BH6 4EF

East Southbourne & Tuckton · Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Bournemouth
Constituency
Bournemouth East
Postcode district
BH6
Postcode sector
BH6 4

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
BH6 4JA 88 m
BH6 4HY 92 m
BH6 4EG 94 m
BH6 4JB 125 m
BH6 4HZ 148 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
BH6 4EF
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
BH
Postcode district
BH6
Postcode sector
BH6 4
Latitude
50.725058
Longitude
-1.786300
British National Grid easting
415,180
British National Grid northing
91,738

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South West · E12000009
Parish or community
E04013533
Westminster constituency
Bournemouth East · E14001115
Output area
E00077320

Postcode source versions

Explore BH6

11 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
60, Broadway, Southbourne, Bournemouth, BH6 4EF 9 August 2018 £625,000
52, Broadway, Southbourne, Bournemouth, BH6 4EF 2 April 2015 £387,000
50, Broadway, Southbourne, Bournemouth, BH6 4EF 25 July 2014 £360,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
32
Primary
20
Secondary
4
  1. St Peter's Catholic Comprehensive School

    Academy converter

    479 m
  2. St Katharine's Church of England Primary School

    Voluntary aided school

    532 m
  3. Twynham School

    Academy converter

    959 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
1,057
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 303
  • Anti social behaviour 253
  • Criminal damage and arson 86
  • Shoplifting 79
  • Other theft 76

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
17

10 female, 7 male

Postcode households
9
Residents per household
1.9
BH6 4 residents
4,039

Age bands in BH6 4

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
11.5%

426 residents

Age 15 to 24
5.6%

209 residents

Age 25 to 44
16.4%

611 residents

Age 45 to 64
27.5%

1,024 residents

Age 65 and over
39%

1,449 residents

This postcode contained 0.4% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider BH6 4 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

11

within 5 km

  • STOUR SURGERY

    49 BARRACK ROAD, CHRISTCHURCH, BH23 1PA

    ODS code J81066

    1.3 km

  • THE MARINE & OAKRIDGE PARTNERSHIP

    MARINE SURGERY, 29 BELLE VUE RD, BOSCOMBE, BOURNEMOUTH, BH6 3DB

    ODS code J81049

    1.4 km

  • SOUTHBOURNE PRACTICE

    17 BEAUFORT ROAD, BOURNEMOUTH, BH6 5BF

    ODS code J81059

    2.0 km

  • BEAUFORT ROAD SURGERY

    21 BEAUFORT ROAD, SOUTHBOURNE, BOURNEMOUTH, BH6 5AJ

    ODS code J81018

    2.0 km

  • GROVE SURGERY

    FAIRMILE ROAD, FAIRMILE, CHRISTCHURCH, BH23 2FQ

    ODS code J81646

    2.2 km

  • CHRISTCHURCH MEDICAL PRACTICE

    CHRISTCHURCH MEDICAL PRAC, 1 PUREWELL CROSS ROAD, CHRISTCHURCH, BH23 3AF

    ODS code J81056

    2.3 km

  • FARMHOUSE SURGERY

    CHRISTCHURCH MED CENTRE, 1 PUREWELL CROSS ROAD, CHRISTCHURCH, BH23 3AF

    ODS code J81057

    2.3 km

  • SHELLEY MANOR HOLDENHURST MEDICAL CENTRE

    BEECHWOOD AVENUE, BOURNEMOUTH, BH5 1LX

    ODS code J81021

    3.4 km

  • LITTLEDOWN SURGERY

    HAREWOOD CRESCENT, LITTLEDOWN, BOURNEMOUTH, BH7 7BU

    ODS code J81067

    3.8 km

  • CRESCENT PROVIDENCE SURGERY

    12-14 WALPOLE ROAD, BOURNEMOUTH, BH1 4HA

    ODS code J81634

    4.2 km

  • WOODLEA HOUSE SURGERY

    2A BRADPOLE ROAD, STROUDEN PARK, BOURNEMOUTH, BH8 9NX

    ODS code J81633

    4.9 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 2026-09-03. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • Nugent Road

    BCT · Southbourne

    0.0 miles
  • Nugent Road

    BCT · Southbourne

    0.0 miles
  • Kingsley Avenue

    BCT · Southbourne

    0.2 miles
  • Kingsley Avenue

    BCT · Southbourne

    0.2 miles
  • Brightlands Avenue

    BCT · Southbourne

    0.3 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole 039A, 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

10 of 10

Overall England rank

33,409 of 33,755

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

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

32 open schools are in scope, including 20 primary and 4 secondary schools. St Peter's Catholic Comprehensive School is the nearest published school at 479 m.

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

Recorded crime

1,057 published events cover 12 months, averaging 88.083 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 303 events.

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