Latitude: 50.728 / 50°43'40"N
Longitude: -1.8185 / 1°49'6"W
OS Eastings: 412909
OS Northings: 92054
OS Grid: SZ129920
Mapcode National: GBR XH3.PJ
Mapcode Global: FRA 7725.3C8
Plus Code: 9C2WP5HJ+5J
Maidenhead Locator System: IO90cr14
What Three Birds: bunting.eider.snipe
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BH5 2BW is a primarily residential postcode in West Southbourne, Bournemouth. It was first introduced in January 1980.
The most common council tax bands are B and A.
Residential buildings are typically terraced (including end-terrace) and detached. Domestic properties are mostly flats and houses.
Estimated residential property values, based on historical transactions and adjusted for inflation, range from £68,645 to £761,021 with an average of £224,088.
Residential buildings were typically constructed between 1900 and 1929 and between 1930 and 1949.
7% of residential property sales since 1995 have been new builds or newly converted.
Domestic properties are mostly owner occupied, with some privately rented
The most common Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) ratings are C and D.
Commercial rateable values range from £3,250 to £91,250 with an average of £25,400. The most common recorded business types are Shop and Public House.
Bournemouth is a town, which had a population of 187,503 in the 2011 census.
In the 2011 census, there were 67 people resident in BH5 2BW, of which 36 were male and 31 were female. This also includes overnight visitors at domestic properties, and residents of non-domestic properties such as hotels, prisons and halls of residence.
BH5 2BW is in the Bournemouth travel to work area. NHS services are provided by the Bournemouth and Poole Teaching Primary Care Trust.
BH5 2BW is approximately 33m (108ft) above sea level.
See recent residential property sales in BH5 2BW
Office of National Statistics Output Area Classification for the area containing BH5 2BW
2c1: Cosmopolitans - Comfortable Cosmopolitans - Migrant Families
Office of National Statistics Rural/Urban classification for BH5 2BW
England C1: a town or city, surrounded by populated countryside
Healthy Living Index
9/10 (Very high)
Neighbourhood Retail Diversity Index
4/10 (Low)
Area Retail Diversity Index
6/10 (Moderate)
Supermarkets near BH5 2BW include Aldi, Asda, Co-Operative Food, Iceland, Lidl, Sainsbury's, Tesco and Waitrose. (Source: OpenStreetMap)
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Residents of BH5 2BW 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
Boscombe East & Pokesdown
Councillors
Eleanor Connolly (Labour)
George Farquhar (Labour)
United Kingdom Parliament
Constituency
Bournemouth East
MP
Tobias Ellwood (Conservative)
Ofcom publishes annual statistics for Broadband availability. This is the most recent data for BH5 2BW.
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 BH5 2BW.
Pokesdown Community Primary School
Livingstone Road, Bournemouth, Dorset, BH5 2AS
Academy Converter
Ages 4 - 11
Outstanding
St James' Church of England Primary Academy
Pokesdown Hill, Christchurch Road, Bournemouth, Dorset, BH7 6DW
Academy Converter
Ages 4 - 11
Good
Corpus Christi Catholic Primary School
St James Square, Boscombe, Bournemouth, Dorset, BH5 2BX
Voluntary Aided School
Ages 4 - 11
Good
Stourfield Junior School
Stourvale Road, Bournemouth, Dorset, BH6 5JG
Community School
Ages 7 - 11
Good
Stourfield Infant School
Cranleigh Road, Southbourne, Bournemouth, Dorset, BH6 5JS
Academy Converter
Ages 5 - 7
Outstanding
St Peter's Catholic Comprehensive School
St Catherine's Road, Bournemouth, Dorset, BH6 4AH
Academy Converter
Ages 4 - 18
Good
Twynham School
Sopers Lane, Christchurch, Dorset, BH23 1JF
Academy Converter
Ages 11 - 19
Outstanding
The Bishop of Winchester Academy
Mallard Road, Bournemouth, Dorset, BH8 9PW
Academy Sponsor Led
Ages 11 - 18
Good
Bournemouth School for Girls
Castle Gate Close, Castle Lane West, Bournemouth, Dorset, BH8 9UJ
Academy Converter
Ages 11 - 18
Outstanding
Bournemouth School
East Way, Bournemouth, Dorset, BH8 9PY
Academy Converter
Ages 11 - 18
Outstanding
Glenmoor Academy
Beswick Avenue, Ensbury Park, Bournemouth, Dorset, BH10 4EX
Academy Sponsor Led
Ages 11 - 16
Good
The overall school grade in this area is high.