reform UK 16%, Labour 6%.
17 new homes, planning permissions and school changes on record within 2 km, plus energy projects, road works, storm overflows and major infrastructure. Everything changing near BA20 2RW →
Written from the figures on this page: Census 2021, DfT journey times (2019), NaPTAN/ORR, Ofsted, CQC, FSA, police.uk and planning registers. Figures describe the neighbourhood around the street.
Tap a type to see what it covers and how it has changed in Somerset since 2011.
police.uk, 2025-09 to 2026-08. Crimes are mapped to the nearest of a set of anonymised points and labelled with that point's street, so busy roads and junctions collect crimes from nearby; the street has about 31 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.
On this street: 0 of 24 homes with certificates have solar panels, 0 a heat pump, and 3 are heated by something other than mains gas.
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 1.5% | 1.7% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.1% | 1.9% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 95.0% | 73.0% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 1.2% | 13.7% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 3.5% | 10.2% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 0.1% | 0.2% | 2.1% |
From each home's latest energy certificate, so panels or heat pumps fitted since aren't counted and the shares are lower than today's real figures. Compare areas in the data explorer.
Nearest: Charmouth West · about 37 min
Nearest: East Somerset Railway · about 37 min
Nearest: Axe Valley Wildlife Park · about 42 min
The most notable of each. Rough times by car in free-flowing traffic, between neighbourhood centres. Check opening times before you travel.
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