Schools
34 open schools are in scope, including 20 primary and 6 secondary schools. Futures Autism Unlimited is the nearest published school at 69 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
BH23 1WE
Christchurch Town · Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole · England
Updated September 2026
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- Ward
- Christchurch Town
- Local authority
- Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
- Constituency
- Christchurch
- Postcode district
- BH23
- Postcode sector
- BH23 1
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- BH23 1WE
- Status
- Terminated
- Introduced
- 1 June 2002
- Terminated
- 1 September 2003
- Postcode area
- BH
- Postcode district
- BH23
- Postcode sector
- BH23 1
- Latitude
- 50.735324
- Longitude
- -1.784255
- British National Grid easting
- 415,321
- British National Grid northing
- 92,880
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- England · E92000001
- Region
- South West · E12000009
- Local authority district
- Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole · E06000058
- Electoral ward
- Christchurch Town · E05012658
- Parish or community
- E04012814
- Westminster constituency
- Christchurch · E14001171
- Output area
- E00103210
- Lower layer super output area
- Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole 031E · E01034279
- Middle layer super output area
- Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole 031 · E02004241
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 BH23
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 34
- Primary
- 20
- Secondary
- 6
- 69 m
Futures Autism Unlimited
Special post 16 institution
- 223 m
Christchurch Learning Centre
Pupil referral unit
- 234 m
Twynham School
Academy converter
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 1,346
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 450
- Anti social behaviour 309
- Criminal damage and arson 113
- Other theft 111
- Shoplifting 75
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- Not supplied
- Postcode households
- Not supplied
- Residents per household
- Not available
- BH23 1 residents
- 5,609
Age bands in BH23 1
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 13.8%
- Age 15 to 24
- 8.7%
- Age 25 to 44
- 19.2%
- Age 45 to 64
- 26.5%
- Age 65 and over
- 31.8%
789 residents
499 residents
1,096 residents
1,512 residents
1,820 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
11
within 5 km straight-line
STOUR SURGERY
49 BARRACK ROAD, CHRISTCHURCH, BH23 1PA
ODS code J81066
167 m
GROVE SURGERY
FAIRMILE ROAD, FAIRMILE, CHRISTCHURCH, BH23 2FQ
ODS code J81646
1.1 km
CHRISTCHURCH MEDICAL PRACTICE
CHRISTCHURCH MEDICAL PRAC, 1 PUREWELL CROSS ROAD, CHRISTCHURCH, BH23 3AF
ODS code J81056
1.8 km
FARMHOUSE SURGERY
CHRISTCHURCH MED CENTRE, 1 PUREWELL CROSS ROAD, CHRISTCHURCH, BH23 3AF
ODS code J81057
1.8 km
THE MARINE & OAKRIDGE PARTNERSHIP
MARINE SURGERY, 29 BELLE VUE RD, BOSCOMBE, BOURNEMOUTH, BH6 3DB
ODS code J81049
2.1 km
SOUTHBOURNE PRACTICE
17 BEAUFORT ROAD, BOURNEMOUTH, BH6 5BF
ODS code J81059
2.3 km
BEAUFORT ROAD SURGERY
21 BEAUFORT ROAD, SOUTHBOURNE, BOURNEMOUTH, BH6 5AJ
ODS code J81018
2.3 km
LITTLEDOWN SURGERY
HAREWOOD CRESCENT, LITTLEDOWN, BOURNEMOUTH, BH7 7BU
ODS code J81067
3.5 km
SHELLEY MANOR HOLDENHURST MEDICAL CENTRE
BEECHWOOD AVENUE, BOURNEMOUTH, BH5 1LX
ODS code J81021
3.8 km
CRESCENT PROVIDENCE SURGERY
12-14 WALPOLE ROAD, BOURNEMOUTH, BH1 4HA
ODS code J81634
4.4 km
WOODLEA HOUSE SURGERY
2A BRADPOLE ROAD, STROUDEN PARK, BOURNEMOUTH, BH8 9NX
ODS code J81633
4.4 km
Nearby transport
- 0.1 miles
Twynham Avenue
BCT · Christchurch
- 0.1 miles
Gleadowe Avenue
BCT · Christchurch
- 0.1 miles
Stour Road
BCT · Christchurch
- 0.1 miles
King's Avenue
BCT · Christchurch
- 0.1 miles
Stour Road
BCT · Christchurch
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole 031E, 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
10,711 of 33,755
- Income
- 3 of 10
- Employment
- 3 of 10
- Education and skills
- 6 of 10
- Health and disability
- 3 of 10
- Crime
- 3 of 10
- Housing and services
- 6 of 10
- Living environment
- 3 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
1,346 published events cover 12 months, averaging 112.167 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 450 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.