SP3 5LF

Fovant & Chalke Valley · Wiltshire · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Salisbury
Local authority
Wiltshire
Constituency
Salisbury
Postcode district
SP3
Postcode sector
SP3 5

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
SP3 5LS 65 m
SP3 5LE 109 m
SP3 5LD 158 m
SP3 5LB 173 m
SP3 5JZ 202 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
SP3 5LF
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
SP
Postcode district
SP3
Postcode sector
SP3 5
Latitude
51.060790
Longitude
-2.007919
British National Grid easting
399,541
British National Grid northing
129,051

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South West · E12000009
Local authority district
Wiltshire · E06000054
Parish or community
E04011719
Westminster constituency
Salisbury · E14001460
Output area
E00163368
Lower layer super output area
Wiltshire 061D · E01032031
Middle layer super output area
Wiltshire 061 · E02006676

Postcode source versions

Explore SP3

35 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
Ash Cottage, Sutton Road, Fovant, Salisbury, SP3 5LF 5 April 2023 £405,000
Hoofprints, Sutton Road, Fovant, Salisbury, SP3 5LF 14 October 2021 £427,500
Oakdene, Sutton Road, Fovant, Salisbury, SP3 5LF 27 September 2021 £435,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
2
Primary
2
Secondary
0
  1. Dinton CofE Primary School

    Academy converter

    3.1 km
  2. Chilmark and Fonthill Bishop Church of England Aided Primary School

    Voluntary aided school

    4.3 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
31
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Vehicle crime 9
  • Burglary 6
  • Violence and sexual offences 6
  • Criminal damage and arson 4
  • Anti social behaviour 3

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
45

23 female, 22 male

Postcode households
17
Residents per household
2.6
SP3 5 residents
3,003

Age bands in SP3 5

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
13.8%

413 residents

Age 15 to 24
7.9%

235 residents

Age 25 to 44
16.4%

492 residents

Age 45 to 64
32.7%

979 residents

Age 65 and over
29.2%

874 residents

This postcode contained 1.5% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider SP3 5 sector, not people in this individual postcode.

Small counts are adjusted for privacy, so totals can differ slightly between Census tables.

Census Day: 21 March 2021. Sources: ONS/Nomis P001-P004 and ONS CT21_0228. Age table version 2024-04-08.

Fixed broadband coverage

Ofcom's predicted availability across all residential and commercial premises in this postcode in January 2026.

Superfast, 30 Mbit/s+
94.7%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
78.9%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
78.9%
Gigabit-capable
78.9%
Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
0%
Next Generation Access
100%
Decent broadband available from fixed wireless
0%

Predicted coverage, not measured speeds. Check availability for your address with a provider. Postcode-level full-fibre figures are not published in this release.

Source: Ofcom Connected Nations Spring 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Nearby transport

  • Hoof Prints

    BCT · Fovant

    0.1 miles
  • Hoof Prints

    BCT · Fovant

    0.1 miles
  • Clays Orchard

    BCT · Fovant

    0.1 miles
  • Clays Orchard

    BCT · Fovant

    0.1 miles
  • Mill Lane

    BCT · Fovant

    0.3 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Wiltshire 061D, the published LSOA linked to this postcode. Decile 1 contains the most deprived 10% of English LSOAs and decile 10 the least deprived 10%.

Overall IMD decile

6 of 10

Overall England rank

19,300 of 33,755

Income
8 of 10
Employment
8 of 10
Education and skills
9 of 10
Health and disability
9 of 10
Crime
9 of 10
Housing and services
1 of 10
Living environment
2 of 10

These are relative area statistics, not measures of an individual household, affluence or absolute change. They cannot be compared with indices for other UK nations. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, version 2025-v2.

Flood risk

Environment Agency long-term indicators for the area around addresses in this postcode. They are not an assessment of any individual property and do not show current or forecast flooding.

High risk addresses
1
Medium risk addresses
1
Low risk addresses
2
Groundwater flood alert area
Unlikely

Source: Environment Agency flood-risk postcode search tool data, version 2026-06-18. Check the long-term risk for an individual area. © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2025. All rights reserved.

Evidence in context

Property market

The five-year median is £416,250 from 4 recorded sales in SP3 5LF. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.

The latest UK House Price Index average for Wiltshire is £328,908 in June 2026, up 2.7% year on year.

Schools

2 open schools are in scope, including 2 primary and 0 secondary schools. Dinton CofE Primary School is the nearest published school at 1.9 miles.

Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.

Recorded crime

31 published events cover 12 months, averaging 2.583 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Vehicle crime with 9 events.

The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.