Schools
50 open schools are in scope, including 24 primary and 16 secondary schools. Canford School is the nearest published school at 971 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
BH21 3AN
Bearwood & Merley · Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole · England
Updated September 2026
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- Ward
- Bearwood & Merley
- Local authority
- Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
- Constituency
- Mid Dorset and North Poole
- Postcode district
- BH21
- Postcode sector
- BH21 3
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- BH21 3AN
- Status
- Current
- Introduced
- 1 January 1980
- Terminated
- Not published
- Postcode area
- BH
- Postcode district
- BH21
- Postcode sector
- BH21 3
- Latitude
- 50.781071
- Longitude
- -1.953658
- British National Grid easting
- 403,363
- British National Grid northing
- 97,946
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
- E00180401
- Lower layer super output area
- Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole 001A · E01015431
- Middle layer super output area
- Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole 001 · E02003194
Postcode source versions
- Ordnance Survey: Code-Point Open Version 2026-08 · Current postcode units in Great Britain · OGL-3.0
- Office for National Statistics: ONS Postcode Directory Version 2026-08 · United Kingdom; Northern Ireland excluded pending rights review; Crown Dependencies outside product scope · OGL-3.0 with third-party rights
- Ordnance Survey: Boundary-Line Version 2026-05 · Local-authority boundaries in Great Britain · OS OpenData Licence
Explore BH21
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 50
- Primary
- 24
- Secondary
- 16
- 971 m
Canford School
Other independent school
- 1.1 km
The White House School
Other independent special school
- 1.5 km
Merley First School
Academy converter
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 164
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 66
- Anti social behaviour 36
- Criminal damage and arson 16
- Other theft 11
- Public order 9
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- Not supplied
- Postcode households
- Not supplied
- Residents per household
- Not available
- BH21 3 residents
- 11,140
Age bands in BH21 3
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 16.2%
- Age 15 to 24
- 12.3%
- Age 25 to 44
- 20.1%
- Age 45 to 64
- 28.2%
- Age 65 and over
- 23.3%
1,764 residents
1,337 residents
2,190 residents
3,069 residents
2,535 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
10
within 5 km straight-line
THE QUARTER JACK SURGERY
RODWAYS CORNER, WIMBORNE, BH21 1AP
ODS code J81034
2.8 km
THE HADLEIGH PRACTICE
HADLEIGH PRACTICE, 20 KIRKWAY, BROADSTONE, BH18 8EE
ODS code J81041
3.6 km
THE HARVEY PRACTICE
18 KIRKWAY, BROADSTONE, BH18 8EE
ODS code J81046
3.6 km
WALFORD MILL MEDICAL CENTRE
KNOBCROOK ROAD, WIMBORNE, BH21 1NL
ODS code J81077
3.7 km
KINSON ROAD MEDICAL CENTRE
440 KINSON ROAD, KINSON, BOURNEMOUTH, BH10 5EY
ODS code J81045
4.0 km
CANFORD HEATH GROUP PRACT
9 MITCHELL ROAD, CANFORD HEATH, POOLE, BH17 8UE
ODS code J81013
4.4 km
THE ROSEMARY HEALTH CTR
2 ROSEMARY GARDENS, POOLE, BH12 3HF
ODS code J81036
4.6 km
ORCHID HOUSE SURGERY
FERNDOWN MEDICAL CENTRE, ST. MARYS ROAD, FERNDOWN, BH22 9HB
ODS code J81002
4.8 km
PENNY'S HILL PRACTICE
FERNDOWN MEDICAL CENTRE, ST. MARYS ROAD, FERNDOWN, BH22 9HB
ODS code J81061
4.8 km
TALBOT MEDICAL CENTRE
63 KINSON ROAD, WALLISDOWN, BOURNEMOUTH, BH10 4BX
ODS code J81033
4.8 km
Nearby transport
- 0.1 miles
Canford Magna Road
BCT · Canford Magna
- 0.1 miles
Canford Magna Road
BCT · Canford Magna
- 0.3 miles
Hamworthy Club
BCT · Canford Magna
- 0.3 miles
Hamworthy Club
BCT · Canford Magna
- 0.4 miles
Lynwood Drive East
BCT · Merley
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole 001A, 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
9 of 10
Overall England rank
30,007 of 33,755
- Income
- 10 of 10
- Employment
- 10 of 10
- Education and skills
- 6 of 10
- Health and disability
- 9 of 10
- Crime
- 10 of 10
- Housing and services
- 3 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
- 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
Recorded crime
164 published events cover 12 months, averaging 13.667 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 66 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.