Shaftesbury Road is presumably named after the town of Shaftesbury, which is 15 miles or so to the West.
Shaftesbury is famous for ‘Gold Hill’ – the very steep, cobbled but picturesque hill that was used in an advert for ‘Hovis’ a few years ago.
Shaftesbury is a good place to go for a couple of hours if you live in Salisbury, or are visiting Salisbury for a week or so.<
[...] runs most of the way from Salisbury to the town of Shaftesbury, which is about 20 miles away, by road [...]