| Postcode | SP7 9QE | 
|---|---|
| Post Town | Shaftesbury | 
| Nearest station | Gillingham (Dorset) (6 km) | 
| Bus stops | Coles Lane Farm (NW) Coles Lane Cross (E) Coles Lane Cross (W) | 
| Known addresses | 
                          No addresses found
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| Businesses | 
                        No businesses found
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| Latitude | 50.995379 | |
|---|---|---|
| Longitude | -2.220809 | |
| Easting | 384600 | |
| Northing | 121799 | |
| Grid reference | ST846217 | |
| UTM reference | 30U 554680 5649599 | |
| what3words | rotations.clauses.brother | |
| FixPhrase | cricket lustrous surfer unfailing | |
| Plus code | 9C2VXQWH+5M | |
| Altitude | 89 metres (291 feet) | |
| Sunrise (today) | 7:00 | |
| Sunset (today) | 16:46 | |
| Distance away | ||
| Distance to sea | 33.2 KMs (20.6 miles) | 
| Parish | Cann | E04003397 | 
|---|---|---|
| Ward | Beacon | E05012682 | 
| Unitary Authority | Dorset | E06000059 | 
| County | Dorset | E10000009 | 
| Constituency (2024) | North Dorset | E14001388 | 
| MP | Simon Hoare | Conservative | 
| Police force | Dorset | |
| NUTS/ITL 3 | Dorset | |
| NUTS/ITL 2 | North Somerset, Somerset and Dorset | |
| NUTS/ITL 1 | South West | |
| Country | England | E92000001 | 
| Date introduced | January 1995 | 
|---|---|
| Date usage ended | December 1995 | 
| Last updated | September 2025 | 
| User type | Large (addresses receive more than 25 items of mail per day) | 
| Quality | Postcode terminated prior to Gridlink initiative - last known ONS postcode grid reference | 
| 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) | E00183046 | |
| Census output area (2011) | 1C1 | |
| 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% |