Schools
63 open schools are in scope, including 35 primary and 13 secondary schools. Winchelsea School is the nearest published school at 975 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
BH12 4WA
Canford Heath · Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole · England
Updated September 2026
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- Ward
- Canford Heath
- Local authority
- Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
- Constituency
- Mid Dorset and North Poole
- Postcode district
- BH12
- Postcode sector
- BH12 4
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- BH12 4WA
- Status
- Terminated
- Introduced
- 1 December 2001
- Terminated
- 1 March 2004
- Postcode area
- BH
- Postcode district
- BH12
- Postcode sector
- BH12 4
- Latitude
- 50.749988
- Longitude
- -1.945580
- British National Grid easting
- 403,935
- British National Grid northing
- 94,490
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- England · E92000001
- Region
- South West · E12000009
- Local authority district
- Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole · E06000058
- Electoral ward
- Canford Heath · E05012657
- Parish or community
- E04013535
- Westminster constituency
- Mid Dorset and North Poole · E14001363
- Output area
- E00077785
- Lower layer super output area
- Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole 008A · E01015379
- Middle layer super output area
- Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole 008 · E02003195
Postcode source versions
- Ordnance Survey: Code-Point Open Version 2026-08 · Current postcode units in Great Britain · OGL-3.0
- Office for National Statistics: ONS Postcode Directory Version 2026-08 · United Kingdom; Northern Ireland excluded pending rights review; Crown Dependencies outside product scope · OGL-3.0 with third-party rights
- Ordnance Survey: Boundary-Line Version 2026-05 · Local-authority boundaries in Great Britain · OS OpenData Licence
Explore BH12
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 63
- Primary
- 35
- Secondary
- 13
- 975 m
Winchelsea School
Community special school
- 1.2 km
The Lion Works School
Other independent special school
- 1.2 km
St Aldhelm's Academy
Academy sponsor led
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 1,631
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 601
- Anti social behaviour 324
- Shoplifting 171
- Criminal damage and arson 143
- Other theft 118
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- Not supplied
- Postcode households
- Not supplied
- Residents per household
- Not available
- BH12 4 residents
- 9,471
Age bands in BH12 4
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 19.6%
- Age 15 to 24
- 11%
- Age 25 to 44
- 25.9%
- Age 45 to 64
- 24.9%
- Age 65 and over
- 18.6%
1,753 residents
987 residents
2,319 residents
2,235 residents
1,672 residents
Small counts are adjusted for privacy, so totals can differ slightly between Census tables.
Census Day: 21 March 2021. Sources: ONS/Nomis P001-P004 and ONS CT21_0228. Age table version 2024-04-08.
GP practices
15
within 5 km straight-line
THE ROSEMARY HEALTH CTR
2 ROSEMARY GARDENS, POOLE, BH12 3HF
ODS code J81036
1.2 km
CANFORD HEATH GROUP PRACT
9 MITCHELL ROAD, CANFORD HEATH, POOLE, BH17 8UE
ODS code J81013
1.6 km
SHORE MEDICAL
MANSFIELD ROAD, PARKSTONE, POOLE, BH14 0DJ
ODS code J81012
2.4 km
TALBOT MEDICAL CENTRE
63 KINSON ROAD, WALLISDOWN, BOURNEMOUTH, BH10 4BX
ODS code J81033
2.6 km
EVERGREEN OAK SURGERY
43 COMMERCIAL ROAD, PARKSTONE, POOLE, BH14 0HU
ODS code J81086
3.1 km
THE HADLEIGH PRACTICE
HADLEIGH PRACTICE, 20 KIRKWAY, BROADSTONE, BH18 8EE
ODS code J81041
3.6 km
THE HARVEY PRACTICE
18 KIRKWAY, BROADSTONE, BH18 8EE
ODS code J81046
3.6 km
VILLAGE SURGERY
GILLETT ROAD, TALBOT VILLAGE, POOLE, BH12 5BF
ODS code J81042
3.6 km
KINSON ROAD MEDICAL CENTRE
440 KINSON ROAD, KINSON, BOURNEMOUTH, BH10 5EY
ODS code J81045
3.7 km
THE BIRCHWOOD PRACTICE
NORTHMEAD DRIVE, CREEKMOOR, POOLE, BH17 7XW
ODS code J81087
3.9 km
POOLE TOWN SURGERY
36 PARKSTONE ROAD, POOLE, BH15 2PG
ODS code J81064
4.0 km
THE NEWMAN PRACTICE (DR NEWMANS SURGERY)
THE SURGERY, 36 PARKSTONE ROAD, POOLE, BH15 2PG
ODS code J81648
4.0 km
WESTBOURNE MEDICAL CENTRE
MILBURN ROAD, WESTBOURNE, BOURNEMOUTH, BH4 9HJ
ODS code J81014
4.2 km
THE BANKS & BEARWOOD MEDICAL CENTRE
272 WIMBORNE ROAD, WINTON, BOURNEMOUTH, BH3 7AT
ODS code J81070
4.8 km
DENMARK ROAD MEDICAL CENTRE
37 DENMARK ROAD, WINTON, BOURNEMOUTH, BH9 1PB
ODS code J81625
4.9 km
Nearby transport
- 0.1 miles
Broom Road
BCT · Alderney
- 0.1 miles
Broom Road
BCT · Alderney
- 0.3 miles
Mannings Heath Road
BCT · Alderney
- 0.3 miles
Tower Park
BCT · Canford Heath
- 0.3 miles
Stone Park Corner
BCT · Alderney
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole 008A, the published LSOA linked to this postcode. Decile 1 contains the most deprived 10% of English LSOAs and decile 10 the least deprived 10%.
Overall IMD decile
3 of 10
Overall England rank
7,174 of 33,755
- Income
- 3 of 10
- Employment
- 2 of 10
- Education and skills
- 2 of 10
- Health and disability
- 2 of 10
- Crime
- 6 of 10
- Housing and services
- 5 of 10
- Living environment
- 7 of 10
These are relative area statistics, not measures of an individual household, affluence or absolute change. They cannot be compared with indices for other UK nations. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, version 2025-v2.
Evidence in context
Recorded crime
1,631 published events cover 12 months, averaging 135.917 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 601 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.