BH20 7DX

Lytchett Matravers & Upton · Dorset · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Local authority
Dorset
Postcode district
BH20
Postcode sector
BH20 7

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
BH20 7DY 72 m
BH20 7DZ 157 m
BH20 7DU 282 m
BH20 7DT 581 m
BH20 7EA 651 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
BH20 7DX
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
BH
Postcode district
BH20
Postcode sector
BH20 7
Latitude
50.752964
Longitude
-2.133945
British National Grid easting
390,647
British National Grid northing
94,828

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South West · E12000009
Local authority district
Dorset · E06000059
Parish or community
E04012324
Output area
E00103780
Lower layer super output area
Dorset 027B · E01020469
Middle layer super output area
Dorset 027 · E02004263

Postcode source versions

Explore BH20

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
2
Primary
1
Secondary
0
  1. Lytchett Matravers Primary School

    Academy converter

    3.8 km
  2. Graduately Developing Futures

    Other independent special school

    4.7 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
7
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Anti social behaviour 3
  • Violence and sexual offences 2
  • Other theft 1
  • Criminal damage and arson 1

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
18

10 female, 8 male

Postcode households
4
Residents per household
4.5
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 0.4% 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.

Nearby transport

  • Old Chapel House

    BCT · Whitefield

    0.2 miles
  • Old Chapel House

    BCT · Whitefield

    0.2 miles
  • Bloxworth Turning

    BCT · East Morden

    0.3 miles
  • Bloxworth Turning

    BCT · East Morden

    0.3 miles
  • Cock & Bottle

    BCT · East Morden

    0.5 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Dorset 027B, 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

5 of 10

Overall England rank

16,703 of 33,755

Income
5 of 10
Employment
5 of 10
Education and skills
6 of 10
Health and disability
7 of 10
Crime
8 of 10
Housing and services
2 of 10
Living environment
5 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

2 open schools are in scope, including 1 primary and 0 secondary schools. Lytchett Matravers Primary School is the nearest published school at 2.3 miles.

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

Recorded crime

7 published events cover 12 months, averaging 0.583 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Anti social behaviour with 3 events.

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