BH21 1ES

Wimborne Minster · Dorset · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Wimborne
Local authority
Dorset
Postcode district
BH21
Postcode sector
BH21 1

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
BH21 1EW 92 m
BH21 1JY 104 m
BH21 1EP 108 m
BH21 1JU 111 m
BH21 1EN 122 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
BH21 1ES
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
BH
Postcode district
BH21
Postcode sector
BH21 1
Latitude
50.800936
Longitude
-1.991413
British National Grid easting
400,701
British National Grid northing
100,154

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South West · E12000009
Local authority district
Dorset · E06000059
Parish or community
E04013393
Output area
E00103520
Lower layer super output area
Dorset 021C · E01020428
Middle layer super output area
Dorset 021 · E02004252

Postcode source versions

Explore BH21

28 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
11, Westfield Close, Wimborne, BH21 1ES 14 July 2025 £990,000
13, Westfield Close, Wimborne, BH21 1ES 24 June 2024 £935,000
16, Westfield Close, Wimborne, BH21 1ES 13 January 2023 £620,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
23
Primary
11
Secondary
6
  1. Wimborne First School and Nursery

    Academy converter

    190 m
  2. Allenbourn Middle School

    Academy converter

    449 m
  3. St John's Church of England First School, Wimborne

    Academy converter

    907 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
722
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 277
  • Anti social behaviour 162
  • Shoplifting 76
  • Criminal damage and arson 61
  • Other theft 38

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
46

25 female, 21 male

Postcode households
17
Residents per household
2.7
BH21 1 residents
10,115

Age bands in BH21 1

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
13%

1,341 residents

Age 15 to 24
8.6%

883 residents

Age 25 to 44
17.5%

1,810 residents

Age 45 to 64
26.5%

2,741 residents

Age 65 and over
34.4%

3,551 residents

This postcode contained 0.5% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider BH21 1 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

4

within 5 km

  • WALFORD MILL MEDICAL CENTRE

    KNOBCROOK ROAD, WIMBORNE, BH21 1NL

    ODS code J81077

    507 m

  • THE QUARTER JACK SURGERY

    RODWAYS CORNER, WIMBORNE, BH21 1AP

    ODS code J81034

    679 m

  • THE HADLEIGH PRACTICE

    HADLEIGH PRACTICE, 20 KIRKWAY, BROADSTONE, BH18 8EE

    ODS code J81041

    4.4 km

  • THE HARVEY PRACTICE

    18 KIRKWAY, BROADSTONE, BH18 8EE

    ODS code J81046

    4.4 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

  • Julian's Bridge

    BCT · Wimborne Minster

    0.1 miles
  • The Square

    BCT · Wimborne Minster

    0.1 miles
  • Julian's Bridge

    BCT · Wimborne Minster

    0.2 miles
  • The Square

    BCT · Wimborne Minster

    0.2 miles
  • The Square

    BCT · Wimborne Minster

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Dorset 021C, 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

18,066 of 33,755

Income
5 of 10
Employment
6 of 10
Education and skills
5 of 10
Health and disability
6 of 10
Crime
4 of 10
Housing and services
8 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
Possible

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 £935,000 from 3 recorded sales in BH21 1ES. 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

23 open schools are in scope, including 11 primary and 6 secondary schools. Wimborne First School and Nursery is the nearest published school at 190 m.

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

Recorded crime

722 published events cover 12 months, averaging 60.167 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 277 events.

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