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BH20 7YF

West Purbeck · Dorset · England

Updated September 2026

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Ward
West Purbeck
Local authority
Dorset
Constituency
Mid Dorset and North Poole
Postcode district
BH20
Postcode sector
BH20 7

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
BH20 7NZ 840 m
BH20 7NY 881 m
BH20 7NX 1.8 km
BH20 7PA 1.8 km
BH20 7EU 2.1 km
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
BH20 7YF
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 June 2000
Terminated
1 July 2000
Postcode area
BH
Postcode district
BH20
Postcode sector
BH20 7
Latitude
50.723256
Longitude
-2.159715
British National Grid easting
388,822
British National Grid northing
91,528

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South West · E12000009
Local authority district
Dorset · E06000059
Electoral ward
West Purbeck · E05012728
Parish or community
E04012322
Westminster constituency
Mid Dorset and North Poole · E14001363
Output area
E00103745
Lower layer super output area
Dorset 027A · E01020465
Middle layer super output area
Dorset 027 · E02004263

Postcode source versions

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Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
1
Primary
1
Secondary
0

  1. Sandford St Martin's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School

    Voluntary aided school

    4.6 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
5
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

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

Census 2021

Population and age profile

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

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

  • SANDFORD SURGERY

    TYNEHAM CLOSE, SANDFORD, WAREHAM, BH20 7BQ

    ODS code J81631

    5.0 km

Nearby transport

  • Wareham Forest Park

    BCT · Cold Harbour

    0.3 miles

  • Birchwood Touring Prk

    BCT · Cold Harbour

    0.7 miles

  • Hunters Moon

    BCT · Cold Harbour

    1.0 miles

  • Hunters Moon

    BCT · Cold Harbour

    1.0 miles

  • Milestone Cottage

    BCT · Woodlake

    1.3 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Dorset 027A, 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

15,276 of 33,755

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

1 open schools are in scope, including 1 primary and 0 secondary schools. Sandford St Martin's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School is the nearest published school at 2.9 miles.

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

Recorded crime

5 published events cover 12 months, averaging 0.417 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Anti social behaviour with 2 events.

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