Local Businesses in Dorset
Cafes in Sherborne
No cafes in Sherborne have listed on GetBrent yet. Dorset Council area has 1,035 cafes, restaurants, pubs and takeaways among 18,000 business sites (ONS UK Business Counts, March 2026). This page shows Sherborne's local facts, any cafes listed nearby in Dorset, and other local businesses in the town. Run a cafe in Sherborne? Add it free in a couple of minutes.
Sherborne in numbers
Dorset Council area has 1,035 cafes, restaurants, pubs and takeaways among 18,000 business sites (ONS UK Business Counts, March 2026).
Sherborne is an abbey and school town where shops selling clothes, gifts and homeware fill much of the centre.
- Shops selling comparison goods (clothes, gifts, homeware and the like) make up 40% of Sherborne's town centre units. source
- Shoppers spent an estimated £37.8m on retail in Sherborne town centre in 2025, and 41% of its comparison spend comes from outside the Dorset study area. source
- The town centre has 175 units with 12 vacant (6.9%); 100 are independents and 32 are national chains. source
- Sherborne's built-up area had 10,365 residents at the 2021 Census. source
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How many cafes are there in Sherborne?
None have listed on GetBrent in Sherborne yet. For the wider area, Dorset Council area has 1,035 cafes, restaurants, pubs and takeaways among 18,000 business sites (ONS UK Business Counts, March 2026). The ONS groups related trades together, so that figure is for the whole group.
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Where can a cafe in Dorset get free business support?
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Listings are added and kept up to date by the businesses themselves or from their own public pages. Local figures: ONS UK Business Counts (March 2026), read 26 October 2026. GetBrent may be paid by partners marked Ad.