SP postcode area: Salisbury

The SP postcode area is known as the Salisbury area. It is every postcode that begins SP followed by a number. It has 11 districts and 8,753 postcodes in use, across 5 councils.

Homes in the SP area sold for a typical £330,000 in the 12 months to August 2026. By district, that runs from £278,000 in SP8 (Gillingham, Dorset) to £464,000 in SP5 (Downton).

For the town itself, see Salisbury postcodes.

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026. The name is the one the area is commonly known by; it is not part of the ONS data. See all our data sources

Typical price £330,000 Homes sold in the SP area, last 12 months. ▲ 1.5% on the year before Cheapest to dearest district £278,000 to £464,000 SP8 (Gillingham, Dorset) to SP5 (Downton) Gigabit broadband 5,496 of 8,518 postcodes where every home and business can get it Flooding Some at high risk 968 of 8,753 postcodes in England have a home or business at risk; 3,408 homes and businesses at high or medium risk

Where it is

Latitude 51.1077

Longitude -1.7896

This is the middle of the postcodes in the SP area. An area can be many miles across, and we do not draw its boundary.

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Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026. How we use it

What do homes cost in the SP area?

Homes in the SP area sold for a typical £330,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 2,857 sales, up 1.5% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.

£330,000 typical price, the 12 months to August 2026

12 months to August 2025: £325,000
12 months to August 2026: £330,000

▲ up 1.5% on the 12 months before

Detached£475,000 1,008 sales

Semi-detached£325,000 701 sales

Terraced£270,000 800 sales

Flat or maisonette£170,000 348 sales

Standard sales of homes at market value at the area's postcodes. A typical price is the median, the middle sale. Each district below has its own, and each postcode page the figure for its sector.

Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2021. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

11 districts 8,753 postcodes in use 19 places 5 councils

How many postcodes are there in the UK?

How do the SP districts compare?

A district is the first half of a postcode. Each row gives its typical home price, how many of its postcodes can get gigabit broadband for every home, and how many have a home at flood risk. Each opens the district.

Prices: HM Land Registry, files dated 28 September 2026; the bar is set against the dearest district. Gigabit: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026, counting postcodes. Flood: Environment Agency, published 6 July 2026, postcodes in England with a home or business in an area at risk from rivers or the sea. How we use them

One row for every district in the area. "No place listed" means no town or village is large enough to list for it.

Places in the SP area

Towns and villages with postcodes in the SP area, each with the typical price of a home there where at least 5 sold.

Councils in the SP area

How many of the area's postcodes fall under each council.

Wiltshire4,868 postcodes
Test Valley2,039 postcodes
Dorset1,208 postcodes
New Forest526 postcodes
Basingstoke and Deane112 postcodes

What council am I in?

Near the SP area

The postcode areas whose centre points are nearest to this one's, nearest first.

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