Ferndown
Ferndown is covered by postcode districts BH21 and BH22. It is in the Dorset council area, England.
Every postcode in Ferndown, and which are new since 2020
- New since 2020: 12
- In use before 2020: 426
- Outline: where 5 or more new postcodes since 2020 lie together
Of the 438 postcodes in Ferndown that ONS places, 12 are new since 2020 and 426 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. A dashed outline shows where 5 or more lie within 150 metres of each other. It is not a boundary, and 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 50.8043, longitude -1.8980. 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 5 newest postcodes
Where the new postcodes lie together
- 6 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. BH22 2FW, is the newest of them.
What is it like to live in Ferndown?
Homes sold for a typical £392,000 in the 12 months to August 2026. At 258 of the 422 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 3 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 2 of its 438 postcodes. It has 1 primary school and 2 secondary schools at its postcodes. 2 GP practices are at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Branksome, 8.7 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 Ferndown?
Homes in Ferndown sold for a typical £392,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 225 sales, HM Land Registry's figures show. The 12 months before gave £424,250 from 310 sales: not a change larger than chance would explain, given which homes happened to sell.
- Detached £492,000 131 sales
- Semi-detached £332,500 26 sales
- Terraced £310,000 11 sales
- Flat or maisonette £198,000 57 sales
Each bar is that kind's typical price, against the most expensive kind here.
Across the whole BH22 district, Ferndown's main postcode district: a typical £395,000.
Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Ferndown: 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 Ferndown?
12 of the 438 postcodes now in use in Ferndown came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 0 of the 310 homes sold in Ferndown were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the BH22 district, 6%.
The newest postcodes
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
| Period | In Ferndown | Across the BH22 district |
|---|---|---|
| The 12 months to August 2026 | 0 of 225 (0%) | 1 of 415 (Under 1%) |
| The 12 months to August 2025 | 0 of 310 (0%) | 36 of 614 (6%) |
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 Ferndown?
Ofcom reports on 422 of the 438 postcodes in Ferndown. At 258 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband, and at 1 some cannot get decent broadband (10 Mbit/s).
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 checkerSource: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026, data for January 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Is Ferndown at risk of flooding?
2 of the 438 postcodes in Ferndown 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 3 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk.
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 Ferndown?
The open schools at the postcodes in Ferndown. 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. Special schools and alternative provision, which children join by referral, are not listed.
An orange bar: the school has as many pupils as places, or more (Department for Education's figures).
Find and compare schools in England, on GOV.UKSource: 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 Ferndown?
The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Ferndown is Branksome Rail Station, 8.7 km away in a straight line.
- Branksome Rail Station Railway station 8.7 kmDrive
- Bournemouth Rail Station Railway station 8.9 kmDrive
- Pokesdown Rail Station Railway station 9.6 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 Ferndown?
The GP practices at the postcodes in Ferndown. Each practice sets the area it takes patients from, so check with it before registering.
- Orchid House Surgery Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report July 2018, over 3 years old · Phone 01202 897000 350 mWalk
- Penny's Hill Practice Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report March 2017, over 3 years old · Phone 01202 897200 350 mWalk
Source: NHS England, Organisation Data Service (GP practices), read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Is Ferndown safe? Crime recorded around it
Police.uk records 509 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Ferndown 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
- 50 September 2025
- 50 October 2025
- 31 November 2025
- 41 December 2025
- 43 January 2026
- 43 February 2026
- 40 March 2026
- 42 April 2026
- 30 May 2026
- 40 June 2026
- 54 July 2026
- 45 August 2026
By kind, over the 12 months
Also: drugs 7, other crime 4, bicycle theft 2, robbery 2, possession of weapons 2, theft from the person 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 postcodeSource: 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 Ferndown?
- Council
- Dorset
- Parliamentary constituency
- Christchurch
- Police force area
- Dorset
- Region
- South West
- Country
- England
- MP
- Sir Christopher Chope (Conservative)
All 438 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, read 14 October 2026. See all our data sources
Moving to Ferndown
Who to tell and what to sort out in your first week.
- Tell Dorset about council tax Council tax, on dorsetcouncil.gov.uk
- Register to vote at the new address Register to vote on GOV.UK
- Register with a GP practice The GP practices in Ferndown
- Take meter readings on the day you move in
- Power cut? Call 105. It is free. About 105, the power cut number
- Find out your bin day Check your bin day on BinDayBuddy, which reads the council's own collection system
Ferndown postcodes
438 postcodes in use in Ferndown, by district:
Those districts are all 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 Ferndown
With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Ferndown's £392,000. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.
Quick answers about Ferndown
- What is the postcode for Ferndown?
- Postcode districts BH21 and BH22, with 438 postcodes in use. Source: ONS.
- Which council is Ferndown in?
- Dorset. Source: ONS.
- Who is the MP for Ferndown?
- Sir Christopher Chope (Conservative), for Christchurch. Source: UK Parliament and ONS.
- How much are houses in Ferndown?
- A typical £392,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, from 225 sales. Source: HM Land Registry.
- What schools are in Ferndown?
- Primary schools at its postcodes include Ferndown First School; secondary schools at its postcodes include Ferndown Middle School and Ferndown Upper School. Source: Department for Education.
- Does Ferndown have a railway station?
- The nearest is Branksome station, 8.7 km from the middle of its postcodes in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport.
- What broadband can you get in Ferndown?
- Ofcom reports on 422 of the 438 postcodes in Ferndown. At 258 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband, and at 1 some cannot get decent broadband (10 Mbit/s). Source: Ofcom.
- Is Ferndown at risk of flooding?
- 2 of the 438 postcodes in Ferndown 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 3 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk. River and sea risk for the land, not surface water. Source: Environment Agency.
- Are new homes being built in Ferndown?
- 12 of the 438 postcodes now in use in Ferndown came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 0 of the 310 homes sold in Ferndown were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the BH22 district, 6%. Source: ONS and HM Land Registry.
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