# SP8 5AF

## Location

- **Coordinates:** 51.077169, -2.29891
- **Open Location Code:** 9C3V3PG2+VC
- **Maidenhead Locator:** IO81ub
- **Qibla:** 116.2°
- **Grid reference:** ST 79156 30915
- **UTM:** 30U 549113 5658640
- **Elevation:** 99m
- **Timezone:** Europe/London

## Administrative areas

- **Country:** England (E92000001)
- **Region:** South West (E12000009)
- **Admin district:** Dorset (E06000059)
- **Ward:** Gillingham (E05012702)
- **Constituency:** North Dorset (E14001388)
- **Parish code:** E04003436
- **Travel to work area:** E30000172
- **Police force area:** E23000039
- **European electoral region:** South West (E15000009)
- **Date introduced:** 1980-01

## Census & classification

- **2021 LSOA:** E01020440
- **2021 MSOA:** Gillingham Outer, Bourton & Motcombe (E02004256)
- **2021 output area:** E00103587
- **2011 LSOA:** E01020440
- **2011 MSOA:** E02004256
- **2011 output area:** E00103587
- **2011 workplace zone:** E33049438
- **Rural/urban classification:** Smaller rural: further from a major town or city
- **Output area classification:** Rural Residents (1A3)
- **Deprivation rank (IMD):** 18558
- **Postcode user type:** Small

## Health (England)

- **NHS region:** E40000006
- **ICB location:** E38000045
- **Integrated Care Board:** E54000041
- **Cancer Alliance:** E56000038

## Nearest

| Type | Name | Distance (m) |
|---|---|---|
| Railway station | Gillingham (Dorset) | 5158 |
| Hospital | Wincanton Community Hospital | 8581 |
| GP | The Silton Surgery | 1203 |
| School | Whitesheet Church of England Primary Academy | 1345 |
| Airport | RNAS Yeovilton | 24930 |
| Bus stop | White Lion Cross | 1244 |
| Food bank | Gillingham | 4696 |
| Defibrillator | Leaping Frogs Day Nursery Cic | 1311 |
| Pharmacy | Mere Pharmacy | 2584 |
| Post office | Bourton Post Office | 1638 |
| Library | Mere Library | 2446 |
| Coast | — | 41693 |
| Central London | — | 158369 |

## Utilities

- **Electricity:** Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks (region H, MPAN 20)
- **Water:** Wessex Water
- **Sewerage:** Wessex Water
- **Broadband:** 100% gigabit, 100% superfast, 100% ultrafast, 0% below USO

## Adjacent postcodes

- [SP8 5AG](https://openpostcodes.uk/SP8%205AG)
- [BA12 6LW](https://openpostcodes.uk/BA12%206LW)
- [SP8 5AQ](https://openpostcodes.uk/SP8%205AQ)
- [SP8 5AH](https://openpostcodes.uk/SP8%205AH)
- [SP8 5AJ](https://openpostcodes.uk/SP8%205AJ)
- [BA12 6LG](https://openpostcodes.uk/BA12%206LG)
- [BA12 6LF](https://openpostcodes.uk/BA12%206LF)
- [BA12 6LH](https://openpostcodes.uk/BA12%206LH)

## Boundary

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