BH21 8LY

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 8

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
BH21 8LX 233 m
BH21 8LQ 235 m
BH21 8LR 268 m
BH21 8NJ 306 m
BH21 8NL 370 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
BH21 8LY
Status
Current
Introduced
1 September 1991
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
BH
Postcode district
BH21
Postcode sector
BH21 8
Latitude
50.878455
Longitude
-1.911432
British National Grid easting
406,327
British National Grid northing
108,778

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South West · E12000009
Local authority district
Dorset · E06000059
Parish or community
E04003389
Westminster constituency
North Dorset · E14001388
Output area
E00103315
Lower layer super output area
Dorset 007C · E01020389
Middle layer super output area
Dorset 007 · E02004243

Postcode source versions

Explore BH21

4 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
Brookfield, Jubilee Hill, Woodlands, Wimborne, BH21 8LY 5 December 2007 £470,000
Burgess Farm Cottage, Jubilee Hill, Woodlands, Wimborne, BH21 8LY 28 October 1999 £220,000
Burgess Farm Cottage, Jubilee Hill, Woodlands, Wimborne, BH21 8LY 6 June 1997 £40,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
8
Primary
6
Secondary
2
  1. Verwood Church of England First School

    Academy converter

    2.0 km
  2. Emmanuel Church of England Middle School

    Academy sponsor led

    2.1 km
  3. Trinity Church of England First School

    Academy converter

    2.4 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
22
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 11
  • Burglary 3
  • Vehicle crime 2
  • Criminal damage and arson 2
  • Other crime 1

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
18

10 female, 8 male

Postcode households
7
Residents per household
2.6
BH21 8 residents
539

Age bands in BH21 8

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
16.2%

86 residents

Age 15 to 24
7.3%

39 residents

Age 25 to 44
19.4%

103 residents

Age 45 to 64
34.5%

183 residents

Age 65 and over
22.6%

120 residents

This postcode contained 3.3% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider BH21 8 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

  • THE VERWOOD SURGERY

    15 STATION ROAD, VERWOOD, BH31 7PY

    ODS code J81030

    2.2 km

  • THE CRANBORNE PRACTICE

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

    ODS code J81058

    4.6 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

  • New Road

    BCT · Woodlands

    0.2 miles
  • New Road

    BCT · Woodlands

    0.2 miles
  • The Albion Inn

    BCT · Romford

    0.9 miles
  • The Albion Inn

    BCT · Romford

    0.9 miles
  • Crumble Cottage

    BCT · Sutton Holms

    1.0 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
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

8 open schools are in scope, including 6 primary and 2 secondary schools. Verwood Church of England First School is the nearest published school at 1.3 miles.

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

Recorded crime

22 published events cover 12 months, averaging 1.833 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 11 events.

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