BH24 3PL

Ringwood North & Ellingham · New Forest · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Ringwood
Local authority
New Forest
Constituency
New Forest West
Postcode district
BH24
Postcode sector
BH24 3

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
BH24 3PN 697 m
BH24 3FN 702 m
BH24 3QG 909 m
BH24 3PZ 1.3 km
BH24 3QB 1.3 km
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
BH24 3PL
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
BH
Postcode district
BH24
Postcode sector
BH24 3
Latitude
50.872337
Longitude
-1.822081
British National Grid easting
412,615
British National Grid northing
108,109

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South East · E12000008
Local authority district
New Forest · E07000091
Parish or community
E04004566
Westminster constituency
New Forest West · E14001374
Output area
E00116997
Lower layer super output area
New Forest 010A · E01023026
Middle layer super output area
New Forest 010 · E02004788

Postcode source versions

Explore BH24

2 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
Nea Cottage East, Somerley, Ringwood, BH24 3PL 2 September 2011 £310,000
Nea Cottage East, Somerley, Ringwood, BH24 3PL 26 August 2005 £290,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
15
Primary
10
Secondary
2
  1. Ringwood Waldorf School

    Other independent school

    3.4 km
  2. Sheiling College

    Special post 16 institution

    3.5 km
  3. Sheiling School

    Other independent special school

    3.5 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
7
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Burglary 2
  • Criminal damage and arson 2
  • Violence and sexual offences 2
  • Other theft 1

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
33

17 female, 16 male

Postcode households
14
Residents per household
2.4
BH24 3 residents
5,187

Age bands in BH24 3

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
15.4%

790 residents

Age 15 to 24
9.3%

478 residents

Age 25 to 44
20.4%

1,048 residents

Age 45 to 64
30.2%

1,548 residents

Age 65 and over
24.7%

1,267 residents

This postcode contained 0.6% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider BH24 3 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

3

within 5 km

  • RINGWOOD MEDICAL CENTRE

    THE CLOSE, RINGWOOD, BH24 1JY

    ODS code J82039

    3.7 km

  • CORNERWAYS MEDICAL CENTRE

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

    ODS code J82150

    4.1 km

  • THE VERWOOD SURGERY

    15 STATION ROAD, VERWOOD, BH31 7PY

    ODS code J81030

    4.3 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

  • Ebblake Bridge

    BCT · Ebblake

    1.2 miles
  • Ebblake Bridge

    BCT · Ebblake

    1.2 miles
  • Ellingham Crossroads

    BCT · Ellingham

    1.3 miles
  • The Forestside

    BCT · Ebblake

    1.3 miles
  • The Forestside

    BCT · Ebblake

    1.3 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for New Forest 010A, 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

6 of 10

Overall England rank

19,231 of 33,755

Income
9 of 10
Employment
9 of 10
Education and skills
7 of 10
Health and disability
7 of 10
Crime
3 of 10
Housing and services
2 of 10
Living environment
2 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

15 open schools are in scope, including 10 primary and 2 secondary schools. Ringwood Waldorf School is the nearest published school at 2.1 miles.

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

Recorded crime

7 published events cover 12 months, averaging 0.583 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Burglary with 2 events.

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