BH23 3RU

Burton & Grange · Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole · England

Updated September 2026

Compare this postcode

Location overview

Drag to pan. Use + or - to zoom. Open larger map
Post town
Christchurch
Constituency
Christchurch
Postcode district
BH23
Postcode sector
BH23 3

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
BH23 3RT 219 m
BH23 4TU 226 m
BH23 4TT 234 m
BH23 3RP 241 m
BH23 4HY 241 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
BH23 3RU
Status
Current
Introduced
1 April 1986
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
BH
Postcode district
BH23
Postcode sector
BH23 3
Latitude
50.739106
Longitude
-1.742659
British National Grid easting
418,255
British National Grid northing
93,310

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South West · E12000009
Parish or community
E04012814
Westminster constituency
Christchurch · E14001171
Output area
E00103096

Postcode source versions

Explore BH23

23 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
Somerford Business Park, Unit 11, Wilverley Road, Christchurch, BH23 3RU 1 April 2026 £445,000
Somerford Business Park, Unit 3, Wilverley Road, Christchurch, BH23 3RU 21 October 2025 £5,210,000
Somerford Business Park, Unit 12, Wilverley Road, Christchurch, BH23 3RU 7 January 2025 £528,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

View all nearby schools
Open schools
22
Primary
14
Secondary
3
  1. St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Christchurch

    Voluntary aided school

    592 m
  2. Somerford Primary School

    Community school

    825 m
  3. Mudeford Junior School

    Community school

    907 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

View all nearby crime records
Published events
973
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 369
  • Anti social behaviour 199
  • Shoplifting 104
  • Criminal damage and arson 76
  • Other theft 68

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
BH23 3 residents
9,208

Age bands in BH23 3

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
16.2%

1,448 residents

Age 15 to 24
10%

896 residents

Age 25 to 44
21.7%

1,937 residents

Age 45 to 64
27.9%

2,493 residents

Age 65 and over
24.1%

2,151 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.

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+
96.6%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
96.6%
Gigabit-capable
96.6%
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

7

within 5 km

  • CHRISTCHURCH MEDICAL PRACTICE

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

    ODS code J81056

    1.2 km

  • FARMHOUSE SURGERY

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

    ODS code J81057

    1.2 km

  • STOUR SURGERY

    49 BARRACK ROAD, CHRISTCHURCH, BH23 1PA

    ODS code J81066

    2.8 km

  • HIGHCLIFFE MEDICAL CENTRE

    248 LYMINGTON ROAD, HIGHCLIFFE, CHRISTCHURCH, BH23 5ET

    ODS code J81028

    2.9 km

  • GROVE SURGERY

    FAIRMILE ROAD, FAIRMILE, CHRISTCHURCH, BH23 2FQ

    ODS code J81646

    3.5 km

  • TWIN OAKS MEDICAL CENTRE

    RINGWOOD ROAD, BRANSGORE, CHRISTCHURCH, BH23 8AD

    ODS code J82151

    4.7 km

  • THE MARINE & OAKRIDGE PARTNERSHIP

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

    ODS code J81049

    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

  • Meteor Shopping Park

    BCT · Somerford

    0.1 miles
  • Trade Park

    BCT · Somerford

    0.2 miles
  • Meteor Shopping Park

    BCT · Somerford

    0.2 miles
  • Trade Park

    BCT · Somerford

    0.2 miles
  • Meteor Shopping Park

    BCT · Somerford

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole 024B, 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

2 of 10

Overall England rank

3,692 of 33,755

Income
2 of 10
Employment
1 of 10
Education and skills
2 of 10
Health and disability
1 of 10
Crime
2 of 10
Housing and services
2 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.

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
1
Low risk addresses
2
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 £447,500 from 6 recorded sales in BH23 3RU. 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

22 open schools are in scope, including 14 primary and 3 secondary schools. St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Christchurch is the nearest published school at 592 m.

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

Recorded crime

973 published events cover 12 months, averaging 81.083 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 369 events.

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