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BH17 9NQ

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 9

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
BH17 7JX 81 m
BH17 7LD 85 m
BH17 9LR 86 m
BH17 9LN 104 m
BH17 9LW 120 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
BH17 9NQ
Status
Current
Introduced
1 July 1995
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
BH
Postcode district
BH17
Postcode sector
BH17 9
Latitude
50.748580
Longitude
-1.983258
British National Grid easting
401,277
British National Grid northing
94,332

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
53
Primary
30
Secondary
12

  1. Montacute School

    Academy special converter

    296 m

  2. Parkstone Grammar School

    Academy converter

    393 m

  3. Hillbourne Primary School

    Academy converter

    685 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
1,264
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 469
  • Anti social behaviour 231
  • Shoplifting 116
  • Criminal damage and arson 98
  • Other theft 87

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
42

21 female, 21 male

Postcode households
34
Residents per household
1.2
BH17 9 residents
6,301

Age bands in BH17 9

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
17.7%

1,106 residents

Age 15 to 24
10.4%

651 residents

Age 25 to 44
23.1%

1,437 residents

Age 45 to 64
28.6%

1,786 residents

Age 65 and over
20.1%

1,254 residents

This postcode contained 0.7% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider BH17 9 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

10

within 5 km straight-line

  • THE BIRCHWOOD PRACTICE

    NORTHMEAD DRIVE, CREEKMOOR, POOLE, BH17 7XW

    ODS code J81087

    1.4 km

  • 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

    1.6 km

  • THE HARVEY PRACTICE

    18 KIRKWAY, BROADSTONE, BH18 8EE

    ODS code J81046

    1.6 km

  • THE ROSEMARY HEALTH CTR

    2 ROSEMARY GARDENS, POOLE, BH12 3HF

    ODS code J81036

    2.7 km

  • POOLE TOWN SURGERY

    36 PARKSTONE ROAD, POOLE, BH15 2PG

    ODS code J81064

    3.3 km

  • THE NEWMAN PRACTICE (DR NEWMANS SURGERY)

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

    ODS code J81648

    3.3 km

  • EVERGREEN OAK SURGERY

    43 COMMERCIAL ROAD, PARKSTONE, POOLE, BH14 0HU

    ODS code J81086

    3.3 km

  • THE ADAM PRACTICE

    306 BLANDFORD ROAD, HAMWORTHY, POOLE, BH15 4JQ

    ODS code J81006

    3.6 km

  • SHORE MEDICAL

    MANSFIELD ROAD, PARKSTONE, POOLE, BH14 0DJ

    ODS code J81012

    3.6 km

Nearby transport

  • Waterloo Road Garage

    BCT · Waterloo Estate

    0.0 miles

  • Sopers Lane

    BCT · Waterloo Estate

    0.1 miles

  • Sopers Lane

    BCT · Waterloo Estate

    0.1 miles

  • Sopers Lane

    BCT · Waterloo Estate

    0.1 miles

  • Montacute School

    BCT · Canford Heath

    0.2 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
36
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

53 open schools are in scope, including 30 primary and 12 secondary schools. Montacute School is the nearest published school at 296 m.

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

Recorded crime

1,264 published events cover 12 months, averaging 105.333 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 469 events.

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