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BH21 3BB

Bearwood & Merley · Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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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

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
BH21 1SN 79 m
BH21 1GU 87 m
BH21 1GW 113 m
BH21 1TN 126 m
BH21 1SL 154 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
BH21 3BB
Status
Current
Introduced
1 February 1990
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
BH
Postcode district
BH21
Postcode sector
BH21 3
Latitude
50.784089
Longitude
-1.967656
British National Grid easting
402,376
British National Grid northing
98,281

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
E00078018
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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Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
40
Primary
19
Secondary
11

  1. Merley First School

    Academy converter

    414 m

  2. Canford School

    Other independent school

    1.2 km

  3. South West Regional Assessment Centre

    Special post 16 institution

    1.5 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
409
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 188
  • Anti social behaviour 87
  • Criminal damage and arson 29
  • Vehicle crime 23
  • Other theft 22

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%

1,764 residents

Age 15 to 24
12.3%

1,337 residents

Age 25 to 44
20.1%

2,190 residents

Age 45 to 64
28.2%

3,069 residents

Age 65 and over
23.3%

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.

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+
0%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
0%
Gigabit-capable
0%
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

5

within 5 km

  • THE QUARTER JACK SURGERY

    RODWAYS CORNER, WIMBORNE, BH21 1AP

    ODS code J81034

    1.9 km

  • WALFORD MILL MEDICAL CENTRE

    KNOBCROOK ROAD, WIMBORNE, BH21 1NL

    ODS code J81077

    2.8 km

  • THE HADLEIGH PRACTICE

    HADLEIGH PRACTICE, 20 KIRKWAY, BROADSTONE, BH18 8EE

    ODS code J81041

    3.1 km

  • THE HARVEY PRACTICE

    18 KIRKWAY, BROADSTONE, BH18 8EE

    ODS code J81046

    3.1 km

  • CANFORD HEATH GROUP PRACT

    9 MITCHELL ROAD, CANFORD HEATH, POOLE, BH17 8UE

    ODS code J81013

    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 2026-09-03. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • Selkirk Close

    BCT · Merley

    0.0 miles

  • Selkirk Close

    BCT · Merley

    0.1 miles

  • The Lantern Church

    BCT · Merley

    0.1 miles

  • Huntingdon Drive

    BCT · Merley

    0.1 miles

  • The Lantern Church

    BCT · Merley

    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
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

Schools

40 open schools are in scope, including 19 primary and 11 secondary schools. Merley First School is the nearest published school at 414 m.

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

Recorded crime

409 published events cover 12 months, averaging 34.083 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 188 events.

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