Map of the SP postcode area
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Overview
This page brings together mapped and statistical information for the SP postcode area, also known as the Salisbury postal area.
The SP postcode area covers Salisbury Plain and nearby parts of South West England.
The postcode area borders the following neighbouring postcode areas: SN - Swindon, SO - Southampton, BH - Bournemouth, BA - Bath, RG - Reading and DT - Dorchester and is located inland.
The postcode area falls within the following counties: Wiltshire (55.58%), Hampshire (31.23%), Dorset (13.20%).
Quick facts
| Width east to west | 45.05 mi |
|---|---|
| Height north to south | 31.00 mi |
| Area | 646.92 mi² |
| Maximum width | 47.94 mi |
| Perimeter | 194.05 mi |
| Postcode districts | 11 |
| Postcode sectors | 47 |
| Post towns | 6 |
| Postcodes | 8,629 |
| Population | 232,524 |
The SP postcode area has a population of 232,524 and covers 1,675,515 hectares. Roughly 0.36% of the population of Great Britain lives here.
Post towns and postcode districts
Where is the SP postcode area?
How built up is the postcode area?
This compares building footprint coverage against the total land area across each postcode district. The least urban district is SP3 and the most urban is SP10.
| Postcode district | Total area (m²) | Footprint area (m²) | Built percentage |
|---|---|---|---|
| SP3 | 287,459,310 | 1,342,448 | 0.47% |
| SP5 | 406,113,529 | 2,276,468 | 0.56% |
| SP6 | 156,158,265 | 1,166,056 | 0.75% |
| SP11 | 303,768,696 | 2,576,615 | 0.85% |
| SP7 | 129,067,695 | 1,362,907 | 1.06% |
| SP4 | 215,147,671 | 2,644,164 | 1.23% |
| SP8 | 73,931,596 | 1,142,434 | 1.55% |
| SP9 | 31,232,547 | 580,176 | 1.86% |
| SP2 | 45,051,309 | 1,483,096 | 3.29% |
| SP1 | 11,963,729 | 1,153,021 | 9.64% |
| SP10 | 15,631,198 | 2,009,394 | 12.86% |
| Total | 1,675,525,545 | 17,736,779 | 1.06% |
Area measurements
| Hectares | 1,675,515 |
|---|---|
| Square miles | 6,469.20 |
| Square feet | 180,350,759,085.00 |
| Square kilometres | 16,755.15 |
Postal delivery offices
- Amesbury Delivery Office
- Andover Delivery Office
- Bulford Barracks Delivery Office
- Delivery Office Wnton Scale Payment Delivery Office
- Dinton Scale Payment Delivery Office
- East Knoyle Scale Payment Delivery Office
- Fordingbridge Delivery Office
- Fovant Scale Payment Delivery Office
- Gillingham Delivery Office (sp)
- Handley Scale Payment Delivery Office
- Hin Delivery Office N Scale Payment Delivery Office
- Landford Scale Payment Delivery Office
- Porton Scale Payment Delivery Office
- Salisbury Delivery Office
- Shaftesbury Delivery Office
- Tidworth Delivery Office
- Tisbury Scale Payment Delivery Office
- Whiteparish Scale Payment Delivery Office
- Woodfalls Scale Payment Delivery Office
Tourist attractions within the area
We found 7 visitor attractions within the Salisbury postcode area.
| Gold Hill Museum |
|---|
| Museums & Art Galleries |
| Museum and / or Art Gallery |
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| Old Wardour Castle |
| Historic Properties |
| Castle / Fort |
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| Stonehenge |
| Historic Properties |
| Historic Monument / Archaeological Site |
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| Old Sarum |
| Historic Properties |
| Historic Monument / Archaeological Site |
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| Mompesson House |
| Historic Properties |
| Historic House / House and Garden / Palace |
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| Salisbury Cathedral |
| Places of Worship |
| Place of Worship (still in use) |
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| Amesbury History Centre |
| Visitor Centres |
| Heritage / Visitor Centre |
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Towns and villages within the area
- Abbotts Ann — village
- Alderbury — village
- Alderholt — village
- Allington — village
- Amesbury — town
- Amport — village
- Andover — town
- Andover Down — village
- Anna Valley — village
- Ansty — village
- Appleshaw — village
- Ashford — village
- Ashmore — village
- Barford St Martin — village
- Berwick St James — village
- Berwick St John — village
- Bishopstone — village
- Bodenham — village
- Boscombe — village
- Bourton — village
- Bowerchalke — village
- Breamore — village
- Britford — village
- Broad Chalke — village
- Buckhorn Weston — village
- Bulford — village
- Burcombe — village
- Cann — village
- Cann Common — village
- Charlton — village
- Charlton All Saints — village
- Chilmark — village
- Cholderton — village
- Compton Abbas — village
- Compton Chamberlayne — village
- Coombe Bissett — village
- Cripplestyle — village
- Croucheston — village
- Damerham — village
- Dinton — village
- Donhead St Andrew — village
- Donhead St Mary — village
- Downton — village
- Durrington — village
- East Cholderton — village
- East Dean — village
- East Grimstead — village
- East Knoyle — village
- East Stour — village
- East Tytherley — village
- Ebbesbourne Wake — village
- Enham Alamein — village
- Faccombe — village
- Farley — village
- Faulston — village
- Figheldean — village
- Firsdown — village
- Fonthill Bishop — village
- Fontmell Magna — village
- Ford — village
- Fordingbridge — town
- Forton — village
- Fovant — village
- Frogham — village
- Fyfield — village
- Gillingham — town
- Godshill — village
- Gomeldon — village
- Goodworth Clatford — village
- Grateley — village
- Great Durnford — village
- Great Shoddesden — otherSettlement
- Great Wishford — village
- Guy's Marsh — village
- Hale — village
- Hamptworth — village
- Hanging Langford — village
- Hartgrove — village
- Hatherden — village
- Haxton — village
- Hindon — village
- Homington — village
- Hurstbourne Tarrant — village
- Hyde — village
- Ibthorpe — village
- Idmiston — village
- Kimpton — village
- Kington Magna — village
- Landford — village
- Landfordwood — otherSettlement
- Larkhill — Settlement
- Lockerley — village
- Longparish — village
- Lopcombe — village
- Lover — village
- Lower Woodford — village
- Ludgershall — town
- Ludwell — village
- Martin — village
- Melbury Abbas — village
- Middle Winterslow — village
- Middle Woodford — village
- Middleton — village
- Milston — village
- Milton — village
- Milton on Stour — village
- Monxton — village
- Morgan's Vale — village
- Motcombe — village
- Netheravon — village
- Netherhampton — village
- Newton — otherSettlement
- Newton Tony — village
- Nomansland — village
- North Charford — village
- North Gorley — village
- Nunton — village
- Odstock — village
- Old Sarum — village
- Orcheston — village
- Palestine — village
- Penton Grafton — village
- Penton Mewsey — village
- Picket Piece — village
- Pitton — village
- Plaitford — village
- Porton — village
- Quarley — village
- Quidhampton — village
- Redlynch — village
- Rockbourne — village
- Salisbury — city
- Sandleheath — village
- Sandy Balls — village
- Semley — village
- Shaftesbury — town
- Sherfield English — otherSettlement
- Shipton Bellinger — village
- Shrewton — village
- Sixpenny Handley — village
- South Gorley — otherSettlement
- South Newton — village
- St Mary Bourne — village
- Stapleford — village
- Steeple Langford — village
- Stoford — village
- Stoke — village
- Stour Provost — village
- Stour Row — village
- Stuckton — village
- Sutton Mandeville — village
- Swallowcliffe — village
- Teffont Magna — village
- Thruxton — village
- Tidworth — town
- Tilshead — village
- Tinkers Cross — village
- Tisbury — village
- Tollard Royal — village
- Upper Chute — village
- Upper Clatford — village
- Upper Woodford — village
- Upton — village
- Vernham Dean — village
- Wardour — village
- West Amesbury — village
- West Dean — village
- West Grimstead — village
- West Stour — village
- West Tytherley — village
- West Winterslow — village
- Weyhill — village
- Whaddon — village
- Wherwell — village
- Whiteparish — village
- Whitsbury — village
- Wilton — town
- Winterbourne Dauntsey — village
- Winterbourne Earls — village
- Winterbourne Gunner — village
- Winterbourne Stoke — village
- Woodfalls — village
- Woodgreen — village
- Woodyates — village