BH21 4EX

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 4

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
BH21 4FQ 40 m
BH21 4FR 47 m
BH21 4FP 49 m
BH21 4EW 94 m
BH21 4FN 97 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
BH21 4EX
Status
Current
Introduced
1 August 2018
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
BH
Postcode district
BH21
Postcode sector
BH21 4
Latitude
50.810737
Longitude
-1.982242
British National Grid easting
401,347
British National Grid northing
101,244

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South West · E12000009
Local authority district
Dorset · E06000059
Parish or community
E04013393
Output area
E00183066
Lower layer super output area
Dorset 017C · E01020380
Middle layer super output area
Dorset 017 · E02004249

Postcode source versions

Explore BH21

29 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
15, Beech Way, Wimborne Minster, Wimborne, BH21 4EX 18 September 2025 £450,000
15, Beech Way, Wimborne Minster, Wimborne, BH21 4EX 26 June 2025 £383,000
8, Beech Way, Wimborne Minster, Wimborne, BH21 4EX 30 September 2022 £445,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
18
Primary
8
Secondary
5
  1. Dumpton School

    Other independent school

    551 m
  2. Beaucroft Foundation School

    Foundation special school

    899 m
  3. Allenbourn Middle School

    Academy converter

    910 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
604
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 221
  • Anti social behaviour 123
  • Shoplifting 90
  • Criminal damage and arson 48
  • Other theft 32

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
72

39 female, 33 male

Postcode households
27
Residents per household
2.7
BH21 4 residents
3,288

Age bands in BH21 4

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
16.7%

500 residents

Age 15 to 24
10.1%

302 residents

Age 25 to 44
21.7%

648 residents

Age 45 to 64
29.3%

877 residents

Age 65 and over
22.2%

665 residents

This postcode contained 2.2% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider BH21 4 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

2

within 5 km

  • WALFORD MILL MEDICAL CENTRE

    KNOBCROOK ROAD, WIMBORNE, BH21 1NL

    ODS code J81077

    781 m

  • THE QUARTER JACK SURGERY

    RODWAYS CORNER, WIMBORNE, BH21 1AP

    ODS code J81034

    1.4 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

  • Onslow Gardens

    BCT · Wimborne Minster

    0.5 miles
  • Onslow Gardens

    BCT · Wimborne Minster

    0.5 miles
  • Cobbs Road

    BCT · Colehill

    0.5 miles
  • Tower Lane

    BCT · Colehill

    0.5 miles
  • Allenbourn School

    BCT · Wimborne Minster

    0.5 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Dorset 017C, 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

29,510 of 33,755

Income
7 of 10
Employment
8 of 10
Education and skills
9 of 10
Health and disability
9 of 10
Crime
9 of 10
Housing and services
6 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
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 £445,000 from 3 recorded sales in BH21 4EX. 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

18 open schools are in scope, including 8 primary and 5 secondary schools. Dumpton School is the nearest published school at 551 m.

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

Recorded crime

604 published events cover 12 months, averaging 50.333 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 221 events.

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