Map of SP7 8RQ postcode

General information
Postcode SP7 8RQ
Post Town Shaftesbury
Nearest station Gillingham (Dorset) (7 km)
Bus stops
Half Moon Inn (W)
Shaftesbury School (SE)
Shaftesbury School (NW)
Shaftesbury School (NE)
Brinscombe Farm (NW)
Whistle Cottage (SE)
Known addresses
No addresses found
Businesses
No businesses found
Geography
Latitude 51.001287
Longitude -2.184667
Easting 387138
Northing 122449
Grid reference ST871224
UTM reference 30U 557209 5650284
what3words fists.excellent.climbing
Plus code 9C3V2R28+G4
Altitude 230 metres (756 feet)
Sunrise (today) 6:24
Sunset (today) 18:13
Distance away
Distance to sea 33.1 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
NUTS/ITL 3 Dorset
NUTS/ITL 2 North Somerset, Somerset and Dorset
NUTS/ITL 1 South West
Country England E92000001
Data
Date introduced August 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%
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Properties recently sold in this postcode
No recent recorded sales

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