Map of SP7 8DG postcode

General information
Postcode SP7 8DG
Post Town Shaftesbury
Nearest station Gillingham (Dorset) (7 km)
Bus stops
The Maltings (E)
Half Moon Inn (W)
Pix Mead Gardens (E)
Whistle Cottage (SE)
Brinscombe Farm (NW)
Mampitts Lane (NE)
Known addresses
1 Melbury Beacon View, Shaftesbury
2 Melbury Beacon View, Shaftesbury
3 Melbury Beacon View, Shaftesbury
4 Melbury Beacon View, Shaftesbury
5 Melbury Beacon View, Shaftesbury
8 Melbury Beacon View, Shaftesbury
8 The Green
10 Melbury Beacon View, Shaftesbury
13 Melbury Beacon View, Shaftesbury
14 Melbury Beacon View, Shaftesbury
18 Melbury Beacon View, Shaftesbury
21 Melbury Beacon View, Shaftesbury
23 Melbury Beacon View, Shaftesbury
46 Melbury Beacon View, Shaftesbury
Main property type Detached
Businesses
No businesses found
Geography
Latitude 51.000404
Longitude -2.179947
Easting 387469
Northing 122350
Grid reference ST874223
UTM reference 30U 557541 5650189
what3words spill.brass.jolt
Plus code 9C3V2R2C+52
Altitude 216 metres (708 feet)
Sunrise (today) 6:28
Sunset (today) 18:10
Distance away
Distance to sea 32.9 KMs (20.4 miles)
Administrative areas
ParishCannE04003397
Ward Beacon E05012682
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 2023
Last updated February 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)
11,083 / 32,844
Most deprivedLeast deprived
Average household income (2020)
£48,300
Lowest (£22,200) Highest (£108,100)
Rural/urbanRural hamlet and isolated dwellings
Built up area (2024)ShaftesburyE63013329
Census output area (2021)E00103708
Census output area (2011)E00103708
Lower layer super output area (2021)Dorset 006DE01020460
Lower layer super output area (2011)North Dorset 005DE01020460
Middle layer super output area (2021)Child Okeford & Iwerne MinsterE02004259
Middle layer super output area (2011)Child Okeford & Iwerne MinsterE02004259
Travel to work areaBlandford Forum and GillinghamE30000172
Property sales
Average property price in Salisbury £320,949
Annual change -3.9%
View all properties sold in the SP postcode area
Properties recently sold in this postcode
AddressTypeDatePrice
18 Melbury Beacon View, ShaftesburyNew build detached (freehold)Mar 2024£422,995
8 Melbury Beacon View, ShaftesburyNew build detached (freehold)Mar 2024£370,000
1 Melbury Beacon View, ShaftesburyNew build detached (freehold)Mar 2024£425,000
10 Melbury Beacon View, ShaftesburyNew build detached (freehold)Jan 2024£434,995
14 Melbury Beacon View, ShaftesburyNew build detached (freehold)Jan 2024£389,995
46 Melbury Beacon View, ShaftesburyNew build detached (freehold)Dec 2023£414,995
5 Melbury Beacon View, ShaftesburyNew build detached (freehold)Oct 2023£397,995
4 Melbury Beacon View, ShaftesburyNew build detached (freehold)Sep 2023£384,995
Other (freehold)Dec 2020£2,500,000
Other (freehold)Oct 2013£450,000
13 Melbury Beacon View, ShaftesburyNew build detached (freehold)Aug 2023£389,995
2 Melbury Beacon View, ShaftesburyNew build detached (freehold)Jun 2023£429,995


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