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BH24 2AT

St Leonards & St Ives · Dorset · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Ringwood
Ward
St Leonards & St Ives
Local authority
Dorset
Constituency
Christchurch
Postcode district
BH24
Postcode sector
BH24 2

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
BH24 2AD 114 m
BH24 2AS 220 m
BH24 2AX 226 m
BH24 2AE 238 m
BH24 2AP 240 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
BH24 2AT
Status
Current
Introduced
1 April 1987
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
BH
Postcode district
BH24
Postcode sector
BH24 2
Latitude
50.840473
Longitude
-1.808795
British National Grid easting
413,559
British National Grid northing
104,568

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South West · E12000009
Local authority district
Dorset · E06000059
Electoral ward
St Leonards & St Ives · E05012713
Parish or community
E04003379
Westminster constituency
Christchurch · E14001171
Output area
E00103393
Lower layer super output area
Dorset 015A · E01020403
Middle layer super output area
Dorset 015 · E02004246

Postcode source versions

Explore BH24

Property

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32 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
20, Avon Park, Ringwood, BH24 2AT 8 May 2026 £740,000
16, Avon Park, Ringwood, BH24 2AT 11 June 2024 £770,000
11, Avon Park, Ringwood, BH24 2AT 24 June 2020 £550,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
9
Primary
5
Secondary
1

  1. Ringwood Waldorf School

    Other independent school

    301 m

  2. Sheiling College

    Special post 16 institution

    414 m

  3. Sheiling School

    Other independent special school

    414 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
406
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 131
  • Anti social behaviour 71
  • Shoplifting 51
  • Criminal damage and arson 34
  • Vehicle crime 30

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
58

29 female, 29 male

Postcode households
22
Residents per household
2.6
BH24 2 residents
7,908

Age bands in BH24 2

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
11.3%

894 residents

Age 15 to 24
6.7%

528 residents

Age 25 to 44
15.5%

1,222 residents

Age 45 to 64
27.3%

2,156 residents

Age 65 and over
39.3%

3,105 residents

This postcode contained 0.7% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider BH24 2 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

  • RINGWOOD MEDICAL CENTRE

    THE CLOSE, RINGWOOD, BH24 1JY

    ODS code J82039

    1.5 km

  • CORNERWAYS MEDICAL CENTRE

    5 PARKERS CLOSE, NORTH POULNER, RINGWOOD, BH24 1SD

    ODS code J82150

    3.1 km

Nearby transport

  • Ashley Heath Roundabout

    BCT · St Ives

    0.1 miles

  • Ashley Heath Roundabout

    BCT · St Ives

    0.1 miles

  • St Ives Wood

    BCT · Ashley Heath

    0.3 miles

  • Ashley Cottages

    BCT · Ashley

    0.3 miles

  • Ashley Cottages

    BCT · Ashley

    0.3 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Dorset 015A, 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

8 of 10

Overall England rank

26,564 of 33,755

Income
9 of 10
Employment
7 of 10
Education and skills
8 of 10
Health and disability
8 of 10
Crime
8 of 10
Housing and services
3 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
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

Property market

The five-year median is £755,000 from 2 recorded sales in BH24 2AT. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.

The latest UK House Price Index average for Dorset is £325,410 in June 2026, up 1.6% year on year.

Schools

9 open schools are in scope, including 5 primary and 1 secondary schools. Ringwood Waldorf School is the nearest published school at 301 m.

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

Recorded crime

406 published events cover 12 months, averaging 33.833 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 131 events.

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