Bearwood

Bearwood is covered by postcode districts BH11 and BH21. It is in the Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole council area, England.

Typical price £317,500 Homes sold in Bearwood, last 12 months. ▼ 2.3% on the year before Gigabit broadband 93 of 101 postcodes where every home and business can get it Flooding Not on the at-risk list No postcode here has a home or business in an area at risk from rivers or the sea Schools 1 1 primary school at its postcodes

Every postcode in Bearwood, by flood risk

Map of every postcode in Bearwood, by flood risk Of the 102 postcodes in Bearwood that ONS places, 102 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. Places named: Bearwood. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 250 m. A341 BH11 9FA: not on the flood risk listBH11 9FB: not on the flood risk listBH11 9FE: not on the flood risk listBH11 9FN: not on the flood risk listBH11 9FP: not on the flood risk listBH11 9FQ: not on the flood risk listBH11 9FR: not on the flood risk listBH11 9FS: not on the flood risk listBH11 9FT: not on the flood risk listBH11 9FU: not on the flood risk listBH11 9FW: not on the flood risk listBH11 9FX: not on the flood risk listBH11 9FY: not on the flood risk listBH11 9FZ: not on the flood risk listBH11 9GA: not on the flood risk listBH11 9GB: not on the flood risk listBH11 9GD: not on the flood risk listBH11 9GG: not on the flood risk listBH11 9NA: not on the flood risk listBH11 9NB: not on the flood risk listBH11 9ND: not on the flood risk listBH11 9NE: not on the flood risk listBH11 9NF: not on the flood risk listBH11 9NG: not on the flood risk listBH11 9PB: not on the flood risk listBH11 9PD: not on the flood risk listBH11 9PE: not on the flood risk listBH11 9PF: not on the flood risk listBH11 9PG: not on the flood risk listBH11 9PH: not on the flood risk listBH11 9PJ: not on the flood risk listBH11 9PL: not on the flood risk listBH11 9PQ: not on the flood risk listBH11 9QH: not on the flood risk listBH11 9QJ: not on the flood risk listBH11 9QN: not on the flood risk listBH11 9QQ: not on the flood risk listBH11 9QR: not on the flood risk listBH11 9QW: not on the flood risk listBH11 9RE: not on the flood risk listBH11 9RF: not on the flood risk listBH11 9RG: not on the flood risk listBH11 9RH: not on the flood risk listBH11 9RJ: not on the flood risk listBH11 9RL: not on the flood risk listBH11 9RP: not on the flood risk listBH11 9RR: not on the flood risk listBH11 9RS: not on the flood risk listBH11 9RT: not on the flood risk listBH11 9RU: not on the flood risk listBH11 9RW: not on the flood risk listBH11 9RX: not on the flood risk listBH11 9RY: not on the flood risk listBH11 9RZ: not on the flood risk listBH11 9SA: not on the flood risk listBH11 9SB: not on the flood risk listBH11 9SD: not on the flood risk listBH11 9SE: not on the flood risk listBH11 9SF: not on the flood risk listBH11 9SG: not on the flood risk listBH11 9SH: not on the flood risk listBH11 9SJ: not on the flood risk listBH11 9SL: not on the flood risk listBH11 9SN: not on the flood risk listBH11 9SP: not on the flood risk listBH11 9SQ: not on the flood risk listBH11 9SS: not on the flood risk listBH11 9ST: not on the flood risk listBH11 9SU: not on the flood risk listBH11 9SW: not on the flood risk listBH11 9SX: not on the flood risk listBH11 9SY: not on the flood risk listBH11 9SZ: not on the flood risk listBH11 9TA: not on the flood risk listBH11 9TB: not on the flood risk listBH11 9TD: not on the flood risk listBH11 9TE: not on the flood risk listBH11 9TF: not on the flood risk listBH11 9TG: not on the flood risk listBH11 9TH: not on the flood risk listBH11 9TJ: not on the flood risk listBH11 9TL: not on the flood risk listBH11 9TN: not on the flood risk listBH11 9TP: not on the flood risk listBH11 9TQ: not on the flood risk listBH11 9TR: not on the flood risk listBH11 9TS: not on the flood risk listBH11 9TT: not on the flood risk listBH11 9TU: not on the flood risk listBH11 9TX: not on the flood risk listBH11 9TY: not on the flood risk listBH11 9TZ: not on the flood risk listBH11 9UA: not on the flood risk listBH11 9UB: not on the flood risk listBH11 9UE: not on the flood risk listBH11 9UF: not on the flood risk listBH11 9UG: not on the flood risk listBH11 9UJ: not on the flood risk listBH11 9UL: not on the flood risk listBH11 9UN: not on the flood risk listBH11 9UW: not on the flood risk listBH21 3AW: not on the flood risk list Bearwood Map of every postcode in Bearwood, by flood risk Of the 102 postcodes in Bearwood that ONS places, 102 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. Places named: Bearwood. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 250 m. Bearwood
  • A home or business at high risk: 0
  • At medium risk at worst: 0
  • At low risk at worst: 0
  • At very low risk only: 0
  • Not on the at-risk list: 102

Of the 102 postcodes in Bearwood that ONS places, 102 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.

The middle of its postcodes: latitude 50.7684, longitude -1.9341. 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

What is it like to live in Bearwood?

Homes sold for a typical £317,500 in the 12 months to August 2026, down 2.3% on the 12 months before. At 93 of the 101 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. None of its 102 postcodes is on the Environment Agency's list of those with a home or business at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea. It has 1 primary school at its postcodes. The nearest GP practice is Kinson Road Medical Centre, 2.3 km from the middle. The nearest railway station is Branksome, 4.7 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 Bearwood?

Homes in Bearwood sold for a typical £317,500 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 74 sales, down 2.3% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.

£317,500 typical price, the 12 months to August 2026
£325,000 12 months to August 2025
▼ down 2.3% on the 12 months before
  • Detached £420,000 25 sales
  • Semi-detached £317,500 18 sales
  • Terraced £270,000 25 sales
  • Flat or maisonette £146,500 6 sales

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

Across the whole BH11 district, Bearwood's main postcode district: a typical £310,000.

Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Bearwood: 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 Bearwood?

13 of the 102 postcodes now in use in Bearwood came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 0 of the 65 homes sold in Bearwood were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the BH11 district, 17%.

The newest postcodes

BH11 9UJsince March 2026BH11 9GGsince January 2023BH11 9FZsince June 2022BH11 9FTsince February 2022BH11 9FYsince February 2022BH11 9GBsince September 2021

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 BearwoodAcross the BH11 district
The 12 months to August 2026 0 of 74 (0%) 2 of 209 (Under 1%)
The 12 months to August 2025 0 of 65 (0%) 47 of 281 (17%)

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 Bearwood?

Ofcom reports on 101 of the 102 postcodes in Bearwood. At 93 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband.

Postcodes where every home can get gigabit93 of 101
Postcodes where every home can get superfast100 of 101

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 Bearwood at risk of flooding?

None of the 102 postcodes in Bearwood 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

Which schools are in Bearwood?

The primary schools are at the postcodes in Bearwood. There is no secondary school at its postcodes; these are the nearest to its middle. 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 Bearwood?

The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Bearwood is Branksome Rail Station, 4.7 km away in a straight line.

  • Branksome Rail Station Railway station 4.7 kmCycle
  • Parkstone (Dorset) Rail Station Railway station 5.1 kmDrive
  • Poole Rail Station Railway station 6.5 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 Bearwood?

There is no GP practice at the postcodes in Bearwood. 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 Bearwood safe? Crime recorded around it

Police.uk records 997 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Bearwood 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. 61 September 2025
  2. 58 October 2025
  3. 66 November 2025
  4. 63 December 2025
  5. 62 January 2026
  6. 81 February 2026
  7. 114 March 2026
  8. 81 April 2026
  9. 75 May 2026
  10. 105 June 2026
  11. 115 July 2026
  12. 116 August 2026

By kind, over the 12 months

Violence and sexual offences306 reports
Anti-social behaviour230 reports
Shoplifting117 reports
Criminal damage and arson86 reports
Vehicle crime65 reports
Public order60 reports
Other theft50 reports
Burglary47 reports

Also: drugs 16, robbery 6, other crime 6, bicycle theft 5, possession of weapons 3.

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 Bearwood?

Council
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
Parliamentary constituency
Mid Dorset and North Poole
Police force area
Dorset
Region
South West
Country
England
MP
Vikki Slade (Liberal Democrat)

All 102 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

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Bearwood postcodes

102 postcodes in use in Bearwood, by district:

BH11 postcode district,101 postcodesBH21 postcode district,1 postcode

Those districts are all in the BH postcode area.

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Places near Bearwood

With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Bearwood's £317,500. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.

Merley2.9 km, £435,000West Parley3.9 km, £447,000Poole4.5 km, £335,000Wimborne Minster4.6 km, £385,000Ferndown4.7 km, £392,000Corfe Mullen5.9 km, £397,500Bournemouth6.0 km, £312,750West Moors6.9 km, £375,000 All places A to Z

Questions about Bearwood

What is it like to live in Bearwood?
Homes sold for a typical £317,500 in the 12 months to August 2026, down 2.3% on the 12 months before. At 93 of the 101 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. None of its 102 postcodes is on the Environment Agency's list of those with a home or business at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea. It has 1 primary school at its postcodes. The nearest GP practice is Kinson Road Medical Centre, 2.3 km from the middle. The nearest railway station is Branksome, 4.7 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 Bearwood?
Bearwood is covered by postcode districts BH11 and BH21, across 102 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Which council is Bearwood in?
Bearwood is in the Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole council area. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Who is the MP for Bearwood?
Bearwood is in the Mid Dorset and North Poole parliamentary constituency. Its MP is Vikki Slade (Liberal Democrat), as UK Parliament listed them on 14 October 2026. Constituency: ONS Postcode Directory.
How much are houses in Bearwood?
Homes in Bearwood sold for a typical £317,500 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 74 sales, down 2.3% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
What schools are in Bearwood?
In Bearwood, primary schools at its postcodes include Bearwood Primary and Nursery School; the nearest secondary school to the middle of its postcodes is LeAF Studio, 1.1 km away in a straight line. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026.
Does Bearwood have a railway station?
The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Bearwood is Branksome, 4.7 km away in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
What broadband can you get in Bearwood?
Ofcom reports on 101 of the 102 postcodes in Bearwood. At 93 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband. Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
Is Bearwood at risk of flooding?
None of the 102 postcodes in Bearwood 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. This is long-term risk for the land, and leaves out surface water. Source: Environment Agency.
Are new homes being built in Bearwood?
13 of the 102 postcodes now in use in Bearwood came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 0 of the 65 homes sold in Bearwood were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the BH11 district, 17%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.

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