| Postcode | SP6 3JA | 
|---|---|
| Post Town | Fordingbridge | 
| Nearest station | Salisbury (17 km) | 
| Bus stops | The Reading Rooms (NE) Windsor Way (NW) Windsor Way (SE) Park Lane (W) Park Lane (E) Fern Close (E) | 
| Roads in this postcode | |
| Number of UPRNs | 15 View | 
| Known addresses | 1 Down Lodge Close, Alderholt 3 Down Lodge Close, Alderholt 4 Down Lodge Close, Alderholt 6 Down Lodge Close, Alderholt 7 Down Lodge Close, Alderholt 8 Down Lodge Close, Alderholt 10 Down Lodge Close, Alderholt 11 Down Lodge Close, Alderholt 12 Down Lodge Close, Alderholt 14 Down Lodge Close, Alderholt | 
| Main property type | Detached | 
| Businesses | 
| Latitude | 50.914486 | |
|---|---|---|
| Longitude | -1.828364 | |
| Easting | 412162 | |
| Northing | 112794 | |
| Grid reference | SU121127 | |
| UTM reference | 30U 582363 5640969 | |
| what3words | ourselves.whizzing.bongo | |
| FixPhrase | cricket lying semantic ungraded | |
| Plus code | 9C2WW57C+QM | |
| Altitude | 45 metres (149 feet) | |
| Sunrise (today) | 6:58 | |
| Sunset (today) | 16:45 | |
| Distance away | ||
| Distance to sea | 21.5 KMs (13.4 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 | March 1983 | 
|---|---|
| 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) | 32 | |
|---|---|---|
| Households (2011) | 13 | |
| 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) | E00103243 | |
| 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 | 
|---|---|---|---|
| 7 Down Lodge Close, Alderholt | Detached (freehold) | Jan 2025 | £567,000 | 
| Detached (freehold) | Dec 2018 | £467,000 | |
| Detached (freehold) | Nov 2013 | £362,500 | |
| Detached (freehold) | Mar 2000 | £215,500 | |
| 14 Down Lodge Close, Alderholt | Detached (freehold) | Feb 2023 | £490,000 | 
| Detached (freehold) | Jul 2017 | £357,500 | |
| Detached (freehold) | Feb 2013 | £270,000 | |
| 4 Down Lodge Close, Alderholt | Detached (freehold) | Feb 2022 | £440,000 | 
| 12 Down Lodge Close, Alderholt | Detached (freehold) | Mar 2018 | £482,000 | 
| Detached (freehold) | Aug 2015 | £455,000 | |
| Detached (freehold) | Jul 2012 | £417,000 | |
| 6 Down Lodge Close, Alderholt | Semi-detached (freehold) | Aug 2017 | £412,000 | 
| Semi-detached (freehold) | Sep 2006 | £298,500 | |
| Semi-detached (freehold) | Nov 2001 | £195,000 | |
| Semi-detached (freehold) | Mar 1999 | £142,500 | |
| 3 Down Lodge Close, Alderholt | Detached (freehold) | Jul 2017 | £350,000 | 
| Detached (freehold) | Jan 2011 | £272,000 | |
| 8 Down Lodge Close, Alderholt | Detached (freehold) | May 2015 | £385,000 | 
| Detached (freehold) | Nov 2003 | £278,000 | |
| 10 Down Lodge Close, Alderholt | Detached (freehold) | Jan 2015 | £350,000 | 
| 1 Down Lodge Close, Alderholt | Detached (freehold) | Jan 2013 | £240,000 | 
| 11 Down Lodge Close, Alderholt | Detached (freehold) | Nov 2012 | £325,000 |