| Sixpenny Handley | |
|---|---|
 High Street, Sixpenny Handley | |
  Sixpenny Handley Location within Dorset | |
| Population | 1,233 [1] |
| OS grid reference | ST997172 |
| Civil parish | |
| District | |
| Shire county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | SALISBURY |
| Postcode district | SP5 |
| Dialling code | 01725 |
| Police | Dorset |
| Fire | Dorset and Wiltshire |
| Ambulance | South Western |
| UK Parliament | |
Sixpenny Handley /ˈsɪkspəni ˈhændli/ or Handley is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Sixpenny Handley and Pentridge, in north east Dorset, England, situated on Cranborne Chase ten miles (16 km) north east of Blandford Forum. In the 2011 census the parish had a population of 1,233. The civil parish was abolished on 1 April 2015 and merged with Pentridge to form Sixpenny Handley and Pentridge.[2]
- ^ "Area: Sixpenny Handley (Parish), Key Figures for 2011 Census: Key Statistics". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 2 April 2014.
- ^ "The East Dorset (Reorganisation of Community Governance) Order 2015" (PDF). Lgbce. Retrieved 10 March 2018.