SP6 3EB

Cranborne & Alderholt · Dorset · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Fordingbridge
Local authority
Dorset
Constituency
North Dorset
Postcode district
SP6
Postcode sector
SP6 3

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
SP6 3EA 463 m
SP6 3ED 476 m
BH21 5QU 485 m
SP6 3DZ 601 m
SP6 3DY 770 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
SP6 3EB
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
SP
Postcode district
SP6
Postcode sector
SP6 3
Latitude
50.918741
Longitude
-1.879846
British National Grid easting
408,542
British National Grid northing
113,261

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South West · E12000009
Local authority district
Dorset · E06000059
Parish or community
E04003362
Westminster constituency
North Dorset · E14001388
Output area
E00103309
Lower layer super output area
Dorset 007C · E01020389
Middle layer super output area
Dorset 007 · E02004243

Postcode source versions

Explore SP6

19 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
Sunningdale, Crendell, Fordingbridge, SP6 3EB 25 November 2025 £550,000
Crendell Lodge, Crendell, Fordingbridge, SP6 3EB 8 October 2024 £1,300,000
Southernwood, Crendell, Fordingbridge, SP6 3EB 6 October 2023 £615,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
7
Primary
4
Secondary
1
  1. Aurora Beeches School

    Other independent special school

    1.7 km
  2. Aurora Boveridge College

    Special post 16 institution

    2.2 km
  3. Cranborne Middle School

    Community school

    2.8 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
8
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Burglary 4
  • Vehicle crime 2
  • Public order 1
  • Criminal damage and arson 1

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
25

14 female, 11 male

Postcode households
11
Residents per household
2.3
SP6 3 residents
4,704

Age bands in SP6 3

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
14.4%

675 residents

Age 15 to 24
8.9%

419 residents

Age 25 to 44
18.3%

857 residents

Age 45 to 64
32.6%

1,530 residents

Age 65 and over
25.8%

1,210 residents

This postcode contained 0.5% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider SP6 3 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+
93.3%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
93.3%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
93.3%
Gigabit-capable
93.3%
Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
6.7%
Next Generation Access
93.3%
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.

GP practices

2

within 5 km

  • THE CRANBORNE PRACTICE

    THE SURGERY, PENNYS LANE, CRANBORNE, WIMBORNE, BH21 5QE

    ODS code J81058

    2.8 km

  • THE VERWOOD SURGERY

    15 STATION ROAD, VERWOOD, BH31 7PY

    ODS code J81030

    4.1 km

Main GP practices only; branch surgeries are excluded. Distances are straight-line. Contact the practice to check registration, services, opening hours and appointments.

Source acquired on 2026-09-05. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • Memorial Chapel

    BCT · Cripplestyle

    0.6 miles
  • Memorial Chapel

    BCT · Cripplestyle

    0.7 miles
  • The Stocks

    BCT · Edmondsham

    1.8 miles
  • The Stocks

    BCT · Edmondsham

    1.8 miles
  • High Street

    BCT · Damerham

    2.1 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Dorset 007C, 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

4 of 10

Overall England rank

13,394 of 33,755

Income
6 of 10
Employment
7 of 10
Education and skills
5 of 10
Health and disability
9 of 10
Crime
8 of 10
Housing and services
1 of 10
Living environment
1 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
0
Medium risk addresses
1
Low risk addresses
1
Groundwater flood alert area
Possible

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 £820,513 from 4 recorded sales in SP6 3EB. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.

The latest UK House Price Index average for Dorset is £325,410 in June 2026, up 1.6% year on year.

Schools

7 open schools are in scope, including 4 primary and 1 secondary schools. Aurora Beeches School is the nearest published school at 1.0 miles.

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

Recorded crime

8 published events cover 12 months, averaging 0.667 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Burglary with 4 events.

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