Schools
63 open schools are in scope, including 35 primary and 12 secondary schools. Haymoor Junior School is the nearest published school at 92 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
BH17 8WZ
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
- BH17
- Postcode sector
- BH17 8
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- BH17 8WZ
- Status
- Terminated
- Introduced
- 1 September 2002
- Terminated
- 1 January 2004
- Postcode area
- BH
- Postcode district
- BH17
- Postcode sector
- BH17 8
- Latitude
- 50.747542
- Longitude
- -1.966519
- British National Grid easting
- 402,458
- British National Grid northing
- 94,217
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
- E00077917
- Lower layer super output area
- Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole 016A · E01015407
- 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
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 63
- Primary
- 35
- Secondary
- 12
- 92 m
Haymoor Junior School
Academy converter
- 123 m
Magna Academy
Academy sponsor led
- 257 m
Ad Astra Infant School
Academy converter
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 1,350
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 522
- Anti social behaviour 269
- Shoplifting 110
- Other theft 95
- Criminal damage and arson 90
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- Not supplied
- Postcode households
- Not supplied
- Residents per household
- Not available
- BH17 8 residents
- 7,926
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
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
12
within 5 km straight-line
CANFORD HEATH GROUP PRACT
9 MITCHELL ROAD, CANFORD HEATH, POOLE, BH17 8UE
ODS code J81013
663 m
THE ROSEMARY HEALTH CTR
2 ROSEMARY GARDENS, POOLE, BH12 3HF
ODS code J81036
1.6 km
THE BIRCHWOOD PRACTICE
NORTHMEAD DRIVE, CREEKMOOR, POOLE, BH17 7XW
ODS code J81087
2.4 km
THE HADLEIGH PRACTICE
HADLEIGH PRACTICE, 20 KIRKWAY, BROADSTONE, BH18 8EE
ODS code J81041
2.4 km
THE HARVEY PRACTICE
18 KIRKWAY, BROADSTONE, BH18 8EE
ODS code J81046
2.4 km
EVERGREEN OAK SURGERY
43 COMMERCIAL ROAD, PARKSTONE, POOLE, BH14 0HU
ODS code J81086
2.7 km
SHORE MEDICAL
MANSFIELD ROAD, PARKSTONE, POOLE, BH14 0DJ
ODS code J81012
2.7 km
POOLE TOWN SURGERY
36 PARKSTONE ROAD, POOLE, BH15 2PG
ODS code J81064
3.2 km
THE NEWMAN PRACTICE (DR NEWMANS SURGERY)
THE SURGERY, 36 PARKSTONE ROAD, POOLE, BH15 2PG
ODS code J81648
3.2 km
TALBOT MEDICAL CENTRE
63 KINSON ROAD, WALLISDOWN, BOURNEMOUTH, BH10 4BX
ODS code J81033
4.1 km
THE ADAM PRACTICE
306 BLANDFORD ROAD, HAMWORTHY, POOLE, BH15 4JQ
ODS code J81006
4.3 km
VILLAGE SURGERY
GILLETT ROAD, TALBOT VILLAGE, POOLE, BH12 5BF
ODS code J81042
5.0 km
Nearby transport
- 0.1 miles
Ashdown School
BCT · Canford Heath
- 0.1 miles
Ad Astra School
BCT · Canford Heath
- 0.1 miles
Ashdown School
BCT · Canford Heath
- 0.2 miles
Warburton Road
BCT · Canford Heath
- 0.2 miles
Warburton Road
BCT · Canford Heath
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.
Evidence in context
Recorded crime
1,350 published events cover 12 months, averaging 112.5 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 522 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.