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BH22 9DQ

Ferndown North · Dorset · England

Updated September 2026

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Ward
Ferndown North
Local authority
Dorset
Constituency
Christchurch
Postcode district
BH22
Postcode sector
BH22 9

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
BH22 9BW 117 m
BH22 9AJ 246 m
BH22 0BS 262 m
BH22 9AL 279 m
BH22 9UZ 310 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
BH22 9DQ
Status
Current
Introduced
1 December 1996
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
BH
Postcode district
BH22
Postcode sector
BH22 9
Latitude
50.814019
Longitude
-1.876821
British National Grid easting
408,774
British National Grid northing
101,616

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South West · E12000009
Local authority district
Dorset · E06000059
Electoral ward
Ferndown North · E05012700
Parish or community
E04012463
Westminster constituency
Christchurch · E14001171
Output area
E00103329
Lower layer super output area
Dorset 018A · E01020390
Middle layer super output area
Dorset 018 · E02004250

Postcode source versions

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Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
11
Primary
7
Secondary
3

  1. West Moors Middle School

    Community school

    684 m

  2. Oakhurst Community First School

    Academy converter

    962 m

  3. St Mary's CofE First School & Nursery

    Academy converter

    1.9 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
509
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 197
  • Anti social behaviour 120
  • Criminal damage and arson 41
  • Other theft 33
  • Shoplifting 27

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
13

6 female, 7 male

Postcode households
10
Residents per household
1.3
BH22 9 residents
9,482

Age bands in BH22 9

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
11.8%

1,155 residents

Age 15 to 24
6.9%

681 residents

Age 25 to 44
17.6%

1,722 residents

Age 45 to 64
25%

2,453 residents

Age 65 and over
38.7%

3,794 residents

This postcode contained 0.1% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider BH22 9 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.

GP practices

4

within 5 km

  • THE BARCELLOS FAMILY PRACTICE

    TRICKETTS CROSS, CORBIN AVENUE, FERNDOWN, BH22 8AZ

    ODS code J81621

    745 m

  • WEST MOORS VILLAGE SURGERY

    VERNON HOUSE, 164 STATION ROAD, WEST MOORS, FERNDOWN, BH22 0JB

    ODS code J81022

    1.4 km

  • ORCHID HOUSE SURGERY

    FERNDOWN MEDICAL CENTRE, ST. MARYS ROAD, FERNDOWN, BH22 9HB

    ODS code J81002

    1.8 km

  • PENNY'S HILL PRACTICE

    FERNDOWN MEDICAL CENTRE, ST. MARYS ROAD, FERNDOWN, BH22 9HB

    ODS code J81061

    1.8 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

  • Sainsburys

    BCT · Tricketts Cross

    0.2 miles

  • Sainsburys

    BCT · Tricketts Cross

    0.2 miles

  • Sainsburys

    BCT · Tricketts Cross

    0.2 miles

  • Coach House Mews

    BCT · Tricketts Cross

    0.3 miles

  • Abbey Road

    BCT · West Moors

    0.3 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Dorset 018A, 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

8 of 10

Overall England rank

23,884 of 33,755

Income
8 of 10
Employment
7 of 10
Education and skills
6 of 10
Health and disability
6 of 10
Crime
9 of 10
Housing and services
5 of 10
Living environment
7 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
6
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

11 open schools are in scope, including 7 primary and 3 secondary schools. West Moors Middle School is the nearest published school at 684 m.

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

Recorded crime

509 published events cover 12 months, averaging 42.417 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 197 events.

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