Map of SP7 8JH postcode

General information
Postcode SP7 8JH
Post Town Shaftesbury
Nearest station Gillingham (Dorset) (7 km)
Bus stops
The Maltings (W)
Half Moon Inn (W)
Pix Mead Gardens (E)
Mampitts Lane (NE)
Whistle Cottage (SE)
Brinscombe Farm (NW)
Known addresses
1 The Thistles Salisbury Road, Shaftesbury
Main property type Other
Businesses
No businesses found
Geography
Latitude 51.001491
Longitude -2.180592
Easting 387424
Northing 122471
Grid reference ST874224
UTM reference 30U 557495 5650310
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Plus code 9C3V2R29+HQ
Altitude 216 metres (710 feet)
Sunrise (today) 6:24
Sunset (today) 18:13
Distance away
Distance to sea 33 KMs (20.5 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 May 2024
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
Index of Multiple Deprivation (2019)
18,439 / 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)E00183083
Census output area (2011)E00103678
Lower layer super output area (2021)Dorset 003EE01034375
Lower layer super output area (2011)North Dorset 003BE01020455
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
1 The Thistles Salisbury Road, ShaftesburyNew build other (freehold)Sep 2023£214,085


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