BH21 7JA

Stour & Allen Vale · 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 7

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
BH21 7JB 117 m
BH21 7JE 147 m
BH21 7JD 175 m
BH21 7EP 568 m
BH21 7JG 712 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
BH21 7JA
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
BH
Postcode district
BH21
Postcode sector
BH21 7
Latitude
50.866890
Longitude
-1.957835
British National Grid easting
403,063
British National Grid northing
107,489

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South West · E12000009
Local authority district
Dorset · E06000059
Parish or community
E04012818
Output area
E00103365
Lower layer super output area
Dorset 013B · E01020398
Middle layer super output area
Dorset 013 · E02004247

Postcode source versions

Explore BH21

47 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
Horton Cottage Barn, Horton, Wimborne, BH21 7JA 9 March 2026 £810,000
Halcyon, Horton, Wimborne, BH21 7JA 30 May 2025 £1,277,000
Abbey House South, Horton, Wimborne, BH21 7JA 2 August 2024 £700,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
3
Primary
3
Secondary
0
  1. St James Church of England First School

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    2.5 km
  2. Witchampton Church of England First School

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    4.3 km
  3. Wimborne St Giles Church of England First School and Nursery

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    4.5 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
18
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 13
  • Other crime 1
  • Other theft 1
  • Vehicle crime 1
  • Anti social behaviour 1

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
98

52 female, 46 male

Postcode households
41
Residents per household
2.4
BH21 7 residents
3,241

Age bands in BH21 7

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
12.7%

420 residents

Age 15 to 24
7.7%

254 residents

Age 25 to 44
16.3%

540 residents

Age 45 to 64
32.1%

1,061 residents

Age 65 and over
31.2%

1,034 residents

This postcode contained 3% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider BH21 7 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.

Nearby transport

  • Welchnut Cottages

    BCT · Horton

    0.1 miles
  • Welchnut Cottages

    BCT · Horton

    0.1 miles
  • Hell Corner

    BCT · Chalbury Common

    0.5 miles
  • Hell Corner

    BCT · Chalbury Common

    0.5 miles
  • Horseshoes Crossroads

    BCT · Chalbury Common

    0.8 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Dorset 013B, 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

6 of 10

Overall England rank

18,226 of 33,755

Income
9 of 10
Employment
9 of 10
Education and skills
6 of 10
Health and disability
10 of 10
Crime
9 of 10
Housing and services
1 of 10
Living environment
2 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
2
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 £755,000 from 9 recorded sales in BH21 7JA. 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

3 open schools are in scope, including 3 primary and 0 secondary schools. St James Church of England First School is the nearest published school at 1.6 miles.

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

Recorded crime

18 published events cover 12 months, averaging 1.5 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 13 events.

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