| Postcode | SP7 0BU |
|---|---|
| Post Town | Shaftesbury |
| Nearest station | Gillingham (Dorset) (8 km) |
| Bus stops |
Pitts Lane (S)
Cann Bridge (NW)
Cann Bridge (SE)
|
| Roads in this postcode | |
| Number of UPRNs | 11 View |
| Known addresses |
Coombe Mead, Pitts Lane, West Melbury
Fallowfield, Pitts Lane, West Melbury
Restmoor, Pitts Lane, West Melbury
|
| Main property type | Detached |
| Businesses |
| Latitude | 50.982534 | |
|---|---|---|
| Longitude | -2.187242 | |
| Easting | 386952 | |
| Northing | 120364 | |
| Grid reference | ST869203 | |
| UTM reference | 30U 557051 5648197 | |
| what3words | paddocks.pipes.lunged | |
| FixPhrase | cricket lusty strive unhidden | |
| Plus code | 9C2VXRM7+24 | |
| Altitude | 148 metres (486 feet) | |
| Sunrise (today) | 7:22 | |
| Sunset (today) | 16:25 | |
| Distance away | ||
| Distance to sea | 31.1 KMs (19.3 miles) |
| Parish | Melbury Abbas | E04003427 |
|---|---|---|
| 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) | 17 | |
|---|---|---|
| Households (2011) | 8 | |
| 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) | E00103713 | |
| 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 | £323,750 |
|---|---|
| Annual change | -0.6% |
| Address | Type | Date | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fallowfield, Pitts Lane, West Melbury | Detached (freehold) | Jul 2023 | £585,000 |
| Restmoor, Pitts Lane, West Melbury | Other (freehold) | Jun 2023 | £5,000 |
| Detached (freehold) | Apr 2017 | £565,000 | |
| Coombe Mead, Pitts Lane, West Melbury | Detached (freehold) | May 1995 | £100,000 |