Cranborne & Alderholt · Dorset · England
Updated September 2026
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St James' Church of England First School and Nursery, Alderholt
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Within 1 mile of this postcode
Census 2021
1 female, 1 male
675 residents
419 residents
857 residents
1,530 residents
1,210 residents
This postcode contained 0% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider SP6 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.
Ofcom's predicted availability across all residential and commercial premises in this postcode in January 2026.
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.
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within 5 km
15 STATION ROAD, VERWOOD, BH31 7PY
ODS code J81030
3.6 km
BARTONS ROAD, FORDINGBRIDGE, SP6 1RS
ODS code J82131
4.7 km
THE SURGERY, PENNYS LANE, CRANBORNE, WIMBORNE, BH21 5QE
ODS code J81058
4.8 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.
The Churchill Arms
BCT · Alderholt
The Churchill Arms
BCT · Alderholt
Charing Cross
BCT · Alderholt
Charing Cross
BCT · Alderholt
Charing Cross
BCT · Alderholt
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Dorset 007C, 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
4 of 10
Overall England rank
13,394 of 33,755
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.
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.
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.
10 open schools are in scope, including 5 primary and 2 secondary schools. St James' Church of England First School and Nursery, Alderholt is the nearest published school at 1.0 miles.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
48 published events cover 12 months, averaging 4 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 11 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.