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BH23 8ET

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

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Christchurch
Ward
Bransgore, Burley, Sopley & Ringwood East
Local authority
New Forest
Constituency
New Forest West
Postcode district
BH23
Postcode sector
BH23 8

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
BH23 8EU 191 m
BH23 8ES 321 m
BH23 8AX 1.2 km
BH23 7BN 1.3 km
BH23 7BD 1.3 km
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
BH23 8ET
Status
Current
Introduced
1 August 1992
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
BH
Postcode district
BH23
Postcode sector
BH23 8
Latitude
50.785550
Longitude
-1.771697
British National Grid easting
416,190
British National Grid northing
98,468

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South East · E12000008
Local authority district
New Forest · E07000091
Electoral ward
Bransgore, Burley, Sopley & Ringwood East · E05014774
Parish or community
E04004585
Westminster constituency
New Forest West · E14001374
Output area
E00117196
Lower layer super output area
New Forest 016E · E01023063
Middle layer super output area
New Forest 016 · E02004794

Postcode source versions

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Property

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4 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
Triesta, 2, South Ripley, Christchurch, BH23 8ET 20 August 2020 £600,000
1, South Ripley, Christchurch, BH23 8ET 5 January 2007 £297,275
Triesta, 2, South Ripley, Christchurch, BH23 8ET 30 October 2006 £311,950

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
7
Primary
5
Secondary
0

  1. Sopley Primary School

    Community school

    32 m

  2. Bransgore Church of England Primary School

    Academy converter

    3.1 km

  3. Burton Church of England Primary School

    Voluntary controlled school

    3.2 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
20
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Criminal damage and arson 5
  • Violence and sexual offences 5
  • Public order 3
  • Burglary 2
  • Other theft 2

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
5

3 female, 2 male

Postcode households
2
Residents per household
2.5
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 0.1% 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.

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

2

within 5 km straight-line

  • TWIN OAKS MEDICAL CENTRE

    RINGWOOD ROAD, BRANSGORE, CHRISTCHURCH, BH23 8AD

    ODS code J82151

    2.4 km

  • GROVE SURGERY

    FAIRMILE ROAD, FAIRMILE, CHRISTCHURCH, BH23 2FQ

    ODS code J81646

    4.8 km

Nearby transport

  • The Woolpack Inn

    BCT · Sopley

    1.0 miles

  • Horn Cottage

    BCT · North Bockhampton

    1.1 miles

  • Horn Cottage

    BCT · North Bockhampton

    1.1 miles

  • Beech Cottage

    BCT · North Bockhampton

    1.1 miles

  • Beech Cottage

    BCT · North Bockhampton

    1.1 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

7 open schools are in scope, including 5 primary and 0 secondary schools. Sopley Primary School is the nearest published school at 32 m.

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

Recorded crime

20 published events cover 12 months, averaging 1.667 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Criminal damage and arson with 5 events.

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