Postcode area within the United Kingdom
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Postcode area in United Kingdom
Salisbury
Coordinates: 51°06′14″N 1°47′35″W / 51.104°N 1.793°W / 51.104; -1.793 Country United Kingdom Postcode area SP
Postcode area name Salisbury
Post towns 6 Postcode districts 11 Postcode sectors 47 Postcodes (live) 8,571 Postcodes (total) 11,348 Statistics as at May 2020[1]
The SP postcode area , also known as the Salisbury postcode area ,[2] is a group of eleven postcode districts in southern England, within six post towns . These cover south Wiltshire (including Salisbury and Tidworth ) and parts of north Dorset (including Gillingham and Shaftesbury ) and west Hampshire (including Andover and Fordingbridge ).
The letters in the postcode refer to the Salisbury Plain , a plateau within the postcode area.
Coverage
The approximate coverage of the postcode districts:
Postcode district
Post town
Coverage
Local authority area(s)
SP1
SALISBURY
Central Salisbury and northern suburbs: Laverstock , Stratford-sub-Castle
Wiltshire
SP2
SALISBURY
Salisbury west suburbs, Quidhampton , Netherhampton , Wilton , Great Wishford
Wiltshire
SP3
SALISBURY
Tisbury , Shrewton , Hindon , Chilmark , East Knoyle , Dinton
Wiltshire
SP4
SALISBURY
Amesbury , Durrington , Laverstock and Ford
Wiltshire
SP5
SALISBURY
Rural parishes southwest, south and east of Salisbury: Alderbury , Alvediston , Ashmore , Bishopstone , Bowerchalke , Britford , Broad Chalke , Clarendon , Coombe Bissett , Downton , Ebbesbourne Wake , Grimstead , Landford , Odstock , Pitton , Redlynch , Sixpenny Handley , Stratford Tony , Tollard Royal , West Dean , West Tytherley , Whiteparish , Winterslow
Dorset, Wiltshire, New Forest
SP6
FORDINGBRIDGE
Fordingbridge , Alderholt , Rockbourne , Martin
New Forest , Dorset
SP7
SHAFTESBURY
Shaftesbury , Compton Abbas , Fontmell Magna , Donhead St Andrew , Donhead St Mary , Berwick St John , Motcombe
Dorset , Wiltshire
SP8
GILLINGHAM
Gillingham , Stour Provost , East Stour , West Stour , Kington Magna , Buckhorn Weston , Milton on Stour, Bourton
Dorset
SP9
TIDWORTH
Tidworth , Shipton Bellinger
Wiltshire, Test Valley
SP10
ANDOVER
Andover town
Test Valley
SP11
ANDOVER
Outskirts of Andover and surrounding villages; also Longparish , Grateley , Thruxton , Ludgershall
Test Valley, Basingstoke and Deane , Wiltshire
Map
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SP postcode area map, showing postcode districts in red and post towns in grey text, with links to nearby BA , BH , DT , RG , SN and SO postcode areas.
See also
References
^ "ONS Postcode Directory Version Notes" (ZIP) . National Statistics Postcode Products . Office for National Statistics . May 2020. Table 2. Retrieved 19 June 2020 . Coordinates from mean of unit postcode points, "Code-Point Open". OS OpenData . Ordnance Survey . February 2012. Retrieved 21 April 2012 .
^ Royal Mail, Address Management Guide , (2004)
External links
Royal Mail's Postcode Address File
A quick introduction to Royal Mail's Postcode Address File (PAF)
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