Latitude: 51.0101 / 51°0'36"N
Longitude: -2.1923 / 2°11'32"W
OS Eastings: 386607
OS Northings: 123427
OS Grid: ST866234
Mapcode National: GBR 1XH.QJK
Mapcode Global: FRA 669F.V22
Plus Code: 9C3V2R65+23
Maidenhead Locator System: IO81va62
What Three Birds: partridge.chough.bunting
Marker point and cooordinate accuracy: Within the building of the matched address closest to the postcode mean.
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SP7 8PU is a large user postcode in Shaftesbury, Dorset. It was first introduced in January 1980.
'Large User' postcodes are allocated to organisations which receive large amounts of post. Unlike standard geographic postcodes, which cover up to 80 addresses, a large user postcode is unique to a single address.
To the best of our knowledge, the current address of this postcode is:
Johnson Baker Co Ltd, Longmead, Shaftesbury SP7 8PU.
The geographic coordinates assigned to a large user postcode may not necessarily be the actual coordinates of the location to which mail is delivered. If the address is a PO Box, then the coordinates will usually be the Royal Mail sorting office which handles mail for that postcode. In other cases, the coordinates of the postcode may be the headquarters, or registered office, of an organisation rather than the building which receives mail.
Shaftesbury is a town, which had a population of 7,314 in the 2011 census.
SP7 8PU is in the Blandford Forum and Gillingham travel to work area. NHS services are provided by the Dorset Primary Care Trust.
SP7 8PU is approximately 222m (728ft) above sea level.
Office of National Statistics Output Area Classification for the area containing SP7 8PU
8c1: Hard-Pressed Living - Hard-Pressed Ageing Workers - Ageing Industrious Workers
Office of National Statistics Rural/Urban classification for SP7 8PU
England D1: a small town or larger village, surrounded by populated countryside
Healthy Living Index
6/10 (Moderate)
Neighbourhood Retail Diversity Index
6/10 (Moderate)
Area Retail Diversity Index
2/10 (Very low)
Supermarkets near SP7 8PU include Co-Operative Food and Tesco. (Source: OpenStreetMap)
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Residents of SP7 8PU are represented at different levels of local, regional and national government by elected representatives. Where known, these are shown here.
This data is updated approximately monthly, and may not necessarily take account of the results of any elections or by-elections held recently.
Unitary Authority
Dorset Council
Ward
Shaftesbury Town
Councillors
Derek Leslie Beer (Liberal Democrat)
Tim Cook (Liberal Democrat)
United Kingdom Parliament
Constituency
North Dorset
MP
Simon Hoare (Conservative)
Ofcom publishes annual statistics for Broadband availability. This is the most recent data for SP7 8PU.
The most recent Ofsted rankings for schools near SP7 8PU.
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