Beacon · Dorset · England
Updated September 2026
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At this postcode
| Address | Date | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Spread Eagles, Melbury Abbas, Shaftesbury, SP7 0DU | 25 November 2022 | £950,000 |
| 4, Melbury Abbas, Shaftesbury, SP7 0DU | 24 March 2016 | £185,000 |
| 5, Melbury Abbas, Shaftesbury, SP7 0DU | 29 May 2012 | £150,000 |
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
Shaftesbury School
Academy converter
Coombe House School
Other independent special school
St Andrew's Church of England Primary School
Academy sponsor led
Within 1 mile of this postcode
Census 2021
7 female, 8 male
384 residents
246 residents
649 residents
967 residents
880 residents
This postcode contained 0.5% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider SP7 0 sector, not people in this individual postcode.
Census Day: 21 March 2021. Sources: ONS/Nomis P001-P004 and ONS CT21_0228. Age table version 2024-04-08.
Ofcom's predicted availability across all residential and commercial premises in this postcode in January 2026.
Source: Ofcom Connected Nations Spring 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
School Lane
BCT · Melbury Abbas
School Lane
BCT · Melbury Abbas
Melbury Mill
BCT · Melbury Abbas
Melbury Mill
BCT · Melbury Abbas
Melbury Motors
BCT · Melbury Abbas
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Dorset 006D, 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
17,354 of 33,755
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.
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.
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.
A factual reading of the data in this report's scope. It is not a location score or a recommendation.
Recorded sales
The five-year median is £950,000 from 1 recorded sale in SP7 0DU. 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.
Published establishments
6 open schools are in scope, including 4 primary and 1 secondary schools. Shaftesbury School is the nearest published school at 2.0 miles.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
Published police records
17 published events cover 12 months, averaging 1.417 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 5 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.