| Postcode | SP6 3AL | 
|---|---|
| Post Town | Fordingbridge | 
| Nearest station | Salisbury (18 km) | 
| Bus stops | The Churchill Arms (W) Charing Cross (NW) Charing Cross (SE) Charing Cross (W) Charing Cross (E) Pine Road (NE) | 
| Roads in this postcode | |
| Number of UPRNs | 9 View | 
| Known addresses | 1 Blackwater Close, Alderholt 2 Blackwater Close, Alderholt 4 Blackwater Close, Alderholt 8 Blackwater Close, Alderholt 10 Blackwater Close, Alderholt 12 Blackwater Close, Alderholt | 
| Main property type | Detached | 
| Businesses | 
| Latitude | 50.910571 | |
|---|---|---|
| Longitude | -1.839074 | |
| Easting | 411411 | |
| Northing | 112357 | |
| Grid reference | SU114123 | |
| UTM reference | 30U 581617 5640521 | |
| what3words | deploying.important.writing | |
| FixPhrase | cricket lying scrooge unopposed | |
| Plus code | 9C2WW566+69 | |
| Altitude | 57 metres (187 feet) | |
| Sunrise (today) | 6:58 | |
| Sunset (today) | 16:45 | |
| Distance away | ||
| Distance to sea | 21.3 KMs (13.3 miles) | 
| Parish | Alderholt | E04003362 | 
|---|---|---|
| Ward | Cranborne & Alderholt | E05012693 | 
| Unitary Authority | Dorset | E06000059 | 
| County | Dorset | E10000009 | 
| Constituency (2024) | North Dorset | E14001388 | 
| MP | Simon Hoare | Conservative | 
| Police force | Dorset | |
| Water company | Bournemouth Water | |
| NUTS/ITL 3 | Dorset | |
| NUTS/ITL 2 | North Somerset, Somerset and Dorset | |
| NUTS/ITL 1 | South West | |
| Country | England | E92000001 | 
| Date introduced | October 2002 | 
|---|---|
| Last updated | September 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 | 
| Population (2011) | 30 | |
|---|---|---|
| Households (2011) | 7 | |
| Index of Multiple Deprivation (2019) | Most deprivedLeast deprived | |
| Average household income (2020) | Lowest (£22,200)
                        Highest (£108,100)
                       | |
| Rural/urban (2021) | Larger rural: Nearer to a major town or city | |
| Rural/urban (2011) | Rural town and fringe | |
| Built up area (2024) | Alderholt | E63013557 | 
| Census output area (2021) | E00103241 | |
| Census output area (2011) | 1B3 | |
| Lower layer super output area (2021) | Dorset 007A | E01020373 | 
| Lower layer super output area (2011) | East Dorset 001A | E01020373 | 
| Middle layer super output area (2021) | Alderholt & Sixpenny Handley | E02004243 | 
| Middle layer super output area (2011) | Alderholt & Sixpenny Handley | E02004243 | 
| Travel to work area | Salisbury | E30000258 | 
| Average property price in Salisbury | £324,684 | 
|---|---|
| Annual change | -1.2% | 
| Address | Type | Date | Price | 
|---|---|---|---|
| 8 Blackwater Close, Alderholt | Detached (freehold) | Apr 2024 | £700,000 | 
| Detached (freehold) | Aug 2007 | £425,000 | |
| New build detached (freehold) | Aug 2003 | £349,500 | |
| 1 Blackwater Close, Alderholt | Detached (freehold) | Aug 2022 | £725,000 | 
| Detached (freehold) | Aug 2006 | £432,500 | |
| 4 Blackwater Close, Alderholt | Detached (freehold) | Jun 2012 | £343,000 | 
| New build detached (freehold) | Aug 2003 | £335,000 | |
| 2 Blackwater Close, Alderholt | Detached (freehold) | Aug 2009 | £350,000 | 
| New build detached (freehold) | Jun 2003 | £349,950 | |
| 10 Blackwater Close, Alderholt | New build detached (freehold) | Jun 2003 | £325,000 | 
| 12 Blackwater Close, Alderholt | New build detached (freehold) | Jun 2003 | £349,000 |