| Postcode | SP7 0AU |
|---|---|
| Post Town | Shaftesbury |
| Nearest station | Gillingham (Dorset) (8 km) |
| Bus stops |
East Orchard Cross Roads (S)
Margaret Marsh Turn (SW)
Margaret Marsh Turn (NE)
|
| Roads in this postcode | |
| Number of UPRNs | 7 View |
| Known addresses |
3 Bleax Close, East Orchard
6 Bleax Close, East Orchard
|
| Main property type | Semi-detached |
| Businesses |
| Latitude | 50.964643 | |
|---|---|---|
| Longitude | -2.23909 | |
| Easting | 383306 | |
| Northing | 118385 | |
| Grid reference | ST833183 | |
| UTM reference | 30U 553432 5646168 | |
| what3words | calendars.toads.cherubs | |
| FixPhrase | cricket lustrous squeamish unopposed | |
| Plus code | 9C2VXQ76+V9 | |
| Altitude | 85 metres (280 feet) | |
| Sunrise (today) | 6:57 | |
| Sunset (today) | 16:50 | |
| Distance away | ||
| Distance to sea | 30.5 KMs (18.9 miles) |
| Parish | Fontmell Magna | E04003408 |
|---|---|---|
| Ward | Beacon | E05012682 |
| Unitary Authority | Dorset | E06000059 |
| County | Dorset | E10000009 |
| Constituency (2024) | North Dorset | E14001388 |
| MP | Simon Hoare | Conservative |
| Police force | Dorset | |
| Water company | Wessex Water | |
| NUTS/ITL 3 | Dorset | |
| NUTS/ITL 2 | North Somerset, Somerset and Dorset | |
| NUTS/ITL 1 | South West | |
| Country | England | E92000001 |
| Date introduced | January 1980 |
|---|---|
| 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) | 16 | |
|---|---|---|
| Households (2011) | 6 | |
| Index of Multiple Deprivation (2019) |
Most deprivedLeast deprived
|
|
| Average household income (2020) |
Lowest (£22,200)
Highest (£108,100)
|
|
| Rural/urban (2021) | Smaller rural: Further from a major town or city | |
| Rural/urban (2011) | Rural hamlet and isolated dwellings | |
| Census output area (2021) | E00103712 | |
| Census output area (2011) | 1A2 | |
| Lower layer super output area (2021) | Dorset 006D | E01020460 |
| Lower layer super output area (2011) | North Dorset 005D | E01020460 |
| Middle layer super output area (2021) | Child Okeford & Iwerne Minster | E02004259 |
| Middle layer super output area (2011) | Child Okeford & Iwerne Minster | E02004259 |
| Travel to work area | Blandford Forum and Gillingham | E30000172 |
| Average property price in Salisbury | £324,684 |
|---|---|
| Annual change | -1.2% |
| Address | Type | Date | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3 Bleax Close, East Orchard | Semi-detached (freehold) | Jan 2025 | £330,000 |
| Semi-detached (freehold) | Aug 2021 | £335,000 | |
| 6 Bleax Close, East Orchard | Semi-detached (freehold) | Oct 2023 | £350,000 |
| Semi-detached (freehold) | Apr 2012 | £235,000 | |
| Semi-detached (freehold) | May 1997 | £49,000 |