Three Legged Cross

Three Legged Cross is covered by postcode district BH21. It is in the Dorset council area, England.

Typical price £450,000 Homes sold in Three Legged Cross, last 12 months. ▲ 9.8% on the year before Gigabit broadband 23 of 64 postcodes where every home and business can get it Flooding Low risk only 1 of 64 postcodes have a home or business in an area at risk Schools 1 1 primary school at its postcodes

Every postcode in Three Legged Cross, by flood risk

Map of every postcode in Three Legged Cross, by flood risk Of the 64 postcodes in Three Legged Cross that ONS places, 1 are at low risk at worst and 63 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. Places named: Three Legged Cross. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 500 m. BH21 6FA: not on the flood risk listBH21 6FB: not on the flood risk listBH21 6FE: not on the flood risk listBH21 6FF: not on the flood risk listBH21 6FG: not on the flood risk listBH21 6FH: not on the flood risk listBH21 6FJ: not on the flood risk listBH21 6FL: not on the flood risk listBH21 6FN: not on the flood risk listBH21 6FQ: not on the flood risk listBH21 6FR: not on the flood risk listBH21 6PA: not on the flood risk listBH21 6PB: not on the flood risk listBH21 6QA: not on the flood risk listBH21 6QP: not on the flood risk listBH21 6QT: not on the flood risk listBH21 6QU: not on the flood risk listBH21 6QX: not on the flood risk listBH21 6QY: not on the flood risk listBH21 6QZ: not on the flood risk listBH21 6RA: not on the flood risk listBH21 6RB: not on the flood risk listBH21 6RD: not on the flood risk listBH21 6RE: not on the flood risk listBH21 6RF: not on the flood risk listBH21 6RG: not on the flood risk listBH21 6RH: not on the flood risk listBH21 6RJ: not on the flood risk listBH21 6RL: not on the flood risk listBH21 6RN: not on the flood risk listBH21 6RP: not on the flood risk listBH21 6RQ: not on the flood risk listBH21 6RR: not on the flood risk listBH21 6RT: not on the flood risk listBH21 6RU: not on the flood risk listBH21 6RW: not on the flood risk listBH21 6RX: not on the flood risk listBH21 6RZ: not on the flood risk listBH21 6SA: not on the flood risk listBH21 6SD: not on the flood risk listBH21 6SE: not on the flood risk listBH21 6SF: not on the flood risk listBH21 6SG: not on the flood risk listBH21 6SH: not on the flood risk listBH21 6SJ: not on the flood risk listBH21 6SL: not on the flood risk listBH21 6SN: not on the flood risk listBH21 6SP: not on the flood risk listBH21 6SQ: not on the flood risk listBH21 6SR: not on the flood risk listBH21 6SU: not on the flood risk listBH21 6SW: not on the flood risk listBH21 6SX: not on the flood risk listBH21 6SY: not on the flood risk listBH21 6UD: not on the flood risk listBH21 6UJ: not on the flood risk listBH21 6UZ: not on the flood risk listBH21 6XX: not on the flood risk listBH21 6YT: not on the flood risk listBH21 6YU: not on the flood risk listBH21 6YX: not on the flood risk listBH21 6YY: not on the flood risk listBH21 6YZ: not on the flood risk listBH21 6SZ: low flood risk at worst Three Legged Cross Map of every postcode in Three Legged Cross, by flood risk Of the 64 postcodes in Three Legged Cross that ONS places, 1 are at low risk at worst and 63 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. Places named: Three Legged Cross. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 500 m. Three Legged Cross
  • A home or business at high risk: 0
  • At medium risk at worst: 0
  • At low risk at worst: 1
  • At very low risk only: 0
  • Not on the at-risk list: 63

Of the 64 postcodes in Three Legged Cross that ONS places, 1 are at low risk at worst and 63 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 50.8502, longitude -1.8795. 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 Three Legged Cross?

Homes sold for a typical £450,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 9.8% on the 12 months before. At 23 of the 64 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts no home or business at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 1 of its 64 postcodes. It has 1 primary school at its postcodes. The nearest GP practice is West Moors Village Surgery, 3.0 km from the middle. The nearest railway station is Bournemouth, 13.7 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 Three Legged Cross?

Homes in Three Legged Cross sold for a typical £450,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 17 sales, up 9.8% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.

£450,000 typical price, the 12 months to August 2026
£410,000 12 months to August 2025
▲ up 9.8% on the 12 months before
  • Detached £595,500 12 sales
  • Semi-detached 3 sales, too few to price
  • Terraced 2 sales, too few to price

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

Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Three Legged Cross: 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 Three Legged Cross?

5 of the 64 postcodes now in use in Three Legged Cross came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 2 of the 27 homes sold in Three Legged Cross were newly built (7%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the BH21 district, 15%.

The newest postcodes

BH21 6FGsince November 2023BH21 6FFsince July 2022BH21 6FRsince June 2022BH21 6FQsince February 2022BH21 6FEsince July 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 Three Legged CrossAcross the BH21 district
The 12 months to August 2026 0 of 17 (0%) 10 of 466 (2%)
The 12 months to August 2025 2 of 27 (7%) 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 Three Legged Cross?

Ofcom reports on 64 of the 64 postcodes in Three Legged Cross. At 23 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 gigabit23 of 64
Postcodes where every home can get superfast53 of 64
Postcodes where some cannot get decent broadband1 of 64

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.

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

Is Three Legged Cross at risk of flooding?

1 of the 64 postcodes in Three Legged Cross has a home or business in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, the Environment Agency says. At those, it puts none of the homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk.

Homes and businesses in an area at risk, at 1 of 64 postcodes Low: 4

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 Three Legged Cross?

The primary schools are at the postcodes in Three Legged Cross. 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 Three Legged Cross?

The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Three Legged Cross is Bournemouth Rail Station, 13.7 km away in a straight line.

  • Bournemouth Rail Station Railway station 13.7 kmDrive
  • Pokesdown Rail Station Railway station 13.8 kmDrive
  • Branksome Rail Station Railway station 14.0 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 Three Legged Cross?

There is no GP practice at the postcodes in Three Legged Cross. 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.

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

Is Three Legged Cross safe? Crime recorded around it

Police.uk records 125 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Three Legged Cross 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. 11 September 2025
  2. 10 October 2025
  3. 9 November 2025
  4. 5 December 2025
  5. 8 January 2026
  6. 5 February 2026
  7. 5 March 2026
  8. 18 April 2026
  9. 11 May 2026
  10. 18 June 2026
  11. 20 July 2026
  12. 5 August 2026

By kind, over the 12 months

Anti-social behaviour39 reports
Violence and sexual offences32 reports
Criminal damage and arson20 reports
Other theft10 reports
Shoplifting6 reports
Burglary5 reports
Public order4 reports
Vehicle crime3 reports

Also: other crime 3, robbery 2, 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 Three Legged Cross?

Council
Dorset
Parliamentary constituencies
Christchurch (57) and Mid Dorset and North Poole (7)
Police force area
Dorset
Region
South West
Country
England

Where the place crosses a boundary, a row lists each side with its number of postcodes. Check a postcode for its own. What council am I in?

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

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Three Legged Cross postcodes

64 postcodes in use in Three Legged Cross, by district:

BH21 postcode district,64 postcodes

That district is in the BH postcode area.

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Places near Three Legged Cross

With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Three Legged Cross's £450,000. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.

Verwood3.0 km, £395,000West Moors3.4 km, £375,000Ashley Heath3.7 km, £632,500Ferndown5.3 km, £392,000Ringwood6.9 km, £395,000West Parley7.2 km, £447,000Alderholt7.7 km, £370,000Wimborne Minster8.4 km, £385,000 All places A to Z

Questions about Three Legged Cross

What is it like to live in Three Legged Cross?
Homes sold for a typical £450,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 9.8% on the 12 months before. At 23 of the 64 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts no home or business at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 1 of its 64 postcodes. It has 1 primary school at its postcodes. The nearest GP practice is West Moors Village Surgery, 3.0 km from the middle. The nearest railway station is Bournemouth, 13.7 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 Three Legged Cross?
Three Legged Cross is covered by postcode district BH21, across 64 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Which council is Three Legged Cross in?
Three Legged Cross is in the Dorset council area. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
How much are houses in Three Legged Cross?
Homes in Three Legged Cross sold for a typical £450,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 17 sales, up 9.8% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
What schools are in Three Legged Cross?
In Three Legged Cross, primary schools at its postcodes include Three Legged Cross First and Nursery School; the nearest secondary school to the middle of its postcodes is Emmanuel Church of England Middle School, 2.5 km away in a straight line. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026.
Does Three Legged Cross have a railway station?
The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Three Legged Cross is Bournemouth, 13.7 km away in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
What broadband can you get in Three Legged Cross?
Ofcom reports on 64 of the 64 postcodes in Three Legged Cross. At 23 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 Three Legged Cross at risk of flooding?
1 of the 64 postcodes in Three Legged Cross has a home or business in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, the Environment Agency says. At those, it puts none of the 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 Three Legged Cross?
5 of the 64 postcodes now in use in Three Legged Cross came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 2 of the 27 homes sold in Three Legged Cross were newly built (7%), 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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