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BH20 6DF

West Purbeck · Dorset · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
BH20 6DE 10 m
BH20 6DJ 149 m
BH20 6BX 152 m
BH20 6BY 161 m
BH20 6BT 171 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
BH20 6DF
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
1 December 1999
Postcode area
BH
Postcode district
BH20
Postcode sector
BH20 6
Latitude
50.677204
Longitude
-2.220332
British National Grid easting
384,528
British National Grid northing
86,418

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

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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

    120 m

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

    Academy converter

    485 m

  3. Harbour School Dorset

    Free schools special

    1.7 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
166
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 64
  • Anti social behaviour 34
  • Other theft 23
  • Shoplifting 9
  • Public order 9

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
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

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

1

within 5 km straight-line

  • THE WELLBRIDGE PRACTICE

    MEADOW LANE, WOOL, WAREHAM, BH20 6DR

    ODS code J81025

    409 m

Nearby transport

  • Primary School

    BCT · Wool

    0.0 miles

  • Primary School

    BCT · Wool

    0.1 miles

  • The Cross

    BCT · Wool

    0.1 miles

  • Library

    BCT · Wool

    0.2 miles

  • Library

    BCT · Wool

    0.2 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.

Evidence in context

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 120 m.

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

Recorded crime

166 published events cover 12 months, averaging 13.833 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 64 events.

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