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BH20 6BY

West Purbeck · Dorset · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Wareham
Ward
West Purbeck
Local authority
Dorset
Constituency
South Dorset
Postcode district
BH20
Postcode sector
BH20 6

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
BH20 6BX 82 m
BH20 6BU 141 m
BH20 6DE 166 m
BH20 6DD 172 m
BH20 6BT 231 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
BH20 6BY
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
BH
Postcode district
BH20
Postcode sector
BH20 6
Latitude
50.676569
Longitude
-2.218291
British National Grid easting
384,672
British National Grid northing
86,347

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South West · E12000009
Local authority district
Dorset · E06000059
Electoral ward
West Purbeck · E05012728
Parish or community
E04003490
Westminster constituency
South Dorset · E14001485
Output area
E00103885
Lower layer super output area
Dorset 035C · E01020491
Middle layer super output area
Dorset 035 · E02004266

Postcode source versions

Explore BH20

Property

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13 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
Hillside House, Quarr Hill, Wool, Wareham, BH20 6BY 6 October 2023 £857,800
High Leaze, Quarr Hill, Wool, Wareham, BH20 6BY 14 July 2023 £500,000
Hillside House, Quarr Hill, Wool, Wareham, BH20 6BY 16 September 2022 £280,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
5
Primary
3
Secondary
0

  1. Wool Church of England Primary School

    Academy sponsor led

    116 m

  2. St Mary & St Joseph's Catholic Primary School

    Academy converter

    643 m

  3. Harbour School Dorset

    Free schools special

    1.8 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
113
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 40
  • Anti social behaviour 22
  • Other theft 17
  • Shoplifting 9
  • Criminal damage and arson 7

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
14

7 female, 7 male

Postcode households
8
Residents per household
1.8
BH20 6 residents
5,909

Age bands in BH20 6

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
18.4%

1,103 residents

Age 15 to 24
13.2%

792 residents

Age 25 to 44
24.2%

1,452 residents

Age 45 to 64
24.5%

1,469 residents

Age 65 and over
19.6%

1,173 residents

This postcode contained 0.2% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider BH20 6 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+
0%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
0%
Gigabit-capable
0%
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

  • THE WELLBRIDGE PRACTICE

    MEADOW LANE, WOOL, WAREHAM, BH20 6DR

    ODS code J81025

    569 m

Nearby transport

  • Primary School

    BCT · Wool

    0.1 miles

  • Primary School

    BCT · Wool

    0.1 miles

  • The Cross

    BCT · Wool

    0.2 miles

  • Library

    BCT · Wool

    0.3 miles

  • Library

    BCT · Wool

    0.3 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Dorset 035C, 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

21,692 of 33,755

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

Property market

The five-year median is £408,500 from 4 recorded sales in BH20 6BY. 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 3 primary and 0 secondary schools. Wool Church of England Primary School is the nearest published school at 116 m.

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

Recorded crime

113 published events cover 12 months, averaging 9.417 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 40 events.

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