BH21 5NZ

Cranborne & Alderholt · 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 5NX 585 m
BH21 8NG 671 m
BH21 8NQ 1.1 km
BH21 5NY 1.3 km
BH21 8NF 1.3 km
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
BH21 5NZ
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
BH
Postcode district
BH21
Postcode sector
BH21 5
Latitude
50.895599
Longitude
-1.931278
British National Grid easting
404,929
British National Grid northing
110,683

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South West · E12000009
Local authority district
Dorset · E06000059
Parish or community
E04003387
Westminster constituency
North Dorset · E14001388
Output area
E00103314
Lower layer super output area
Dorset 007C · E01020389
Middle layer super output area
Dorset 007 · E02004243

Postcode source versions

Explore BH21

3 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
Deer Park Farm, Wimborne St Giles, Wimborne, BH21 5NZ 4 October 2013 £585,000
Deer Park Farm, Wimborne St Giles, Wimborne, BH21 5NZ 19 December 2006 £575,000
Deer Park Farm, Wimborne St Giles, Wimborne, BH21 5NZ 18 July 2003 £407,500

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
9
Primary
5
Secondary
2
  1. Wimborne St Giles Church of England First School and Nursery

    Academy converter

    2.3 km
  2. Cranborne Church of England First School

    Academy converter

    2.7 km
  3. Cranborne Middle School

    Community school

    3.0 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
5
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Burglary 2
  • Criminal damage and arson 2
  • Anti social behaviour 1

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
18

5 female, 13 male

Postcode households
4
Residents per household
4.5
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 0.7% 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+
40%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
40%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
40%
Gigabit-capable
40%
Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
40%
Next Generation Access
40%
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 straight-line

  • THE CRANBORNE PRACTICE

    THE SURGERY, PENNYS LANE, CRANBORNE, WIMBORNE, BH21 5QE

    ODS code J81058

    2.8 km

  • THE VERWOOD SURGERY

    15 STATION ROAD, VERWOOD, BH31 7PY

    ODS code J81030

    3.9 km

Nearby transport

  • The Stocks

    BCT · Edmondsham

    0.9 miles
  • The Stocks

    BCT · Edmondsham

    0.9 miles
  • Crumble Cottage

    BCT · Sutton Holms

    0.9 miles
  • Crumble Cottage

    BCT · Sutton Holms

    0.9 miles
  • New Road

    BCT · Woodlands

    1.3 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Dorset 007C, 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

13,394 of 33,755

Income
6 of 10
Employment
7 of 10
Education and skills
5 of 10
Health and disability
9 of 10
Crime
8 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
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

Schools

9 open schools are in scope, including 5 primary and 2 secondary schools. Wimborne St Giles Church of England First School and Nursery is the nearest published school at 1.4 miles.

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

Recorded crime

5 published events cover 12 months, averaging 0.417 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Burglary with 2 events.

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