SP7 8DG

Beacon · Dorset · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town: Shaftesbury
Ward: Beacon
Local authority: Dorset
Constituency: North Dorset
Postcode district: SP7
Postcode sector: SP7 8

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode	Distance
SP7 8BT	77 m
SP7 8JH	124 m
SP7 8DA	133 m
SP7 8JB	134 m
SP7 0EF	145 m

Complete postcode fields and official codes

Postcode: SP7 8DG
Status: Current
Introduced: 1 June 2023
Terminated: Not published
Postcode area: SP
Postcode district: SP7
Postcode sector: SP7 8
Latitude: 51.000404
Longitude: -2.179947
British National Grid easting: 387,469
British National Grid northing: 122,351

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country: England · E92000001
Region: South West · E12000009
Local authority district: Dorset · E06000059
Electoral ward: Beacon · E05012682
Parish or community: E04003397
Westminster constituency: North Dorset · E14001388
Output area: E00103708
Lower layer super output area: Dorset 006D · E01020460
Middle layer super output area: Dorset 006 · E02004259

Postcode source versions

Ordnance Survey: Code-Point Open Version 2026-08 · Current postcode units in Great Britain · OGL-3.0
Office for National Statistics: ONS Postcode Directory Version 2026-08 · United Kingdom; Northern Ireland excluded pending rights review; Crown Dependencies outside product scope · OGL-3.0 with third-party rights
Ordnance Survey: Boundary-Line Version 2026-05 · Local-authority boundaries in Great Britain · OS OpenData Licence

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Property

At this postcode

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41 recorded sales at this postcode

Address	Date	Price
5, Melbury Beacon View, Shaftesbury, SP7 8DG	29 April 2026	£375,000
45, Melbury Beacon View, Shaftesbury, SP7 8DG	17 October 2025	£435,000
41, Melbury Beacon View, Shaftesbury, SP7 8DG	23 May 2025	£410,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools: 8
Primary: 5
Secondary: 1

Shaftesbury School

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650 m
Coombe House School

Other independent special school
1.2 km
Shaftesbury Church of England Primary School

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1.3 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events: 560
Months covered: 12
Latest month: June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

Violence and sexual offences 183
Anti social behaviour 114
Shoplifting 73
Criminal damage and arson 52
Other theft 36

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents: Not supplied
Postcode households: Not supplied
Residents per household: Not available
SP7 8 residents: 8,950

Age bands in SP7 8

Wider postcode sector

Age 0 to 14: 17.1%
Age 15 to 24: 10.3%
Age 25 to 44: 23.9%
Age 45 to 64: 25.5%
Age 65 and over: 23.2%

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+: 97.8%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+: 97.8%
Gigabit-capable: 97.8%

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

Half Moon Inn

BCT · St James
0.1 miles
Pix Mead Gardens

BCT · St James
0.2 miles
Wind Whistle Cottages

BCT · St James
0.2 miles
Wind Whistle Cottages

BCT · St James
0.2 miles
Opp. Caldwell Close

BCT · Shaftesbury
0.3 miles

Relative deprivation

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

Income: 9 of 10
Employment: 8 of 10
Education and skills: 6 of 10
Health and disability: 8 of 10
Crime: 6 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.

Evidence in context

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

Property market

Recorded sales

The five-year median is £414,995 from 38 recorded sales in SP7 8DG. 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

Published establishments

8 open schools are in scope, including 5 primary and 1 secondary schools. Shaftesbury School is the nearest published school at 650 m.

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

Recorded crime

Published police records

560 published events cover 12 months, averaging 46.667 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 183 events.

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