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BH18 8PD

Broadstone · Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Broadstone
Ward
Broadstone
Local authority
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
Constituency
Mid Dorset and North Poole
Postcode district
BH18
Postcode sector
BH18 8

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
BH18 8NL 76 m
BH18 8PA 88 m
BH18 8NY 100 m
BH18 8NW 120 m
BH18 8NS 131 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
BH18 8PD
Status
Current
Introduced
1 November 2005
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
BH
Postcode district
BH18
Postcode sector
BH18 8
Latitude
50.753517
Longitude
-1.986404
British National Grid easting
401,055
British National Grid northing
94,881

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South West · E12000009
Local authority district
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole · E06000058
Electoral ward
Broadstone · E05012654
Parish or community
E04013534
Westminster constituency
Mid Dorset and North Poole · E14001363
Output area
E00077852
Lower layer super output area
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole 004B · E01015396
Middle layer super output area
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole 004 · E02003196

Postcode source versions

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Property

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5 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
5, Ambleside Close, Broadstone, BH18 8PD 12 April 2006 £425,000
3, Ambleside Close, Broadstone, BH18 8PD 24 February 2006 £415,000
1, Ambleside Close, Broadstone, BH18 8PD 14 February 2006 £425,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
52
Primary
29
Secondary
12

  1. Poole Grammar School

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    457 m

  2. Montacute School

    Academy special converter

    474 m

  3. Hillbourne Primary School

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    583 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
1,014
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 399
  • Anti social behaviour 181
  • Criminal damage and arson 81
  • Other theft 74
  • Vehicle crime 67

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
11

6 female, 5 male

Postcode households
5
Residents per household
2.2
BH18 8 residents
5,108

Age bands in BH18 8

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
10.6%

506 residents

Age 15 to 24
8.6%

412 residents

Age 25 to 44
14.2%

679 residents

Age 45 to 64
29%

1,386 residents

Age 65 and over
37.6%

1,795 residents

This postcode contained 0.2% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider BH18 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

11

within 5 km

  • THE HADLEIGH PRACTICE

    HADLEIGH PRACTICE, 20 KIRKWAY, BROADSTONE, BH18 8EE

    ODS code J81041

    973 m

  • THE HARVEY PRACTICE

    18 KIRKWAY, BROADSTONE, BH18 8EE

    ODS code J81046

    973 m

  • THE BIRCHWOOD PRACTICE

    NORTHMEAD DRIVE, CREEKMOOR, POOLE, BH17 7XW

    ODS code J81087

    1.7 km

  • CANFORD HEATH GROUP PRACT

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

    ODS code J81013

    2.0 km

  • THE ROSEMARY HEALTH CTR

    2 ROSEMARY GARDENS, POOLE, BH12 3HF

    ODS code J81036

    3.2 km

  • POOLE TOWN SURGERY

    36 PARKSTONE ROAD, POOLE, BH15 2PG

    ODS code J81064

    3.8 km

  • THE NEWMAN PRACTICE (DR NEWMANS SURGERY)

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

    ODS code J81648

    3.8 km

  • EVERGREEN OAK SURGERY

    43 COMMERCIAL ROAD, PARKSTONE, POOLE, BH14 0HU

    ODS code J81086

    3.9 km

  • THE ADAM PRACTICE

    306 BLANDFORD ROAD, HAMWORTHY, POOLE, BH15 4JQ

    ODS code J81006

    4.0 km

  • SHORE MEDICAL

    MANSFIELD ROAD, PARKSTONE, POOLE, BH14 0DJ

    ODS code J81012

    4.2 km

  • THE QUARTER JACK SURGERY

    RODWAYS CORNER, WIMBORNE, BH21 1AP

    ODS code J81034

    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

  • Greenhayes

    BCT · Gravel Hill

    0.1 miles

  • Okeford Road

    BCT · Waterloo Estate

    0.1 miles

  • Greenhayes

    BCT · Gravel Hill

    0.1 miles

  • Chetwode Way

    BCT · Waterloo Estate

    0.1 miles

  • Fontmell Road Bottom

    BCT · Gravel Hill

    0.1 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole 004B, 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

10 of 10

Overall England rank

33,247 of 33,755

Income
10 of 10
Employment
10 of 10
Education and skills
10 of 10
Health and disability
9 of 10
Crime
10 of 10
Housing and services
8 of 10
Living environment
9 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

52 open schools are in scope, including 29 primary and 12 secondary schools. Poole Grammar School is the nearest published school at 457 m.

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

Recorded crime

1,014 published events cover 12 months, averaging 84.5 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 399 events.

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