Map of SP7 8UD postcode

General information
Postcode SP7 8UD
Post Town Shaftesbury
Nearest station Gillingham (Dorset) (7 km)
Bus stops
Blackmore Road (N)
Springfield Close (NE)
Springfield Close (SW)
Hill Farm (E)
Hill Farm (W)
Lane Side (S)
Known addresses
No addresses found
Businesses
No businesses found
Geography
Latitude 51.015074
Longitude -2.18314
Easting 387249
Northing 123982
Grid reference ST872239
UTM reference 30U 557299 5651818
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Plus code 9C3V2R88+2P
Altitude 225 metres (739 feet)
Sunrise (today) 7:52
Sunset (today) 16:06
Distance away
Distance to sea 34.5 KMs (21.5 miles)
Administrative areas
ParishShaftesburyE04003434
Ward Shaftesbury Town E05012714
Unitary Authority Dorset E06000059
County Dorset E10000009
Constituency (2024) North Dorset E14001388
MPSimon HoareConservative
Police forceDorset
NUTS/ITL 3 Dorset
NUTS/ITL 2 North Somerset, Somerset and Dorset
NUTS/ITL 1 South West
Country England E92000001
Data
Date introduced October 2025
Last updated November 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
Demographics
Index of Multiple Deprivation (2019)
14,956 / 32,844
Most deprivedLeast deprived
Average household income (2020)
£43,600
Lowest (£22,200) Highest (£108,100)
Rural/urban (2021)Larger rural Further from a major town or city
Rural/urban (2011)Rural town and fringe
Census output area (2021)E00103684
Census output area (2011)5A3
Lower layer super output area (2021)Dorset 003BE01020456
Lower layer super output area (2011)North Dorset 003CE01020456
Middle layer super output area (2021)ShaftesburyE02004257
Middle layer super output area (2011)ShaftesburyE02004257
Travel to work areaBlandford Forum and GillinghamE30000172
Property sales
Average property price in Salisbury £323,651
Annual change -1.1%
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Properties recently sold in this postcode
No recent recorded sales

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