| Postcode | SP6 3AQ | 
|---|---|
| Post Town | Fordingbridge | 
| Nearest station | Salisbury (18 km) | 
| Bus stops | Fern Close (W) Park Lane (W) Park Lane (E) The Reading Rooms (SW) The Reading Rooms (NE) Wren Gardens (E) | 
| Roads in this postcode | |
| Number of UPRNs | 6 View | 
| Known addresses | 2 Ash Close, Alderholt 3 Ash Close, Alderholt 5 Ash Close, Alderholt 7 Ash Close, Alderholt 9 Ash Close, Alderholt | 
| Main property type | Detached | 
| Businesses | 
                        No businesses found
                     | 
| Latitude | 50.911157 | |
|---|---|---|
| Longitude | -1.827693 | |
| Easting | 412211 | |
| Northing | 112424 | |
| Grid reference | SU122124 | |
| UTM reference | 30U 582416 5640599 | |
| what3words | kicked.simulations.issuer | |
| FixPhrase | cricket lying scurvy trapping | |
| Plus code | 9C2WW56C+FW | |
| Altitude | 59 metres (192 feet) | |
| Sunrise (today) | 6:58 | |
| Sunset (today) | 16:45 | |
| Distance away | ||
| Distance to sea | 21.1 KMs (13.1 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 | June 1981 | 
|---|---|
| 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) | 10 | |
|---|---|---|
| Households (2011) | 6 | |
| 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) | E00103238 | |
| Census output area (2011) | 6A3 | |
| Lower layer super output area (2021) | Dorset 007B | E01020374 | 
| Lower layer super output area (2011) | East Dorset 001B | E01020374 | 
| 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 | 
|---|---|---|---|
| 9 Ash Close, Alderholt | Detached (freehold) | Mar 2019 | £275,000 | 
| 3 Ash Close, Alderholt | Detached (freehold) | Sep 2018 | £325,000 | 
| Detached (freehold) | Dec 2008 | £175,000 | |
| 7 Ash Close, Alderholt | Detached (freehold) | Sep 2014 | £268,000 | 
| 5 Ash Close, Alderholt | Detached (freehold) | Jun 2002 | £159,500 | 
| 2 Ash Close, Alderholt | Detached (freehold) | Jun 1996 | £93,500 |