Latitude: 50.7287 / 50°43'43"N
Longitude: -1.8213 / 1°49'16"W
OS Eastings: 412712
OS Northings: 92130
OS Grid: SZ127921
Mapcode National: GBR XGN.TZ
Mapcode Global: FRA 7724.VPW
Plus Code: 9C2WP5HH+FF
Maidenhead Locator System: IO90cr14
What Three Birds: quail.bluethroat.crane
Marker point and cooordinate accuracy: Within the building of the matched address closest to the postcode mean.
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BH5 2HG is a primarily residential postcode in Pokesdown, Bournemouth. It was first introduced in January 1980.
The most common council tax bands are A and C.
Residential buildings are typically terraced (including end-terrace) and semi-detached. Domestic properties are mostly flats and maisonettes.
Estimated residential property values, based on historical transactions and adjusted for inflation, range from £91,807 to £761,021 with an average of £205,640.
Residential buildings were typically constructed between 1900 and 1929 and between 1930 and 1949.
13% of residential property sales since 1995 have been new builds or newly converted.
Domestic properties are mostly a mix of owner occupied and privately rented.
The most common Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) ratings are E and D.
Commercial rateable values range from £4,100 to £6,200 with an average of £5,100. The most common recorded business types are Car Showroom and Cafe.
Bournemouth is a town, which had a population of 187,503 in the 2011 census.
In the 2011 census, there were 21 people resident in BH5 2HG, of which 9 were male and 12 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 2HG is in the Bournemouth travel to work area. NHS services are provided by the Bournemouth and Poole Teaching Primary Care Trust.
BH5 2HG is approximately 33m (108ft) above sea level.
See recent residential property sales in BH5 2HG
Office of National Statistics Output Area Classification for the area containing BH5 2HG
5b1: Urbanites - Ageing Urban Living - Delayed Retirement
Office of National Statistics Rural/Urban classification for BH5 2HG
England C1: a town or city, surrounded by populated countryside
Healthy Living Index
10/10 (Very high)
Neighbourhood Retail Diversity Index
5/10 (Moderate)
Area Retail Diversity Index
6/10 (Moderate)
Supermarkets near BH5 2HG include Aldi, Asda, Co-Operative Food, Iceland, Lidl, Sainsbury's, Tesco and Waitrose. (Source: OpenStreetMap)
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Residents of BH5 2HG 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 2HG.
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 2HG.
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
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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.