Property market
The five-year median is £975,000 from 2 recorded sales in BH22 8SJ. 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.
BH22 8SJ
West Parley · Dorset · England
Updated September 2026
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- Post town
- Ferndown
- 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 8SJ
- Status
- Current
- Introduced
- 1 January 1980
- Terminated
- Not published
- Postcode area
- BH
- Postcode district
- BH22
- Postcode sector
- BH22 8
- Latitude
- 50.779754
- Longitude
- -1.866103
- British National Grid easting
- 409,536
- British National Grid northing
- 97,807
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
Property
4 recorded
sales at this postcode
| Address | Date | Price |
|---|---|---|
| 359, Christchurch Road, West Parley, Ferndown, BH22 8SJ | 24 August 2023 | £700,000 |
| 359, Christchurch Road, West Parley, Ferndown, BH22 8SJ | 4 October 2021 | £1,250,000 |
| 401, Christchurch Road, West Parley, Ferndown, BH22 8SJ | 18 September 2019 | £345,000 |
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 37
- Primary
- 20
- Secondary
- 11
- 171 m
Portfield School
Non-maintained special school
- 1.9 km
The Epiphany School
Academy converter
- 2.4 km
Parley First School
Academy converter
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 103
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Anti social behaviour 24
- Violence and sexual offences 23
- Criminal damage and arson 11
- Burglary 10
- Other theft 10
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- 22
- Postcode households
- 5
- Residents per household
- 4.4
- BH22 8 residents
- 10,783
7 female, 15 male
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
This postcode contained 0.2% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider BH22 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
13
within 5 km straight-line
JAMES FISHER MEDICAL CENTRE
4 TOLPUDDLE GARDENS, BOURNEMOUTH, BH9 3LQ
ODS code J81047
2.1 km
MOORDOWN MEDICAL CENTRE
2A REDHILL CRESCENT, MOORDOWN, BOURNEMOUTH, BH9 2XF
ODS code J81039
2.7 km
KINSON ROAD MEDICAL CENTRE
440 KINSON ROAD, KINSON, BOURNEMOUTH, BH10 5EY
ODS code J81045
2.8 km
ORCHID HOUSE SURGERY
FERNDOWN MEDICAL CENTRE, ST. MARYS ROAD, FERNDOWN, BH22 9HB
ODS code J81002
3.2 km
PENNY'S HILL PRACTICE
FERNDOWN MEDICAL CENTRE, ST. MARYS ROAD, FERNDOWN, BH22 9HB
ODS code J81061
3.2 km
THE BARCELLOS FAMILY PRACTICE
TRICKETTS CROSS, CORBIN AVENUE, FERNDOWN, BH22 8AZ
ODS code J81621
3.2 km
WOODLEA HOUSE SURGERY
2A BRADPOLE ROAD, STROUDEN PARK, BOURNEMOUTH, BH8 9NX
ODS code J81633
3.7 km
DENMARK ROAD MEDICAL CENTRE
37 DENMARK ROAD, WINTON, BOURNEMOUTH, BH9 1PB
ODS code J81625
3.7 km
ST ALBANS MEDICAL CENTRE
26-28 ST. ALBANS CRESCENT, CHARMINSTER, BOURNEMOUTH, BH8 9EW
ODS code J81062
4.2 km
TALBOT MEDICAL CENTRE
63 KINSON ROAD, WALLISDOWN, BOURNEMOUTH, BH10 4BX
ODS code J81033
4.6 km
THE BANKS & BEARWOOD MEDICAL CENTRE
272 WIMBORNE ROAD, WINTON, BOURNEMOUTH, BH3 7AT
ODS code J81070
4.6 km
VILLAGE SURGERY
GILLETT ROAD, TALBOT VILLAGE, POOLE, BH12 5BF
ODS code J81042
4.8 km
LITTLEDOWN SURGERY
HAREWOOD CRESCENT, LITTLEDOWN, BOURNEMOUTH, BH7 7BU
ODS code J81067
4.8 km
Nearby transport
- 0.1 miles
Garden Centres
BCT · East Parley
- 0.1 miles
Garden Centres
BCT · East Parley
- 0.3 miles
Chapel Gate
BCT · East Parley
- 0.3 miles
Chapel Gate
BCT · East Parley
- 0.3 miles
Chapel Gate
BCT · East 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.
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
37 open schools are in scope, including 20 primary and 11 secondary schools. Portfield School is the nearest published school at 171 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
Recorded crime
103 published events cover 12 months, averaging 8.583 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Anti social behaviour with 24 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.