Schools
38 open schools are in scope, including 22 primary and 8 secondary schools. Twynham Primary School is the nearest published school at 305 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
BH23 2TN
Commons · Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole · England
Updated September 2026
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- 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 2TN
- Status
- Current
- Introduced
- 1 June 1981
- Terminated
- Not published
- Postcode area
- BH
- Postcode district
- BH23
- Postcode sector
- BH23 2
- Latitude
- 50.751366
- Longitude
- -1.788859
- British National Grid easting
- 414,991
- British National Grid northing
- 94,663
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
- E00103117
- Lower layer super output area
- Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole 014B · E01020352
- 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
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 38
- Primary
- 22
- Secondary
- 8
- 305 m
Twynham Primary School
Free schools
- 813 m
The Stable School
Other independent special school
- 1.3 km
Christchurch Infant School
Academy converter
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 680
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 252
- Anti social behaviour 155
- Criminal damage and arson 57
- Vehicle crime 47
- Other theft 44
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- 24
- Postcode households
- 16
- Residents per household
- 1.5
- BH23 2 residents
- 12,772
14 female, 10 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 0.2% 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
12
within 5 km
GROVE SURGERY
FAIRMILE ROAD, FAIRMILE, CHRISTCHURCH, BH23 2FQ
ODS code J81646
777 m
STOUR SURGERY
49 BARRACK ROAD, CHRISTCHURCH, BH23 1PA
ODS code J81066
1.8 km
CHRISTCHURCH MEDICAL PRACTICE
CHRISTCHURCH MEDICAL PRAC, 1 PUREWELL CROSS ROAD, CHRISTCHURCH, BH23 3AF
ODS code J81056
2.6 km
FARMHOUSE SURGERY
CHRISTCHURCH MED CENTRE, 1 PUREWELL CROSS ROAD, CHRISTCHURCH, BH23 3AF
ODS code J81057
2.6 km
SOUTHBOURNE PRACTICE
17 BEAUFORT ROAD, BOURNEMOUTH, BH6 5BF
ODS code J81059
3.1 km
BEAUFORT ROAD SURGERY
21 BEAUFORT ROAD, SOUTHBOURNE, BOURNEMOUTH, BH6 5AJ
ODS code J81018
3.2 km
LITTLEDOWN SURGERY
HAREWOOD CRESCENT, LITTLEDOWN, BOURNEMOUTH, BH7 7BU
ODS code J81067
3.3 km
THE MARINE & OAKRIDGE PARTNERSHIP
MARINE SURGERY, 29 BELLE VUE RD, BOSCOMBE, BOURNEMOUTH, BH6 3DB
ODS code J81049
3.4 km
WOODLEA HOUSE SURGERY
2A BRADPOLE ROAD, STROUDEN PARK, BOURNEMOUTH, BH8 9NX
ODS code J81633
3.8 km
SHELLEY MANOR HOLDENHURST MEDICAL CENTRE
BEECHWOOD AVENUE, BOURNEMOUTH, BH5 1LX
ODS code J81021
4.4 km
CRESCENT PROVIDENCE SURGERY
12-14 WALPOLE ROAD, BOURNEMOUTH, BH1 4HA
ODS code J81634
4.8 km
TWIN OAKS MEDICAL CENTRE
RINGWOOD ROAD, BRANSGORE, CHRISTCHURCH, BH23 8AD
ODS code J82151
4.9 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
- 0.0 miles
Surrey Close
BCT · Fairmile
- 0.0 miles
Surrey Close
BCT · Fairmile
- 0.1 miles
Lincoln Avenue
BCT · Fairmile
- 0.1 miles
Walcott Avenue
BCT · Fairmile
- 0.1 miles
Walcott Avenue
BCT · Fairmile
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole 014B, 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
27,601 of 33,755
- Income
- 7 of 10
- Employment
- 7 of 10
- Education and skills
- 8 of 10
- Health and disability
- 8 of 10
- Crime
- 10 of 10
- Housing and services
- 4 of 10
- Living environment
- 10 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
Recorded crime
680 published events cover 12 months, averaging 56.667 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 252 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.