Ashley Heath

Ashley Heath is covered by postcode district BH24. It is in the Dorset council area, England.

Typical price £632,500 Homes sold in Ashley Heath, last 12 months. ▼ 7.3% on the year before Gigabit broadband 79 of 198 postcodes where every home and business can get it Flooding Some at high risk 7 of 198 postcodes have a home or business in an area at risk; 38 homes and businesses at high or medium risk Schools 3 1 primary school and 2 all-through schools at its postcodes

Every postcode in Ashley Heath, by flood risk

Map of every postcode in Ashley Heath, by flood risk Of the 198 postcodes in Ashley Heath that ONS places, 2 have a home or business at high risk, 1 are at medium risk at worst, 4 are at low risk at worst and 191 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. Places named: Ashley Heath. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 500 m. A338A31 BH24 2AB: not on the flood risk listBH24 2AD: not on the flood risk listBH24 2AE: not on the flood risk listBH24 2AF: not on the flood risk listBH24 2AG: not on the flood risk listBH24 2AJ: not on the flood risk listBH24 2AL: not on the flood risk listBH24 2AN: not on the flood risk listBH24 2AP: not on the flood risk listBH24 2AQ: not on the flood risk listBH24 2AR: not on the flood risk listBH24 2AS: not on the flood risk listBH24 2AT: not on the flood risk listBH24 2AU: not on the flood risk listBH24 2AW: not on the flood risk listBH24 2AX: not on the flood risk listBH24 2AY: not on the flood risk listBH24 2BA: not on the flood risk listBH24 2BB: not on the flood risk listBH24 2BD: not on the flood risk listBH24 2BE: not on the flood risk listBH24 2BG: not on the flood risk listBH24 2BH: not on the flood risk listBH24 2BJ: not on the flood risk listBH24 2BL: not on the flood risk listBH24 2BN: not on the flood risk listBH24 2BQ: not on the flood risk listBH24 2BW: not on the flood risk listBH24 2DB: not on the flood risk listBH24 2DJ: not on the flood risk listBH24 2DL: not on the flood risk listBH24 2DP: not on the flood risk listBH24 2DQ: not on the flood risk listBH24 2DR: not on the flood risk listBH24 2DS: not on the flood risk listBH24 2DT: not on the flood risk listBH24 2DU: not on the flood risk listBH24 2DX: not on the flood risk listBH24 2DZ: not on the flood risk listBH24 2EA: not on the flood risk listBH24 2EB: not on the flood risk listBH24 2ED: not on the flood risk listBH24 2EE: not on the flood risk listBH24 2EF: not on the flood risk listBH24 2EG: not on the flood risk listBH24 2EH: not on the flood risk listBH24 2EJ: not on the flood risk listBH24 2EP: not on the flood risk listBH24 2EQ: not on the flood risk listBH24 2EW: not on the flood risk listBH24 2EY: not on the flood risk listBH24 2EZ: not on the flood risk listBH24 2FQ: not on the flood risk listBH24 2FR: not on the flood risk listBH24 2HA: not on the flood risk listBH24 2HB: not on the flood risk listBH24 2HD: not on the flood risk listBH24 2HE: not on the flood risk listBH24 2HF: not on the flood risk listBH24 2HG: not on the flood risk listBH24 2HH: not on the flood risk listBH24 2HJ: not on the flood risk listBH24 2HL: not on the flood risk listBH24 2HN: not on the flood risk listBH24 2HP: not on the flood risk listBH24 2HQ: not on the flood risk listBH24 2HR: not on the flood risk listBH24 2HS: not on the flood risk listBH24 2HT: not on the flood risk listBH24 2HU: not on the flood risk listBH24 2HW: not on the flood risk listBH24 2HX: not on the flood risk listBH24 2HY: not on the flood risk listBH24 2HZ: not on the flood risk listBH24 2JA: not on the flood risk listBH24 2JB: not on the flood risk listBH24 2JD: not on the flood risk listBH24 2JE: not on the flood risk listBH24 2JG: not on the flood risk listBH24 2JH: not on the flood risk listBH24 2JJ: not on the flood risk listBH24 2JL: not on the flood risk listBH24 2JN: not on the flood risk listBH24 2JP: not on the flood risk listBH24 2JQ: not on the flood risk listBH24 2JR: not on the flood risk listBH24 2JS: not on the flood risk listBH24 2JT: not on the flood risk listBH24 2JU: not on the flood risk listBH24 2JW: not on the flood risk listBH24 2JX: not on the flood risk listBH24 2JY: not on the flood risk listBH24 2JZ: not on the flood risk listBH24 2LA: not on the flood risk listBH24 2LB: not on the flood risk listBH24 2LD: not on the flood risk listBH24 2LE: not on the flood risk listBH24 2LF: not on the flood risk listBH24 2LG: not on the flood risk listBH24 2LH: not on the flood risk listBH24 2LJ: not on the flood risk listBH24 2LL: not on the flood risk listBH24 2LN: not on the flood risk listBH24 2LP: not on the flood risk listBH24 2LQ: not on the flood risk listBH24 2LR: not on the flood risk listBH24 2LS: not on the flood risk listBH24 2LT: not on the flood risk listBH24 2LU: not on the flood risk listBH24 2LW: not on the flood risk listBH24 2LX: not on the flood risk listBH24 2LY: not on the flood risk listBH24 2LZ: not on the flood risk listBH24 2NA: not on the flood risk listBH24 2NB: not on the flood risk listBH24 2ND: not on the flood risk listBH24 2NE: not on the flood risk listBH24 2NF: not on the flood risk listBH24 2NG: not on the flood risk listBH24 2NH: not on the flood risk listBH24 2NJ: not on the flood risk listBH24 2NL: not on the flood risk listBH24 2NN: not on the flood risk listBH24 2NQ: not on the flood risk listBH24 2NR: not on the flood risk listBH24 2NS: not on the flood risk listBH24 2NT: not on the flood risk listBH24 2NU: not on the flood risk listBH24 2NW: not on the flood risk listBH24 2NX: not on the flood risk listBH24 2NY: not on the flood risk listBH24 2NZ: not on the flood risk listBH24 2PA: not on the flood risk listBH24 2PB: not on the flood risk listBH24 2PD: not on the flood risk listBH24 2PE: not on the flood risk listBH24 2PF: not on the flood risk listBH24 2PG: not on the flood risk listBH24 2PH: not on the flood risk listBH24 2PJ: not on the flood risk listBH24 2PL: not on the flood risk listBH24 2PN: not on the flood risk listBH24 2PP: not on the flood risk listBH24 2PQ: not on the flood risk listBH24 2PR: not on the flood risk listBH24 2PS: not on the flood risk listBH24 2PT: not on the flood risk listBH24 2PU: not on the flood risk listBH24 2PW: not on the flood risk listBH24 2PX: not on the flood risk listBH24 2PY: not on the flood risk listBH24 2PZ: not on the flood risk listBH24 2QA: not on the flood risk listBH24 2QB: not on the flood risk listBH24 2QD: not on the flood risk listBH24 2QE: not on the flood risk listBH24 2QF: not on the flood risk listBH24 2QG: not on the flood risk listBH24 2QH: not on the flood risk listBH24 2QJ: not on the flood risk listBH24 2QL: not on the flood risk listBH24 2QN: not on the flood risk listBH24 2QP: not on the flood risk listBH24 2QQ: not on the flood risk listBH24 2QR: not on the flood risk listBH24 2QS: not on the flood risk listBH24 2QT: not on the flood risk listBH24 2QU: not on the flood risk listBH24 2QW: not on the flood risk listBH24 2QX: not on the flood risk listBH24 2QY: not on the flood risk listBH24 2QZ: not on the flood risk listBH24 2RA: not on the flood risk listBH24 2RB: not on the flood risk listBH24 2RD: not on the flood risk listBH24 2RE: not on the flood risk listBH24 2RF: not on the flood risk listBH24 2RG: not on the flood risk listBH24 2RH: not on the flood risk listBH24 2RJ: not on the flood risk listBH24 2RL: not on the flood risk listBH24 2RN: not on the flood risk listBH24 2RQ: not on the flood risk listBH24 2RS: not on the flood risk listBH24 2RT: not on the flood risk listBH24 2RU: not on the flood risk listBH24 2RX: not on the flood risk listBH24 2SD: not on the flood risk listBH24 2SE: not on the flood risk listBH24 2SQ: not on the flood risk listBH24 2DD: low flood risk at worstBH24 2ER: low flood risk at worstBH24 2RW: low flood risk at worstBH24 2RY: low flood risk at worstBH24 2SH: medium flood risk at worstBH24 2AH: high flood riskBH24 2RZ: high flood risk Ashley Heath Map of every postcode in Ashley Heath, by flood risk Of the 198 postcodes in Ashley Heath that ONS places, 2 have a home or business at high risk, 1 are at medium risk at worst, 4 are at low risk at worst and 191 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. Places named: Ashley Heath. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 1 km. Ashley Heath
  • A home or business at high risk: 2
  • At medium risk at worst: 1
  • At low risk at worst: 4
  • At very low risk only: 0
  • Not on the at-risk list: 191

Of the 198 postcodes in Ashley Heath that ONS places, 2 have a home or business at high risk, 1 are at medium risk at worst, 4 are at low risk at worst and 191 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list.

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. No boundary is drawn. Where marks overlap, the one first in the key is drawn; the counts include every postcode.

The middle of its postcodes: latitude 50.8335, longitude -1.8338. 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; flood risk: Environment Agency, published 6 July 2026; 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 postcodes at high risk

Beside each: how many of its homes and businesses the Environment Agency puts at that risk.

BH24 2RZ35 at high riskBH24 2AH1 at high risk

What is it like to live in Ashley Heath?

Homes sold for a typical £632,500 in the 12 months to August 2026, down 7.3% on the 12 months before. At 79 of the 198 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 38 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 7 of its 198 postcodes. It has 1 primary school and 2 all-through schools at its postcodes. The nearest GP practice is Ringwood Medical Centre, 3.4 km from the middle. The nearest railway station is Christchurch, 11.1 km from the middle of its postcodes in a straight line.

We don't rate places; here are the figures so you can judge.

Source: HM Land Registry, Ofcom, the Environment Agency, the Department for Education, NHS England and the Department for Transport, as each section of this page says. See all our data sources

What do homes cost in Ashley Heath?

Homes in Ashley Heath sold for a typical £632,500 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 64 sales, down 7.3% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.

£632,500 typical price, the 12 months to August 2026
12 months to August 2025
£682,500
12 months to August 2026
£632,500

▼ down 7.3% on the 12 months before

Detached£650,000 59 sales
Semi-detached 3 sales, too few to price
Flat or maisonette 2 sales, too few to price

Across the whole BH24 district, Ashley Heath's main postcode district: a typical £455,000.

Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Ashley Heath: 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

Are new homes being built in Ashley Heath?

1 of the 198 postcodes now in use in Ashley Heath came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 0 of the 99 homes sold in Ashley Heath were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the BH24 district, 0%.

The newest postcodes

BH24 2NLsince December 2022

A new postcode is often a new street or estate, but Royal Mail also makes new postcodes when it reorganises old ones, so not every one means new homes. Only postcodes still in use are counted.

New homes among the homes sold

PeriodIn Ashley HeathAcross the BH24 district
The 12 months to August 2026 0 of 64 (0%) 0 of 237 (0%)
The 12 months to August 2025 0 of 99 (0%) 0 of 357 (0%)

Standard sales of homes at market value that HM Land Registry marks as newly built. New homes take longer to be registered than other sales, so the latest 12 months count fewer of them than were sold. A share is given from 5 sales or more.

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026; HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2021, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

What broadband can you get in Ashley Heath?

Ofcom reports on 198 of the 198 postcodes in Ashley Heath. At 79 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband, and at 1 some cannot get decent broadband (10 Mbit/s).

Postcodes where every home can get gigabit79 of 198
Postcodes where every home can get superfast168 of 198
Postcodes where some cannot get decent broadband1 of 198

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 Ashley Heath at risk of flooding?

7 of the 198 postcodes in Ashley Heath have a home or business in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, the Environment Agency says. At those, it puts 38 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk.

Homes and businesses in an area at risk, at 7 of 198 postcodes High: 36Medium: 2Low: 100

High: 3.3% or more a year (1 in 30). Medium: 1% to 3.3% a year. Low: 0.1% to 1% a year. Very low: under 0.1% a year (1 in 1,000). Each band is the chance of flooding in any one year.

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

Which schools are in Ashley Heath?

The open schools at the postcodes in Ashley Heath. A school for ages 4 to 18 is listed under both. Distances are straight lines from the middle of its postcodes. Distance is not a catchment: each council sets its own admission rules.

Primary

Secondary

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Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. Each school opens its own record there. How we use it

How far is the station from Ashley Heath?

The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Ashley Heath is Christchurch Rail Station, 11.1 km away in a straight line.

  • Christchurch Rail Station Railway station 11.1 kmDrive
  • Pokesdown Rail Station Railway station 11.4 kmDrive
  • Bournemouth Rail Station Railway station 12.0 kmDrive

Straight-line distances from the centre point, not routes. Walk: under 1.2 km. Cycle: 1.2 to 5 km. Drive: further.

Straight-line distances from the middle of the postcodes, not routes. Each postcode page lists its own nearest stations and bus stops. The Department for Transport's register does not say how often services run.

Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Which GP surgeries are in Ashley Heath?

There is no GP practice at the postcodes in Ashley Heath. These are the nearest to its middle, in a straight line. Each practice sets the area it takes patients from, so check with it before registering.

Find a GP on the NHS website

Source: NHS England, Organisation Data Service (GP practices), read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Is Ashley Heath safe? Crime recorded around it

Police.uk records 157 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Ashley Heath over the 12 months from September 2025 to August 2026. August 2026 is the latest month it has published. These are counts, not a rate: we hold no count of the people who live, work or pass through, so we do not say whether a place is safe.

Each month, September 2025 to August 2026

  1. 14 September 2025
  2. 6 October 2025
  3. 6 November 2025
  4. 16 December 2025
  5. 16 January 2026
  6. 8 February 2026
  7. 9 March 2026
  8. 16 April 2026
  9. 13 May 2026
  10. 18 June 2026
  11. 17 July 2026
  12. 18 August 2026

By kind, over the 12 months

Violence and sexual offences49 reports
Anti-social behaviour39 reports
Vehicle crime23 reports
Other theft18 reports
Burglary8 reports
Criminal damage and arson6 reports
Public order5 reports
Other crime5 reports

Also: shoplifting 2, bicycle theft 1, drugs 1.

Police.uk says its locations "always represent the approximate location of a crime". Each crime is moved to the nearest of a fixed list of map points, each over a street centre, a public place or a commercial premises, chosen so that every point covers at least eight addresses or none. A mile is a wide circle: in a town it takes in the centre and its shops, where much crime is recorded.

Crime around one postcode

Source: Police.uk (data.police.uk), data to August 2026, from its download of 30 September 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Who runs Ashley Heath?

Council
Dorset
Parliamentary constituency
Christchurch
Police force area
Dorset
Region
South West
Country
England
MP
Sir Christopher Chope (Conservative)

All 198 postcodes here share these. Wards differ: check a postcode for yours. What council am I in?

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

Moving to Ashley Heath

Who to tell and what to sort out in your first week.

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Ashley Heath postcodes

198 postcodes in use in Ashley Heath, by district:

BH24 postcode district,198 postcodes

That district is in the BH postcode area.

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Enter a full postcode to see its ward, its flood risk, house prices in its sector and its nearest schools.

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Places near Ashley Heath

With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Ashley Heath's £632,500. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.

West Moors3.5 km, £375,000Three Legged Cross3.7 km, £450,000Ringwood4.0 km, £395,000Verwood5.5 km, £395,000Ferndown5.6 km, £392,000West Parley6.5 km, £447,000Alderholt8.8 km, £370,000Bransgore8.9 km, £437,500 All places A to Z

Questions about Ashley Heath

What is it like to live in Ashley Heath?
Homes sold for a typical £632,500 in the 12 months to August 2026, down 7.3% on the 12 months before. At 79 of the 198 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 38 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 7 of its 198 postcodes. It has 1 primary school and 2 all-through schools at its postcodes. The nearest GP practice is Ringwood Medical Centre, 3.4 km from the middle. The nearest railway station is Christchurch, 11.1 km from the middle of its postcodes in a straight line. We don't rate places; here are the figures so you can judge. Source: HM Land Registry, Ofcom, the Environment Agency, the Department for Education, NHS England and the Department for Transport, as each section of this page says.
What is the postcode for Ashley Heath?
Ashley Heath is covered by postcode district BH24, across 198 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Which council is Ashley Heath in?
Ashley Heath is in the Dorset council area. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Who is the MP for Ashley Heath?
Ashley Heath is in the Christchurch parliamentary constituency. Its MP is Sir Christopher Chope (Conservative), as UK Parliament listed them on 14 October 2026. Constituency: ONS Postcode Directory.
How much are houses in Ashley Heath?
Homes in Ashley Heath sold for a typical £632,500 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 64 sales, down 7.3% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
What schools are in Ashley Heath?
In Ashley Heath, primary schools at its postcodes include St Ives Primary & Nursery School, Sheiling School and Ringwood Waldorf School; secondary schools at its postcodes include Sheiling School and Ringwood Waldorf School. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026.
Does Ashley Heath have a railway station?
The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Ashley Heath is Christchurch, 11.1 km away in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
What broadband can you get in Ashley Heath?
Ofcom reports on 198 of the 198 postcodes in Ashley Heath. At 79 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband, and at 1 some cannot get decent broadband (10 Mbit/s). Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
Is Ashley Heath at risk of flooding?
7 of the 198 postcodes in Ashley Heath have a home or business in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, the Environment Agency says. At those, it puts 38 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk. This is long-term risk for the land, and leaves out surface water. Source: Environment Agency.
Are new homes being built in Ashley Heath?
1 of the 198 postcodes now in use in Ashley Heath came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 0 of the 99 homes sold in Ashley Heath were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the BH24 district, 0%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.

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