Shaftesbury

Shaftesbury is covered by postcode district SP7. It is mostly in the Dorset council area: 279 of its 282 postcodes. The others are in Wiltshire.

Typical price £282,000 Homes sold in Shaftesbury, last 12 months. ▲ 2.5% on the year before Gigabit broadband 206 of 269 postcodes where every home and business can get it Flooding Not on the at-risk list No postcode here has a home or business in an area at risk from rivers or the sea Schools 3 2 primary schools and 1 secondary school at its postcodes

Every postcode in Shaftesbury, by flood risk

Map of every postcode in Shaftesbury, by flood risk Of the 282 postcodes in Shaftesbury that ONS places, 282 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. Places named: Shaftesbury. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 500 m. SP7 0AG: not on the flood risk listSP7 0EF: not on the flood risk listSP7 0JA: not on the flood risk listSP7 0LT: not on the flood risk listSP7 0RR: not on the flood risk listSP7 8AA: not on the flood risk listSP7 8AB: not on the flood risk listSP7 8AD: not on the flood risk listSP7 8AE: not on the flood risk listSP7 8AG: not on the flood risk listSP7 8AH: not on the flood risk listSP7 8AJ: not on the flood risk listSP7 8AL: not on the flood risk listSP7 8AP: not on the flood risk listSP7 8AQ: not on the flood risk listSP7 8AR: not on the flood risk listSP7 8AT: not on the flood risk listSP7 8AU: not on the flood risk listSP7 8AW: not on the flood risk listSP7 8AX: not on the flood risk listSP7 8AY: not on the flood risk listSP7 8AZ: not on the flood risk listSP7 8BA: not on the flood risk listSP7 8BB: not on the flood risk listSP7 8BD: not on the flood risk listSP7 8BE: not on the flood risk listSP7 8BG: not on the flood risk listSP7 8BH: not on the flood risk listSP7 8BJ: not on the flood risk listSP7 8BL: not on the flood risk listSP7 8BN: not on the flood risk listSP7 8BQ: not on the flood risk listSP7 8BS: not on the flood risk listSP7 8BT: not on the flood risk listSP7 8BU: not on the flood risk listSP7 8BW: not on the flood risk listSP7 8BX: not on the flood risk listSP7 8BY: not on the flood risk listSP7 8BZ: not on the flood risk listSP7 8DA: not on the flood risk listSP7 8DB: not on the flood risk listSP7 8DD: not on the flood risk listSP7 8DE: not on the flood risk listSP7 8DF: not on the flood risk listSP7 8DG: not on the flood risk listSP7 8DH: not on the flood risk listSP7 8DJ: not on the flood risk listSP7 8DL: not on the flood risk listSP7 8DN: not on the flood risk listSP7 8DP: not on the flood risk listSP7 8DQ: not on the flood risk listSP7 8DR: not on the flood risk listSP7 8DS: not on the flood risk listSP7 8DT: not on the flood risk listSP7 8DU: not on the flood risk listSP7 8DW: not on the flood risk listSP7 8DX: not on the flood risk listSP7 8DY: not on the flood risk listSP7 8DZ: not on the flood risk listSP7 8EA: not on the flood risk listSP7 8EB: not on the flood risk listSP7 8ED: not on the flood risk listSP7 8EE: not on the flood risk listSP7 8EF: not on the flood risk listSP7 8EG: not on the flood risk listSP7 8EH: not on the flood risk listSP7 8EJ: not on the flood risk listSP7 8EL: not on the flood risk listSP7 8EN: not on the flood risk listSP7 8EP: not on the flood risk listSP7 8EQ: not on the flood risk listSP7 8ER: not on the flood risk listSP7 8ES: not on the flood risk listSP7 8ET: not on the flood risk listSP7 8EU: not on the flood risk listSP7 8EW: not on the flood risk listSP7 8EX: not on the flood risk listSP7 8EY: not on the flood risk listSP7 8EZ: not on the flood risk listSP7 8FA: not on the flood risk listSP7 8FB: not on the flood risk listSP7 8FD: not on the flood risk listSP7 8FE: not on the flood risk listSP7 8FF: not on the flood risk listSP7 8FG: not on the flood risk listSP7 8FH: not on the flood risk listSP7 8FJ: not on the flood risk listSP7 8FL: not on the flood risk listSP7 8FN: not on the flood risk listSP7 8FP: not on the flood risk listSP7 8FQ: not on the flood risk listSP7 8FR: not on the flood risk listSP7 8FS: not on the flood risk listSP7 8FT: not on the flood risk listSP7 8FU: not on the flood risk listSP7 8FW: not on the flood risk listSP7 8FX: not on the flood risk listSP7 8FY: not on the flood risk listSP7 8FZ: not on the flood risk listSP7 8GA: not on the flood risk listSP7 8GB: not on the flood risk listSP7 8GD: not on the flood risk listSP7 8GE: not on the flood risk listSP7 8GF: not on the flood risk listSP7 8GG: not on the flood risk listSP7 8GH: not on the flood risk listSP7 8GJ: not on the flood risk listSP7 8GL: not on the flood risk listSP7 8GN: not on the flood risk listSP7 8GP: not on the flood risk listSP7 8GQ: not on the flood risk listSP7 8GR: not on the flood risk listSP7 8GS: not on the flood risk listSP7 8GT: not on the flood risk listSP7 8GW: not on the flood risk listSP7 8GX: not on the flood risk listSP7 8GY: not on the flood risk listSP7 8GZ: not on the flood risk listSP7 8HA: not on the flood risk listSP7 8HB: not on the flood risk listSP7 8HD: not on the flood risk listSP7 8HE: not on the flood risk listSP7 8HF: not on the flood risk listSP7 8HG: not on the flood risk listSP7 8HH: not on the flood risk listSP7 8HJ: not on the flood risk listSP7 8HL: not on the flood risk listSP7 8HN: not on the flood risk listSP7 8HP: not on the flood risk listSP7 8HQ: not on the flood risk listSP7 8HR: not on the flood risk listSP7 8HS: not on the flood risk listSP7 8HT: not on the flood risk listSP7 8HU: not on the flood risk listSP7 8HW: not on the flood risk listSP7 8HX: not on the flood risk listSP7 8HY: not on the flood risk listSP7 8HZ: not on the flood risk listSP7 8JA: not on the flood risk listSP7 8JB: not on the flood risk listSP7 8JE: not on the flood risk listSP7 8JG: not on the flood risk listSP7 8JH: not on the flood risk listSP7 8JP: not on the flood risk listSP7 8JQ: not on the flood risk listSP7 8JR: not on the flood risk listSP7 8JS: not on the flood risk listSP7 8JT: not on the flood risk listSP7 8JU: not on the flood risk listSP7 8JW: not on the flood risk listSP7 8JZ: not on the flood risk listSP7 8LA: not on the flood risk listSP7 8LB: not on the flood risk listSP7 8LD: not on the flood risk listSP7 8LE: not on the flood risk listSP7 8LF: not on the flood risk listSP7 8LG: not on the flood risk listSP7 8LH: not on the flood risk listSP7 8LJ: not on the flood risk listSP7 8LL: not on the flood risk listSP7 8LN: not on the flood risk listSP7 8LP: not on the flood risk listSP7 8LQ: not on the flood risk listSP7 8LR: not on the flood risk listSP7 8LS: not on the flood risk listSP7 8LT: not on the flood risk listSP7 8LU: not on the flood risk listSP7 8LW: not on the flood risk listSP7 8LX: not on the flood risk listSP7 8LY: not on the flood risk listSP7 8LZ: not on the flood risk listSP7 8NA: not on the flood risk listSP7 8NB: not on the flood risk listSP7 8ND: not on the flood risk listSP7 8NE: not on the flood risk listSP7 8NF: not on the flood risk listSP7 8NG: not on the flood risk listSP7 8NH: not on the flood risk listSP7 8NJ: not on the flood risk listSP7 8NL: not on the flood risk listSP7 8NP: not on the flood risk listSP7 8NQ: not on the flood risk listSP7 8NR: not on the flood risk listSP7 8NS: not on the flood risk listSP7 8NT: not on the flood risk listSP7 8NU: not on the flood risk listSP7 8NW: not on the flood risk listSP7 8NX: not on the flood risk listSP7 8NY: not on the flood risk listSP7 8PA: not on the flood risk listSP7 8PB: not on the flood risk listSP7 8PD: not on the flood risk listSP7 8PE: not on the flood risk listSP7 8PF: not on the flood risk listSP7 8PG: not on the flood risk listSP7 8PH: not on the flood risk listSP7 8PJ: not on the flood risk listSP7 8PL: not on the flood risk listSP7 8PN: not on the flood risk listSP7 8PP: not on the flood risk listSP7 8PQ: not on the flood risk listSP7 8PR: not on the flood risk listSP7 8PS: not on the flood risk listSP7 8PT: not on the flood risk listSP7 8PU: not on the flood risk listSP7 8PW: not on the flood risk listSP7 8PX: not on the flood risk listSP7 8PY: not on the flood risk listSP7 8PZ: not on the flood risk listSP7 8QA: not on the flood risk listSP7 8QB: not on the flood risk listSP7 8QG: not on the flood risk listSP7 8QH: not on the flood risk listSP7 8QJ: not on the flood risk listSP7 8QL: not on the flood risk listSP7 8QN: not on the flood risk listSP7 8QP: not on the flood risk listSP7 8QR: not on the flood risk listSP7 8QS: not on the flood risk listSP7 8QU: not on the flood risk listSP7 8QW: not on the flood risk listSP7 8QX: not on the flood risk listSP7 8QZ: not on the flood risk listSP7 8RA: not on the flood risk listSP7 8RB: not on the flood risk listSP7 8RD: not on the flood risk listSP7 8RE: not on the flood risk listSP7 8RF: not on the flood risk listSP7 8RG: not on the flood risk listSP7 8RH: not on the flood risk listSP7 8RJ: not on the flood risk listSP7 8RL: not on the flood risk listSP7 8RN: not on the flood risk listSP7 8RP: not on the flood risk listSP7 8RR: not on the flood risk listSP7 8RT: not on the flood risk listSP7 8RU: not on the flood risk listSP7 8RW: not on the flood risk listSP7 8RX: not on the flood risk listSP7 8RY: not on the flood risk listSP7 8RZ: not on the flood risk listSP7 8SJ: not on the flood risk listSP7 8SL: not on the flood risk listSP7 8SN: not on the flood risk listSP7 8SP: not on the flood risk listSP7 8SR: not on the flood risk listSP7 8SW: not on the flood risk listSP7 8TH: not on the flood risk listSP7 8TJ: not on the flood risk listSP7 8TL: not on the flood risk listSP7 8TN: not on the flood risk listSP7 8TP: not on the flood risk listSP7 8TR: not on the flood risk listSP7 8TS: not on the flood risk listSP7 8TT: not on the flood risk listSP7 8TU: not on the flood risk listSP7 8UA: not on the flood risk listSP7 8UB: not on the flood risk listSP7 8UG: not on the flood risk listSP7 9BT: not on the flood risk listSP7 9HA: not on the flood risk listSP7 9HB: not on the flood risk listSP7 9HD: not on the flood risk listSP7 9JY: not on the flood risk listSP7 9JZ: not on the flood risk listSP7 9LB: not on the flood risk listSP7 9QD: not on the flood risk listSP7 9QJ: not on the flood risk listSP7 9QT: not on the flood risk list Shaftesbury Map of every postcode in Shaftesbury, by flood risk Of the 282 postcodes in Shaftesbury that ONS places, 282 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. Places named: Shaftesbury. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 500 m. Shaftesbury
  • A home or business at high risk: 0
  • At medium risk at worst: 0
  • At low risk at worst: 0
  • At very low risk only: 0
  • Not on the at-risk list: 282

Of the 282 postcodes in Shaftesbury that ONS places, 282 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list.

Each mark is a postcode's centre point as ONS gives it, not a building. Press one to see its postcode and open its page. No boundary is drawn. Where marks overlap, the one first in the key is drawn; the counts include every postcode.

The middle of its postcodes: latitude 51.0071, longitude -2.1912. Open this area on OpenStreetMap

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026, the centre point of each postcode; flood risk: Environment Agency, published 6 July 2026; roads, rivers and built-up areas: Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Drawn by us. Street map: Ordnance Survey, OS Open Zoomstack, Open Government Licence v3.0, drawn with MapLibre. How we use them

What is it like to live in Shaftesbury?

Homes sold for a typical £282,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 2.5% on the 12 months before. At 206 of the 269 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. None of its 282 postcodes is on the Environment Agency's list of those with a home or business at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea. It has 2 primary schools and 1 secondary school at its postcodes. The nearest GP practice is Gillingham Medical Practice, 6.4 km from the middle. The nearest railway station is Gillingham (Dorset), 6.4 km from the middle of its postcodes in a straight line.

We don't rate places; here are the figures so you can judge.

Source: HM Land Registry, Ofcom, the Environment Agency, the Department for Education, NHS England and the Department for Transport, as each section of this page says. See all our data sources

What do homes cost in Shaftesbury?

Homes in Shaftesbury sold for a typical £282,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 148 sales, up 2.5% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.

£282,000 typical price, the 12 months to August 2026
£275,000 12 months to August 2025
▲ up 2.5% on the 12 months before
  • Detached £399,975 54 sales
  • Semi-detached £282,500 24 sales
  • Terraced £220,000 55 sales
  • Flat or maisonette £140,000 15 sales

Each bar is that kind's typical price, against the most expensive kind here.

Across the whole SP7 district, Shaftesbury's main postcode district: a typical £300,000.

Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Shaftesbury: standard sales of homes at market value. A typical price is the median, the middle sale. Sales take weeks to be registered, so the last month or two are incomplete. Each postcode page gives the figure for its own postcode 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

Are new homes being built in Shaftesbury?

17 of the 282 postcodes now in use in Shaftesbury came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 18 of the 196 homes sold in Shaftesbury were newly built (9%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the SP7 district, 14%.

The newest postcodes

SP7 8JBsince February 2026SP7 7BUsince September 2024SP7 8TTsince July 2024SP7 8JHsince May 2024SP7 8TRsince January 2024SP7 8UBsince August 2023

A new postcode is often a new street or estate, but Royal Mail also makes new postcodes when it reorganises old ones, so not every one means new homes. Only postcodes still in use are counted.

New homes among the homes sold

PeriodIn ShaftesburyAcross the SP7 district
The 12 months to August 2026 2 of 148 (1%) 8 of 198 (4%)
The 12 months to August 2025 18 of 196 (9%) 41 of 303 (14%)

Standard sales of homes at market value that HM Land Registry marks as newly built. New homes take longer to be registered than other sales, so the latest 12 months count fewer of them than were sold. A share is given from 5 sales or more.

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026; HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2021, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

What broadband can you get in Shaftesbury?

Ofcom reports on 269 of the 282 postcodes in Shaftesbury. At 206 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband.

Postcodes where every home can get gigabit206 of 269
Postcodes where every home can get superfast262 of 269

Ofcom gives each postcode's share of homes and businesses, not how many there are, so these count postcodes. Each postcode page has its own figures. A provider's checker answers for one address.

Check one address on Ofcom's checker

Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026, data for January 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Is Shaftesbury at risk of flooding?

None of the 282 postcodes in Shaftesbury is on the Environment Agency's list of postcodes with a home or business in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea.

Homes and businesses in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, as the Environment Agency counts them, added up over the postcodes. It is for the land, not each building, and leaves out surface water, groundwater and sewers. Each postcode page has its own figures and its flood warning areas.

Source: Environment Agency, Risk of Flooding from Rivers and Sea (postcodes in areas at risk), published 6 July 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Which schools are in Shaftesbury?

The open schools at the postcodes in Shaftesbury. A school for ages 4 to 18 is listed under both. Distances are straight lines from the middle of its postcodes. Distance is not a catchment: each council sets its own admission rules.

Primary

Secondary

Find and compare schools in England, on GOV.UK

Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. Each school opens its own record there. How we use it

How far is the station from Shaftesbury?

The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Shaftesbury is Gillingham (Dorset) Rail Station, 6.4 km away in a straight line.

  • Gillingham (Dorset) Rail Station Railway station 6.4 kmDrive
  • Tisbury Rail Station Railway station 9.9 kmDrive
  • Templecombe Rail Station Railway station 15.9 kmDrive

Straight-line distances from the centre point, not routes. Walk: under 1.2 km. Cycle: 1.2 to 5 km. Drive: further.

Straight-line distances from the middle of the postcodes, not routes. Each postcode page lists its own nearest stations and bus stops. The Department for Transport's register does not say how often services run.

Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Which GP surgeries are in Shaftesbury?

There is no GP practice at the postcodes in Shaftesbury. These are the nearest to its middle, in a straight line. Each practice sets the area it takes patients from, so check with it before registering.

Find a GP on the NHS website

Source: NHS England, Organisation Data Service (GP practices), read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Is Shaftesbury safe? Crime recorded around it

Police.uk records 689 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Shaftesbury over the 12 months from September 2025 to August 2026. August 2026 is the latest month it has published. These are counts, not a rate: we hold no count of the people who live, work or pass through, so we do not say whether a place is safe.

Each month, September 2025 to August 2026

  1. 54 September 2025
  2. 45 October 2025
  3. 40 November 2025
  4. 59 December 2025
  5. 46 January 2026
  6. 57 February 2026
  7. 59 March 2026
  8. 51 April 2026
  9. 66 May 2026
  10. 63 June 2026
  11. 88 July 2026
  12. 61 August 2026

By kind, over the 12 months

Violence and sexual offences206 reports
Anti-social behaviour185 reports
Shoplifting80 reports
Criminal damage and arson53 reports
Other theft42 reports
Vehicle crime34 reports
Burglary29 reports
Public order28 reports

Also: other crime 12, drugs 11, robbery 4, theft from the person 3, bicycle theft 1, possession of weapons 1.

Police.uk says its locations "always represent the approximate location of a crime". Each crime is moved to the nearest of a fixed list of map points, each over a street centre, a public place or a commercial premises, chosen so that every point covers at least eight addresses or none. A mile is a wide circle: in a town it takes in the centre and its shops, where much crime is recorded.

Crime around one postcode

Source: Police.uk (data.police.uk), data to August 2026, from its download of 30 September 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Who runs Shaftesbury?

Councils
Dorset (279) and Wiltshire (3)
Parliamentary constituencies
North Dorset (279) and Salisbury (3)
Police force areas
Dorset (279) and Wiltshire (3)
Region
South West
Country
England

Where the place crosses a boundary, a row lists each side with its number of postcodes. Check a postcode for its own. What council am I in?

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026. See all our data sources

Moving to Shaftesbury

Who to tell and what to sort out in your first week. Most of Shaftesbury is in Dorset; near its edge, check which council a postcode is in.

Who to tell when moving house: the full list Moving house checklist

Shaftesbury postcodes

282 postcodes in use in Shaftesbury, by district:

SP7 postcode district,282 postcodes

That district is in the SP postcode area.

Check a Shaftesbury postcode

Enter a full postcode to see its ward, its flood risk, house prices in its sector and its nearest schools.

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Places near Shaftesbury

With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Shaftesbury's £282,000. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.

Gillingham, Dorset6.9 km, £255,000Marnhull9.8 km, £375,000Tisbury10.0 km, £352,000Mere10.6 km, £365,000Sturminster Newton11.7 km, £277,000Stalbridge14.0 km, £327,500Henstridge14.6 km, £235,000Pimperne14.9 km, £407,500 All places A to Z

Questions about Shaftesbury

What is it like to live in Shaftesbury?
Homes sold for a typical £282,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 2.5% on the 12 months before. At 206 of the 269 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. None of its 282 postcodes is on the Environment Agency's list of those with a home or business at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea. It has 2 primary schools and 1 secondary school at its postcodes. The nearest GP practice is Gillingham Medical Practice, 6.4 km from the middle. The nearest railway station is Gillingham (Dorset), 6.4 km from the middle of its postcodes in a straight line. We don't rate places; here are the figures so you can judge. Source: HM Land Registry, Ofcom, the Environment Agency, the Department for Education, NHS England and the Department for Transport, as each section of this page says.
What is the postcode for Shaftesbury?
Shaftesbury is covered by postcode district SP7, across 282 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
How much are houses in Shaftesbury?
Homes in Shaftesbury sold for a typical £282,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 148 sales, up 2.5% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
What schools are in Shaftesbury?
In Shaftesbury, primary schools at its postcodes include Shaftesbury Church of England Primary School and The Abbey CofE VA Primary School, Shaftesbury; secondary schools at its postcodes include Shaftesbury School. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026.
Does Shaftesbury have a railway station?
The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Shaftesbury is Gillingham (Dorset), 6.4 km away in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
What broadband can you get in Shaftesbury?
Ofcom reports on 269 of the 282 postcodes in Shaftesbury. At 206 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband. Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
Is Shaftesbury at risk of flooding?
None of the 282 postcodes in Shaftesbury is on the Environment Agency's list of postcodes with a home or business in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea. This is long-term risk for the land, and leaves out surface water. Source: Environment Agency.
Are new homes being built in Shaftesbury?
17 of the 282 postcodes now in use in Shaftesbury came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 18 of the 196 homes sold in Shaftesbury were newly built (9%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the SP7 district, 14%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.

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