Schools
42 open schools are in scope, including 26 primary and 7 secondary schools. Twynham Primary School is the nearest published school at 898 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
BH23 2YB
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 2YB
- Status
- Terminated
- Introduced
- 1 January 1995
- Terminated
- 1 July 2001
- Postcode area
- BH
- Postcode district
- BH23
- Postcode sector
- BH23 2
- Latitude
- 50.746837
- Longitude
- -1.795541
- British National Grid easting
- 414,521
- British National Grid northing
- 94,158
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
- E00103120
- Lower layer super output area
- Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole 014C · E01020353
- 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
- 42
- Primary
- 26
- Secondary
- 7
- 898 m
Twynham Primary School
Free schools
- 989 m
Christchurch Junior School
Academy converter
- 1.0 km
Christchurch Infant School
Academy converter
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 902
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 306
- Anti social behaviour 196
- Criminal damage and arson 68
- Other theft 64
- Vehicle crime 61
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- Not supplied
- Postcode households
- Not supplied
- Residents per household
- Not available
- BH23 2 residents
- 12,772
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
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
13
within 5 km straight-line
GROVE SURGERY
FAIRMILE ROAD, FAIRMILE, CHRISTCHURCH, BH23 2FQ
ODS code J81646
420 m
STOUR SURGERY
49 BARRACK ROAD, CHRISTCHURCH, BH23 1PA
ODS code J81066
1.5 km
SOUTHBOURNE PRACTICE
17 BEAUFORT ROAD, BOURNEMOUTH, BH6 5BF
ODS code J81059
2.5 km
BEAUFORT ROAD SURGERY
21 BEAUFORT ROAD, SOUTHBOURNE, BOURNEMOUTH, BH6 5AJ
ODS code J81018
2.5 km
LITTLEDOWN SURGERY
HAREWOOD CRESCENT, LITTLEDOWN, BOURNEMOUTH, BH7 7BU
ODS code J81067
2.7 km
THE MARINE & OAKRIDGE PARTNERSHIP
MARINE SURGERY, 29 BELLE VUE RD, BOSCOMBE, BOURNEMOUTH, BH6 3DB
ODS code J81049
2.8 km
CHRISTCHURCH MEDICAL PRACTICE
CHRISTCHURCH MEDICAL PRAC, 1 PUREWELL CROSS ROAD, CHRISTCHURCH, BH23 3AF
ODS code J81056
2.8 km
FARMHOUSE SURGERY
CHRISTCHURCH MED CENTRE, 1 PUREWELL CROSS ROAD, CHRISTCHURCH, BH23 3AF
ODS code J81057
2.8 km
WOODLEA HOUSE SURGERY
2A BRADPOLE ROAD, STROUDEN PARK, BOURNEMOUTH, BH8 9NX
ODS code J81633
3.3 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
4.1 km
ST ALBANS MEDICAL CENTRE
26-28 ST. ALBANS CRESCENT, CHARMINSTER, BOURNEMOUTH, BH8 9EW
ODS code J81062
4.6 km
JAMES FISHER MEDICAL CENTRE
4 TOLPUDDLE GARDENS, BOURNEMOUTH, BH9 3LQ
ODS code J81047
4.9 km
Nearby transport
- 0.2 miles
Rutland Road
BCT · Fairmile
- 0.2 miles
Rutland Road
BCT · Fairmile
- 0.2 miles
Essex Avenue
BCT · Fairmile
- 0.2 miles
Essex Avenue
BCT · Fairmile
- 0.2 miles
Christchurch Hospital
BCT · Fairmile
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole 014C, 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
12,675 of 33,755
- Income
- 4 of 10
- Employment
- 3 of 10
- Education and skills
- 5 of 10
- Health and disability
- 3 of 10
- Crime
- 7 of 10
- Housing and services
- 4 of 10
- Living environment
- 8 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
902 published events cover 12 months, averaging 75.167 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 306 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.