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BH21 2GU

Colehill & Wimborne Minster East · Dorset · England

Updated September 2026

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Ward
Colehill & Wimborne Minster East
Local authority
Dorset
Constituency
Mid Dorset and North Poole
Postcode district
BH21
Postcode sector
BH21 2

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
BH21 2GT 21 m
BH21 2GY 22 m
BH21 2GX 51 m
BH21 2GR 57 m
BH21 2GZ 77 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
BH21 2GU
Status
Current
Introduced
1 April 2026
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
BH
Postcode district
BH21
Postcode sector
BH21 2
Latitude
50.793862
Longitude
-1.960300
British National Grid easting
402,894
British National Grid northing
99,368

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South West · E12000009
Local authority district
Dorset · E06000059
Electoral ward
Colehill & Wimborne Minster East · E05012691
Parish or community
E04013393
Westminster constituency
Mid Dorset and North Poole · E14001363
Output area
E00183059
Lower layer super output area
Dorset 021B · E01020427
Middle layer super output area
Dorset 021 · E02004252

Postcode source versions

Explore BH21

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
31
Primary
15
Secondary
11

  1. Canford School

    Other independent school

    642 m

  2. Merley First School

    Academy converter

    1.3 km

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

    Academy converter

    1.5 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
456
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 199
  • Anti social behaviour 96
  • Criminal damage and arson 39
  • Shoplifting 23
  • Other theft 21

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
BH21 2 residents
10,255

Age bands in BH21 2

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
17.8%

1,889 residents

Age 15 to 24
9.5%

1,011 residents

Age 25 to 44
21.9%

2,323 residents

Age 45 to 64
25.9%

2,742 residents

Age 65 and over
24.8%

2,627 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

6

within 5 km

  • THE QUARTER JACK SURGERY

    RODWAYS CORNER, WIMBORNE, BH21 1AP

    ODS code J81034

    1.7 km

  • WALFORD MILL MEDICAL CENTRE

    KNOBCROOK ROAD, WIMBORNE, BH21 1NL

    ODS code J81077

    2.4 km

  • THE HADLEIGH PRACTICE

    HADLEIGH PRACTICE, 20 KIRKWAY, BROADSTONE, BH18 8EE

    ODS code J81041

    4.3 km

  • THE HARVEY PRACTICE

    18 KIRKWAY, BROADSTONE, BH18 8EE

    ODS code J81046

    4.3 km

  • ORCHID HOUSE SURGERY

    FERNDOWN MEDICAL CENTRE, ST. MARYS ROAD, FERNDOWN, BH22 9HB

    ODS code J81002

    4.7 km

  • PENNY'S HILL PRACTICE

    FERNDOWN MEDICAL CENTRE, ST. MARYS ROAD, FERNDOWN, BH22 9HB

    ODS code J81061

    4.7 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

  • Lonsdale Road

    BCT · Leigh Park

    0.4 miles

  • Tops Nursery

    BCT · Wimborne Minster

    0.4 miles

  • Tops Nursery

    BCT · Wimborne Minster

    0.4 miles

  • Lonsdale Road

    BCT · Leigh Park

    0.4 miles

  • Floral Farm

    BCT · Canford Magna

    0.4 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Dorset 021B, 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

4 of 10

Overall England rank

12,730 of 33,755

Income
4 of 10
Employment
4 of 10
Education and skills
3 of 10
Health and disability
4 of 10
Crime
4 of 10
Housing and services
5 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.

Evidence in context

Schools

31 open schools are in scope, including 15 primary and 11 secondary schools. Canford School is the nearest published school at 642 m.

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

Recorded crime

456 published events cover 12 months, averaging 38 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 199 events.

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