Latitude: 50.7487 / 50°44'55"N
Longitude: -1.9666 / 1°57'59"W
OS Eastings: 402452
OS Northings: 94340
OS Grid: SZ024943
Mapcode National: GBR XTL.Q7
Mapcode Global: FRA 67R3.KMZ
Plus Code: 9C2WP2XM+F9
Maidenhead Locator System: IO90ar49
What Three Birds: siskin.oystercatcher.merlin
Marker point and cooordinate accuracy: Within the building of the matched address closest to the postcode mean.
BH17 8RE is a large user postcode in Canford Heath, Poole. It was first introduced in July 1995.
'Large User' postcodes are allocated to organisations which receive large amounts of post. Unlike standard geographic postcodes, which cover up to 80 addresses, a large user postcode is unique to a single address.
To the best of our knowledge, the current address of this postcode is:
Ashdown School, Ashdown Close, Poole BH17 8RE.
The geographic coordinates assigned to a large user postcode may not necessarily be the actual coordinates of the location to which mail is delivered. If the address is a PO Box, then the coordinates will usually be the Royal Mail sorting office which handles mail for that postcode. In other cases, the coordinates of the postcode may be the headquarters, or registered office, of an organisation rather than the building which receives mail.
The average commercial rateable value is £432,500. The most common recorded business type is School.
Poole is a town, which had a population of 154,718 in the 2011 census.
BH17 8RE is in the Poole travel to work area. NHS services are provided by the Bournemouth and Poole Teaching Primary Care Trust.
BH17 8RE is approximately 14m (46ft) above sea level.
Office of National Statistics Output Area Classification for the area containing BH17 8RE
6b3: Suburbanites - Semi-Detached Suburbia - Semi-Detached Ageing
Office of National Statistics Rural/Urban classification for BH17 8RE
England C1: a town or city, surrounded by populated countryside
Healthy Living Index
2/10 (Very low)
Neighbourhood Retail Diversity Index
6/10 (Moderate)
Area Retail Diversity Index
6/10 (Moderate)
Supermarkets near BH17 8RE include Aldi, Asda, Budgens, Co-Operative Food, Iceland, Lidl, Sainsbury's, Tesco and Waitrose. (Source: OpenStreetMap)
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Residents of BH17 8RE are represented at different levels of local, regional and national government by elected representatives. Where known, these are shown here.
This data is updated approximately monthly, and may not necessarily take account of the results of any elections or by-elections held recently.
Unitary Authority
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council
Ward
Canford Heath
Councillors
Chris Matthews (Liberal Democrat)
Sandra Moore (Liberal Democrat)
Clare Weight (Liberal Democrat)
United Kingdom Parliament
Constituency
Mid Dorset and North Poole
MP
Michael Tomlinson (Conservative)
Ofcom publishes annual statistics for Broadband availability. This is the most recent data for BH17 8RE.
Broadband statistics for commercial properties are less reliable than for domestic properties, as businesses are more likely to have other forms of Internet access that are not classified as 'Broadband'.
The most recent Ofsted rankings for schools near BH17 8RE.
Sorry, we have no current data to display for this area.