Shops & Retail Units to Rent in Dorset

Poole Retail to Rent

The Dolphin Shopping Centre provides Poole’s prime retail pitch, offering 430,000 square feet of accommodation, generating annual footfall of 12 million per annum. The scheme is linked to the main town centre car parks, with 1,400 total parking spaces. Key tenants include H&M, Primark, Boots, River Island, Next & JD Sports. There is also a growing leisure offer, with a new 40,000-square-foot Flipout Entertainment Centre that recently opened. Over the past few years, the scheme has benefited from proactive investment, which has brought in an innovative range of uses, including Kingland – a curated range of independent retailers, NHS Health Village, The Skills & Learning Centre, Gather – community space available for workshops and pop-ups, Dolphin Street Market, and The Foundry – a modern coworking space.

Date on Market:

29/06/2023

Bournemouth Retail to Rent

St Peter’s Quarter is the re-launch of a well established shopping centre with access from Old Christchurch Road, Beales Place and St. Peters Road.

Date on Market:

29/04/2025

Bournemouth Retail to Rent

The building comprises a former Public House located within the pedestrianised section of Christchurch Road. The property has the benefit of a substantial frontage and visibility to the road and is located close to a range of day time and night time entertainment and catering establishments

Date on Market:

03/10/2024

Bournemouth Retail to Rent

The property is situated in an established secondary trading area fronting the busy A35 Christchurch Road. The property is located within a parade close to the Parkwood Road junction.

Date on Market:

20/12/2019

Bournemouth Retail to Rent

The property comprises a self-contained lock up shop, formerly used as a take-away but suitable for this or other purposes. The single fronted shop also has rear preparation/storage space. It is in shell condition to be fitted out in an arrangement by the incoming tenant.

Date on Market:

16/09/2025

Portland Retail to Rent - Weymouth & Portland

The property is a Grade II Listed two-storey brick building, rendered with a part flat, part pitched roof. Single-glazed wooden-framed windows (fenestration). The property sits on a 0.250-acre (0.224 ha) site, with the building occupying 60% of the site. The property has been fully refurbished, and the new accommodation includes Ground floor commercial unit: 309 sq m (3,335 sq ft). 5 flats sold off on a long leasehold basis. (Floor plans are available on request). The subject property is located in Portland, a picturesque seaside town separated from Weymouth by a spit. The property is situated prominently fronting the corner of Victoria Square and Victoria Road, with the surrounding area mainly consisting of detached residential properties. Portland is 7 km (4 miles) south of Weymouth, the popular resort town, and forms the southernmost point of Dorset County. Chesil Beach connects Portland to the mainland with the A354 road bridge linking the headland to Weymouth. Portland and Weymouth together form the borough of Weymouth and Portland.

Date on Market:

02/05/2025

Christchurch Retail to Rent

The subject property comprises for the former National Westminster Bank. The building is Grade II listed. The property has the benefit of a car park so some allocated loading and parking could be made available for the commercial occupier.

Date on Market:

17/01/2025

Dorchester Retail to Rent

Newly refurbished lock up retail / office unit in a highly visible location in Dorchester's busy town center. Accommodation comprises main commercial area with good window frontage plus w/c to rear Would suite any number of commercial uses.

Date on Market:

23/12/2025

Bridport Retail to Rent

The retail premises of this listed building comprise two shops that have been combined to create a larger shop of 166.7sqm (1,795sqft). Wide frontage to East Street with return frontage to Downes Street. The premises comprise a largely open layout with distinct zones. To the rear is a further retail /storage area with staff area and WC off. Consideration shall be given for proposals to return the shop to two separate units.

Date on Market:

19/12/2025

Christchurch Retail to Rent - Highcliffe, Christchurch

Date on Market:

16/12/2025

Sherborne Retail to Rent

The property is situated on the east side of Cheap Street, the towns principal retailing. Sherborne is an historic, attractive an affluent Dorset market town, popular with tourists and famous for its medieval buildings, castles, the abbey and public schools.

Date on Market:

26/11/2025

Poole Retail to Rent

The property occupies an excellent trading position within the lower pedestrianised section of Poole High Street which links The Dolphin Shopping Centre and the tourist destination of Poole Quay. This section of the High Street features a healthy mixture of retailers, food and beverage businesses and professional services providers. A branch of Sainsbury’s Local is also located closeby. 66 High Street is a substantial and well-presented commercial premises with rear loading facilities via the loading bay which adjoins the Hill Street Pay & Display surface car park. The premises are well appointed and feature a ceramic tiled floor, suspended acoustic tiled ceiling with inset lighting, ceiling mounted heaters, burglar alarm system, wired fire alarm system and good floor to ceiling height of 8’ 6” (2.59 m).

Date on Market:

19/11/2025

Verwood Retail to Rent

The unit is located adjacent to Co-Operative Food which is the anchor tenant for Woodhouse Court. The unit benefits from dual frontages at the front and rear of the unit, laminate wood flooring, intruder alarm system, suspended ceiling with LED lighting, air conditioning and parking at the rear. The premises is well-positioned in Verwood and offers excellent visibility along the busy main route with convenient access to the town centre which is less than 0.5 miles away. The location benefits from strong transport links to Ringwood, Bournemouth and the wider Dorset and Hampshire areas making it attractive for local and regional businesses.

Date on Market:

18/11/2025

Poole Retail to Rent

Presented in excellent order, the premises consist of a ground floor, lock-up retail unit in a highly prominent location. Currently used as a hairdresser the space is configured to provide open plan retail / office accommodation with staff kitchen/WC to the rear. The property is centrally located between Poole and Bournemouth on Poole Road in Branksome. Approximately 3 miles from both town centres, the shop is ideally located opposite the Redland Retail Park with great prominence from the John Lewis Home Store. Other occupiers on the park include Boots, Home Sense, DW Sports, Laura Ashley and Next Home. Branksome Train Station is a three minute walk and the location is serviced by a large number of bus routes

Date on Market:

06/11/2025

Broadstone Retail to Rent - Poole

The premises occupy an excellent trading location being centrally situated within Broadstone's principal shopping thoroughfare of Lower Blandford Road known locally as 'The Broadway'. Broadstone serves an affluent catchment and offers a healthy mixture of independent and national retailers including M&S Simply Food, as well as service providers. The subject premises is a single fronted lock up shop ideally placed along Lower Blandford Road situated at the end of the corner parade of units. It benefits from good visibility, front forecourt, suspended ceiling with LED lighting and well-proportioned sales area. The unit is currently configured as a dog groomers with a front reception area, leading to a large rear treatment room, kitchenette and WC at the rear. The property has the benefit of a single car parking space at the rear as well as free on-street parking along Lower Blandford Road.

Date on Market:

31/10/2025

Sherborne Retail to Rent

The property is located in the prime retail area of Sherborne on Cheap Street opposite Costa and next to Circus. Public car parking is nearby. The town is an extremely popular retail destination serving a wide rural catchment and benefitting from significant tourism.

Date on Market:

20/10/2025

Dorchester Retail to Rent

Tudor Arcade links the prime section of pedestrianised South Street with the main Car Park serving the town. The scheme is anchored by Waitrose. Retailers within the scheme include Farrow & Ball, The Works, Grape Tree, Timpson and Isha Body Jewellery.

Date on Market:

19/09/2025

Poole Retail to Rent

The shop is situated on this extremely busy main thoroughfare in Poole, close to the junction with Bourne Valley Road.

Date on Market:

02/09/2025

Bournemouth Retail to Rent

Town Centre Class 'E' Unit The premises occupy an excellent trading position, fronting one of Bournemouth's premier shopping thoroughfares of Westover Road, below the Premier Inn and opposite the Pavilion Theatre. Westover Road features the Grosvenor Casino together with branches of Cote Brasserie, The Stable, Wagamama, Westover & Clarendon Galleries, Frances Jewellers and Moss Bros. An attractive and well-presented double fronted shop, the premises comprise a main sales area with rear storeroom and kitchenette area and WC and benefits from modern lighting within the retail area. Metered on street car parking is available along Westover Road and a large pay and display car park adjoins the Pavilion opposite.

Property Type:

Hospitality

Date on Market:

01/09/2025

Blandford Forum Retail to Rent

Substantial Retail Showroom with Ancillary Space at Ground and First Floor. 70 Space Rear Car Park Benefitting the Unit. Blandford Forum is a popular Georgian market town located approximately 20 miles north west of Bournemouth and 25 miles south west of Salisbury. The town offers good shopping facilities featuring a broad range of both independent and multiple retailers. Major names represented in central Blandford include Marks & Spencer Simply Food, Morrisons, WH Smith, Boots, Costa, Specsavers & Holland & Barrett amongst others. The subject premises occupy a central location in the town centre fronting East Street where numerous retail, catering and professional services businesses will be found. The town centre is well served by public car parks. East Street traders also benefit from roadside parking (subject to daytime waiting restrictions) DESCRIPTION A substantial retail showroom with ancillary space at both ground and first floors. The premises benefit from a large car park of around 70 spaces to the rear. This is currently sublet to a specialist pay and display parking operator which subsidises the tenant's rent, we understand it generates an income for the tenant of around £9,000 per annum based on the current 50/50 revenue share arrangement. The operator has expressed an interest in continuing the arrangement with a view to increasing income through use of ANPR technology. We believe that this sublet arrangement could be improved upon to further supplement the tenant's turnover.

Date on Market:

18/08/2025

Dorchester Retail to Rent

Lease Assignment - Prime Town Centre Shop Premises Dorchester is the county town of Dorset and is located 8 miles north of Weymouth and 20 miles west of Poole. The property occupies a prime pedestrianised trading position within Dorchester's principal trading thoroughfare of South Street adjacent to Superdrug and nearby to Peacocks, Fat Face, Mountain Warehouse, WH Smith, Barclays Bank. These well-presented premises comprise a good-sized shop unit together with ancillary space at first floor level where a large stock room, office and staffroom / kitchen are provided. Excellent rear loading facilities are provided and the property also benefits from 4 car parking spaces within the rear car park. The shop benefits from Karndean type timber effect floor covering, infra-red burglar system, ceiling mounted spotlighting and air conditioning.

Date on Market:

28/07/2025

Dorchester Retail to Rent

The property comprises a retail unit arranged over ground floor. Situated on Lower Blakemere Street within sight of Buttercross Square and just a few minutes walk from the heart of Poundbury at Queen Mother Square, which has a Waitrose supermarket and the Duchess of Cornwall Inn.

Date on Market:

16/07/2025

Shaftesbury Office / Retail to Rent

Formerly occupied by Shaftesbury Tourist Information Centre (which has relocated within Morrisons), the premises comprise a distinctive, detached single storey property, the front retail/ office area having a window display with entrance doors to either side. At its rear, there is an opening into a further (offset) sales/ office area with an opening into a further open plan area.

Property Type:

Retail

Date on Market:

18/10/2024