Schools
53 open schools are in scope, including 28 primary and 9 secondary schools. Avonwood Primary School is the nearest published school at 579 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
BH7 7BW
Littledown & Iford · Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole · England
Updated September 2026
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- Ward
- Littledown & Iford
- Local authority
- Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
- Constituency
- Bournemouth East
- Postcode district
- BH7
- Postcode sector
- BH7 7
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- BH7 7BW
- Status
- Terminated
- Introduced
- 1 April 1986
- Terminated
- 1 December 1996
- Postcode area
- BH
- Postcode district
- BH7
- Postcode sector
- BH7 7
- Latitude
- 50.738287
- Longitude
- -1.836971
- British National Grid easting
- 411,600
- British National Grid northing
- 93,200
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- England · E92000001
- Region
- South West · E12000009
- Local authority district
- Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole · E06000058
- Electoral ward
- Littledown & Iford · E05012666
- Parish or community
- E04013533
- Westminster constituency
- Bournemouth East · E14001115
- Output area
- E00077426
- Lower layer super output area
- Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole 020B · E01015315
- Middle layer super output area
- Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole 020 · E02003182
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 BH7
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 53
- Primary
- 28
- Secondary
- 9
- 579 m
Avonwood Primary School
Academy converter
- 634 m
Park School
Other independent school
- 667 m
Avonbourne Girls Academy
Academy converter
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 3,573
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 1,284
- Anti social behaviour 634
- Vehicle crime 314
- Criminal damage and arson 252
- Other theft 236
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- Not supplied
- Postcode households
- Not supplied
- Residents per household
- Not available
- BH7 7 residents
- 3,690
Age bands in BH7 7
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 16.8%
- Age 15 to 24
- 10%
- Age 25 to 44
- 23.4%
- Age 45 to 64
- 28%
- Age 65 and over
- 21.8%
607 residents
360 residents
845 residents
1,009 residents
786 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
17
within 5 km straight-line
LITTLEDOWN SURGERY
HAREWOOD CRESCENT, LITTLEDOWN, BOURNEMOUTH, BH7 7BU
ODS code J81067
448 m
CRESCENT PROVIDENCE SURGERY
12-14 WALPOLE ROAD, BOURNEMOUTH, BH1 4HA
ODS code J81634
1.4 km
WOODLEA HOUSE SURGERY
2A BRADPOLE ROAD, STROUDEN PARK, BOURNEMOUTH, BH8 9NX
ODS code J81633
1.4 km
SHELLEY MANOR HOLDENHURST MEDICAL CENTRE
BEECHWOOD AVENUE, BOURNEMOUTH, BH5 1LX
ODS code J81021
1.6 km
ST ALBANS MEDICAL CENTRE
26-28 ST. ALBANS CRESCENT, CHARMINSTER, BOURNEMOUTH, BH8 9EW
ODS code J81062
1.7 km
BEAUFORT ROAD SURGERY
21 BEAUFORT ROAD, SOUTHBOURNE, BOURNEMOUTH, BH6 5AJ
ODS code J81018
1.9 km
SOUTHBOURNE PRACTICE
17 BEAUFORT ROAD, BOURNEMOUTH, BH6 5BF
ODS code J81059
2.0 km
THE PANTON PRACTICE
14 GERVIS ROAD, BOURNEMOUTH, BH1 3EG
ODS code J81072
2.6 km
THE MARINE & OAKRIDGE PARTNERSHIP
MARINE SURGERY, 29 BELLE VUE RD, BOSCOMBE, BOURNEMOUTH, BH6 3DB
ODS code J81049
2.8 km
DENMARK ROAD MEDICAL CENTRE
37 DENMARK ROAD, WINTON, BOURNEMOUTH, BH9 1PB
ODS code J81625
2.9 km
JAMES FISHER MEDICAL CENTRE
4 TOLPUDDLE GARDENS, BOURNEMOUTH, BH9 3LQ
ODS code J81047
3.0 km
THE BANKS & BEARWOOD MEDICAL CENTRE
272 WIMBORNE ROAD, WINTON, BOURNEMOUTH, BH3 7AT
ODS code J81070
3.0 km
MOORDOWN MEDICAL CENTRE
2A REDHILL CRESCENT, MOORDOWN, BOURNEMOUTH, BH9 2XF
ODS code J81039
3.3 km
GROVE SURGERY
FAIRMILE ROAD, FAIRMILE, CHRISTCHURCH, BH23 2FQ
ODS code J81646
3.3 km
STOUR SURGERY
49 BARRACK ROAD, CHRISTCHURCH, BH23 1PA
ODS code J81066
3.9 km
VILLAGE SURGERY
GILLETT ROAD, TALBOT VILLAGE, POOLE, BH12 5BF
ODS code J81042
4.2 km
WESTBOURNE MEDICAL CENTRE
MILBURN ROAD, WESTBOURNE, BOURNEMOUTH, BH4 9HJ
ODS code J81014
5.0 km
Nearby transport
- 0.1 miles
Bishops Close
BCT · Littledown
- 0.1 miles
Bishops Close
BCT · Littledown
- 0.1 miles
Glencoe Road
BCT · Littledown
- 0.1 miles
Glencoe Road
BCT · Littledown
- 0.2 miles
Thistlebarrow Road
BCT · Littledown
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole 020B, 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
33,043 of 33,755
- Income
- 10 of 10
- Employment
- 9 of 10
- Education and skills
- 10 of 10
- Health and disability
- 9 of 10
- Crime
- 9 of 10
- Housing and services
- 9 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.
Evidence in context
Recorded crime
3,573 published events cover 12 months, averaging 297.75 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 1,284 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.