Schools
63 open schools are in scope, including 35 primary and 11 secondary schools. Kings Bournemouth is the nearest published school at 734 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
BH4 9WZ
Talbot & Branksome Woods · Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole · England
Updated September 2026
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- Local authority
- Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
- Constituency
- Bournemouth West
- Postcode district
- BH4
- Postcode sector
- BH4 9
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- BH4 9WZ
- Status
- Terminated
- Introduced
- 1 May 2002
- Terminated
- 1 October 2003
- Postcode area
- BH
- Postcode district
- BH4
- Postcode sector
- BH4 9
- Latitude
- 50.730953
- Longitude
- -1.886700
- British National Grid easting
- 408,092
- British National Grid northing
- 92,378
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- England · E92000001
- Region
- South West · E12000009
- Local authority district
- Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole · E06000058
- Electoral ward
- Talbot & Branksome Woods · E05012677
- Parish or community
- E04013533
- Westminster constituency
- Bournemouth West · E14001116
- Output area
- E00077590
- Lower layer super output area
- Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole 028A · E01015344
- Middle layer super output area
- Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole 028 · E02003183
Postcode source versions
- Ordnance Survey: Code-Point Open Version 2026-08 · Current postcode units in Great Britain · OGL-3.0
- Office for National Statistics: ONS Postcode Directory Version 2026-08 · United Kingdom; Northern Ireland excluded pending rights review; Crown Dependencies outside product scope · OGL-3.0 with third-party rights
- Ordnance Survey: Boundary-Line Version 2026-05 · Local-authority boundaries in Great Britain · OS OpenData Licence
Explore BH4
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 63
- Primary
- 35
- Secondary
- 11
- 734 m
Kings Bournemouth
Other independent school
- 886 m
St Martin's School
Other independent school
- 1.0 km
Talbot Heath School
Other independent school
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 5,558
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 1,889
- Anti social behaviour 960
- Shoplifting 650
- Other theft 390
- Vehicle crime 357
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- Not supplied
- Postcode households
- Not supplied
- Residents per household
- Not available
- BH4 9 residents
- 4,417
Age bands in BH4 9
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 10.1%
- Age 15 to 24
- 8.5%
- Age 25 to 44
- 32.6%
- Age 45 to 64
- 23.8%
- Age 65 and over
- 24.9%
433 residents
364 residents
1,392 residents
1,017 residents
1,065 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
16
within 5 km straight-line
THE BANKS & BEARWOOD MEDICAL CENTRE
272 WIMBORNE ROAD, WINTON, BOURNEMOUTH, BH3 7AT
ODS code J81070
1.0 km
VILLAGE SURGERY
GILLETT ROAD, TALBOT VILLAGE, POOLE, BH12 5BF
ODS code J81042
1.3 km
WESTBOURNE MEDICAL CENTRE
MILBURN ROAD, WESTBOURNE, BOURNEMOUTH, BH4 9HJ
ODS code J81014
1.4 km
DENMARK ROAD MEDICAL CENTRE
37 DENMARK ROAD, WINTON, BOURNEMOUTH, BH9 1PB
ODS code J81625
1.9 km
THE PANTON PRACTICE
14 GERVIS ROAD, BOURNEMOUTH, BH1 3EG
ODS code J81072
2.0 km
ST ALBANS MEDICAL CENTRE
26-28 ST. ALBANS CRESCENT, CHARMINSTER, BOURNEMOUTH, BH8 9EW
ODS code J81062
2.2 km
TALBOT MEDICAL CENTRE
63 KINSON ROAD, WALLISDOWN, BOURNEMOUTH, BH10 4BX
ODS code J81033
2.5 km
MOORDOWN MEDICAL CENTRE
2A REDHILL CRESCENT, MOORDOWN, BOURNEMOUTH, BH9 2XF
ODS code J81039
2.9 km
CRESCENT PROVIDENCE SURGERY
12-14 WALPOLE ROAD, BOURNEMOUTH, BH1 4HA
ODS code J81634
3.0 km
SHELLEY MANOR HOLDENHURST MEDICAL CENTRE
BEECHWOOD AVENUE, BOURNEMOUTH, BH5 1LX
ODS code J81021
3.8 km
JAMES FISHER MEDICAL CENTRE
4 TOLPUDDLE GARDENS, BOURNEMOUTH, BH9 3LQ
ODS code J81047
3.8 km
WOODLEA HOUSE SURGERY
2A BRADPOLE ROAD, STROUDEN PARK, BOURNEMOUTH, BH8 9NX
ODS code J81633
3.8 km
LITTLEDOWN SURGERY
HAREWOOD CRESCENT, LITTLEDOWN, BOURNEMOUTH, BH7 7BU
ODS code J81067
3.9 km
SHORE MEDICAL
MANSFIELD ROAD, PARKSTONE, POOLE, BH14 0DJ
ODS code J81012
3.9 km
KINSON ROAD MEDICAL CENTRE
440 KINSON ROAD, KINSON, BOURNEMOUTH, BH10 5EY
ODS code J81045
4.2 km
THE ROSEMARY HEALTH CTR
2 ROSEMARY GARDENS, POOLE, BH12 3HF
ODS code J81036
4.4 km
Nearby transport
- 0.3 miles
Rothesay Road
BCT · Talbot Woods
- 0.3 miles
East Avenue
BCT · Talbot Woods
- 0.3 miles
Rothesay Road
BCT · Talbot Woods
- 0.4 miles
Alyth Road
BCT · Talbot Woods
- 0.4 miles
Alyth Road
BCT · Talbot Woods
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole 028A, 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
28,695 of 33,755
- Income
- 9 of 10
- Employment
- 8 of 10
- Education and skills
- 9 of 10
- Health and disability
- 8 of 10
- Crime
- 7 of 10
- Housing and services
- 5 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.
Evidence in context
Recorded crime
5,558 published events cover 12 months, averaging 463.167 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 1,889 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.