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BH17 0AD

Canford Heath · Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Ward
Canford Heath
Local authority
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
Constituency
Mid Dorset and North Poole
Postcode district
BH17
Postcode sector
BH17 0

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
BH17 0AE 36 m
BH17 0LA 44 m
BH17 0HL 82 m
BH17 7LG 175 m
BH17 0SS 265 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
BH17 0AD
Status
Current
Introduced
1 November 2018
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
BH
Postcode district
BH17
Postcode sector
BH17 0
Latitude
50.741611
Longitude
-1.985032
British National Grid easting
401,152
British National Grid northing
93,557

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
E00077937
Lower layer super output area
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole 013E · E01015416
Middle layer super output area
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole 013 · E02003197

Postcode source versions

Explore BH17

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
50
Primary
30
Secondary
10

  1. Parkstone Grammar School

    Academy converter

    490 m

  2. Longspee Academy

    Academy special converter

    733 m

  3. Stanley Green Infant Academy

    Academy converter

    842 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
1,232
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 482
  • Anti social behaviour 213
  • Criminal damage and arson 96
  • Shoplifting 89
  • Vehicle crime 88

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
BH17 0 residents
18

Age bands in BH17 0

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
11.1%

38 residents

Age 15 to 24
8.5%

29 residents

Age 25 to 44
24.5%

84 residents

Age 45 to 64
23.6%

81 residents

Age 65 and over
32.4%

111 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.

Fixed broadband coverage

Ofcom's predicted availability across all residential and commercial premises in this postcode in January 2026.

Superfast, 30 Mbit/s+
100%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
100%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
100%
Gigabit-capable
100%
Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
0%
Next Generation Access
100%
Decent broadband available from fixed wireless
0%

Predicted coverage, not measured speeds. Check availability for your address with a provider. Postcode-level full-fibre figures are not published in this release.

Source: Ofcom Connected Nations Spring 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

GP practices

10

within 5 km

  • THE BIRCHWOOD PRACTICE

    NORTHMEAD DRIVE, CREEKMOOR, POOLE, BH17 7XW

    ODS code J81087

    960 m

  • CANFORD HEATH GROUP PRACT

    9 MITCHELL ROAD, CANFORD HEATH, POOLE, BH17 8UE

    ODS code J81013

    1.5 km

  • THE HADLEIGH PRACTICE

    HADLEIGH PRACTICE, 20 KIRKWAY, BROADSTONE, BH18 8EE

    ODS code J81041

    2.2 km

  • THE HARVEY PRACTICE

    18 KIRKWAY, BROADSTONE, BH18 8EE

    ODS code J81046

    2.2 km

  • POOLE TOWN SURGERY

    36 PARKSTONE ROAD, POOLE, BH15 2PG

    ODS code J81064

    2.5 km

  • THE NEWMAN PRACTICE (DR NEWMANS SURGERY)

    THE SURGERY, 36 PARKSTONE ROAD, POOLE, BH15 2PG

    ODS code J81648

    2.5 km

  • THE ROSEMARY HEALTH CTR

    2 ROSEMARY GARDENS, POOLE, BH12 3HF

    ODS code J81036

    2.7 km

  • EVERGREEN OAK SURGERY

    43 COMMERCIAL ROAD, PARKSTONE, POOLE, BH14 0HU

    ODS code J81086

    2.8 km

  • THE ADAM PRACTICE

    306 BLANDFORD ROAD, HAMWORTHY, POOLE, BH15 4JQ

    ODS code J81006

    2.9 km

  • SHORE MEDICAL

    MANSFIELD ROAD, PARKSTONE, POOLE, BH14 0DJ

    ODS code J81012

    3.3 km

Main GP practices only; branch surgeries are excluded. Distances are straight-line. Contact the practice to check registration, services, opening hours and appointments.

Source acquired on 2026-09-05. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • Hatch Pond Road

    BCT · Waterloo Estate

    0.1 miles

  • Hatch Pond Road

    BCT · Waterloo Estate

    0.1 miles

  • Tesco Superstore

    BCT · Waterloo Estate

    0.2 miles

  • The Fleetsbridge

    BCT · Stanley Green

    0.3 miles

  • The Fleetsbridge

    BCT · Stanley Green

    0.3 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole 013E, 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

8 of 10

Overall England rank

25,659 of 33,755

Income
7 of 10
Employment
7 of 10
Education and skills
6 of 10
Health and disability
6 of 10
Crime
10 of 10
Housing and services
8 of 10
Living environment
8 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.

Flood risk

Environment Agency long-term indicators for the area around addresses in this postcode. They are not an assessment of any individual property and do not show current or forecast flooding.

High risk addresses
0
Medium risk addresses
0
Low risk addresses
0
Groundwater flood alert area
Unlikely

Source: Environment Agency flood-risk postcode search tool data, version 2026-06-18. Check the long-term risk for an individual area. © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2025. All rights reserved.

Evidence in context

Schools

50 open schools are in scope, including 30 primary and 10 secondary schools. Parkstone Grammar School is the nearest published school at 490 m.

Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.

Recorded crime

1,232 published events cover 12 months, averaging 102.667 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 482 events.

The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.