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SP8 4BL

Gillingham · Dorset · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Gillingham
Ward
Gillingham
Local authority
Dorset
Constituency
North Dorset
Postcode district
SP8
Postcode sector
SP8 4

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
SP8 4BJ 38 m
SP8 4BZ 49 m
SP8 4BT 66 m
SP8 4BQ 94 m
SP8 4BW 98 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
SP8 4BL
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
SP
Postcode district
SP8
Postcode sector
SP8 4
Latitude
51.041150
Longitude
-2.279451
British National Grid easting
380,504
British National Grid northing
126,904

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South West · E12000009
Local authority district
Dorset · E06000059
Electoral ward
Gillingham · E05012702
Parish or community
E04013378
Westminster constituency
North Dorset · E14001388
Output area
E00103603
Lower layer super output area
Dorset 001A · E01020443
Middle layer super output area
Dorset 001 · E02004255

Postcode source versions

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Property

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2 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
Shepherds Cottages, 2, Tomlins Lane, Gillingham, SP8 4BL 26 May 2017 £285,000
Shepherds Cottage, Tomlins Lane, Gillingham, SP8 4BL 21 November 2007 £238,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
7
Primary
6
Secondary
1

  1. Gillingham Primary School

    Academy converter

    547 m

  2. Wyke Primary School

    Academy sponsor led

    821 m

  3. Gillingham School

    Voluntary controlled school

    854 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
431
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 147
  • Anti social behaviour 104
  • Criminal damage and arson 48
  • Other theft 32
  • Burglary 23

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
7

4 female, 3 male

Postcode households
3
Residents per household
2.3
SP8 4 residents
10,780

Age bands in SP8 4

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
15.2%

1,610 residents

Age 15 to 24
9.9%

1,045 residents

Age 25 to 44
20.5%

2,163 residents

Age 45 to 64
27.4%

2,899 residents

Age 65 and over
27%

2,854 residents

This postcode contained 0.1% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider SP8 4 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+
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%

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

  • GILLINGHAM MEDICAL PRACTICE

    BARN SURGERY, NEWBURY, GILLINGHAM, SP8 4XS

    ODS code J81081

    866 m

  • SILTON SURGERY

    THE SURGERY, GILLINGHAM ROAD, SILTON, GILLINGHAM, SP8 5DF

    ODS code J83629

    4.5 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 2026-09-03. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • Coronation Road

    BCT · Wyke

    0.0 miles

  • Coronation Road

    BCT · Wyke

    0.0 miles

  • King Edmund Court

    BCT · Wyke

    0.1 miles

  • King Edmund Court

    BCT · Wyke

    0.1 miles

  • Lodbourne Roundabout

    BCT · Bay

    0.1 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Dorset 001A, 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

11,780 of 33,755

Income
4 of 10
Employment
3 of 10
Education and skills
3 of 10
Health and disability
4 of 10
Crime
3 of 10
Housing and services
7 of 10
Living environment
6 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

Schools

7 open schools are in scope, including 6 primary and 1 secondary schools. Gillingham Primary School is the nearest published school at 547 m.

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

Recorded crime

431 published events cover 12 months, averaging 35.917 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 147 events.

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