Overview for Vale View, SHAFTESBURY, SP7 8TJ
Introduction
Shaftesbury is a town and civil parish in Dorset, England. It is on the A30 road, 20 miles (32 kilometres) west of Salisbury, near the border with Wiltshire. It is the only significant hilltop settlement in Dorset, being built about 215 metres (705 feet) above sea level on a greensand hill on the edge of Cranborne Chase.
The town looks over the Blackmore Vale, part of the River Stour basin.
Shaftesbury is the site of the former Shaftesbury Abbey, which was founded in 888 by King Alfred and became one of the richest religious establishments in the country, before being destroyed in the dissolution in 1539. Adjacent to the abbey site is Gold Hill, a steep cobbled street used in the 1970s as the setting for Ridley Scott's television advertisement for Hovis bread.
In the 2021 Census the town's civil parish had a population of 9,162.
Summary for Vale View, SHAFTESBURY, SP7 8TJ
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Road Safety near SP7 8TJ
Details of personal injury accidents in and around Vale View, SP7 8TJ that have been reported to Dorset Police over the past 20 years.
Traffic Levels near SP7 8TJ
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Police
This area is policed by Dorset Police.
Dorset Police split their policing area into 21 separate neighbourhoods and this postcode is in the Gillingham and Shaftesbury neighbourhood.
Gillingham and Shaftesbury Neighbourhood Crime
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Member of UK Parliament
This postcode is in the North Dorset parliamentary constituency.
North Dorset is a constituency in the South West region of England. The seat has been held by Simon Hoare (Conservative) since May 2015.
Most Recent House Sales for Vale View, SP7 8TJ
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Residents at SP7 8TJ
Sunrise and Sunset at SP7 8TJ
Traffic Emission and Congestion Zones
Historical Weather Summary
| Clear | 21.85% |
| Cloudy | 63.55% |
| Rain | 7.92% |
| Windy | 6.39% |
| Other | 0.29% |
Deprivation Index
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Average Energy Performance
Companies Registered at SP7 8TJ
Postcode Details for SP7 8TJ
Recent Updates
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18 Apr 2024 Added Traffic Camera Views from Traffic Scotland to Roadworks within Scotland |
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15 Apr 2024 Schools Data updated for April 2024 |
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10 Apr 2024 Companies Data updated for March 2024 |
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7 Apr 2024 New option to receive automatic updates to roadworks that affect you |
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7 Apr 2024 Police and Crime data updated for February 2024 |
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3 Apr 2024 Sold House Price data updated for February 2024 |
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30 Mar 2024 Energy Performance Certificates (England and Wales) updated February 2024 |
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28 Mar 2024 New feature to use Geolocating functions to detect your current location |
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The Rural/Urban classification is based upon data collected during the 2011 Census and released in August 2013 and is categorised into 6 distinct classes.
[A] Urban Major conurbation: A built up area with a population of 10,000 (3,000 in Scotland) or more and is assigned to the major conurbation settlement category.
[B] Urban Minor conurbation: A built up area with a population of 10,000 (3,000 in Scotland) or more and is assigned to the minor conurbation settlement category.
[C] Urban City and town: A built up area with a population of 10,000 (3,000 in Scotland) or more and is assigned to the city and town settlement category.
[D] Rural Town and fringe
[E] Rural Village
[F] Rural Hamlet and isolated dwelling
The Index of Multiple Deprivation (IMD) is the official measure of relative deprivation.
The index is based on 39 separate indicators across seven distinct domains (Income; Employment; Health and Disability; Education, Skills and Training; Crime; Barriers to Housing and Services; Living Environment) to provide an overall measure of multiple deprivation and is calculated for every neighbourhood.
The index is relative rather than an absolute scale and so a neighbourhood with a score of 10 is more deprived than one rated 20, but this does not equate to being twice as deprived.
Please note: Different indices are used in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland and so comparison of scores from neighbourhoods in different countries should not be undertaken.
These figures report on incorporated UK companies only that are registered at this postcode and do not include sole-traders, partnerships or overseas organisations.
The population figure shown for your area are an estimate provided by the Office for National Statistics and is rounded to the nearest 1,000.
The estimates are derived from the Annual Population Survey (APS) which is the Labour Force Survey (LFS) plus various sample boosts.
There are 55 unitary authorities. They provide all local government services in their areas. These are mainly in the cities, urban areas and larger towns although there are now 6 shire county councils that are unitary (ie have no district councils beneath them).
