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SP8 5QL is in Forest Deer, Gillingham. SP8 5QL 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 5QL?

Locality	Forest Deer
Town/City	Gillingham
Country	England
Postcode District	SP8

SP8 5QL Elevation

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

	Metres	Feet
Elevation	90m	295ft

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 5QL

White Hill (Shaftesbury Road)	Mere	1,190m
White Hill (Shaftesbury Road)	Mere	1,198m
Breaches Farm (Pimperleaze Road)	Barrow Street	1,480m

Nearest railway stations to SP8 5QL

Gillingham (Dorset) Station

4km

Broadband

Broadband access in SP8 5QL (2020 data)

Percentage of properties with Next Generation Access	100.0%
Percentage of properties with Superfast Broadband	0.0%
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 5QL (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	100.0%
Percentage of properties unable to receive 30Mbps	100.0%

SP8 5QL gas and electricity consumption

Estimated total energy consumption in SP8 5QL by fuel type, 2015.

Electricity

Consumption (kWh)	25,919
Meter count	7
Mean (kWh/meter)	3,703
Median (kWh/meter)	4,217

• Consumption: The estimated total energy consumption, in kWh, across all meters in SP8 5QL, for 2015.
• Meter count: The total number of meters in SP8 5QL.
• Mean: The mean average consumption per meter, in kWh.
• Median: The median average consumption per meter, in kWh.

Deprivation

10% of English postcodes are less deprived than SP8 5QL:

Food Standards Agency

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

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Nearest post box to SP8 5QL

	Last Collection
Location	Mon-Fri	Sat	Distance
Whitehill	12:00	09:30	1,099m
Causeway	12:00	10:30	1,899m
Milton On Stour Post Office	17:00	11:00	2,417m

SP8 5QL ITL and SP8 5QL 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 5QL:

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 5QL 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 5QL:

	Code	Name
OA	E00103648
LSOA	E01020450	North Dorset 002B
MSOA	E02004256	North Dorset 002

Nearest postcodes to SP8 5QL

SP8 5QJ		154m
BA12 6BJ	Shaftesbury Road	645m
BA12 6BA	Wet Lane	966m
BA12 6BL	Shaftesbury Road	1112m
SP8 5QH		1140m
SP8 5QP		1183m
BA12 6JU	Swainsford	1187m
BA12 6AB	Barrow Street	1485m
BA12 6AD	Lower Mere Park	1530m
BA12 6BW	Shaftesbury Road	1567m