BH postcode area: Bournemouth
The BH postcode area is known as the Bournemouth area. It is every postcode that begins BH followed by a number. It has 26 districts and 15,253 postcodes in use, across 3 councils.
Homes in the BH area sold for a typical £353,000 in the 12 months to August 2026. By district, that runs from £200,000 in BH2 (Bournemouth) to £500,000 in BH18 (Poole).
For the town itself, see Bournemouth postcodes.
Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026. The name is the one the area is commonly known by; it is not part of the ONS data. See all our data sources
Where it is
Latitude 50.7507
Longitude -1.8925
This is the middle of the postcodes in the BH area. An area can be many miles across, and we do not draw its boundary.
Open this area on OpenStreetMapSource: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026. How we use it
What do homes cost in the BH area?
Homes in the BH area sold for a typical £353,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 6,991 sales, down 1.9% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.
- Detached £490,000 2,979 sales
- Semi-detached £347,250 1,194 sales
- Terraced £300,000 959 sales
- Flat or maisonette £212,000 1,859 sales
Each bar is that kind's typical price, against the most expensive kind here.
Standard sales of homes at market value at the area's postcodes. A typical price is the median, the middle sale. Each district below has its own, and each postcode page the figure for its sector.
Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2021. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
How do the BH districts compare?
A district is the first half of a postcode. Each row gives its typical home price, how many of its postcodes can get gigabit broadband for every home, and how many have a home at flood risk. Each opens the district.
- BH1 postcode district: BournemouthBournemouth, Christchurch and Poole 595 postcodes Typical price£220,000 Gigabit, every home326 of 543 At flood risk1 of 595
- BH2 postcode district: BournemouthBournemouth, Christchurch and Poole 276 postcodes Typical price£200,000 Gigabit, every home136 of 271 At flood risk4 of 276
- BH3 postcode district: BournemouthBournemouth, Christchurch and Poole 130 postcodes Typical price£471,500 Gigabit, every home121 of 128 At flood riskNone listed
- BH4 postcode district: BournemouthBournemouth, Christchurch and Poole 234 postcodes Typical price£260,000 Gigabit, every home179 of 221 At flood risk1 of 234
- BH5 postcode district: BournemouthBournemouth, Christchurch and Poole 251 postcodes Typical price£227,000 Gigabit, every home226 of 247 At flood riskNone listed
- BH6 postcode district: BournemouthBournemouth, Christchurch and Poole 525 postcodes Typical price£400,000 Gigabit, every home475 of 523 At flood risk26 of 525
- BH7 postcode district: BournemouthBournemouth, Christchurch and Poole 290 postcodes Typical price£450,000 Gigabit, every home252 of 289 At flood risk1 of 290
- BH8 postcode district: BournemouthBournemouth, Christchurch and Poole 646 postcodes Typical price£295,000 Gigabit, every home594 of 637 At flood risk7 of 646
- BH9 postcode district: BournemouthBournemouth, Christchurch and Poole 666 postcodes Typical price£350,000 Gigabit, every home646 of 665 At flood riskNone listed
- BH10 postcode district: BournemouthBournemouth, Christchurch and Poole 512 postcodes Typical price£350,000 Gigabit, every home444 of 510 At flood risk53 of 512
- BH11 postcode district: BournemouthBournemouth, Christchurch and Poole 517 postcodes Typical price£310,000 Gigabit, every home433 of 497 At flood risk14 of 517
- BH12 postcode district: PooleBournemouth, Christchurch and Poole 748 postcodes Typical price£312,000 Gigabit, every home580 of 709 At flood risk10 of 748
- BH13 postcode district: PooleBournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, Dorset 297 postcodes Typical price£489,000 Gigabit, every home184 of 293 At flood risk18 of 297
- BH14 postcode district: PooleBournemouth, Christchurch and Poole 601 postcodes Typical price£439,000 Gigabit, every home391 of 587 At flood risk20 of 601
- BH15 postcode district: PooleBournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, Dorset 837 postcodes Typical price£325,000 Gigabit, every home599 of 803 At flood risk111 of 837
- BH16 postcode district: UptonDorset, Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole 411 postcodes Typical price£310,000 Gigabit, every home250 of 407 At flood risk8 of 411
- BH17 postcode district: PooleBournemouth, Christchurch and Poole 437 postcodes Typical price£310,000 Gigabit, every home407 of 433 At flood risk9 of 437
- BH18 postcode district: PooleBournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, Dorset 297 postcodes Typical price£500,000 Gigabit, every home223 of 294 At flood riskNone listed
- BH19 postcode district: SwanageDorset 555 postcodes Typical price£400,000 Gigabit, every home267 of 542 At flood risk70 of 555
- BH20 postcode district: WarehamDorset 721 postcodes Typical price£380,000 Gigabit, every home284 of 706 At flood risk66 of 721
- BH21 postcode district: Wimborne MinsterDorset, Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole 1,490 postcodes Typical price£410,000 Gigabit, every home906 of 1,431 At flood risk256 of 1,490
- BH22 postcode district: FerndownDorset 718 postcodes Typical price£395,000 Gigabit, every home404 of 697 At flood risk26 of 718
- BH23 postcode district: ChristchurchBournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, New Forest, Dorset 1,592 postcodes Typical price£415,000 Gigabit, every home1,103 of 1,548 At flood risk341 of 1,592
- BH24 postcode district: RingwoodNew Forest, Dorset, Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole 807 postcodes Typical price£455,000 Gigabit, every home405 of 786 At flood risk121 of 807
- BH25 postcode district: New MiltonNew Forest 799 postcodes Typical price£400,000 Gigabit, every home435 of 784 At flood risk23 of 799
- BH31 postcode district: VerwoodDorset, New Forest 301 postcodes Typical price£395,000 Gigabit, every home229 of 299 At flood risk5 of 301
Prices: HM Land Registry, files dated 28 September 2026; the bar is set against the dearest district. Gigabit: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026, counting postcodes. Flood: Environment Agency, published 6 July 2026, postcodes in England with a home or business in an area at risk from rivers or the sea. How we use them
One row for every district in the area. "No place listed" means no town or village is large enough to list for it.
Places in the BH area
Towns and villages with postcodes in the BH area, each with the typical price of a home there where at least 5 sold.
Councils in the BH area
How many of the area's postcodes fall under each council.
- Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole9,437 postcodes
- Dorset4,269 postcodes
- New Forest1,547 postcodes
Near the BH area
The postcode areas whose centre points are nearest to this one's, nearest first.
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