BH23 8HT

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 8JQ 135 m
BH23 8HU 195 m
BH23 8JH 201 m
BH23 8JG 264 m
BH23 8EZ 267 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
BH23 8HT
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 April 1986
Terminated
1 December 1986
Postcode area
BH
Postcode district
BH23
Postcode sector
BH23 8
Latitude
50.778563
Longitude
-1.733294
British National Grid easting
418,900
British National Grid northing
97,700

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South East · E12000008
Local authority district
New Forest · E07000091
Parish or community
E04004558
Westminster constituency
New Forest West · E14001374
Output area
E00116838
Lower layer super output area
New Forest 016A · E01022994
Middle layer super output area
New Forest 016 · E02004794

Postcode source versions

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Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
11
Primary
7
Secondary
2
  1. Bransgore Church of England Primary School

    Academy converter

    269 m
  2. The Fortune Centre of Riding Therapy

    Special post 16 institution

    2.8 km
  3. Sopley Primary School

    Community school

    2.8 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
109
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 47
  • Criminal damage and arson 13
  • Other theft 11
  • Public order 11
  • Anti social behaviour 9

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
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

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

2

within 5 km straight-line

  • TWIN OAKS MEDICAL CENTRE

    RINGWOOD ROAD, BRANSGORE, CHRISTCHURCH, BH23 8AD

    ODS code J82151

    436 m

  • HIGHCLIFFE MEDICAL CENTRE

    248 LYMINGTON ROAD, HIGHCLIFFE, CHRISTCHURCH, BH23 5ET

    ODS code J81028

    4.7 km

Nearby transport

  • Ringwood Road

    BCT · Bransgore

    0.1 miles
  • Ringwood Road

    BCT · Bransgore

    0.2 miles
  • Bransgore Gardens

    BCT · Bransgore

    0.3 miles
  • Bransgore Gardens

    BCT · Bransgore

    0.4 miles
  • Carpenters Arms

    BCT · Bransgore

    0.4 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for New Forest 016A, 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

28,492 of 33,755

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

Evidence in context

Schools

11 open schools are in scope, including 7 primary and 2 secondary schools. Bransgore Church of England Primary School is the nearest published school at 269 m.

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

Recorded crime

109 published events cover 12 months, averaging 9.083 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 47 events.

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