Merley

Merley is covered by postcode district BH21. It is in the Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole council area, England.

Typical price £435,000 Homes sold in Merley, last 12 months. ▼ 3.3% on the year before Gigabit broadband 55 of 101 postcodes where every home and business can get it Flooding Some at high risk 5 of 102 postcodes have a home or business in an area at risk; 21 homes and businesses at high or medium risk Schools 2 1 primary school and 1 secondary school at its postcodes

Every postcode in Merley, by flood risk

Map of every postcode in Merley, by flood risk Of the 102 postcodes in Merley that ONS places, 2 have a home or business at high risk, 3 are at medium risk at worst and 97 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. Places named: Merley. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 250 m. A31A341A349 BH21 1GQ: not on the flood risk listBH21 1GU: not on the flood risk listBH21 1GW: not on the flood risk listBH21 1GX: not on the flood risk listBH21 1QZ: not on the flood risk listBH21 1RJ: not on the flood risk listBH21 1RL: not on the flood risk listBH21 1RN: not on the flood risk listBH21 1RP: not on the flood risk listBH21 1RR: not on the flood risk listBH21 1RS: not on the flood risk listBH21 1RT: not on the flood risk listBH21 1RU: not on the flood risk listBH21 1RW: not on the flood risk listBH21 1RX: not on the flood risk listBH21 1RY: not on the flood risk listBH21 1RZ: not on the flood risk listBH21 1SA: not on the flood risk listBH21 1SB: not on the flood risk listBH21 1SD: not on the flood risk listBH21 1SE: not on the flood risk listBH21 1SF: not on the flood risk listBH21 1SG: not on the flood risk listBH21 1SH: not on the flood risk listBH21 1SJ: not on the flood risk listBH21 1SL: not on the flood risk listBH21 1SN: not on the flood risk listBH21 1SP: not on the flood risk listBH21 1SQ: not on the flood risk listBH21 1SR: not on the flood risk listBH21 1SS: not on the flood risk listBH21 1ST: not on the flood risk listBH21 1SU: not on the flood risk listBH21 1SW: not on the flood risk listBH21 1SX: not on the flood risk listBH21 1SY: not on the flood risk listBH21 1SZ: not on the flood risk listBH21 1TA: not on the flood risk listBH21 1TB: not on the flood risk listBH21 1TD: not on the flood risk listBH21 1TE: not on the flood risk listBH21 1TF: not on the flood risk listBH21 1TG: not on the flood risk listBH21 1TN: not on the flood risk listBH21 1TP: not on the flood risk listBH21 1TR: not on the flood risk listBH21 1TS: not on the flood risk listBH21 1TT: not on the flood risk listBH21 1TU: not on the flood risk listBH21 1TW: not on the flood risk listBH21 1TX: not on the flood risk listBH21 1TY: not on the flood risk listBH21 1TZ: not on the flood risk listBH21 1UA: not on the flood risk listBH21 1UB: not on the flood risk listBH21 1UD: not on the flood risk listBH21 1UE: not on the flood risk listBH21 1UF: not on the flood risk listBH21 1UG: not on the flood risk listBH21 1UJ: not on the flood risk listBH21 1UQ: not on the flood risk listBH21 1UT: not on the flood risk listBH21 1UU: not on the flood risk listBH21 1XE: not on the flood risk listBH21 1XF: not on the flood risk listBH21 1XG: not on the flood risk listBH21 1XH: not on the flood risk listBH21 1XJ: not on the flood risk listBH21 1XL: not on the flood risk listBH21 1XN: not on the flood risk listBH21 1XP: not on the flood risk listBH21 1XQ: not on the flood risk listBH21 1XR: not on the flood risk listBH21 1XS: not on the flood risk listBH21 1XT: not on the flood risk listBH21 1XU: not on the flood risk listBH21 1XW: not on the flood risk listBH21 3AB: not on the flood risk listBH21 3AH: not on the flood risk listBH21 3AJ: not on the flood risk listBH21 3AN: not on the flood risk listBH21 3AQ: not on the flood risk listBH21 3AT: not on the flood risk listBH21 3AU: not on the flood risk listBH21 3AX: not on the flood risk listBH21 3AY: not on the flood risk listBH21 3AZ: not on the flood risk listBH21 3BA: not on the flood risk listBH21 3BB: not on the flood risk listBH21 3BD: not on the flood risk listBH21 3BE: not on the flood risk listBH21 3BG: not on the flood risk listBH21 3BH: not on the flood risk listBH21 3BJ: not on the flood risk listBH21 3BP: not on the flood risk listBH21 3BQ: not on the flood risk listBH21 3DA: not on the flood risk listBH21 3AD: medium flood risk at worstBH21 3AE: medium flood risk at worstBH21 3BS: medium flood risk at worstBH21 3AF: high flood riskBH21 3AG: high flood risk Merley Map of every postcode in Merley, by flood risk Of the 102 postcodes in Merley that ONS places, 2 have a home or business at high risk, 3 are at medium risk at worst and 97 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. Places named: Merley. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 500 m. A31A349 Merley
  • A home or business at high risk: 2
  • At medium risk at worst: 3
  • At low risk at worst: 0
  • At very low risk only: 0
  • Not on the at-risk list: 97

Of the 102 postcodes in Merley that ONS places, 2 have a home or business at high risk, 3 are at medium risk at worst and 97 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 50.7828, longitude -1.9685. 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.

BH21 3AF2 at high riskBH21 3AG1 at high risk

What is it like to live in Merley?

Homes sold for a typical £435,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, down 3.3% on the 12 months before. At 55 of the 101 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 21 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 5 of its 102 postcodes. It has 1 primary school and 1 secondary school at its postcodes. The nearest GP practice is The Quarter Jack Surgery, 2.0 km from the middle. The nearest railway station is Parkstone (Dorset), 6.8 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 Merley?

Homes in Merley sold for a typical £435,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 51 sales, down 3.3% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.

£435,000 typical price, the 12 months to August 2026
12 months to August 2025
£450,000
12 months to August 2026
£435,000

▼ down 3.3% on the 12 months before

Detached£465,000 41 sales
Semi-detached£363,750 8 sales
Terraced 1 sale, too few to price
Flat or maisonette 1 sale, too few to price

Across the whole BH21 district, Merley's main postcode district: a typical £410,000.

Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Merley: 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 Merley?

3 of the 102 postcodes now in use in Merley came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 0 of the 59 homes sold in Merley were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the BH21 district, 15%.

The newest postcodes

BH21 3AYsince April 2022BH21 1GWsince April 2020BH21 1GUsince February 2020

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 MerleyAcross the BH21 district
The 12 months to August 2026 0 of 51 (0%) 10 of 466 (2%)
The 12 months to August 2025 0 of 59 (0%) 108 of 711 (15%)

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 Merley?

Ofcom reports on 101 of the 102 postcodes in Merley. At 55 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband.

Postcodes where every home can get gigabit55 of 101
Postcodes where every home can get superfast86 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 Merley at risk of flooding?

5 of the 102 postcodes in Merley 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 21 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk.

Homes and businesses in an area at risk, at 5 of 102 postcodes High: 3Medium: 18Low: 2

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 Merley?

The open schools at the postcodes in Merley. 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

Find and compare schools in England, on GOV.UK

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 Merley?

The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Merley is Parkstone (Dorset) Rail Station, 6.8 km away in a straight line.

  • Parkstone (Dorset) Rail Station Railway station 6.8 kmDrive
  • Branksome Rail Station Railway station 7.1 kmDrive
  • Poole Rail Station Railway station 7.1 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 Merley?

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

Police.uk records 406 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Merley 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. 18 September 2025
  2. 31 October 2025
  3. 26 November 2025
  4. 24 December 2025
  5. 30 January 2026
  6. 25 February 2026
  7. 33 March 2026
  8. 43 April 2026
  9. 34 May 2026
  10. 28 June 2026
  11. 60 July 2026
  12. 54 August 2026

By kind, over the 12 months

Violence and sexual offences155 reports
Anti-social behaviour131 reports
Public order25 reports
Criminal damage and arson23 reports
Other theft20 reports
Vehicle crime17 reports
Burglary13 reports
Shoplifting7 reports

Also: drugs 5, bicycle theft 4, other crime 4, robbery 1, possession of weapons 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 Merley?

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

Moving to Merley

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

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Merley postcodes

102 postcodes in use in Merley, by district:

BH21 postcode district,102 postcodes

That district is in the BH postcode area.

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Places near Merley

With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Merley's £435,000. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.

Wimborne Minster2.2 km, £385,000Bearwood2.9 km, £317,500Corfe Mullen3.7 km, £397,500Ferndown5.5 km, £392,000Poole5.8 km, £335,000West Parley5.8 km, £447,000Upton6.6 km, £305,000West Moors7.5 km, £375,000 All places A to Z

Questions about Merley

What is it like to live in Merley?
Homes sold for a typical £435,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, down 3.3% on the 12 months before. At 55 of the 101 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 21 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 5 of its 102 postcodes. It has 1 primary school and 1 secondary school at its postcodes. The nearest GP practice is The Quarter Jack Surgery, 2.0 km from the middle. The nearest railway station is Parkstone (Dorset), 6.8 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 Merley?
Merley is covered by postcode district BH21, across 102 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Which council is Merley in?
Merley is in the Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole council area. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Who is the MP for Merley?
Merley 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 Merley?
Homes in Merley sold for a typical £435,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 51 sales, down 3.3% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
What schools are in Merley?
In Merley, primary schools at its postcodes include Merley First School; secondary schools at its postcodes include Canford School. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026.
Does Merley have a railway station?
The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Merley is Parkstone (Dorset), 6.8 km away in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
What broadband can you get in Merley?
Ofcom reports on 101 of the 102 postcodes in Merley. At 55 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband. Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
Is Merley at risk of flooding?
5 of the 102 postcodes in Merley 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 21 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 Merley?
3 of the 102 postcodes now in use in Merley came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 0 of the 59 homes sold in Merley were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the BH21 district, 15%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.

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