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Guide Price£40,000

Dalwoods, Westbury, Sherborne

Key Features

  • A small parcel of land, 214 square meters
  • Located in the heart of Sherborne
  • Offering potential for a variety of uses (subject the the necessary permissions)
  • Main water connected to the plot
  • Situated within a conservation area
  • Local Authority - Dorset County Council

Description

A small parcel of land, 214 square meters just off Dalwoods in a quiet location close to the centre of the town. The land offers potential (subject to any planning permission).

The Plot - A small parcel of land, 214 square meters just off Dalwoods in a quiet location close to the centre of the town. The land offers potential (subject to any planning permission).

Mains drainage, water and electric on site.

The plot situated within a conservation area.

Local Authority
Dorset County Council

The land has previously been identified as being identified within Sherborne’s potential development sites for review. We advise any interested parties seek professional and or legal advice regarding this.

Situation - Westbury, an area well known for its easy access to Sherborne’s town centre and all its facilities. Within a short walk you will find an excellent range of boutique shops, cafes and restaurants, along with two supermarkets, fabulous sporting facilities and the railway station which has direct trains to London Waterloo and Exeter.
For more extensive shopping there is the busier town of Yeovil just 6 miles away.

Sherborne is surrounded by beautiful countryside which offers a host of leisure pursuits, and to the south is the fabulous Jurassic Coastline and the popular towns of Dorchester and Poundbury.

Directions - What3words - ///slate.beak.ruling

Viewing Arrangements - Viewings can be carried out independently once the agent has been informed and you have a copy of the particulars with you.

Solicitors - Parsonage & Co
Mr Tony Wilson

62A, High Street Hampton Hill, Hampton, TW12 1PD

Map Location

Property details

Tenure
Freehold
Council Tax Band
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Date Posted
2026-04-02

Utilities & Restrictions

Utilities

Electricity
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Water
Mains
Heating
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Broadband
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Sewerage
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Rights & Restrictions

Public Rights of Way
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Private Rights of Way
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Restrictions
Yes

Listed status, conservation areas and planning constraints for this location are in the full report.

Property Features

Accessibility
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Parking
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Garden
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Beyond the particulars: planning activity, flood history, heritage and ground risks, checked for this exact spot.

Connectivity

Broadband

Fastest speed available at this postcode

80 Mbps

Gigabit full fibre

Suitable for

  • HD streaming
  • Video calls
  • Web & social

Mobile signal

CallsDataEE Good GoodO2 Good GoodThree Good GoodVodafone Good Good

Outdoor predictions; indoor signal depends on building materials.

Ofcom Connected Nations postcode-level predictions. Speeds and signal are modelled, not measured, and vary between addresses and providers.

Signal is the easy part. Planning activity, flood history and protected designations here are in the full report.

Nearest Schools

Primary

  • Sherborne Abbey Church of England Primary School0.7 milesOfsted report card · Jun 2026
    Ages
    4 to 11
    Pupils
    336
    Type
    Academy converter
    Faith
    Church of England
  • Sherborne Primary School0.8 milesOfsted report card · Jan 2026
    Ages
    4 to 11
    Pupils
    304
    Type
    Academy converter
  • Thornford CofE Primary School2.8 milesOfsted: Good *
    Ages
    4 to 11
    Pupils
    104
    Type
    Academy converter
    Faith
    Church of England
  • Milborne Port Primary School2.9 milesOfsted: Good
    Ages
    2 to 11
    Pupils
    169
    Type
    Academy converter
  • Trent Young's CofE Primary School3.3 milesNo Ofsted rating
    Ages
    4 to 11
    Pupils
    143
    Type
    Academy converter
    Faith
    Church of England

Secondary

  • The Gryphon School1 mileNo Ofsted rating
    Ages
    11 to 18
    Pupils
    1,569
    Type
    Academy converter
    Faith
    Church of England
  • Buckler's Mead School4.8 milesOfsted: Good
    Ages
    11 to 16
    Pupils
    812
    Type
    Academy converter
  • Westfield Academy5.8 milesNo Ofsted rating
    Ages
    11 to 16
    Pupils
    1,013
    Type
    Academy converter
  • Preston School Academy6.2 milesOfsted: Good
    Ages
    11 to 16
    Pupils
    1,003
    Type
    Academy converter
  • King Arthur's School8.7 milesOfsted: Requires improvement *
    Ages
    11 to 16
    Pupils
    450
    Type
    Academy sponsor led

* Latest graded judgement covers quality of education only; no overall grade was issued under the 2024-25 inspection framework.

Distances are straight-line from the advertised location. Source: the national school registers (DfE, Welsh Government, Scottish Government) and Ofsted.

Schools are just the start: sold prices nearby, planning activity and any flood history are in the full report.

Amenities

Supermarket

Sainsburys Sherborne, Sherborne, Dorset282 metres
Waitrose Sherborne, Sherborne, Dorset603 metres
Morrisons Daily Sherborne, Sherborne, Dorset985 metres

GP surgery

The Apples Medical Centre685 metres

Pharmacy

The Abbey Pharmacy374 metres

Hospital

Yeatman Hospital649 metres

Green space

Public Park Or Garden81 metres

Straight-line distances from the advertised location. Sources: NHS records, Geolytix supermarket locations, OS Open Greenspace and the national trails registers.

The area stacks up? Now check the location itself: planning nearby, protected designations and past flooding.

Getting Around

Nearest station

Sherborne Rail Station209 metres

Nearest bus stop

Digby Road170 metres

Typical drive times

Yeovil11 min · 5.9 miles
Sherborne3 min · 1 miles
Stalbridge16 min · 8.4 miles
Wells (city)51 min · 28 miles
Sturminster Newton20 min · 12 miles

Straight-line distances from the advertised location; drive times are typical free-flow times over OpenStreetMap road data, so allow more at peak. Public transport locations from DfT NaPTAN.

Easy to reach matters. So do planning activity, flood history and ground risks: all in the full report.

Flood Risk

From Environment Agency flood map open data, checked around the advertised map pin and allowing for the listed acreage where known. This summary comes from LandSale, the advertising platform, not from the listing agent, and is not part of the agent's particulars. Risk can vary across a single holding, so verify anything critical through your own searches before committing.

Rivers and the sea

Flood Zone 1Lower risk

Surface water

Outside the mapped risk bandsVery low risk

The detail behind these bandings

The full report pinpoints where this location sits on the flood maps, and runs the deeper checks that usually only surface after an offer.

  • Exact flood zones & annual chances (included in the full report)
  • Any recorded past flooding (included in the full report)
  • Planning activity nearby (included in the full report)
  • Heritage & conservation (included in the full report)
  • Protected nature designations (included in the full report)
  • Ground risks (included in the full report)
  • Sold prices nearby (included in the full report)

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