Map of SP8 5DG postcode

General information
Postcode SP8 5DG
Post Town Gillingham
Nearest station Gillingham (Dorset) (5 km)
Bus stops
White Lion Cross (NE)
Number of UPRNs 4 View
Known addresses
2 Victoria Cottages, Silton
Main property type Terraced
Businesses
Geography
Latitude 51.07366
Longitude -2.312722
Easting 378187
Northing 130528
Grid reference ST781305
UTM reference 30U 548149 5658240
what3words thinker.flick.consoled
Plus code 9C3V3MFP+FW
Altitude 102 metres (335 feet)
Sunrise (today) 6:26
Sunset (today) 18:12
Distance away
Distance to sea 43.6 KMs (27.1 miles)
Administrative areas
ParishSiltonE04003436
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 January 1980
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
Population (2011) 7
Households (2011) 3
Index of Multiple Deprivation (2019)
18,558 / 32,844
Most deprivedLeast deprived
Average household income (2020)
£51,200
Lowest (£22,200) Highest (£108,100)
Rural/urbanRural hamlet and isolated dwellings
Built up area (2024)Bourton (Dorset)E63013172
Census output area (2021)E00103587
Census output area (2011)E00103587
Lower layer super output area (2021)Dorset 002AE01020440
Lower layer super output area (2011)North Dorset 002AE01020440
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 £320,949
Annual change -3.9%
View all properties sold in the SP postcode area
Properties recently sold in this postcode
AddressTypeDatePrice
2 Victoria Cottages, SiltonTerraced (freehold)Mar 2021£277,500
Terraced (freehold)Jul 2002£110,000
Terraced (freehold)Jul 2001£85,000


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