Latitude: 50.8 / 50°47'59"N
Longitude: -1.9786 / 1°58'43"W
OS Eastings: 401601
OS Northings: 100045
OS Grid: SU016000
Mapcode National: GBR 31M.QLL
Mapcode Global: FRA 66RZ.DYP
Plus Code: 9C2WQ2XC+XG
Maidenhead Locator System: IO90at21
What Three Birds: yellowthroat.linnet.waterthrush
Marker point and cooordinate accuracy: Within the building of the matched address closest to the postcode mean.
BH21 1BX is a primarily residential postcode in Merley, Dorset. It was first introduced in January 1980.
The most common council tax bands are G and F.
Residential buildings are typically semi-detached and detached. Domestic properties are mostly houses and flats.
Estimated residential property values, based on historical transactions and adjusted for inflation, range from £70,000 to £1,184,651 with an average of £562,579.
Residential buildings were typically constructed between 1900 and 1929.
None of the residential properties sold 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, D and C.
Commercial rateable values range from £2,450 to £27,250 with an average of £14,850. The most common recorded business types are School and Offices.
Wimborne Minster is a town, which had a population of 15,174 in the 2011 census.
In the 2011 census, there were 57 people resident in BH21 1BX, of which 28 were male and 29 were female. This also includes overnight visitors at domestic properties, and residents of non-domestic properties such as hotels, prisons and halls of residence.
BH21 1BX is in the Poole travel to work area. NHS services are provided by the Dorset Primary Care Trust.
BH21 1BX is approximately 35m (115ft) above sea level.
See recent residential property sales in BH21 1BX
Office of National Statistics Output Area Classification for the area containing BH21 1BX
5b2: Urbanites - Ageing Urban Living - Communal Retirement
Office of National Statistics Rural/Urban classification for BH21 1BX
England C1: a town or city, surrounded by populated countryside
Healthy Living Index
1/10 (Very low)
Neighbourhood Retail Diversity Index
6/10 (Moderate)
Area Retail Diversity Index
6/10 (Moderate)
Supermarkets near BH21 1BX include Budgens, Co-Operative Food and Waitrose. (Source: OpenStreetMap)
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Residents of BH21 1BX 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
Wimborne Minster
Councillors
Shane Bartlett (Liberal Democrat)
David Morgan (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 BH21 1BX.
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 BH21 1BX.
St John's Church of England First School, Wimborne
St John's Hill, Wimborne, Dorset, BH21 1BX
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Ages 5 - 9
Outstanding
Merley First School
Oakley Straight, Merley, Wimborne, Dorset, BH21 1SD
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Ages 5 - 9
Outstanding
St Catherine's Catholic Primary School, Wimborne
Cutlers Place, Colehill, Wimborne, Dorset, BH21 2HN
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Ages 3 - 11
Outstanding
Hayeswood First School
Cutlers Place, Colehill, Wimborne, Dorset, BH21 2HN
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Ages 5 - 9
Outstanding
Allenbourn Middle School
East Borough, Wimborne, Dorset, BH21 1PL
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Ages 9 - 13
Outstanding
St Michael's Church of England Middle School, Colehill
Colehill Lane, Colehill, Wimborne, Dorset, BH21 7AB
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Ages 9 - 13
Good
Queen Elizabeth's School
Blandford Road, Pamphill, Wimborne, Dorset, BH21 4DT
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Ages 13 - 18
Good
Lockyer's Middle School
Blandford Road, Corfe Mullen, Wimborne, Dorset, BH21 3HQ
Community School
Ages 9 - 13
Good
Corfe Hills School
Higher Blandford Road, Broadstone, Dorset, BH18 9BG
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Ages 13 - 18
Good
Poole Grammar School
Gravel Hill, Poole, Dorset, BH17 9JU
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Ages 11 - 18
Needs improvement
Ferndown Middle School
Peter Grant Way, Ferndown, Dorset, BH22 9UP
Community School
Ages 9 - 13
Good
Magna Academy
Ashdown Close, Adastral Road, Canford Heath, Poole, Dorset, BH17 8RE
Academy Sponsor Led
Ages 11 - 18
Outstanding
The overall school grade in this area is high.