Map of SP8 5GD postcode

General information
Postcode SP8 5GD
Post Town Gillingham
Nearest station Gillingham (Dorset) (1 km)
Bus stops
Park Farm (SE)
Ganymede (NW)
Ganymede (SE)
Known addresses
No addresses found
Businesses
No businesses found
Geography
Latitude 51.026853
Longitude -2.259602
Easting 381890
Northing 125308
Grid reference ST818253
UTM reference 30U 551923 5653071
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Plus code 9C3V2PGR+P5
Altitude 78 metres (254 feet)
Sunrise (today) 6:31
Sunset (today) 19:46
Distance away
Distance to sea 37.4 KMs (23.2 miles)
Administrative areas
ParishGillinghamE04013378
Ward Gillingham E05012702
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 June 2025
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
Demographics
Index of Multiple Deprivation (2019)
27,806 / 32,844
Most deprivedLeast deprived
Average household income (2020)
£51,200
Lowest (£22,200) Highest (£108,100)
Rural/urbanUrban city and town
Census output area (2021)E00171750
Census output area (2011)1B2
Lower layer super output area (2021)Dorset 002DE01033156
Lower layer super output area (2011)North Dorset 002EE01033156
Middle layer super output area (2021)Gillingham Outer, Bourton & MotcombeE02004256
Middle layer super output area (2011)Gillingham Outer, Bourton & MotcombeE02004256
Travel to work areaBlandford Forum and GillinghamE30000172
Property sales
Average property price in Salisbury £323,554
Annual change -2.2%
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Properties recently sold in this postcode
No recent recorded sales

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