Map of SP7 8HG postcode

General information
Postcode SP7 8HG
Post Town Shaftesbury
Nearest station Gillingham (Dorset) (6 km)
Bus stops
No nearby bus stops
Roads in this postcode
Number of UPRNs 5 View
Known addresses
Dormers, St Johns Hill, Shaftesbury
The Old Rectory, St Johns Hill, Shaftesbury
Main property type Detached
Businesses
No businesses found
Geography
Latitude 51.001261
Longitude -2.203997
Easting 385782
Northing 122450
Grid reference ST857224
UTM reference 30U 555853 5650266
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Plus code 9C3V2Q2W+GC
Altitude 178 metres (583 feet)
Sunrise (today) 6:21
Sunset (today) 18:15
Distance away
Distance to sea 33.4 KMs (20.8 miles)
Administrative areas
ParishShaftesburyE04003434
Ward Shaftesbury Town E05012714
Unitary Authority Dorset E06000059
County Dorset E10000009
Constituency (2024) North Dorset E14001388
MPSimon HoareConservative
Police forceDorset
Water companyWessex Water
NUTS/ITL 3 Dorset
NUTS/ITL 2 North Somerset, Somerset and Dorset
NUTS/ITL 1 South West
Country England E92000001
Data
Date introduced January 1980
Last updated February 2025
User type Small (addresses receive less than 25 items of mail per day)
Quality Within the building of the matched address closest to the postcode mean
Demographics
Population (2011) 5
Households (2011) 4
Index of Multiple Deprivation (2019)
29,137 / 32,844
Most deprivedLeast deprived
Average household income (2020)
£43,600
Lowest (£22,200) Highest (£108,100)
Rural/urbanRural town and fringe
Built up area (2024)ShaftesburyE63013329
Census output area (2021)E00103693
Census output area (2011)E00103693
Lower layer super output area (2021)Dorset 003CE01020457
Lower layer super output area (2011)North Dorset 003DE01020457
Middle layer super output area (2021)ShaftesburyE02004257
Middle layer super output area (2011)ShaftesburyE02004257
Travel to work areaBlandford Forum and GillinghamE30000172
Property sales
Average property price in Salisbury £320,949
Annual change -3.9%
View all properties sold in the SP postcode area
Properties recently sold in this postcode
AddressTypeDatePrice
Dormers, St Johns Hill, ShaftesburyDetached (freehold)Jan 2024£585,000
The Old Rectory, St Johns Hill, ShaftesburyDetached (freehold)Oct 2017£1,300,000
Detached (freehold)Aug 2012£1,200,000
Detached (freehold)Jun 2001£635,000


View all properties sold in the SP7 8 sector

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