West Moors

West Moors is covered by postcode districts BH21 and BH22. It is in the Dorset council area, England.

Typical price £368,500 Homes sold in West Moors, last 12 months Gigabit broadband 129 of 225 postcodes where every home and business can get it Flooding Some at high risk 16 of 227 postcodes have a home or business in an area at risk; 217 homes and businesses at high or medium risk Schools 3 2 primary schools and 1 secondary school at its postcodes

Every postcode in West Moors, by flood risk

Map of every postcode in West Moors, by flood risk Of the 227 postcodes in West Moors that ONS places, 9 have a home or business at high risk, 1 are at medium risk at worst, 6 are at low risk at worst and 211 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. Places named: West Moors, Ferndown. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 500 m. A31 BH21 6QF: not on the flood risk listBH21 6QQ: not on the flood risk listBH21 6QR: not on the flood risk listBH21 6QS: not on the flood risk listBH21 6QW: not on the flood risk listBH21 6ST: not on the flood risk listBH21 6US: not on the flood risk listBH22 0AD: not on the flood risk listBH22 0AG: not on the flood risk listBH22 0AH: not on the flood risk listBH22 0AJ: not on the flood risk listBH22 0AL: not on the flood risk listBH22 0AN: not on the flood risk listBH22 0AP: not on the flood risk listBH22 0AQ: not on the flood risk listBH22 0AR: not on the flood risk listBH22 0AS: not on the flood risk listBH22 0AT: not on the flood risk listBH22 0AU: not on the flood risk listBH22 0AW: not on the flood risk listBH22 0AX: not on the flood risk listBH22 0AZ: not on the flood risk listBH22 0BA: not on the flood risk listBH22 0BB: not on the flood risk listBH22 0BD: not on the flood risk listBH22 0BE: not on the flood risk listBH22 0BG: not on the flood risk listBH22 0BH: not on the flood risk listBH22 0BJ: not on the flood risk listBH22 0BL: not on the flood risk listBH22 0BQ: not on the flood risk listBH22 0BT: not on the flood risk listBH22 0BU: not on the flood risk listBH22 0BX: not on the flood risk listBH22 0BY: not on the flood risk listBH22 0BZ: not on the flood risk listBH22 0DA: not on the flood risk listBH22 0DB: not on the flood risk listBH22 0DD: not on the flood risk listBH22 0DE: not on the flood risk listBH22 0DF: not on the flood risk listBH22 0DG: not on the flood risk listBH22 0DH: not on the flood risk listBH22 0DJ: not on the flood risk listBH22 0DL: not on the flood risk listBH22 0DN: not on the flood risk listBH22 0DP: not on the flood risk listBH22 0DQ: not on the flood risk listBH22 0DR: not on the flood risk listBH22 0DS: not on the flood risk listBH22 0DT: not on the flood risk listBH22 0DU: not on the flood risk listBH22 0DW: not on the flood risk listBH22 0DX: not on the flood risk listBH22 0DY: not on the flood risk listBH22 0DZ: not on the flood risk listBH22 0EA: not on the flood risk listBH22 0EB: not on the flood risk listBH22 0ED: not on the flood risk listBH22 0EE: not on the flood risk listBH22 0EF: not on the flood risk listBH22 0EG: not on the flood risk listBH22 0EH: not on the flood risk listBH22 0EJ: not on the flood risk listBH22 0EL: not on the flood risk listBH22 0EN: not on the flood risk listBH22 0EP: not on the flood risk listBH22 0EQ: not on the flood risk listBH22 0ER: not on the flood risk listBH22 0ES: not on the flood risk listBH22 0ET: not on the flood risk listBH22 0EU: not on the flood risk listBH22 0EW: not on the flood risk listBH22 0EX: not on the flood risk listBH22 0EY: not on the flood risk listBH22 0EZ: not on the flood risk listBH22 0FB: not on the flood risk listBH22 0FD: not on the flood risk listBH22 0FE: not on the flood risk listBH22 0FG: not on the flood risk listBH22 0GA: not on the flood risk listBH22 0GB: not on the flood risk listBH22 0HA: not on the flood risk listBH22 0HB: not on the flood risk listBH22 0HD: not on the flood risk listBH22 0HE: not on the flood risk listBH22 0HG: not on the flood risk listBH22 0HH: not on the flood risk listBH22 0HJ: not on the flood risk listBH22 0HL: not on the flood risk listBH22 0HN: not on the flood risk listBH22 0HP: not on the flood risk listBH22 0HR: not on the flood risk listBH22 0HS: not on the flood risk listBH22 0HT: not on the flood risk listBH22 0HW: not on the flood risk listBH22 0HX: not on the flood risk listBH22 0HZ: not on the flood risk listBH22 0JA: not on the flood risk listBH22 0JB: not on the flood risk listBH22 0JD: not on the flood risk listBH22 0JF: not on the flood risk listBH22 0JG: not on the flood risk listBH22 0JH: not on the flood risk listBH22 0JJ: not on the flood risk listBH22 0JN: not on the flood risk listBH22 0JQ: not on the flood risk listBH22 0JR: not on the flood risk listBH22 0JS: not on the flood risk listBH22 0JT: not on the flood risk listBH22 0JU: not on the flood risk listBH22 0JW: not on the flood risk listBH22 0JX: not on the flood risk listBH22 0JY: not on the flood risk listBH22 0JZ: not on the flood risk listBH22 0LD: not on the flood risk listBH22 0LE: not on the flood risk listBH22 0LF: not on the flood risk listBH22 0LH: not on the flood risk listBH22 0LL: not on the flood risk listBH22 0LN: not on the flood risk listBH22 0LR: not on the flood risk listBH22 0LS: not on the flood risk listBH22 0LT: not on the flood risk listBH22 0LU: not on the flood risk listBH22 0LX: not on the flood risk listBH22 0LY: not on the flood risk listBH22 0LZ: not on the flood risk listBH22 0NA: not on the flood risk listBH22 0NB: not on the flood risk listBH22 0ND: not on the flood risk listBH22 0NH: not on the flood risk listBH22 0NJ: not on the flood risk listBH22 0NL: not on the flood risk listBH22 0NN: not on the flood risk listBH22 0NP: not on the flood risk listBH22 0NQ: not on the flood risk listBH22 0PA: not on the flood risk listBH22 0PB: not on the flood risk listBH22 0PD: not on the flood risk listBH22 0PE: not on the flood risk listBH22 0PF: not on the flood risk listBH22 0PG: not on the flood risk listBH22 0PH: not on the flood risk listBH22 0PJ: not on the flood risk listBH22 0PL: not on the flood risk listBH22 0PN: not on the flood risk listBH22 0PP: not on the flood risk listBH22 0PQ: not on the flood risk listBH22 0QL: not on the flood risk listBH22 0QN: not on the flood risk listBH22 8AA: not on the flood risk listBH22 8AB: not on the flood risk listBH22 8AD: not on the flood risk listBH22 8AE: not on the flood risk listBH22 8AF: not on the flood risk listBH22 8AG: not on the flood risk listBH22 8AH: not on the flood risk listBH22 8AJ: not on the flood risk listBH22 8AL: not on the flood risk listBH22 8AN: not on the flood risk listBH22 8AP: not on the flood risk listBH22 8AQ: not on the flood risk listBH22 8AR: not on the flood risk listBH22 8AS: not on the flood risk listBH22 8AT: not on the flood risk listBH22 8AU: not on the flood risk listBH22 8AW: not on the flood risk listBH22 8AX: not on the flood risk listBH22 8AY: not on the flood risk listBH22 8AZ: not on the flood risk listBH22 8BA: not on the flood risk listBH22 8BB: not on the flood risk listBH22 8BD: not on the flood risk listBH22 8BE: not on the flood risk listBH22 8BG: not on the flood risk listBH22 8BH: not on the flood risk listBH22 8BJ: not on the flood risk listBH22 8BL: not on the flood risk listBH22 8BQ: not on the flood risk listBH22 8BT: not on the flood risk listBH22 8DE: not on the flood risk listBH22 8EZ: not on the flood risk listBH22 8UR: not on the flood risk listBH22 8US: not on the flood risk listBH22 8UT: not on the flood risk listBH22 8UU: not on the flood risk listBH22 8UX: not on the flood risk listBH22 8UY: not on the flood risk listBH22 8UZ: not on the flood risk listBH22 8XA: not on the flood risk listBH22 8XB: not on the flood risk listBH22 8XD: not on the flood risk listBH22 8XE: not on the flood risk listBH22 8XF: not on the flood risk listBH22 8XG: not on the flood risk listBH22 8XH: not on the flood risk listBH22 8XN: not on the flood risk listBH22 8XQ: not on the flood risk listBH22 9AJ: not on the flood risk listBH22 9AZ: not on the flood risk listBH22 9BA: not on the flood risk listBH22 9NW: not on the flood risk listBH22 9UR: not on the flood risk listBH22 9US: not on the flood risk listBH22 9UT: not on the flood risk listBH22 9UU: not on the flood risk listBH22 9UX: not on the flood risk listBH22 9UY: not on the flood risk listBH22 9UZ: not on the flood risk listBH22 0AF: low flood risk at worstBH22 0AY: low flood risk at worstBH22 0BN: low flood risk at worstBH22 0BW: low flood risk at worstBH22 0LJ: low flood risk at worstBH22 9BB: low flood risk at worstBH22 0BP: medium flood risk at worstBH22 0AE: high flood riskBH22 0BS: high flood riskBH22 0JE: high flood riskBH22 0JL: high flood riskBH22 0LG: high flood riskBH22 0LQ: high flood riskBH22 9AL: high flood riskBH22 9BW: high flood riskBH22 9DQ: high flood risk West MoorsFerndown Map of every postcode in West Moors, by flood risk Of the 227 postcodes in West Moors that ONS places, 9 have a home or business at high risk, 1 are at medium risk at worst, 6 are at low risk at worst and 211 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. Places named: West Moors, Ferndown. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 500 m. A31 West MoorsFerndown
  • A home or business at high risk: 9
  • At medium risk at worst: 1
  • At low risk at worst: 6
  • At very low risk only: 0
  • Not on the at-risk list: 211

Of the 227 postcodes in West Moors that ONS places, 9 have a home or business at high risk, 1 are at medium risk at worst, 6 are at low risk at worst and 211 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 50.8193, longitude -1.8789. Open this area on OpenStreetMap

Sources: ONS Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026; Environment Agency flood risk, published 6 July 2026; roads, rivers and built-up areas: Ordnance Survey open maps. 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.

The postcodes at high risk

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

BH22 9BW96 at high riskBH22 0JE38 at high riskBH22 0JL23 at high riskBH22 0BS15 at high riskBH22 0LG6 at high riskBH22 9DQ6 at high riskBH22 0LQ4 at high riskBH22 0AE1 at high riskBH22 9AL1 at high risk

What is it like to live in West Moors?

Homes sold for a typical £368,500 in the 12 months to September 2026. At 129 of the 225 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 217 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 16 of its 227 postcodes. It has 2 primary schools and 1 secondary school at its postcodes. 2 GP practices are at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Bournemouth, 10.3 km from the middle of its postcodes in a straight line.

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

Sources: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data; Ofcom Connected Nations; Environment Agency flood risk; Get Information about Schools; NHS GP practices; NaPTAN. Each figure is from a section of this page, which gives its date.

What do homes cost in West Moors?

Homes in West Moors sold for a typical £368,500 in the 12 months to September 2026, across 148 sales, HM Land Registry's figures show. The 12 months before gave £370,000 from 197 sales: not a change larger than chance would explain, given which homes happened to sell.

£368,500 typical price, the 12 months to September 2026
£370,000 12 months to September 2025
  • Detached £435,000 79 sales
  • Semi-detached £332,500 33 sales
  • Terraced £300,000 16 sales
  • Flat or maisonette £201,250 20 sales

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

Across the whole BH22 district, West Moors's main postcode district: a typical £390,000.

Sales at the postcodes ONS places in West Moors: 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 October 2026.

Are new homes being built in West Moors?

None of the 227 postcodes now in use in West Moors came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to September 2025, 0 of the 197 homes sold in West Moors were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the BH22 district, 5%.

New homes among the homes sold

PeriodIn West MoorsAcross the BH22 district
The 12 months to September 2026 0 of 148 (0%) 7 of 409 (2%)
The 12 months to September 2025 0 of 197 (0%) 32 of 613 (5%)

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.

Sources: ONS Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026; HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 October 2026.

What broadband can you get in West Moors?

Ofcom reports on 225 of the 227 postcodes in West Moors. At 129 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband.

Postcodes where every home can get gigabit129 of 225
Postcodes where every home can get superfast215 of 225

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, Connected Nations, Spring 2026, data for January 2026.

Is West Moors at risk of flooding?

16 of the 227 postcodes in West Moors 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 217 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk.

Homes and businesses in an area at risk, at 16 of 227 postcodes High: 190Medium: 27Low: 106

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 flood risk, published 6 July 2026.

Which schools are in West Moors?

The open schools at the postcodes in West Moors. 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.

Primary

Secondary

Find and compare schools in England, on GOV.UK

Source: Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026. Each school opens its own record there.

How far is the station from West Moors?

The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in West Moors is Bournemouth Rail Station, 10.3 km away in a straight line.

  • Bournemouth Rail Station Railway station 10.3 kmDrive
  • Pokesdown Rail Station Railway station 10.5 kmDrive
  • Branksome Rail Station Railway station 10.7 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: NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.

Which GP surgeries are in West Moors?

The GP practices at the postcodes in West Moors. Each practice sets the area it takes patients from, so check with it before registering.

Find a GP on the NHS website

Sources: NHS GP practices, read 17 October 2026; Care Quality Commission, ratings of 1 October 2026.

Is West Moors safe? Crime recorded around it

Police.uk records 521 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in West Moors 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. 52 September 2025
  2. 39 October 2025
  3. 39 November 2025
  4. 37 December 2025
  5. 42 January 2026
  6. 28 February 2026
  7. 34 March 2026
  8. 42 April 2026
  9. 37 May 2026
  10. 47 June 2026
  11. 65 July 2026
  12. 59 August 2026

By kind, over the 12 months

Anti-social behaviour166 reports
Violence and sexual offences164 reports
Criminal damage and arson48 reports
Other theft31 reports
Shoplifting27 reports
Public order24 reports
Vehicle crime20 reports
Burglary16 reports

Also: drugs 13, other crime 6, bicycle theft 2, robbery 2, theft from the person 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 to August 2026, from its download of 30 September 2026.

Who runs West Moors?

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

All 227 postcodes here share these. Wards differ: check a postcode for yours. What council am I in?

Sources: ONS Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026; UK Parliament, read 14 October 2026.

Moving to West Moors

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

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West Moors postcodes

227 postcodes in use in West Moors, by district:

BH22 postcode district,220 postcodesBH21 postcode district,7 postcodes

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 West Moors

With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside West Moors's £368,500. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.

Ferndown2.1 km, £385,000Three Legged Cross3.4 km, £435,000Ashley Heath3.5 km, £610,000West Parley3.8 km, £450,000Verwood6.4 km, £395,000Wimborne Minster6.8 km, £395,000Bearwood6.9 km, £310,000Merley7.5 km, £432,500 All places A to Z

Quick answers about West Moors

What is the postcode for West Moors?
Postcode districts BH21 and BH22, with 227 postcodes in use. Source: ONS.
Which council is West Moors in?
Dorset. Source: ONS.
Who is the MP for West Moors?
Sir Christopher Chope (Conservative), for Christchurch. Source: UK Parliament and ONS.
How much are houses in West Moors?
A typical £368,500 in the 12 months to September 2026, from 148 sales. Source: HM Land Registry.
What schools are in West Moors?
Primary schools at its postcodes include Oakhurst Community First School and St Mary's CofE First School & Nursery; secondary schools at its postcodes include West Moors Middle School. Source: Department for Education.
Does West Moors have a railway station?
The nearest is Bournemouth station, 10.3 km from the middle of its postcodes in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport.
What broadband can you get in West Moors?
Ofcom reports on 225 of the 227 postcodes in West Moors. At 129 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband. Source: Ofcom.
Is West Moors at risk of flooding?
16 of the 227 postcodes in West Moors 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 217 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 West Moors?
None of the 227 postcodes now in use in West Moors came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to September 2025, 0 of the 197 homes sold in West Moors were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the BH22 district, 5%. Source: ONS and HM Land Registry.

Where the facts on this page come from

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2021. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. This uses Care Quality Commission information. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0.

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