SP7 8BL postcode in Shaftesbury, Dorset

SP7 8BL is a postcode in Shaftesbury, in the Shaftesbury Town ward of Dorset. It is in the North Dorset parliamentary constituency and the Dorset police force area, and has been in use since January 1983.

Flooding Not on the at-risk list The Environment Agency lists no home or business here in an area at risk from rivers or the sea Gigabit broadband 100% of homes and businesses at SP7 8BL can get it Across Dorset: 77% Typical price £280,000 Homes sold in SP7 8, last 12 months. ▲ 0.4% on the year before Nearest station Gillingham (Dorset) 6.1 km in a straight line

Where SP7 8BL is, and what is near it

Map of SP7 8BL and what is near it Map of SP7 8BL: its centre point, with the 270 other postcodes in the SP7 8 sector, 4 schools (3 beyond the edge, shown by arrows), 2 railway stations (2 beyond the edge, shown by arrows), 1 GP practice (1 beyond the edge, shown by arrows) and 13 bus stops. North is up; the scale bar is 200 m. SP7 8AA: also in SP7 8SP7 8AB: also in SP7 8SP7 8AD: also in SP7 8SP7 8AE: also in SP7 8SP7 8AG: also in SP7 8SP7 8AH: also in SP7 8SP7 8AJ: also in SP7 8SP7 8AL: also in SP7 8SP7 8AP: also in SP7 8SP7 8AQ: also in SP7 8SP7 8AR: also in SP7 8SP7 8AT: also in SP7 8SP7 8AU: also in SP7 8SP7 8AW: also in SP7 8SP7 8AX: also in SP7 8SP7 8AY: also in SP7 8SP7 8AZ: also in SP7 8SP7 8BA: also in SP7 8SP7 8BB: also in SP7 8SP7 8BD: also in SP7 8SP7 8BE: also in SP7 8SP7 8BF: also in SP7 8SP7 8BG: also in SP7 8SP7 8BH: also in SP7 8SP7 8BJ: also in SP7 8SP7 8BN: also in SP7 8SP7 8BP: also in SP7 8SP7 8BQ: also in SP7 8SP7 8BW: also in SP7 8SP7 8DF: also in SP7 8SP7 8DJ: also in SP7 8SP7 8DL: also in SP7 8SP7 8DN: also in SP7 8SP7 8DQ: also in SP7 8SP7 8DS: also in SP7 8SP7 8DW: also in SP7 8SP7 8DY: also in SP7 8SP7 8DZ: also in SP7 8SP7 8EA: also in SP7 8SP7 8EB: also in SP7 8SP7 8ED: also in SP7 8SP7 8EJ: also in SP7 8SP7 8EL: also in SP7 8SP7 8EP: also in SP7 8SP7 8ER: also in SP7 8SP7 8ES: also in SP7 8SP7 8ET: also in SP7 8SP7 8EW: also in SP7 8SP7 8EY: also in SP7 8SP7 8EZ: also in SP7 8SP7 8FG: also in SP7 8SP7 8FH: also in SP7 8SP7 8FJ: also in SP7 8SP7 8GY: also in SP7 8SP7 8GZ: also in SP7 8SP7 8HA: also in SP7 8SP7 8HB: also in SP7 8SP7 8HU: also in SP7 8SP7 8HX: also in SP7 8SP7 8HY: also in SP7 8SP7 8HZ: also in SP7 8SP7 8JA: also in SP7 8SP7 8JE: also in SP7 8SP7 8JF: also in SP7 8SP7 8JG: also in SP7 8SP7 8JP: also in SP7 8SP7 8JQ: also in SP7 8SP7 8JR: also in SP7 8SP7 8JS: also in SP7 8SP7 8JT: also in SP7 8SP7 8JU: also in SP7 8SP7 8JW: also in SP7 8SP7 8JY: also in SP7 8SP7 8JZ: also in SP7 8SP7 8LR: also in SP7 8SP7 8LS: also in SP7 8SP7 8LT: also in SP7 8SP7 8LU: also in SP7 8SP7 8LX: also in SP7 8SP7 8LY: also in SP7 8SP7 8LZ: also in SP7 8SP7 8NA: also in SP7 8SP7 8ND: also in SP7 8SP7 8NE: also in SP7 8SP7 8NF: also in SP7 8SP7 8PA: also in SP7 8SP7 8PB: also in SP7 8SP7 8PD: also in SP7 8SP7 8PE: also in SP7 8SP7 8PF: also in SP7 8SP7 8PH: also in SP7 8SP7 8PJ: also in SP7 8SP7 8PL: also in SP7 8SP7 8PU: also in SP7 8SP7 8PX: also in SP7 8SP7 8PY: also in SP7 8SP7 8QA: also in SP7 8SP7 8QH: also in SP7 8SP7 8QL: also in SP7 8SP7 8QN: also in SP7 8SP7 8QS: also in SP7 8SP7 8RB: also in SP7 8SP7 8SJ: also in SP7 8SP7 8TL: also in SP7 8SP7 8TT: also in SP7 8 School 800 mSchool 800 mCoombe House School 2.1 km2 places, 6.1 kmTisbury station 10.1 kmShaftesbury Town SP7 8BL Map of SP7 8BL and what is near it Map of SP7 8BL: its centre point, with the 270 other postcodes in the SP7 8 sector, 4 schools (3 beyond the edge, shown by arrows), 2 railway stations (2 beyond the edge, shown by arrows), 1 GP practice (1 beyond the edge, shown by arrows) and 13 bus stops. North is up; the scale bar is 200 m. 2 places, 800 m–10.1 kmShaftesbury Town SP7 8BL
  • SP7 8BL
  • Other postcodes in SP7 8: press one for its page
  • 4 schools
  • 2 railway stations
  • 1 GP practice
  • 13 bus stops
  • Further out, with the distance

Points are centre points, not buildings, and nothing drawn is a boundary. Names in italics are council wards: we hold no town or village names here. Open this area on OpenStreetMap (latitude 51.0075, longitude -2.1956)

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026; schools: Department for Education; stations and bus stops: Department for Transport; GP practices: NHS England; street map: Ordnance Survey, OS Open Zoomstack, Open Government Licence v3.0, drawn with MapLibre. How we use them

Who looks after SP7 8BL?

ONS places a whole postcode in one council, one ward and one constituency, from a single point. A few postcodes cross a boundary, so an address at the edge can belong to the one next door. Your council tax bill or your poll card settles it for your address.

Council, police force area and constituency: ONS Postcode Directory, August 2026. The MP: UK Parliament, read 14 October 2026.

What broadband can you get at SP7 8BL?

Every home and business at SP7 8BL can get gigabit broadband from a line, Ofcom says.

Share of homes and businesses that can get it

Gigabit (1,000 Mbit/s)

SP7 8BL 100% Dorset 77%

Superfast (30 Mbit/s or more)

SP7 8BL 100% Dorset 98%
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Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026, data for January 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

When are the bins collected at SP7 8BL?

BinDayBuddy has not read Dorset Council's days for SP7 8BL today. It reads them from the council's own system when you ask.

Check the bin days for SP7 8BL on BinDayBuddy

Source: BinDayBuddy, built from councils' own collection systems and public data. BinDayBuddy is run by Towpath Digital, which also runs this site. How we use it

Is SP7 8BL at risk of flooding?

From rivers and the sea, long term

The Environment Agency's list of postcodes with a home or business in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea does not include SP7 8BL.

Rivers and the sea only, for the land around buildings, not each building. GOV.UK's checker answers for one address, surface water included.

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

From surface water, across Dorset

The Environment Agency publishes this for the whole council, not for SP7 8BL: 4,861 properties in Dorset are at high risk (1.9% of all its properties). All the figures for Dorset

Source: Environment Agency, Risk of Flooding from Surface Water, properties at risk by local authority, version 2025-09, listed 18 September 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Flood warnings

The centre of SP7 8BL is not in any of the Environment Agency's flood warning or alert areas. Part of the postcode may still be, so check your own address when you sign up.

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Source: Environment Agency, flood warning areas read 17 October 2026. Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use these

What do homes sell for near SP7 8BL?

Homes in SP7 8 sold for a typical £280,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 149 sales, up 0.4% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.

£280,000 typical price, the 12 months to August 2026
£278,750 12 months to August 2025
▲ up 0.4% on the 12 months before
  • Detached £402,500 52 sales
  • Semi-detached £282,500 24 sales
  • Terraced £220,000 58 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: a typical £300,000 from 198 sales.

How we work this out: house prices by postcode

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

Homes sold in SP7 8BL

HM Land Registry records one standard sale of homes in SP7 8BL from January 2024 to August 2026, the latest on 14 June 2024. Each sale below opens Land Registry's own record of it.

Sales at market value to a private buyer; the latest months are not complete. Own or live in a home listed here and would rather it were not? Ask us to take it off.

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

What council tax band are homes near SP7 8BL?

The Valuation Office Agency counts about 1,120 homes in the neighbourhood around SP7 8BL. The largest share of them, 34%, are in council tax band B. More were built from 1965 to 1982 than in any other period (28%). A home's own band is set for that home: check it on GOV.UK.

Council tax bands, and a year's council tax

Council tax bands of the homes around SP7 8BL

Band D in Dorset for 2026‑27: £2,765. For the bands the homes here are in, a year's council tax runs from £1,843 (band A) to £4,608 (band G); band B, the most common, is £2,151.

BandHomes around hereA year
Band Aabout 240 (21%)£1,843
Band Babout 380 (34%)£2,151
Band Cabout 240 (21%)£2,458
Band Dabout 140 (13%)£2,765
Band Eabout 60 (5%)£3,379
Band Fabout 40 (4%)£3,994
Band Gabout 20 (2%)£4,608
Band Hwithheld£5,530

When the homes were built

  1. 26% Before 1900
  2. 1% 1900 to 1918
  3. 8% 1919 to 1939
  4. 9% 1945 to 1964
  5. 28% 1965 to 1982
  6. 17% 1983 to 1999
  7. 4% 2000 to 2009
  8. 4% 2010 to 2019
  9. 3% 2020 or later

Averages for Dorset before discounts, not any one home's bill.

Council tax: Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, Council Tax levels set by local authorities in England 2026 to 2027, Table 10, published 25 March 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Counts for the neighbourhood the centre of SP7 8BL is in (ONS area E01020454), rounded by the VOA.

Check one home's band on GOV.UK

Source: Valuation Office Agency, Council Tax: stock of properties, at 31 March 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Which schools are near SP7 8BL?

The nearest open schools to SP7 8BL, in a straight line. Distance is not a catchment.

Primary

Secondary

Find and compare schools in England, on GOV.UK More schools near SP7 8BL, and how we find them

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

Where is the nearest station to SP7 8BL?

The nearest railway station to the centre of SP7 8BL is Gillingham (Dorset) Rail Station, 6.1 km away in a straight line.

  • Gillingham (Dorset) Rail Station Railway station 6.1 kmDrive
  • Tisbury Rail Station Railway station 10.1 kmDrive

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

13 bus stops within 400 metres, the nearest John Shoobridge Court, 162 m away.

More stations near SP7 8BL, and how we find them

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

Which GP surgeries are near SP7 8BL?

The nearest GP practices to the centre of SP7 8BL, in a straight line. Each sets the area it takes patients from. In England, each opens its page at the Care Quality Commission, which inspects and rates it.

Find a GP on the NHS website

Source: NHS England, Organisation Data Service (GP practices), read 17 October 2026; ratings: Care Quality Commission, 1 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Where can I charge an electric car near SP7 8BL?

OpenStreetMap maps no public charging point within 3 km of the centre of SP7 8BL on the map as of 20 October 2026. It does not have every charger: Open Charge Map's own map, linked below, may show more.

See more chargers on Open Charge Map

Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors, Open Database Licence, map as of 20 October 2026. How we use it

Which dentists are near SP7 8BL?

The nearest to the centre of SP7 8BL, in a straight line. Those in England open their page at the Care Quality Commission, which inspects them. It gives few dentists a rating.

Source: Care Quality Commission (directory of 14 October 2026), Open Government Licence v3.0. This uses Care Quality Commission information. How we use it

Which hospitals are nearest to SP7 8BL?

The nearest NHS and private hospitals and clinics in England, in a straight line, with the Care Quality Commission's latest overall rating. One in Wales or Scotland may be nearer.

Not every hospital has an accident and emergency department. In an emergency, call 999.

Source: Care Quality Commission (directory of 14 October 2026, ratings of 1 October 2026), Open Government Licence v3.0. This uses Care Quality Commission information. How we use it

Which care homes are near SP7 8BL?

The nearest care homes to the centre of SP7 8BL, in a straight line, with the Care Quality Commission's latest overall rating.

Source: Care Quality Commission (directory of 14 October 2026, ratings of 1 October 2026), Open Government Licence v3.0. This uses Care Quality Commission information. How we use it

Which pharmacies are near SP7 8BL?

The nearest NHS pharmacies to the centre of SP7 8BL, in a straight line. Those in England show the opening hours they gave the NHS (list published July 2026) and open their page on the NHS website. A few work online or by post only: check before you go.

Hours can change on bank holidays. For urgent help when a pharmacy is closed, call NHS 111.

Source: NHS Business Services Authority (phone numbers: NHS Organisation Data Service), Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Which vets are near SP7 8BL?

The nearest vets to the centre of SP7 8BL on OpenStreetMap, in a straight line. Each opens its entry on the map, with its opening hours and website where they are mapped.

OpenStreetMap may not have every vet. Out of hours, ring your own vet’s number first: the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons says vets in practice must arrange round-the-clock emergency first aid and pain relief, themselves or through another service.

Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors, Open Database Licence, map as of 20 October 2026. How we use it

Is SP7 8BL in a conservation area?

The centre of SP7 8BL is in one area with planning rules of its own, as planning.data.gov.uk holds them:

Work on a home here, and on its trees, may need permission that it would not need elsewhere. The council's planning team has the rules for one address. Not every council has sent all its data.

Source: planning.data.gov.uk, asked at the postcode's centre point. Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

How much crime is there near SP7 8BL?

Police.uk records 61 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the centre of SP7 8BL in August 2026, the latest month it has published.

Anti-social behaviour24 reports
Violence and sexual offences13 reports
Shoplifting8 reports
Criminal damage and arson4 reports
Other theft4 reports
Public order2 reports

Also: vehicle crime 2, other crime 2, burglary 1, bicycle theft 1.

Police.uk places each report at a nearby point, so this is an area, not a street.

Your local policing team on Police.uk How we work this out: crime by postcode, with the last 12 months

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

The official record for SP7 8BL

Ward
Shaftesbury Town
Parish
Shaftesbury
Region
South West
Country
England
Built-up area
Shaftesbury
Rural or urban
Larger rural, further from a major town or city
In use since
January 1983

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

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Nearby postcodes

The nearest postcodes in use, measured in a straight line between centre points.

SP7 8AE30 mSP7 8AJ50 mSP7 8AL80 mSP7 8AG90 mSP7 8AD90 mSP7 8HX90 m
All of SP7

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026, the centre point of each postcode. How we use it

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