Latitude: 50.68 / 50°40'47"N
Longitude: -2.2189 / 2°13'8"W
OS Eastings: 384628
OS Northings: 86724
OS Grid: SY846867
Mapcode National: GBR 21J.9TQ
Mapcode Global: FRA 6778.WXM
Plus Code: 9C2VMQHJ+XC
Maidenhead Locator System: IO80vq33
What Three Birds: hoopoe.woodpigeon.starling
Marker point and cooordinate accuracy: Within the building of the matched address closest to the postcode mean.
BH20 6BP is a mixed residential and non-residential postcode in Wool, Dorset. It was first introduced in January 1980.
The most common council tax band is D.
Residential buildings are typically terraced (including end-terrace) and semi-detached. Domestic properties are primarily houses.
Estimated residential property values, based on historical transactions and adjusted for inflation, range from £80,000 to £665,827 with an average of £319,785.
Residential buildings were typically constructed before 1900 and between 1900 and 1929.
5% of residential property sales since 1995 have been new builds or newly converted.
Domestic properties are predominantly owner occupied.
The most common Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) ratings are E and D.
Commercial rateable values range from £2,600 to £25,000 with an average of £7,208. The most common recorded business types are Self Catering Holiday Unit and Post Office.
Wool is a village, which had a population of 2,724 in the 2011 census.
In the 2011 census, there were 32 people resident in BH20 6BP, of which 13 were male and 19 were female. This also includes overnight visitors at domestic properties, and residents of non-domestic properties such as hotels, prisons and halls of residence.
BH20 6BP is in the Dorchester and Weymouth travel to work area. NHS services are provided by the Dorset Primary Care Trust.
BH20 6BP is approximately 17m (56ft) above sea level.
See recent residential property sales in BH20 6BP
Office of National Statistics Output Area Classification for the area containing BH20 6BP
1b1: Rural Residents - Rural Tenants - Rural Life
Office of National Statistics Rural/Urban classification for BH20 6BP
England D1: a small town or larger village, surrounded by populated countryside
Healthy Living Index
1/10 (Very low)
Neighbourhood Retail Diversity Index
3/10 (Low)
Area Retail Diversity Index
2/10 (Very low)
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Residents of BH20 6BP 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
Dorset Council
Ward
West Purbeck
Councillors
Peter Wharf (Conservative)
Laura Miller (Conservative)
United Kingdom Parliament
Constituency
South Dorset
MP
Richard Drax (Conservative)
Ofcom publishes annual statistics for Broadband availability. This is the most recent data for BH20 6BP.
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 BH20 6BP.
Wool Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School
High Street, Wool, Wareham, Dorset, BH20 6BT
Voluntary Aided School
Ages 4 - 11
Outstanding
St Mary & St Joseph's Catholic Primary School
Folly Lane, Wool, Wareham, Dorset, BH20 6DS
Academy Converter
Ages 4 - 11
Outstanding
Bovington Primary School
Holt Road, Bovington, Wareham, Dorset, BH20 6LE
Community School
Ages 4 - 11
Outstanding
Lulworth and Winfrith CofE VC Primary School
School Lane, West Lulworth, Wareham, Dorset, BH20 5SA
Voluntary Controlled School
Ages 4 - 11
Outstanding
Wareham St Mary Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School
Streche Road, Wareham, Dorset, BH20 4PG
Academy Converter
Ages 4 - 11
Good
St Mary's Church of England Middle School, Puddletown
Puddletown, Dorchester, Dorset, DT2 8SA
Academy Converter
Ages 9 - 13
Good
Lytchett Minster School
Lytchett Minster, Poole, Dorset, BH16 6JD
Foundation School
Ages 11 - 18
Good
St Osmund's Church of England Voluntary Aided Middle School, Dorchester
Barnes Way, Dorchester, Dorset, DT1 2DZ
Academy Converter
Ages 9 - 13
Outstanding
Carter Community School
Blandford Close, Hamworthy, Poole, Dorset, BH15 4BQ
Academy Sponsor Led
Ages 11 - 16
Needs improvement
Dorchester Middle School
Queen's Avenue, Dorchester, Dorset, DT1 2HS
Academy Converter
Ages 9 - 13
Good
The Thomas Hardye School
Queen's Avenue, Dorchester, Dorset, DT1 2ET
Academy Converter
Ages 13 - 18
Outstanding
Lockyer's Middle School
Blandford Road, Corfe Mullen, Wimborne, Dorset, BH21 3HQ
Community School
Ages 9 - 13
Good
The overall school grade in this area is high.