Purbeck villages makes ‘poshest’ list

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Purbeck village is named among the ‘poshest’ places to live in the UK

A PURBECK village has been named among the poshest places to live in Britain.

A new list of 54 of the UK’s poshest places to live has been compiled by The Telegraph - and it includes Studland in Dorset, pictured.

The list was compiled using data such as house price data from Savills, costs of living and lifestyle benefits.

Places deemed ‘most desirable’ ran from Essex to Cornwall.

In Dorset, Studland was the only village featured, with an average house price of more than £970,000.

Frances Clacy, an analyst at Savills, said: “People want villages that have a bit of everything, from schools to stunning countryside, with accessibility to cities and transport infrastructure.

“Less well-trumpeted factors count too, such as the main road through the village should only lead to other villages.”

Village life has become more appealing, the stufy said, with home working becoming more achievable since the Covid-19 pandemic.

A total of 57 percent of estate agents working with Savills reported a rise in demand in the most desirable countryside locations, with 57% saying they were unable to buy where they wanted.

Elsewhere in the south west, Wellow in Somerset made the list, with an average house price of £954,993.

The village of Rock in Cornwall, with an average house price of £1,080,534, benefits from a reputation forged in the 1990s, when Princes William and Harry holidayed there, while current residents include Gordon Ramsay. n The full list of the 54 poshest villages in Britain - and the average house price - as prepared by The Telegraph, is: Bedfordshire - Studham - £700,494 Berkshire - Sunningdale - £1,101,285 Buckinghamshire - Turville - £1,463,240 Cambridgeshire - Hemingford Abbots - £829,437 Cheshire - The Alderleys - £1,268,175 Clwd - Rowen - £363,214 Cornwall - Rock - £1,080,534 County Durham - Brancepeth - £390,238 Cumbria - Hawkshead - £460,001 Denbighshire - Llanarmon-ynlal - £290,118 Derbyshire - Edensor - £670,644 Devon - South Pool - £999,000 Dorset - Studland - £972,831 East Lothian - Gullane - £356,615 East Riding of Yorkshire - Sutton upon Derwent - £409,071 East Sussex - Kingston-near-Lewes - £792,339 Essex - Ramsden Bellhouse - £1,017,722 Fife - Elie - £349,951 Gloucestershire - Bourton-onthe-hill - £799,348 Greater Manchester - Haigh - £257,020 Hampshire - Beaulieu - £1,524,287 Herefordshire - Bosbury - £452,954 Hertfordshire - Little Gaddesden - £1,333,501 Isle of Wight - Fishbourne - £509,356 Kent - Ightham - £836,260 Lancashire - Great Eccleston - £430,630 Leicestershire - Newtown Linford - £692,157 Lincolnshire - Uffington - £467,548 Merseyside - Hightown - £299,304 Monmouthshire - Shirenewton - £474,775 Norfolk - Burnham Market - £826,770

North Yorkshire - Kirkby Overblow - £698,656 Northamptonshire - Church with Chapel Brampton - £681,450 Northumberland - Warkworth - £289,459 Nottinghamshire - Colston Bassett - £786,955 Oxfordshire - Harpsden - £1,307,182 Pembrokeshire - Newgale and Roch - £219,555 Perthshire - Strathtay - £287,476 Rutland - Burley - £737,762 Shropshire - Cound - £454,587 Somerset - Wellow - £954,993 South Yorkshire - Cawthorne - £512,288 Staffordshire - Shenstone - £575,613 Stirling and Galkirk - Killearn - £315,927 Suffolk - Walberswick - £832,131 Surrey - Shackleford - £1,161,183 Tyne & Wear, Dinnington, £210,671 Warwickshire - Whichford - £901,115 West Glamorgan - Oxwich - £309,519 West Midlands - Barston - £571,202 West Sussex - The Lurgashall, Lodsworth and Lickfold Triangle - £1,055,250 West Yorkshire - Scarcroft - £630,325 Wiltshire - Avebury - £422,413 Worcestershire - Ombersley - £435,943

Teen robbed of escooter at Poole bus station

A TEENAGER was pushed off his escooter and the device stolen at Poole bus station.

Police are appealing for information after the incident, which happened at around 7pm on Tuesday, December 27.

The 14-year-old boy was on his escooter at the station, by the Dolphin Centre, when he rode past a group of around 10 people – described as male, aged between 16 and 20 and all dressed in black clothing.

As he went past, one of the group pushed the victim off his scooter, causing him to fall to the ground. A member of group then rode off on the scooter.

The stolen scooter was a black Pure electric scooter, value at around £500.

PC Kristian Budden, of Poole police, said: “We are conducting enquiries into this incident, and I would like to hear from anyone who witnessed the incident, or who has any information that might assist our investigation.I would also like to hear from anyone who was driving in the area and may have captured anything on dashcam footage to help our enquiries.”

Anyone with information should contact Dorset Police via www.dorset.police.uk/ contact or by calling 101, quoting incident number 55220207826.

They can also contact Crimestoppers anonymously via the charity’s website, or by calling 0800 555 111. Calls to Crimestoppers are free.