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BH17 8PR

Canford Heath · Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Poole
Ward
Canford Heath
Local authority
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
Constituency
Mid Dorset and North Poole
Postcode district
BH17
Postcode sector
BH17 8

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
BH17 8PX 41 m
BH17 8SL 82 m
BH17 8QQ 106 m
BH17 8PZ 107 m
BH17 8QE 111 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
BH17 8PR
Status
Current
Introduced
1 July 1995
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
BH
Postcode district
BH17
Postcode sector
BH17 8
Latitude
50.741939
Longitude
-1.967274
British National Grid easting
402,405
British National Grid northing
93,594

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
E00077923
Lower layer super output area
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole 016A · E01015407
Middle layer super output area
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole 016 · E02003198

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Property

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14 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
74, Bader Road, Canford Heath, Poole, BH17 8PR 30 April 2021 £330,000
72, Bader Road, Canford Heath, Poole, BH17 8PR 23 October 2020 £320,000
76, Bader Road, Canford Heath, Poole, BH17 8PR 16 June 2017 £302,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
61
Primary
34
Secondary
12

  1. Canford Heath Infant School

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    467 m

  2. Canford Heath Junior School

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    516 m

  3. Longspee Academy

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    601 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
1,696
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 650
  • Anti social behaviour 332
  • Shoplifting 154
  • Criminal damage and arson 122
  • Other theft 117

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
28

12 female, 16 male

Postcode households
10
Residents per household
2.8
BH17 8 residents
7,926

Age bands in BH17 8

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
18.6%

1,452 residents

Age 15 to 24
10.1%

789 residents

Age 25 to 44
28.1%

2,193 residents

Age 45 to 64
26.1%

2,034 residents

Age 65 and over
17.2%

1,340 residents

This postcode contained 0.4% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider BH17 8 sector, not people in this individual postcode.

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

13

within 5 km

  • CANFORD HEATH GROUP PRACT

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

    ODS code J81013

    207 m

  • THE ROSEMARY HEALTH CTR

    2 ROSEMARY GARDENS, POOLE, BH12 3HF

    ODS code J81036

    1.4 km

  • EVERGREEN OAK SURGERY

    43 COMMERCIAL ROAD, PARKSTONE, POOLE, BH14 0HU

    ODS code J81086

    2.1 km

  • THE BIRCHWOOD PRACTICE

    NORTHMEAD DRIVE, CREEKMOOR, POOLE, BH17 7XW

    ODS code J81087

    2.2 km

  • SHORE MEDICAL

    MANSFIELD ROAD, PARKSTONE, POOLE, BH14 0DJ

    ODS code J81012

    2.3 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 HADLEIGH PRACTICE

    HADLEIGH PRACTICE, 20 KIRKWAY, BROADSTONE, BH18 8EE

    ODS code J81041

    2.8 km

  • THE HARVEY PRACTICE

    18 KIRKWAY, BROADSTONE, BH18 8EE

    ODS code J81046

    2.8 km

  • THE ADAM PRACTICE

    306 BLANDFORD ROAD, HAMWORTHY, POOLE, BH15 4JQ

    ODS code J81006

    3.9 km

  • TALBOT MEDICAL CENTRE

    63 KINSON ROAD, WALLISDOWN, BOURNEMOUTH, BH10 4BX

    ODS code J81033

    4.2 km

  • WESTBOURNE MEDICAL CENTRE

    MILBURN ROAD, WESTBOURNE, BOURNEMOUTH, BH4 9HJ

    ODS code J81014

    5.0 km

  • VILLAGE SURGERY

    GILLETT ROAD, TALBOT VILLAGE, POOLE, BH12 5BF

    ODS code J81042

    5.0 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

  • The Pilot

    BCT · Canford Heath

    0.1 miles

  • Wykeham Close

    BCT · Canford Heath

    0.1 miles

  • Wykeham Close

    BCT · Canford Heath

    0.1 miles

  • The Pilot

    BCT · Canford Heath

    0.1 miles

  • Gibson Road

    BCT · Canford Heath

    0.1 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole 016A, 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

23,687 of 33,755

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

61 open schools are in scope, including 34 primary and 12 secondary schools. Canford Heath Infant School is the nearest published school at 467 m.

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

Recorded crime

1,696 published events cover 12 months, averaging 141.333 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 650 events.

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