BH postcode area
The BH postcode area, also known as the Bournemouth postcode area,[2] is a group of 26 postcode districts in England, within eleven post towns. These cover east Dorset (including Bournemouth, Poole, Broadstone, Christchurch, Ferndown, Swanage, Verwood, Wareham and Wimborne) and part of south-west Hampshire (including New Milton and Ringwood).
| Bournemouth postcode area | |
|---|---|
  BH | |
| Postcode area | BH |
| Postcode area name | Bournemouth |
| Post towns | 11 |
| Postcode districts | 26 |
| Postcode sectors | 103 |
| Postcodes (live) | 15,163 |
| Postcodes (total) | 22,188 |
| Statistics as at May 2020[1] | |
Coverage
The approximate coverage of the postcode districts:
| Postcode district | Post town | Coverage | Local authority area(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| BH1 | BOURNEMOUTH | Bournemouth town centre (East Cliff), Springbourne, Boscombe town centre | Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole |
| BH2 | BOURNEMOUTH | Bournemouth town centre (West Cliff) | Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole |
| BH3 | BOURNEMOUTH | Talbot Woods, Winton south | Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole |
| BH4 | BOURNEMOUTH | Westbourne, Branksome Woods | Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole |
| BH5 | BOURNEMOUTH | Boscombe, Pokesdown | Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole |
| BH6 | BOURNEMOUTH | Southbourne, Tuckton, Wick | Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole |
| BH7 | BOURNEMOUTH | Littledown, Iford | Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole |
| BH8 | BOURNEMOUTH | Bournemouth railway station, Malmesbury Park, Queens Park, Charminster, Strouden Park, Townsend, Holdenhurst, Throop | Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole |
| BH9 | BOURNEMOUTH | Winton, Moordown, Throop, Muscliff | Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole |
| BH10 | BOURNEMOUTH | Kinson, East Howe, Northbourne, Redhill, Ensbury Park, Wallisdown | Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole |
| BH11 | BOURNEMOUTH | Kinson, Bear Cross, West Howe, Wallisdown, Bearwood | Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole |
| BH12 | POOLE | Branksome, Alderney, Upper Parkstone, Newtown, Bournemouth University | Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole |
| BH13 | POOLE | Canford Cliffs, Sandbanks, Branksome Park, Brownsea Island | Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole; Dorset |
| BH14 | POOLE | Lower Parkstone, Lilliput, Penn Hill | Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole |
| BH15 | POOLE | Poole town centre, Hamworthy, Longfleet, Oakdale, Poole Harbour minor islands | Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole; Dorset |
| BH16 | POOLE | Upton, Turlin Moor, Lytchett Minster, Lytchett Matravers, Holton Heath | Dorset; Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole |
| BH17 | POOLE | Canford Heath, Creekmoor | Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole |
| BH18 | BROADSTONE | Broadstone | Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole |
| BH19 | SWANAGE | Swanage, Studland, Langton Matravers, Worth Matravers | Dorset |
| BH20 | WAREHAM | Wareham, Arne, Corfe Castle, West Lulworth, Wool, Bovington Camp, Bere Regis | Dorset |
| BH21 | WIMBORNE | Wimborne, Corfe Mullen, Sturminster Marshall, Cranborne, Merley, Oakley, Three Legged Cross, Knowlton | Dorset; Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole |
| BH22 | FERNDOWN | Ferndown, West Moors, West Parley | Dorset |
| BH23 | CHRISTCHURCH | Christchurch, Highcliffe, Burton, Sopley, Bransgore, Hurn, Bournemouth Airport | Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole; New Forest |
| BH24 | RINGWOOD | Ringwood, St Leonards, Ashley Heath, Burley, Holmsley | New Forest; Dorset |
| BH25 | NEW MILTON | New Milton, Barton on Sea, Bashley, Wootton, Ossemsley | New Forest |
| BH31 | VERWOOD | Verwood | Dorset |
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gollark: Which is possibly true in a lot of cases because of general-purpose computing abilities being slowly eroded, and interesting online platforms lacking (good) APIs, but still.
gollark: An issue with the Raspberry Pi and stuff for computing education is that they separate "programmable computers" and "normal computers" and might make people think they can't do interesting stuff with what they already have.
gollark: I guess so.
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References
- "ONS Postcode Directory Version Notes" (ZIP). National Statistics Postcode Products. Office for National Statistics. May 2020. Table 2. Retrieved 19 June 2020. Coordinates from mean of unit postcode points, "Code-Point Open". OS OpenData. Ordnance Survey. February 2012. Retrieved 21 April 2012.
- Royal Mail, Address Management Guide, (2004)
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