Schools
45 open schools are in scope, including 28 primary and 7 secondary schools. The Stable School is the nearest published school at 0.8 miles.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
BH23 2QU
Commons · Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole · England
Updated September 2026
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- Post town
- Christchurch
- Ward
- Commons
- Local authority
- Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
- Constituency
- Christchurch
- Postcode district
- BH23
- Postcode sector
- BH23 2
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- BH23 2QU
- Status
- Current
- Introduced
- 1 January 1980
- Terminated
- Not published
- Postcode area
- BH
- Postcode district
- BH23
- Postcode sector
- BH23 2
- Latitude
- 50.754274
- Longitude
- -1.806140
- British National Grid easting
- 413,771
- British National Grid northing
- 94,983
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- England · E92000001
- Region
- South West · E12000009
- Local authority district
- Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole · E06000058
- Electoral ward
- Commons · E05012659
- Parish or community
- E04012814
- Westminster constituency
- Christchurch · E14001171
- Output area
- E00103196
- Lower layer super output area
- Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole 014E · E01020366
- Middle layer super output area
- Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole 014 · E02004237
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
Property
28 recorded
sales at this postcode
| Address | Date | Price |
|---|---|---|
| 144, River Way, Christchurch, BH23 2QU | 22 March 2021 | £650,000 |
| 142, River Way, Christchurch, BH23 2QU | 30 September 2020 | £720,000 |
| 132a, River Way, Christchurch, BH23 2QU | 4 June 2020 | £580,700 |
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 45
- Primary
- 28
- Secondary
- 7
- 1.3 km
The Stable School
Other independent special school
- 1.6 km
Twynham Primary School
Free schools
- 1.6 km
Jewell Academy Bournemouth
Academy sponsor led
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 751
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 281
- Anti social behaviour 129
- Other theft 61
- Vehicle crime 60
- Criminal damage and arson 55
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- 60
- Postcode households
- 24
- Residents per household
- 2.5
- BH23 2 residents
- 12,772
28 female, 32 male
Age bands in BH23 2
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 17.1%
- Age 15 to 24
- 10.6%
- Age 25 to 44
- 20.3%
- Age 45 to 64
- 27.4%
- Age 65 and over
- 24.5%
2,197 residents
1,361 residents
2,607 residents
3,519 residents
3,150 residents
This postcode contained 0.5% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider BH23 2 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
14
within 5 km
GROVE SURGERY
FAIRMILE ROAD, FAIRMILE, CHRISTCHURCH, BH23 2FQ
ODS code J81646
1.5 km
LITTLEDOWN SURGERY
HAREWOOD CRESCENT, LITTLEDOWN, BOURNEMOUTH, BH7 7BU
ODS code J81067
2.4 km
WOODLEA HOUSE SURGERY
2A BRADPOLE ROAD, STROUDEN PARK, BOURNEMOUTH, BH8 9NX
ODS code J81633
2.6 km
STOUR SURGERY
49 BARRACK ROAD, CHRISTCHURCH, BH23 1PA
ODS code J81066
2.6 km
SOUTHBOURNE PRACTICE
17 BEAUFORT ROAD, BOURNEMOUTH, BH6 5BF
ODS code J81059
3.0 km
BEAUFORT ROAD SURGERY
21 BEAUFORT ROAD, SOUTHBOURNE, BOURNEMOUTH, BH6 5AJ
ODS code J81018
3.0 km
THE MARINE & OAKRIDGE PARTNERSHIP
MARINE SURGERY, 29 BELLE VUE RD, BOSCOMBE, BOURNEMOUTH, BH6 3DB
ODS code J81049
3.5 km
CHRISTCHURCH MEDICAL PRACTICE
CHRISTCHURCH MEDICAL PRAC, 1 PUREWELL CROSS ROAD, CHRISTCHURCH, BH23 3AF
ODS code J81056
3.8 km
FARMHOUSE SURGERY
CHRISTCHURCH MED CENTRE, 1 PUREWELL CROSS ROAD, CHRISTCHURCH, BH23 3AF
ODS code J81057
3.8 km
SHELLEY MANOR HOLDENHURST MEDICAL CENTRE
BEECHWOOD AVENUE, BOURNEMOUTH, BH5 1LX
ODS code J81021
3.9 km
JAMES FISHER MEDICAL CENTRE
4 TOLPUDDLE GARDENS, BOURNEMOUTH, BH9 3LQ
ODS code J81047
4.0 km
CRESCENT PROVIDENCE SURGERY
12-14 WALPOLE ROAD, BOURNEMOUTH, BH1 4HA
ODS code J81634
4.1 km
ST ALBANS MEDICAL CENTRE
26-28 ST. ALBANS CRESCENT, CHARMINSTER, BOURNEMOUTH, BH8 9EW
ODS code J81062
4.1 km
MOORDOWN MEDICAL CENTRE
2A REDHILL CRESCENT, MOORDOWN, BOURNEMOUTH, BH9 2XF
ODS code J81039
4.8 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
- 0.1 miles
Old Barn Road
BCT · Jumpers Common
- 0.1 miles
Old Barn Road
BCT · Jumpers Common
- 0.1 miles
River Way Top
BCT · Blackwater
- 0.1 miles
River Way Top
BCT · Blackwater
- 0.2 miles
Marlow Drive
BCT · Fairmile
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole 014E, 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
10 of 10
Overall England rank
32,499 of 33,755
- Income
- 10 of 10
- Employment
- 9 of 10
- Education and skills
- 9 of 10
- Health and disability
- 10 of 10
- Crime
- 9 of 10
- Housing and services
- 7 of 10
- Living environment
- 9 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
- 2
- Medium risk addresses
- 0
- Low risk addresses
- 1
- 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
Recorded crime
751 published events cover 12 months, averaging 62.583 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 281 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.