Schools
39 open schools are in scope, including 23 primary and 7 secondary schools. Twynham School is the nearest published school at 860 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
BH6 5NJ
East Southbourne & Tuckton · Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole · England
Updated September 2026
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- Local authority
- Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
- Constituency
- Bournemouth East
- Postcode district
- BH6
- Postcode sector
- BH6 5
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- BH6 5NJ
- Status
- Terminated
- Introduced
- 1 February 1990
- Terminated
- 1 December 1994
- Postcode area
- BH
- Postcode district
- BH6
- Postcode sector
- BH6 5
- Latitude
- 50.731026
- Longitude
- -1.794490
- British National Grid easting
- 414,600
- British National Grid northing
- 92,400
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- England · E92000001
- Region
- South West · E12000009
- Local authority district
- Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole · E06000058
- Electoral ward
- East Southbourne & Tuckton · E05012662
- Parish or community
- E04013533
- Westminster constituency
- Bournemouth East · E14001115
- Output area
- E00077332
- Lower layer super output area
- Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole 039D · E01015299
- Middle layer super output area
- Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole 039 · E02003191
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 BH6
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 39
- Primary
- 23
- Secondary
- 7
- 860 m
Twynham School
Academy converter
- 865 m
St Peter's Catholic Comprehensive School
Academy converter
- 886 m
Futures Autism Unlimited
Special post 16 institution
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 1,674
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 525
- Anti social behaviour 366
- Vehicle crime 134
- Criminal damage and arson 134
- Other theft 120
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- Not supplied
- Postcode households
- Not supplied
- Residents per household
- Not available
- BH6 5 residents
- 10,473
Age bands in BH6 5
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 18.2%
- Age 15 to 24
- 9.4%
- Age 25 to 44
- 26.4%
- Age 45 to 64
- 28.6%
- Age 65 and over
- 17.4%
1,729 residents
896 residents
2,501 residents
2,715 residents
1,646 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
13
within 5 km straight-line
STOUR SURGERY
49 BARRACK ROAD, CHRISTCHURCH, BH23 1PA
ODS code J81066
1.0 km
THE MARINE & OAKRIDGE PARTNERSHIP
MARINE SURGERY, 29 BELLE VUE RD, BOSCOMBE, BOURNEMOUTH, BH6 3DB
ODS code J81049
1.2 km
SOUTHBOURNE PRACTICE
17 BEAUFORT ROAD, BOURNEMOUTH, BH6 5BF
ODS code J81059
1.4 km
BEAUFORT ROAD SURGERY
21 BEAUFORT ROAD, SOUTHBOURNE, BOURNEMOUTH, BH6 5AJ
ODS code J81018
1.5 km
GROVE SURGERY
FAIRMILE ROAD, FAIRMILE, CHRISTCHURCH, BH23 2FQ
ODS code J81646
1.5 km
CHRISTCHURCH MEDICAL PRACTICE
CHRISTCHURCH MEDICAL PRAC, 1 PUREWELL CROSS ROAD, CHRISTCHURCH, BH23 3AF
ODS code J81056
2.5 km
FARMHOUSE SURGERY
CHRISTCHURCH MED CENTRE, 1 PUREWELL CROSS ROAD, CHRISTCHURCH, BH23 3AF
ODS code J81057
2.5 km
SHELLEY MANOR HOLDENHURST MEDICAL CENTRE
BEECHWOOD AVENUE, BOURNEMOUTH, BH5 1LX
ODS code J81021
2.9 km
LITTLEDOWN SURGERY
HAREWOOD CRESCENT, LITTLEDOWN, BOURNEMOUTH, BH7 7BU
ODS code J81067
3.0 km
CRESCENT PROVIDENCE SURGERY
12-14 WALPOLE ROAD, BOURNEMOUTH, BH1 4HA
ODS code J81634
3.6 km
WOODLEA HOUSE SURGERY
2A BRADPOLE ROAD, STROUDEN PARK, BOURNEMOUTH, BH8 9NX
ODS code J81633
4.0 km
ST ALBANS MEDICAL CENTRE
26-28 ST. ALBANS CRESCENT, CHARMINSTER, BOURNEMOUTH, BH8 9EW
ODS code J81062
4.8 km
THE PANTON PRACTICE
14 GERVIS ROAD, BOURNEMOUTH, BH1 3EG
ODS code J81072
4.9 km
Nearby transport
- 0.2 miles
Tuckton Shops
BCT · Tuckton
- 0.2 miles
Citygate Church
BCT · Tuckton
- 0.2 miles
Citygate Church
BCT · Tuckton
- 0.2 miles
Tuckton Shops
BCT · Tuckton
- 0.2 miles
Athelstan Road
BCT · Tuckton
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole 039D, 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
29,198 of 33,755
- Income
- 9 of 10
- Employment
- 8 of 10
- Education and skills
- 9 of 10
- Health and disability
- 9 of 10
- Crime
- 6 of 10
- Housing and services
- 8 of 10
- Living environment
- 6 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
1,674 published events cover 12 months, averaging 139.5 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 525 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.