Schools
11 open schools are in scope, including 7 primary and 3 secondary schools. West Moors Middle School is the nearest published school at 401 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
BH22 0YH
West Moors & Three Legged Cross · Dorset · England
Updated September 2026
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- Local authority
- Dorset
- Constituency
- Christchurch
- Postcode district
- BH22
- Postcode sector
- BH22 0
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- BH22 0YH
- Status
- Terminated
- Introduced
- 1 January 1992
- Terminated
- 1 December 1996
- Postcode area
- BH
- Postcode district
- BH22
- Postcode sector
- BH22 0
- Latitude
- 50.816572
- Longitude
- -1.876445
- British National Grid easting
- 408,800
- British National Grid northing
- 101,900
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- England · E92000001
- Region
- South West · E12000009
- Local authority district
- Dorset · E06000059
- Electoral ward
- West Moors & Three Legged Cross · E05012726
- Parish or community
- E04012459
- Westminster constituency
- Christchurch · E14001171
- Output area
- E00103493
- Lower layer super output area
- Dorset 016E · E01020425
- Middle layer super output area
- Dorset 016 · E02004248
Postcode source versions
- Ordnance Survey: Code-Point Open Version 2026-08 · Current postcode units in Great Britain · OGL-3.0
- Office for National Statistics: ONS Postcode Directory Version 2026-08 · United Kingdom; Northern Ireland excluded pending rights review; Crown Dependencies outside product scope · OGL-3.0 with third-party rights
- Ordnance Survey: Boundary-Line Version 2026-05 · Local-authority boundaries in Great Britain · OS OpenData Licence
Explore BH22
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 11
- Primary
- 7
- Secondary
- 3
- 401 m
West Moors Middle School
Community school
- 685 m
Oakhurst Community First School
Academy converter
- 1.6 km
St Mary's CofE First School & Nursery
Academy converter
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 497
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 191
- Anti social behaviour 117
- Criminal damage and arson 41
- Other theft 34
- Public order 26
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- Not supplied
- Postcode households
- Not supplied
- Residents per household
- Not available
- BH22 0 residents
- 7,380
Age bands in BH22 0
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 9.6%
- Age 15 to 24
- 6.9%
- Age 25 to 44
- 14.6%
- Age 45 to 64
- 25.5%
- Age 65 and over
- 43.4%
712 residents
510 residents
1,078 residents
1,891 residents
3,212 residents
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.
GP practices
4
within 5 km straight-line
THE BARCELLOS FAMILY PRACTICE
TRICKETTS CROSS, CORBIN AVENUE, FERNDOWN, BH22 8AZ
ODS code J81621
1.0 km
WEST MOORS VILLAGE SURGERY
VERNON HOUSE, 164 STATION ROAD, WEST MOORS, FERNDOWN, BH22 0JB
ODS code J81022
1.2 km
ORCHID HOUSE SURGERY
FERNDOWN MEDICAL CENTRE, ST. MARYS ROAD, FERNDOWN, BH22 9HB
ODS code J81002
2.1 km
PENNY'S HILL PRACTICE
FERNDOWN MEDICAL CENTRE, ST. MARYS ROAD, FERNDOWN, BH22 9HB
ODS code J81061
2.1 km
Nearby transport
- 0.1 miles
Abbey Road
BCT · West Moors
- 0.2 miles
Abbey Road
BCT · West Moors
- 0.2 miles
Elmhurst Road
BCT · West Moors
- 0.2 miles
Elmhurst Road
BCT · West Moors
- 0.3 miles
Middle School
BCT · West Moors
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Dorset 016E, 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
19,853 of 33,755
- Income
- 7 of 10
- Employment
- 6 of 10
- Education and skills
- 5 of 10
- Health and disability
- 6 of 10
- Crime
- 8 of 10
- Housing and services
- 3 of 10
- Living environment
- 6 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.
Evidence in context
Recorded crime
497 published events cover 12 months, averaging 41.417 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 191 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.