Schools
63 open schools are in scope, including 35 primary and 13 secondary schools. Ad Astra Infant School is the nearest published school at 972 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
BH17 8SW
Canford Heath · Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole · England
Updated September 2026
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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
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- BH17 8SW
- Status
- Current
- Introduced
- 1 August 1992
- Terminated
- Not published
- Postcode area
- BH
- Postcode district
- BH17
- Postcode sector
- BH17 8
- Latitude
- 50.752465
- Longitude
- -1.952382
- British National Grid easting
- 403,455
- British National Grid northing
- 94,765
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
- E00077911
- Lower layer super output area
- Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole 016D · E01015410
- Middle layer super output area
- Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole 016 · E02003198
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 BH17
Property
23 recorded
sales at this postcode
| Address | Date | Price |
|---|---|---|
| 45, Twyford Way, Poole, BH17 8SW | 26 March 2021 | £315,000 |
| 47, Twyford Way, Poole, BH17 8SW | 22 March 2021 | £350,000 |
| 57, Twyford Way, Poole, BH17 8SW | 9 December 2020 | £330,000 |
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 63
- Primary
- 35
- Secondary
- 13
- 972 m
Ad Astra Infant School
Academy converter
- 1.1 km
Magna Academy
Academy sponsor led
- 1.2 km
Haymoor Junior School
Academy converter
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 1,214
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 471
- Anti social behaviour 248
- Criminal damage and arson 111
- Other theft 92
- Shoplifting 84
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- 34
- Postcode households
- 13
- Residents per household
- 2.6
- BH17 8 residents
- 7,926
16 female, 18 male
Age bands in BH17 8
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 18.6%
- Age 15 to 24
- 10.1%
- Age 25 to 44
- 28.1%
- Age 45 to 64
- 26.1%
- Age 65 and over
- 17.2%
1,452 residents
789 residents
2,193 residents
2,034 residents
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
1.5 km
THE ROSEMARY HEALTH CTR
2 ROSEMARY GARDENS, POOLE, BH12 3HF
ODS code J81036
1.5 km
SHORE MEDICAL
MANSFIELD ROAD, PARKSTONE, POOLE, BH14 0DJ
ODS code J81012
2.8 km
THE HADLEIGH PRACTICE
HADLEIGH PRACTICE, 20 KIRKWAY, BROADSTONE, BH18 8EE
ODS code J81041
3.1 km
THE HARVEY PRACTICE
18 KIRKWAY, BROADSTONE, BH18 8EE
ODS code J81046
3.1 km
TALBOT MEDICAL CENTRE
63 KINSON ROAD, WALLISDOWN, BOURNEMOUTH, BH10 4BX
ODS code J81033
3.1 km
EVERGREEN OAK SURGERY
43 COMMERCIAL ROAD, PARKSTONE, POOLE, BH14 0HU
ODS code J81086
3.2 km
THE BIRCHWOOD PRACTICE
NORTHMEAD DRIVE, CREEKMOOR, POOLE, BH17 7XW
ODS code J81087
3.5 km
KINSON ROAD MEDICAL CENTRE
440 KINSON ROAD, KINSON, BOURNEMOUTH, BH10 5EY
ODS code J81045
4.0 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
VILLAGE SURGERY
GILLETT ROAD, TALBOT VILLAGE, POOLE, BH12 5BF
ODS code J81042
4.1 km
WESTBOURNE MEDICAL CENTRE
MILBURN ROAD, WESTBOURNE, BOURNEMOUTH, BH4 9HJ
ODS code J81014
4.7 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
- 0.1 miles
Twyford Way
BCT · Canford Heath
- 0.1 miles
Twyford Way
BCT · Canford Heath
- 0.2 miles
Chalbury Close
BCT · Canford Heath
- 0.2 miles
Chalbury Close
BCT · Canford Heath
- 0.2 miles
Dewlish Close
BCT · Canford Heath
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole 016D, 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
7 of 10
Overall England rank
22,669 of 33,755
- Income
- 6 of 10
- Employment
- 6 of 10
- Education and skills
- 5 of 10
- Health and disability
- 7 of 10
- Crime
- 6 of 10
- Housing and services
- 6 of 10
- Living environment
- 10 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
Recorded crime
1,214 published events cover 12 months, averaging 101.167 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 471 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.