BH23 8AU

Bransgore, Burley, Sopley & Ringwood East · New Forest · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Local authority
New Forest
Constituency
New Forest West
Postcode district
BH23
Postcode sector
BH23 8

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
BH23 8FG 113 m
BH23 8AT 131 m
BH23 8AR 225 m
BH23 8FF 238 m
BH23 8AS 259 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
BH23 8AU
Status
Current
Introduced
1 May 1994
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
BH
Postcode district
BH23
Postcode sector
BH23 8
Latitude
50.782380
Longitude
-1.747584
British National Grid easting
417,891
British National Grid northing
98,121

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South East · E12000008
Local authority district
New Forest · E07000091
Parish or community
E04004585
Westminster constituency
New Forest West · E14001374
Output area
E00117198
Lower layer super output area
New Forest 016E · E01023063
Middle layer super output area
New Forest 016 · E02004794

Postcode source versions

Explore BH23

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
10
Primary
6
Secondary
2
  1. Bransgore Church of England Primary School

    Academy converter

    1.4 km
  2. Sopley Primary School

    Community school

    1.7 km
  3. The Fortune Centre of Riding Therapy

    Special post 16 institution

    2.5 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
105
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 44
  • Criminal damage and arson 12
  • Other theft 11
  • Public order 11
  • Anti social behaviour 9

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
2

1 female, 1 male

Postcode households
1
Residents per household
2.0
BH23 8 residents
4,561

Age bands in BH23 8

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
16.1%

733 residents

Age 15 to 24
7.9%

358 residents

Age 25 to 44
17.5%

796 residents

Age 45 to 64
28%

1,271 residents

Age 65 and over
30.4%

1,381 residents

This postcode contained 0% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider BH23 8 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.

GP practices

1

within 5 km

  • TWIN OAKS MEDICAL CENTRE

    RINGWOOD ROAD, BRANSGORE, CHRISTCHURCH, BH23 8AD

    ODS code J82151

    705 m

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

  • Carpenters Arms

    BCT · Bransgore

    0.4 miles
  • Carpenters Arms

    BCT · Bransgore

    0.5 miles
  • Bockhampton Corner

    BCT · Bransgore

    0.5 miles
  • Bockhampton Corner

    BCT · Bransgore

    0.5 miles
  • Beech Cottage

    BCT · North Bockhampton

    0.6 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for New Forest 016E, 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

7 of 10

Overall England rank

20,545 of 33,755

Income
8 of 10
Employment
7 of 10
Education and skills
8 of 10
Health and disability
9 of 10
Crime
5 of 10
Housing and services
1 of 10
Living environment
4 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

Schools

10 open schools are in scope, including 6 primary and 2 secondary schools. Bransgore Church of England Primary School is the nearest published school at 0.8 miles.

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

Recorded crime

105 published events cover 12 months, averaging 8.75 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 44 events.

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