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The Dorset town 'punching well above its weight' named among UK's best places to live
Bridport has been named among the UK's best places to live for 2027, one of eight places in Dorset on the list alongside Sherborne, Lyme Regis and Wimborne.
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Housing
Dorset Rough Sleepers: 32 Places Planned by Christmas
About 25 people sleep rough in Dorset, most in Weymouth, Bridport and Lyme Regis. The council plans 32 places by Christmas, six of them on a Weymouth bus.
Poole
Altitude Poole: Car Park Back After £13m Cladding Rescue
The car park at Altitude on Parkstone Road, Poole, has reopened after six years. Wall repairs rose from £8m to over £13m, all paid by the Building Safety Fund.
Gillingham
Gillingham's Madjeston Way Opens After Three Years Closed
The 1.3km road linking New Road and Shaftesbury Road across south Gillingham is now open, three years after it was finished. Here is how it works.
House prices
Dorset House Prices: Down £289 in a Year to £325,154
The Dorset average was £325,154 in July 2026, £289 down on a year. Flats fell 2.9% and semis rose 1%; Dorset ranked 211th of 295 English areas for growth.
Housing
Dorset homelessness: £1.1m secured for prevention work
Dorset Council has secured £1.1m of government money for earlier help before people lose their homes, and new accommodation for long-term rough sleepers. The county's main homelessness grant for 2026-27 is £3.4m.
House prices
Dorset house prices: £325,410 average, up 1.6% in a year
The June figure is up £5,187 on a year ago but down on the month, 196th of 295 English areas for growth. Semis and terraces rose 2.6%, flats fell, and the 2022 peak is still £26,717 away.
Housing
Dorset Housing Register: renew within 20 days or lose it
Miss the 20-day renewal window and your application closes. Half of the 6,921 people on Dorset's housing register have not renewed. New bands start 1 September.