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BH21 1QZ

Bearwood & Merley · Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Wimborne
Ward
Bearwood & Merley
Local authority
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
Constituency
Mid Dorset and North Poole
Postcode district
BH21
Postcode sector
BH21 1

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
BH21 1UD 63 m
BH21 1SE 99 m
BH21 1XE 116 m
BH21 1RN 124 m
BH21 1SG 161 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
BH21 1QZ
Status
Current
Introduced
1 February 1990
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
BH
Postcode district
BH21
Postcode sector
BH21 1
Latitude
50.787562
Longitude
-1.974875
British National Grid easting
401,867
British National Grid northing
98,667

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South West · E12000009
Local authority district
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole · E06000058
Electoral ward
Bearwood & Merley · E05012650
Parish or community
E04013535
Westminster constituency
Mid Dorset and North Poole · E14001363
Output area
E00078031
Lower layer super output area
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole 001B · E01015432
Middle layer super output area
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole 001 · E02003194

Postcode source versions

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Property

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18 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
4, Silverwood Close, Wimborne, BH21 1QZ 28 July 2021 £635,000
9, Silverwood Close, Wimborne, BH21 1QZ 17 February 2021 £475,000
21, Silverwood Close, Wimborne, BH21 1QZ 29 January 2021 £600,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
33
Primary
15
Secondary
11

  1. Merley First School

    Academy converter

    244 m

  2. South West Regional Assessment Centre

    Special post 16 institution

    1.1 km

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

    Academy converter

    1.4 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
562
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 231
  • Anti social behaviour 115
  • Criminal damage and arson 49
  • Shoplifting 40
  • Other theft 32

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
28

12 female, 16 male

Postcode households
12
Residents per household
2.3
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 0.3% 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+
41.7%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
41.7%
Gigabit-capable
41.7%
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 straight-line

  • THE QUARTER JACK SURGERY

    RODWAYS CORNER, WIMBORNE, BH21 1AP

    ODS code J81034

    1.3 km

  • WALFORD MILL MEDICAL CENTRE

    KNOBCROOK ROAD, WIMBORNE, BH21 1NL

    ODS code J81077

    2.2 km

  • THE HADLEIGH PRACTICE

    HADLEIGH PRACTICE, 20 KIRKWAY, BROADSTONE, BH18 8EE

    ODS code J81041

    3.2 km

  • THE HARVEY PRACTICE

    18 KIRKWAY, BROADSTONE, BH18 8EE

    ODS code J81046

    3.2 km

Nearby transport

  • Willett Arms

    BCT · Oakley

    0.1 miles

  • Willett Arms

    BCT · Oakley

    0.1 miles

  • Oakley House

    BCT · Oakley

    0.1 miles

  • Oakley House

    BCT · Oakley

    0.1 miles

  • Oakley Road

    BCT · Oakley

    0.1 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole 001B, 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

8 of 10

Overall England rank

26,121 of 33,755

Income
7 of 10
Employment
8 of 10
Education and skills
8 of 10
Health and disability
8 of 10
Crime
9 of 10
Housing and services
4 of 10
Living environment
10 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
1
Low risk addresses
3
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

33 open schools are in scope, including 15 primary and 11 secondary schools. Merley First School is the nearest published school at 244 m.

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

Recorded crime

562 published events cover 12 months, averaging 46.833 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 231 events.

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