BH20 7DG

Wareham · Dorset · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Wareham
Ward
Wareham
Local authority
Dorset
Postcode district
BH20
Postcode sector
BH20 7

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
BH20 7DQ 121 m
BH20 7DH 169 m
BH16 6LR 208 m
BH16 6LD 246 m
BH20 7DF 386 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
BH20 7DG
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
BH
Postcode district
BH20
Postcode sector
BH20 7
Latitude
50.717286
Longitude
-2.091249
British National Grid easting
393,654
British National Grid northing
90,856

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South West · E12000009
Local authority district
Dorset · E06000059
Electoral ward
Wareham · E05012725
Parish or community
E04012326
Output area
E00103816
Lower layer super output area
Dorset 033A · E01020476
Middle layer super output area
Dorset 033 · E02004265

Postcode source versions

Explore BH20

6 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
Camelot, Sandford Drive, Wareham, BH20 7DG 10 February 2023 £1,175,000
Charm Wood, Sandford Drive, Wareham, BH20 7DG 31 January 2022 £902,500
Beechen Grove, Sandford Drive, Wareham, BH20 7DG 28 September 2021 £775,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
11
Primary
7
Secondary
2
  1. Sandford St Martin's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School

    Voluntary aided school

    846 m
  2. Millie College

    Special post 16 institution

    2.5 km
  3. Lytchett Minster School

    Foundation school

    3.5 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
105
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 33
  • Anti social behaviour 31
  • Burglary 9
  • Criminal damage and arson 9
  • Shoplifting 7

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
15

9 female, 6 male

Postcode households
7
Residents per household
2.1
BH20 7 residents
4,519

Age bands in BH20 7

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
15%

673 residents

Age 15 to 24
8.9%

401 residents

Age 25 to 44
17.9%

804 residents

Age 45 to 64
30.1%

1,350 residents

Age 65 and over
28%

1,253 residents

This postcode contained 0.3% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider BH20 7 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

2

within 5 km

  • SANDFORD SURGERY

    TYNEHAM CLOSE, SANDFORD, WAREHAM, BH20 7BQ

    ODS code J81631

    1.1 km

  • WAREHAM SURGERY

    STRECHE ROAD, WAREHAM, BH20 4PG

    ODS code J81011

    3.8 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

  • Sandford Drive

    BCT · Sandford

    0.1 miles
  • Sandford Drive

    BCT · Sandford

    0.1 miles
  • Home Farm

    BCT · Sandford

    0.2 miles
  • Home Farm

    BCT · Sandford

    0.2 miles
  • Sandford Holiday Park

    BCT · Holton Heath

    0.3 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Dorset 033A, 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

17,093 of 33,755

Income
6 of 10
Employment
6 of 10
Education and skills
6 of 10
Health and disability
5 of 10
Crime
7 of 10
Housing and services
2 of 10
Living environment
4 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 £902,500 from 3 recorded sales in BH20 7DG. 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

11 open schools are in scope, including 7 primary and 2 secondary schools. Sandford St Martin's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School is the nearest published school at 846 m.

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

Recorded crime

105 published events cover 12 months, averaging 8.75 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 33 events.

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