Map of SP7 8FG postcode

General information

Postcode	SP7 8FG
Post Town	Shaftesbury
Nearest station	Gillingham (Dorset) (6 km)
Bus stops	St. Edwards Close (NW) Lane Side (S) Lane Side (N) Nettlecombe (NW) Nettlecombe (SE) Wincombe Lane (SE)
Roads in this postcode	Wincombe Lane
Number of UPRNs	8 View
Known addresses	Innovation House, Wincombe Lane, Shaftesbury
Main property type	Other
Businesses	ANGELFISH SOFTWARE LIMITED CEDUS LIMITED CROOK AND CHURN DAIRY LTD CULTURESCONNECT LTD DJ PLUMBING HEATING & BATHROOMS LIMITED FFO INTERNATIONAL LIMITED FOOD LYNX INTERNATIONAL FOOD SERVICES LIMITED FORDHAM FLIGHT TRAINING LIMITED GCH KITCHENS LIMITED GIBE DIGITAL LIMITED HANLON KNELLER AND ASSOCIATES LLP HAZLEDON CONSULTING LTD IM ENGINEERING SOLUTIONS LIMITED JK DIGITAL CONSULTING LIMITED K2V LIMITED LG HOWSON LTD NO MORE STUMPS LTD ON AGAIN LTD PEARLS OF MAGALIQUE LTD PREMIER CARPENTRY AND JOINERY LTD RUTTER & ALLHUSEN LIMITED SHAFTESBURY TYRES & BATTERIES LIMITED SHAFTESBURY TYRES LIMITED SITE-FI LTD TEAL'S GARDENING SERVICES LTD WINE WORKS LTD

Geography

	Latitude	51.009624
	Longitude	-2.188255
	Easting	386889
	Northing	123377
	Grid reference	ST868233
	UTM reference	30U 556947 5651208
	what3words	toads.beats.inventors
	Plus code	9C3V2R56+RM
	Altitude	221 metres (726 feet)
	Sunrise (today)	6:30
	Sunset (today)	18:09
	Distance away
	Distance to sea	34 KMs (21.1 miles)

Administrative areas

Parish	Shaftesbury	E04003434
Ward	Shaftesbury Town	E05012714
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

Data

Date introduced	September 2007
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)	13,189 / 32,844 Most deprivedLeast deprived
Average household income (2020)	£43,600 Lowest (£22,200) Highest (£108,100)
Rural/urban	Rural town and fringe
Built up area (2024)	Shaftesbury	E63013329
Census output area (2021)	E00103674
Census output area (2011)	E00103674
Lower layer super output area (2021)	Dorset 003A	E01020454
Lower layer super output area (2011)	North Dorset 003A	E01020454
Middle layer super output area (2021)	Shaftesbury	E02004257
Middle layer super output area (2011)	Shaftesbury	E02004257
Travel to work area	Blandford Forum and Gillingham	E30000172

Nearby schools

Shaftesbury Church of England Primary School (Primary)

Shaftesbury School (Secondary)

Property sales

Properties recently sold in this postcode

Address	Type	Date	Price
Innovation House, Wincombe Lane, Shaftesbury	Other (leasehold)	Nov 2016	£525,000

View all properties sold in the SP7 8 sector

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