Schools
43 open schools are in scope, including 22 primary and 11 secondary schools. Portfield School is the nearest published school at 0.8 miles.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
BH22 8GD
West Parley · Dorset · England
Updated September 2026
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- Ward
- West Parley
- Local authority
- Dorset
- Constituency
- Christchurch
- Postcode district
- BH22
- Postcode sector
- BH22 8
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- BH22 8GD
- Status
- Current
- Introduced
- 1 June 2026
- Terminated
- Not published
- Postcode area
- BH
- Postcode district
- BH22
- Postcode sector
- BH22 8
- Latitude
- 50.777548
- Longitude
- -1.880831
- British National Grid easting
- 408,498
- British National Grid northing
- 97,560
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- England · E92000001
- Region
- South West · E12000009
- Local authority district
- Dorset · E06000059
- Electoral ward
- West Parley · E05012727
- Parish or community
- E04012461
- Westminster constituency
- Christchurch · E14001171
- Output area
- E00103386
- Lower layer super output area
- Dorset 024B · E01020400
- Middle layer super output area
- Dorset 024 · E02004253
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
- 43
- Primary
- 22
- Secondary
- 11
- 1.2 km
Portfield School
Non-maintained special school
- 1.9 km
Kinson Academy
Academy converter
- 1.9 km
Parley First School
Academy converter
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 440
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 150
- Anti social behaviour 89
- Other theft 39
- Vehicle crime 37
- Criminal damage and arson 34
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- Not supplied
- Postcode households
- Not supplied
- Residents per household
- Not available
- BH22 8 residents
- 10,783
Age bands in BH22 8
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 13.1%
- Age 15 to 24
- 8.4%
- Age 25 to 44
- 16.4%
- Age 45 to 64
- 26.4%
- Age 65 and over
- 35.8%
1,370 residents
875 residents
1,717 residents
2,768 residents
3,749 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
12
within 5 km
KINSON ROAD MEDICAL CENTRE
440 KINSON ROAD, KINSON, BOURNEMOUTH, BH10 5EY
ODS code J81045
1.8 km
JAMES FISHER MEDICAL CENTRE
4 TOLPUDDLE GARDENS, BOURNEMOUTH, BH9 3LQ
ODS code J81047
2.3 km
MOORDOWN MEDICAL CENTRE
2A REDHILL CRESCENT, MOORDOWN, BOURNEMOUTH, BH9 2XF
ODS code J81039
2.4 km
ORCHID HOUSE SURGERY
FERNDOWN MEDICAL CENTRE, ST. MARYS ROAD, FERNDOWN, BH22 9HB
ODS code J81002
2.9 km
PENNY'S HILL PRACTICE
FERNDOWN MEDICAL CENTRE, ST. MARYS ROAD, FERNDOWN, BH22 9HB
ODS code J81061
2.9 km
DENMARK ROAD MEDICAL CENTRE
37 DENMARK ROAD, WINTON, BOURNEMOUTH, BH9 1PB
ODS code J81625
3.4 km
THE BARCELLOS FAMILY PRACTICE
TRICKETTS CROSS, CORBIN AVENUE, FERNDOWN, BH22 8AZ
ODS code J81621
3.4 km
TALBOT MEDICAL CENTRE
63 KINSON ROAD, WALLISDOWN, BOURNEMOUTH, BH10 4BX
ODS code J81033
3.8 km
WOODLEA HOUSE SURGERY
2A BRADPOLE ROAD, STROUDEN PARK, BOURNEMOUTH, BH8 9NX
ODS code J81633
4.1 km
VILLAGE SURGERY
GILLETT ROAD, TALBOT VILLAGE, POOLE, BH12 5BF
ODS code J81042
4.2 km
ST ALBANS MEDICAL CENTRE
26-28 ST. ALBANS CRESCENT, CHARMINSTER, BOURNEMOUTH, BH8 9EW
ODS code J81062
4.2 km
THE BANKS & BEARWOOD MEDICAL CENTRE
272 WIMBORNE ROAD, WINTON, BOURNEMOUTH, BH3 7AT
ODS code J81070
4.3 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
- 0.1 miles
Dudsbury Gardens
BCT · West Parley
- 0.1 miles
Dudsbury Gardens
BCT · West Parley
- 0.2 miles
Parley Cross Roads
BCT · West Parley
- 0.2 miles
Parley Cross Roads
BCT · West Parley
- 0.3 miles
Church Lane
BCT · West Parley
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Dorset 024B, 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
9 of 10
Overall England rank
28,399 of 33,755
- Income
- 10 of 10
- Employment
- 9 of 10
- Education and skills
- 6 of 10
- Health and disability
- 9 of 10
- Crime
- 7 of 10
- Housing and services
- 4 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
440 published events cover 12 months, averaging 36.667 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 150 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.