BH23 1EH

Christchurch Town · Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Christchurch
Constituency
Christchurch
Postcode district
BH23
Postcode sector
BH23 1

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
BH23 1FN 33 m
BH23 1FD 56 m
BH23 1HN 81 m
BH23 1EP 83 m
BH23 3TR 87 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
BH23 1EH
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
BH
Postcode district
BH23
Postcode sector
BH23 1
Latitude
50.735495
Longitude
-1.765564
British National Grid easting
416,640
British National Grid northing
92,903

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South West · E12000009
Parish or community
E04012814
Westminster constituency
Christchurch · E14001171
Output area
E00103187

Postcode source versions

Explore BH23

141 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
Homechurch House, 31, Flat 7, Purewell, Christchurch, BH23 1EH 20 October 2025 £75,000
39, Purewell, Christchurch, BH23 1EH 16 July 2025 £940,000
25a, Purewell, Christchurch, BH23 1EH 13 May 2025 £262,620

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
30
Primary
18
Secondary
5
  1. Mudeford Community Infants' School

    Community school

    630 m
  2. Connie Rothman School

    Other independent special school

    791 m
  3. Somerford Primary School

    Community school

    866 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
1,292
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 477
  • Anti social behaviour 281
  • Shoplifting 114
  • Criminal damage and arson 98
  • Other theft 84

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
101

56 female, 45 male

Postcode households
58
Residents per household
1.7
BH23 1 residents
5,609

Age bands in BH23 1

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
13.8%

789 residents

Age 15 to 24
8.7%

499 residents

Age 25 to 44
19.2%

1,096 residents

Age 45 to 64
26.5%

1,512 residents

Age 65 and over
31.8%

1,820 residents

This postcode contained 1.8% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider BH23 1 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+
23.6%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
23.6%
Gigabit-capable
23.6%
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

9

within 5 km straight-line

  • CHRISTCHURCH MEDICAL PRACTICE

    CHRISTCHURCH MEDICAL PRAC, 1 PUREWELL CROSS ROAD, CHRISTCHURCH, BH23 3AF

    ODS code J81056

    442 m

  • FARMHOUSE SURGERY

    CHRISTCHURCH MED CENTRE, 1 PUREWELL CROSS ROAD, CHRISTCHURCH, BH23 3AF

    ODS code J81057

    442 m

  • STOUR SURGERY

    49 BARRACK ROAD, CHRISTCHURCH, BH23 1PA

    ODS code J81066

    1.2 km

  • GROVE SURGERY

    FAIRMILE ROAD, FAIRMILE, CHRISTCHURCH, BH23 2FQ

    ODS code J81646

    2.0 km

  • THE MARINE & OAKRIDGE PARTNERSHIP

    MARINE SURGERY, 29 BELLE VUE RD, BOSCOMBE, BOURNEMOUTH, BH6 3DB

    ODS code J81049

    3.2 km

  • SOUTHBOURNE PRACTICE

    17 BEAUFORT ROAD, BOURNEMOUTH, BH6 5BF

    ODS code J81059

    3.5 km

  • BEAUFORT ROAD SURGERY

    21 BEAUFORT ROAD, SOUTHBOURNE, BOURNEMOUTH, BH6 5AJ

    ODS code J81018

    3.6 km

  • HIGHCLIFFE MEDICAL CENTRE

    248 LYMINGTON ROAD, HIGHCLIFFE, CHRISTCHURCH, BH23 5ET

    ODS code J81028

    4.5 km

  • LITTLEDOWN SURGERY

    HAREWOOD CRESCENT, LITTLEDOWN, BOURNEMOUTH, BH7 7BU

    ODS code J81067

    4.8 km

Nearby transport

  • Livingstone Road

    BCT · Purewell

    0.1 miles
  • Livingstone Road

    BCT · Purewell

    0.1 miles
  • Two Rivers Meet Leisure Centre

    BCT · Purewell

    0.1 miles
  • Stony Lane

    BCT · Purewell

    0.1 miles
  • Stony Lane

    BCT · Purewell

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole 031C, 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

12,495 of 33,755

Income
4 of 10
Employment
3 of 10
Education and skills
4 of 10
Health and disability
4 of 10
Crime
4 of 10
Housing and services
7 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
69
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

Property market

The five-year median is £96,800 from 11 recorded sales in BH23 1EH. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.

The latest UK House Price Index average for Bournemouth Christchurch and Poole is £312,162 in June 2026, down 1.6% year on year.

Schools

30 open schools are in scope, including 18 primary and 5 secondary schools. Mudeford Community Infants' School is the nearest published school at 630 m.

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

Recorded crime

1,292 published events cover 12 months, averaging 107.667 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 477 events.

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