# SP8 5DS

## Location

- **Coordinates:** 51.032921, -2.298111
- **Open Location Code:** 9C3V2PM2+5Q
- **Maidenhead Locator:** IO81ua
- **Qibla:** 116.2°
- **Grid reference:** ST 79192 25994
- **UTM:** 30U 549216 5653720
- **Elevation:** 81m
- **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:** E04013378
- **Travel to work area:** E30000172
- **Police force area:** E23000039
- **European electoral region:** South West (E15000009)
- **Date introduced:** 1980-01

## Census & classification

- **2021 LSOA:** E01020464
- **2021 MSOA:** Gillingham (E02004255)
- **2021 output area:** E00103731
- **2011 LSOA:** E01020464
- **2011 MSOA:** E02004255
- **2011 output area:** E00103731
- **2011 workplace zone:** E33049434
- **Rural/urban classification:** Urban: further from a major town or city
- **Output area classification:** Rural Residents (1C2)
- **Deprivation rank (IMD):** 26436
- **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) | 1804 |
| Hospital | Wincanton Community Hospital | 8871 |
| GP | Gillingham Medical Practice | 1977 |
| School | Wyke Primary School | 882 |
| Airport | RNAS Yeovilton | 23974 |
| Bus stop | Pound Lane | 769 |
| Food bank | Gillingham | 1716 |
| Defibrillator | NA | 799 |
| Pharmacy | Dudley Taylor Pharmacy | 1766 |
| Post office | Wyke Post Office | 1020 |
| Library | Gillingham Library | 1586 |
| Coast | — | 37307 |
| Central London | — | 159940 |

## Utilities

- **Electricity:** Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks (region H, MPAN 20)
- **Water:** Wessex Water
- **Sewerage:** Wessex Water
- **Broadband:** 33.3% gigabit, 66.7% superfast, 33.3% ultrafast, 0% below USO

## Adjacent postcodes

- [SP8 5DR](https://openpostcodes.uk/SP8%205DR)
- [SP8 5DP](https://openpostcodes.uk/SP8%205DP)
- [SP8 4DH](https://openpostcodes.uk/SP8%204DH)
- [SP8 4GF](https://openpostcodes.uk/SP8%204GF)
- [SP8 4NN](https://openpostcodes.uk/SP8%204NN)
- [SP8 5RA](https://openpostcodes.uk/SP8%205RA)
- [SP8 5DT](https://openpostcodes.uk/SP8%205DT)

## Boundary

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