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SP8 5BL lies on Mede Close in Bourton, Gillingham. SP8 5BL is located in the Gillingham electoral ward, within the unitary authority of Dorset and the English Parliamentary constituency of North Dorset. The Sub Integrated Care Board (ICB) Location is NHS Dorset ICB - 11J and the police force is Dorset. This postcode has been in use since January 1980.

Where is SP8 5BL?

Street	Mede Close
Locality	Bourton
Town/City	Gillingham
Country	England
Postcode District	SP8

SP8 5BL Elevation

Elevation or altitude of SP8 5BL as distance above sea level:

	Metres	Feet
Elevation	130m	427ft

Elevation is measured from the approximate centre of the postcode, to the nearest point on an OS contour line from OS Terrain 50, which has contour spacing of ten vertical metres.

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Politics

Ward	Gillingham
Constituency	North Dorset

Transport

Nearest bus stops to SP8 5BL

St Georges School	Bourton	35m
St Georges School	Bourton	45m
War Memorial (West Bourton Road)	Bourton	51m
Village Shop	Bourton	116m
Village Shop	Bourton	129m

Nearest railway stations to SP8 5BL

Gillingham (Dorset) Station

5.9km

Broadband

Broadband access in SP8 5BL (2020 data)

Percentage of properties with Next Generation Access	100.0%
Percentage of properties with Superfast Broadband	100.0%
Percentage of properties with Ultrafast Broadband	0.0%
Percentage of properties with Full Fibre Broadband	0.0%

Superfast Broadband is between 30Mbps and 300Mbps
Ultrafast Broadband is > 300Mbps

Broadband limitations in SP8 5BL (2020 data)

Percentage of properties unable to receive 2Mbps	0.0%
Percentage of properties unable to receive 5Mbps	0.0%
Percentage of properties unable to receive 10Mbps	0.0%
Percentage of properties unable to receive 30Mbps	0.0%

Deprivation

42.8% of English postcodes are less deprived than SP8 5BL:

Food Standards Agency

Three nearest food hygiene ratings to SP8 5BL (metres)

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Nearest post box to SP8 5BL

	Last Collection
Location	Mon-Fri	Sat	Distance
White Cross	12:00	09:00	1,711m
Zeals Post Office	16:30	10:30	1,841m
Longcross	12:00	10:30	2,649m

SP8 5BL ITL and SP8 5BL LAU

The below table lists the International Territorial Level (ITL) codes (formerly Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics (NUTS) codes) and Local Administrative Units (LAU) codes for SP8 5BL:

ITL 1 Code	Name
TLK	South West (England)
ITL 2 Code	Name
TLK2	Dorset and Somerset
ITL 3 Code	Name
TLK25	Dorset
LAU 1 Code	Name
E06000059	Dorset

SP8 5BL census areas

The below table lists the Census Output Area (OA), Lower Layer Super Output Area (LSOA), and Middle Layer Super Output Area (MSOA) for SP8 5BL:

	Code	Name
OA	E00103581
LSOA	E01020440	North Dorset 002A
MSOA	E02004256	North Dorset 002

Nearest postcodes to SP8 5BL

SP8 5DW	Red Lion Yard	30m
SP8 5ST	Old Pound Court	58m
SP8 5BN		90m
SP8 5PL	East Street	128m
SP8 5QU	East Street	139m
SP8 5PJ	Brickyard Lane	147m
SP8 5BP	Church Close	151m
SP8 5BJ		197m
SP8 5BT	Church View	216m
SP8 5PQ		219m