BH5 postcode district: Bournemouth and around

BH5 is a postcode district in England, with 251 postcodes in use in 2 sectors. It has postcodes in Bournemouth. Its council is Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole.

Postcodes in use: 251
Sectors: 2
Council: Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
Places: Bournemouth

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026. See all our data sources

Every postcode in BH5, and which are new since 2020

New since 2020: 3
In use before 2020: 248

Of the 251 postcodes in BH5 that ONS places, 3 are new since 2020 and 248 were in use before 2020.

Each mark is a postcode's centre point as ONS gives it, not a building. Press one to see its postcode and open its page. New since 2020 means it came into use in January 2020 or later. No boundary is drawn. Where marks overlap, the one first in the key is drawn; the counts include every postcode. Names in italics are council wards: we hold no town or village names here.

The middle of its postcodes: latitude 50.7253, longitude -1.8321. Open this area on OpenStreetMap

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026, the centre point of each postcode; when each came into use: the same directory; roads, rivers and built-up areas: Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Drawn by us. Street map: Ordnance Survey, OS Open Zoomstack, Open Government Licence v3.0, drawn with MapLibre. How we use them

The 3 newest postcodes

BH5 2BZFebruary 2026 BH5 1AESeptember 2024 BH5 2EBFebruary 2020

What broadband can you get in BH5?

Ofcom reports on 247 of the 251 postcodes in BH5. At 226 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband.

Postcodes where every home can get gigabit226 of 247

Postcodes where every home can get superfast243 of 247

Ofcom gives each postcode's share of homes and businesses, not how many there are, so these count postcodes. Each postcode page has its own figures. A provider's checker answers for one address.

Check one address on Ofcom's checker

Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026, data for January 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Is BH5 at risk of flooding?

None of the 251 postcodes in BH5 is on the Environment Agency's list of postcodes with a home or business in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea.

Homes and businesses in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, as the Environment Agency counts them, added up over the postcodes. It is for the land, not each building, and leaves out surface water, groundwater and sewers. Each postcode page has its own figures and its flood warning areas.

Source: Environment Agency, Risk of Flooding from Rivers and Sea (postcodes in areas at risk), published 6 July 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

What do homes sell for in BH5?

Homes in BH5 sold for a typical £227,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 132 sales, up 0.9% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.

£227,000 typical price, the 12 months to August 2026

£225,000 12 months to August 2025

▲ up 0.9% on the 12 months before

Detached £532,500 30 sales
Semi-detached £425,000 6 sales
Terraced 3 sales, too few to price
Flat or maisonette £182,000 93 sales

Each bar is that kind's typical price, against the most expensive kind here.

Standard sales of homes at market value. A typical price is the median, the middle sale. Sales take weeks to be registered, so the last month or two are incomplete. Each postcode page gives the figure for its own postcode 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