BH21 5BB

Cranborne Chase · Dorset · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Wimborne
Local authority
Dorset
Constituency
North Dorset
Postcode district
BH21
Postcode sector
BH21 5

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
BH21 5BG 104 m
BH21 5BD 219 m
BH21 5BA 267 m
BH21 5BE 459 m
BH21 5DR 639 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
BH21 5BB
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
BH
Postcode district
BH21
Postcode sector
BH21 5
Latitude
50.871643
Longitude
-2.025011
British National Grid easting
398,336
British National Grid northing
108,017

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South West · E12000009
Local authority district
Dorset · E06000059
Parish or community
E04012453
Westminster constituency
North Dorset · E14001388
Output area
E00103352
Lower layer super output area
Dorset 013A · E01020396
Middle layer super output area
Dorset 013 · E02004247

Postcode source versions

Explore BH21

3 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
Hall Cottage, Manswood, Wimborne, BH21 5BB 23 July 2004 £284,000
The Old School, Manswood, Wimborne, BH21 5BB 1 September 2000 £575,000
The Old School, Manswood, Wimborne, BH21 5BB 18 April 1997 £370,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
2
Primary
2
Secondary
0
  1. Witchampton Church of England First School

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    1.6 km
  2. St James Church of England First School

    Academy converter

    4.8 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
13
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Criminal damage and arson 4
  • Violence and sexual offences 4
  • Anti social behaviour 2
  • Burglary 1
  • Other theft 1

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
9

8 female, 1 male

Postcode households
7
Residents per household
1.3
BH21 5 residents
2,407

Age bands in BH21 5

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
15.2%

369 residents

Age 15 to 24
7.8%

190 residents

Age 25 to 44
17.1%

414 residents

Age 45 to 64
33.1%

802 residents

Age 65 and over
26.7%

648 residents

This postcode contained 0.4% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider BH21 5 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+
83.3%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
83.3%
Gigabit-capable
83.3%
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.

Nearby transport

  • Bus Shelter

    BCT · Manswood

    0.0 miles
  • Bus Shelter

    BCT · Manswood

    0.0 miles
  • Napier Cottages

    BCT · Manswood

    0.3 miles
  • Napier Cottages

    BCT · Manswood

    0.3 miles
  • Primrose Hill Crossroads

    BCT · More Crichel

    0.3 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Dorset 013A, 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

5 of 10

Overall England rank

13,739 of 33,755

Income
8 of 10
Employment
8 of 10
Education and skills
8 of 10
Health and disability
9 of 10
Crime
9 of 10
Housing and services
1 of 10
Living environment
1 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
2
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

Schools

2 open schools are in scope, including 2 primary and 0 secondary schools. Witchampton Church of England First School is the nearest published school at 1.0 miles.

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

Recorded crime

13 published events cover 12 months, averaging 1.083 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Criminal damage and arson with 4 events.

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