| Postcode | SP8 5LJ |
|---|---|
| Post Town | Gillingham |
| Nearest station | Gillingham (Dorset) (3 km) |
| Bus stops |
East Stour Crossroads (S)
East Stour Crossroads (NE)
Front Streeet (SW)
Witchfields (SW)
Witchfields (NE)
Village Hall (SW)
|
| Roads in this postcode | |
| Number of UPRNs | 7 View |
| Known addresses |
Forge House, Head Lane, East Stour
Pipers Pool, Head Lane, East Stour
West View, Head Lane, East Stour
|
| Main property type | Semi-detached |
| Businesses |
No businesses found
|
| Latitude | 51.006192 | |
|---|---|---|
| Longitude | -2.288804 | |
| Easting | 379833 | |
| Northing | 123018 | |
| Grid reference | ST798230 | |
| UTM reference | 30U 549897 5650754 | |
| what3words | flies.rail.foresight | |
| FixPhrase | cried lustrous schematic transfer | |
| Plus code | 9C3V2P46+FF | |
| Altitude | 90 metres (295 feet) | |
| Sunrise (today) | 7:53 | |
| Sunset (today) | 16:07 | |
| Distance away | ||
| Distance to sea | 36.1 KMs (22.4 miles) |
| Parish | East Stour | E04013376 |
|---|---|---|
| Ward | Gillingham | E05012702 |
| 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 | 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 |
| Population (2011) | 11 | |
|---|---|---|
| Households (2011) | 5 | |
| 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 village | |
| Built up area (2024) | East Stour | E63013323 |
| Census output area (2021) | E00103725 | |
| Census output area (2011) | 1B3 | |
| Lower layer super output area (2021) | Dorset 002C | E01020462 |
| Lower layer super output area (2011) | North Dorset 002D | E01020462 |
| Middle layer super output area (2021) | Gillingham Outer, Bourton & Motcombe | E02004256 |
| Middle layer super output area (2011) | Gillingham Outer, Bourton & Motcombe | E02004256 |
| Travel to work area | Blandford Forum and Gillingham | E30000172 |
| Average property price in Salisbury | £323,651 |
|---|---|
| Annual change | -1.1% |
| Address | Type | Date | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| West View, Head Lane, East Stour | Detached (freehold) | May 2024 | £277,000 |
| Detached (freehold) | Feb 2014 | £190,000 | |
| Detached (freehold) | Mar 2002 | £118,000 | |
| Forge House, Head Lane, East Stour | Semi-detached (freehold) | Mar 2024 | £400,000 |
| Semi-detached (freehold) | Dec 2013 | £210,000 | |
| Pipers Pool, Head Lane, East Stour | Semi-detached (freehold) | Dec 2005 | £190,000 |