Shops & Retail Units to Rent in Dorset

Bournemouth Retail to Rent

Property Type:

Office

Date on Market:

14/01/2026

Bournemouth Retail to Rent

Situated within The Sovereign Centre in Boscombe, Bournemouth, this property enjoys a prominent position near the Penny Lane entrance, surrounded by a diverse mix of national retailers such as Lidl, Poundland, JD Sports, and Boots. The building benefits from high footfall, with the shopping centre attracting approximately 5.2 million visitors annually. The unit itself is a substantial former Wilko store, offering expansive accommodation over two floors with a prominent frontage, easy lift access, and direct proximity to a 625-space multi-storey car park featuring disabled bays and electric vehicle charging points. This combination of location and building features makes it an attractive option for a wide range of occupiers.

Date on Market:

10/12/2025

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 comprises a mixed use building of masonry construction with two retail units on the ground floor. 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.

Date on Market:

18/02/2026

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

Christchurch Retail to Rent - Highcliffe, Christchurch

The premises currently operates as a martial arts studio but would be suitable for a variety of uses, such as retail or office. It provides an open plan space with a kitchen area, WC and benefits from LED ceiling lights and a glazed frontage totalling 13’9’’ (4.2 m). The shop enjoys good floor to ceiling height of 9’8” (2.96 m) a half glazed UPVC rear door and external steel roller shutter door covering the rear entrance door. To the rear is a private car park with one parking space allocated to the shop.

Date on Market:

26/09/2025

Christchurch Retail to Rent

The property is situated at the northern end of Christchurch High Street close to the junction with the Fountain roundabout. M&S Food is a few doors away and there is a good mix of multiple retailers and local established businesses within the immediate vicinity. Christchurch is a thriving, attractive market town on the coast and forms part of the Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole conurbation and abuts the New Forest National Park. The towns’ harbour, quay, beaches, nature reserves and historic buildings, make the town a popular tourist destination and it has a population of 48,000. Other multiples within the vicinity include Nationwide, Waitrose, Café Nero and Poundland.

Date on Market:

13/08/2025

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

Poole Retail to Rent

Open plan retail area located on High Street.

Date on Market:

29/07/2025

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

Bournemouth Retail to Rent

A spacious ground floor commercial unit based in Northbourne. With a prominent corner position and large advertising space with both front and side windows, and above window signage this property has fantastic advertising opportunities.

Date on Market:

12/07/2025

Bournemouth Retail to Rent

The property occupies a prominent position on the busy pedestrianised section of Old Christchurch Road within Bournemouth town centre. Richmond Gardens Shopping Centre connects with the multi-storey car park behind.

Date on Market:

21/03/2025

Bournemouth Office / Retail to Rent

Wickham Works is a detached two-story character building which has historical relevance within the local area being listed as a heritage asset in the Boscombe and Pokesdown Neighbourhood Plan. However, it is to be noted the premises is not formally listed or protected. The premises has a direct entrance from Wickham Road providing access to the ground floor. To the rear of the building, there is a set of double doors on the ground floor as well as a set of steel stairs providing access to the first floor. The building is currently in a shell condition and has been extensively refurbished to include new Insulated steel overclad roof, new bespoke double-glazed windows, new solar PV panels on the roof, new concrete ground floor, new tarmac externally. The property has also been newly redorated internally and externally.

Property Type:

Office

Date on Market:

07/02/2025

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

Sherborne Retail to Rent

The property is of modern construction and easily adaptable to a multitude of uses. At present the layout has been divided for its current use as a veterinary surgery however the walls are of wooden stud walls so the interior can be opened up without major structural works. The property is located along the busy Westbury/Acreman Streets that serve as one of the main access and routes through Sherborne. The property is within easy walking distance of the town centre and regularly used as one of the main means of accessing all the schools and businesses in the town

Date on Market:

03/07/2024

Weymouth Retail to Rent

The subject property is located on the busy St Thomas Street, close to the New Bond Street Shopping Centre with nearby occupiers including TK Maxx, Loungers, Clarks, Boots, New Look and Superdrug.

Date on Market:

01/11/2021

Weymouth Retail to Rent

The property is located in Weymouth a tourist town situated on the Dorset coastline. The property is located on a prominent corner position fronting Carlton Road North and Kirtleton Avenue. The surrounding occupiers are formed almost exclusively of residential dwellings. The property is situated 1 mile away from Weymouth beach and the local tourist attractions.

Date on Market:

06/10/2025

Poole Retail to Rent

The premises are situated to the eastern side of the pedestrianized High Street.

Date on Market:

08/09/2025