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BH19 1LW

Swanage · Dorset · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Swanage
Ward
Swanage
Local authority
Dorset
Constituency
South Dorset
Postcode district
BH19
Postcode sector
BH19 1

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
BH19 1BW 56 m
BH19 1DH 57 m
BH19 1BP 62 m
BH19 1LE 94 m
BH19 1LH 106 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
BH19 1LW
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
BH
Postcode district
BH19
Postcode sector
BH19 1
Latitude
50.618096
Longitude
-1.957182
British National Grid easting
403,125
British National Grid northing
79,823

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South West · E12000009
Local authority district
Dorset · E06000059
Electoral ward
Swanage · E05012722
Parish or community
E04003483
Westminster constituency
South Dorset · E14001485
Output area
E00103829
Lower layer super output area
Dorset 042C · E01020480
Middle layer super output area
Dorset 042 · E02004268

Postcode source versions

Explore BH19

Property

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87 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
Beach Chalet 51, Highcliffe Road, Swanage, BH19 1LW 2 April 2026 £60,000
Seascape, 7, Flat 2, Highcliffe Road, Swanage, BH19 1LW 25 February 2026 £405,000
Beach Chalet 52, Highcliffe Road, Swanage, BH19 1LW 13 October 2025 £57,500

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
5
Primary
4
Secondary
1

  1. St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Swanage

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    715 m

  2. Swanage Primary School

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    1.4 km

  3. Swanage St Mark's Church of England Primary School

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    2.1 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
307
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 122
  • Anti social behaviour 60
  • Shoplifting 37
  • Criminal damage and arson 28
  • Other theft 21

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
25

16 female, 9 male

Postcode households
14
Residents per household
1.8
BH19 1 residents
4,325

Age bands in BH19 1

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
9.8%

417 residents

Age 15 to 24
7.4%

317 residents

Age 25 to 44
13.9%

595 residents

Age 45 to 64
26.9%

1,149 residents

Age 65 and over
41.9%

1,789 residents

This postcode contained 0.6% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider BH19 1 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+
31.7%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
31.7%
Gigabit-capable
31.7%
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

1

within 5 km straight-line

  • SWANAGE MEDICAL PRACTICE

    RAILWAY STATION APPROACH, SWANAGE, BH19 1HB

    ODS code J81010

    936 m

Nearby transport

  • Crows Nest Inn

    BCT · Swanage

    0.0 miles

  • Crows Nest Inn

    BCT · Swanage

    0.1 miles

  • Clifton Road

    BCT · Swanage

    0.1 miles

  • Clifton Road

    BCT · Swanage

    0.1 miles

  • All Saints Church

    BCT · Swanage

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Dorset 042C, 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

6 of 10

Overall England rank

17,930 of 33,755

Income
6 of 10
Employment
4 of 10
Education and skills
6 of 10
Health and disability
6 of 10
Crime
6 of 10
Housing and services
3 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
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

Property market

The five-year median is £172,500 from 10 recorded sales in BH19 1LW. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.

The latest UK House Price Index average for Dorset is £325,410 in June 2026, up 1.6% year on year.

Schools

5 open schools are in scope, including 4 primary and 1 secondary schools. St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Swanage is the nearest published school at 715 m.

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

Recorded crime

307 published events cover 12 months, averaging 25.583 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 122 events.

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