Map of SP7 8LJ postcode

General information
Postcode SP7 8LJ
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
Blacksmiths Workshop, Horseponds, Shaftesbury
Hill View, Horseponds, Shaftesbury
Little Coach House, Horseponds, Shaftesbury
Main property type Detached
Businesses
No businesses found
Geography
Latitude 51.006961
Longitude -2.204706
Easting 385734
Northing 123084
Grid reference ST857230
UTM reference 30U 555796 5650899
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Plus code 9C3V2Q4W+Q4
Altitude 176 metres (579 feet)
Sunrise (today) 6:24
Sunset (today) 18:14
Distance away
Distance to sea 34.1 KMs (21.2 miles)
Administrative areas
ParishShaftesburyE04003434
Ward Shaftesbury Town E05012714
Unitary Authority Dorset E06000059
County Dorset E10000009
Constituency (2024) North Dorset E14001388
MPSimon HoareConservative
Police forceDorset
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) 9
Households (2011) 3
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)E00103689
Census output area (2011)E00103689
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
Blacksmiths Workshop, Horseponds, ShaftesburyOther (freehold)Oct 2024£70,000
Hill View, Horseponds, ShaftesburyDetached (freehold)May 2001£155,000
Little Coach House, Horseponds, ShaftesburyDetached (freehold)Mar 1997£48,500


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