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SP7 8BU

Tisbury · Wiltshire · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Shaftesbury
Ward
Tisbury
Local authority
Wiltshire
Constituency
Salisbury
Postcode district
SP7
Postcode sector
SP7 8

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
SP7 8BX 60 m
SP7 8BY 316 m
SP7 8QB 412 m
SP7 8UL 556 m
SP7 8UP 574 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
SP7 8BU
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
SP
Postcode district
SP7
Postcode sector
SP7 8
Latitude
51.000977
Longitude
-2.169389
British National Grid easting
388,210
British National Grid northing
122,413

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South West · E12000009
Local authority district
Wiltshire · E06000054
Electoral ward
Tisbury · E05013476
Parish or community
E04011699
Westminster constituency
Salisbury · E14001460
Output area
E00163153
Lower layer super output area
Wiltshire 061A · E01031991
Middle layer super output area
Wiltshire 061 · E02006676

Postcode source versions

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Property

At this postcode

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2 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
Caretakers Bungalow, Salisbury Road, Shaftesbury, SP7 8BU 19 January 2021 £10,050,000
The Gate House, Salisbury Road, Shaftesbury, SP7 8BU 12 November 1996 £45,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
8
Primary
5
Secondary
1

  1. Coombe House School

    Other independent special school

    645 m

  2. Shaftesbury School

    Academy converter

    1.4 km

  3. Shaftesbury Church of England Primary School

    Academy converter

    1.6 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
293
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 115
  • Anti social behaviour 71
  • Criminal damage and arson 30
  • Other theft 16
  • Public order 14

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
6

3 female, 3 male

Postcode households
3
Residents per household
2.0
SP7 8 residents
8,950

Age bands in SP7 8

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
17.1%

1,533 residents

Age 15 to 24
10.3%

918 residents

Age 25 to 44
23.9%

2,135 residents

Age 45 to 64
25.5%

2,280 residents

Age 65 and over
23.2%

2,078 residents

This postcode contained 0.1% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider SP7 8 sector, not people in this individual postcode.

How to read these estimates
The standard postcode headcounts and the commissioned age table are separate ONS outputs. Small counts are disclosure-controlled, and totals can differ slightly between tables. Coverage is England and Wales only.

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+
100%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
100%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
100%
Gigabit-capable
100%
Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
0%
Next Generation Access
100%
Decent broadband available from fixed wireless
0%
Coverage is a modelled postcode-level snapshot, not a speed test or a guarantee for a named property. Check availability with providers before making a decision. Ofcom does not publish postcode-level full-fibre coverage in this release for commercial-confidentiality reasons.

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

Nearby transport

  • St Mary's School

    BCT · Middle Coombe

    0.1 miles

  • St Mary's School

    BCT · Middle Coombe

    0.1 miles

  • Opp. Caldwell Close

    BCT · Shaftesbury

    0.5 miles

  • Half Moon Inn

    BCT · St James

    0.6 miles

  • Mampitts Lane

    BCT · Butts Knap

    0.6 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Wiltshire 061A, 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

5 of 10

Overall England rank

16,754 of 33,755

Income
8 of 10
Employment
9 of 10
Education and skills
7 of 10
Health and disability
9 of 10
Crime
10 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
0
Low risk addresses
0
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

A factual reading of the data in this report's scope. It is not a location score or a recommendation.

Schools

Published establishments

8 open schools are in scope, including 5 primary and 1 secondary schools. Coombe House School is the nearest published school at 645 m.

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

Recorded crime

Published police records

293 published events cover 12 months, averaging 24.417 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 115 events.

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