West Parley

West Parley is covered by postcode district BH22. It is in the Dorset council area, England.

Typical price £447,000 Homes sold in West Parley, last 12 months. ▼ 13.6% on the year before Gigabit broadband 43 of 97 postcodes where every home and business can get it Flooding Low risk only 1 of 97 postcodes have a home or business in an area at risk Schools 1 1 primary school at its postcodes

Every postcode in West Parley, by flood risk

Map of every postcode in West Parley, by flood risk Of the 97 postcodes in West Parley that ONS places, 1 are at low risk at worst and 96 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. Places named: West Parley. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 250 m. A347 BH22 8EA: not on the flood risk listBH22 8EB: not on the flood risk listBH22 8ED: not on the flood risk listBH22 8EE: not on the flood risk listBH22 8EF: not on the flood risk listBH22 8EL: not on the flood risk listBH22 8EN: not on the flood risk listBH22 8EW: not on the flood risk listBH22 8FA: not on the flood risk listBH22 8FD: not on the flood risk listBH22 8FX: not on the flood risk listBH22 8GG: not on the flood risk listBH22 8LL: not on the flood risk listBH22 8LP: not on the flood risk listBH22 8LR: not on the flood risk listBH22 8LS: not on the flood risk listBH22 8LU: not on the flood risk listBH22 8LX: not on the flood risk listBH22 8LY: not on the flood risk listBH22 8LZ: not on the flood risk listBH22 8PA: not on the flood risk listBH22 8PB: not on the flood risk listBH22 8PD: not on the flood risk listBH22 8PE: not on the flood risk listBH22 8PF: not on the flood risk listBH22 8PG: not on the flood risk listBH22 8PH: not on the flood risk listBH22 8PJ: not on the flood risk listBH22 8PP: not on the flood risk listBH22 8PQ: not on the flood risk listBH22 8PR: not on the flood risk listBH22 8PS: not on the flood risk listBH22 8PT: not on the flood risk listBH22 8PU: not on the flood risk listBH22 8PW: not on the flood risk listBH22 8PX: not on the flood risk listBH22 8PY: not on the flood risk listBH22 8PZ: not on the flood risk listBH22 8QA: not on the flood risk listBH22 8QB: not on the flood risk listBH22 8QD: not on the flood risk listBH22 8QE: not on the flood risk listBH22 8QF: not on the flood risk listBH22 8QG: not on the flood risk listBH22 8QH: not on the flood risk listBH22 8QJ: not on the flood risk listBH22 8QL: not on the flood risk listBH22 8QN: not on the flood risk listBH22 8QP: not on the flood risk listBH22 8QQ: not on the flood risk listBH22 8QW: not on the flood risk listBH22 8RA: not on the flood risk listBH22 8RB: not on the flood risk listBH22 8RD: not on the flood risk listBH22 8RE: not on the flood risk listBH22 8RF: not on the flood risk listBH22 8RG: not on the flood risk listBH22 8RH: not on the flood risk listBH22 8RJ: not on the flood risk listBH22 8RL: not on the flood risk listBH22 8RN: not on the flood risk listBH22 8RP: not on the flood risk listBH22 8RQ: not on the flood risk listBH22 8RR: not on the flood risk listBH22 8RS: not on the flood risk listBH22 8RT: not on the flood risk listBH22 8RU: not on the flood risk listBH22 8RW: not on the flood risk listBH22 8RX: not on the flood risk listBH22 8RY: not on the flood risk listBH22 8RZ: not on the flood risk listBH22 8SA: not on the flood risk listBH22 8SB: not on the flood risk listBH22 8SD: not on the flood risk listBH22 8SE: not on the flood risk listBH22 8SF: not on the flood risk listBH22 8SG: not on the flood risk listBH22 8SH: not on the flood risk listBH22 8SL: not on the flood risk listBH22 8SN: not on the flood risk listBH22 8SP: not on the flood risk listBH22 8SQ: not on the flood risk listBH22 8SR: not on the flood risk listBH22 8SS: not on the flood risk listBH22 8SW: not on the flood risk listBH22 8SX: not on the flood risk listBH22 8SY: not on the flood risk listBH22 8SZ: not on the flood risk listBH22 8TA: not on the flood risk listBH22 8TS: not on the flood risk listBH22 8TT: not on the flood risk listBH22 8TU: not on the flood risk listBH22 8TX: not on the flood risk listBH22 8TY: not on the flood risk listBH22 8TZ: not on the flood risk listBH22 8UA: not on the flood risk listBH22 8TR: low flood risk at worst West Parley Map of every postcode in West Parley, by flood risk Of the 97 postcodes in West Parley that ONS places, 1 are at low risk at worst and 96 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. Places named: West Parley. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 500 m. West Parley
  • 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: 96

Of the 97 postcodes in West Parley that ONS places, 1 are at low risk at worst and 96 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 50.7856, longitude -1.8858. 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 West Parley?

Homes sold for a typical £447,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, down 13.6% on the 12 months before. At 43 of the 97 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 97 postcodes. It has 1 primary school at its postcodes. The nearest GP practice is Orchid House Surgery, 1.9 km from the middle. The nearest railway station is Bournemouth, 6.7 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 West Parley?

Homes in West Parley sold for a typical £447,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 33 sales, down 13.6% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.

£447,000 typical price, the 12 months to August 2026
12 months to August 2025
£517,500
12 months to August 2026
£447,000

▼ down 13.6% on the 12 months before

Detached£517,500 25 sales
Flat or maisonette£177,500 8 sales

Across the whole BH22 district, West Parley's main postcode district: a typical £395,000.

Sales at the postcodes ONS places in West Parley: 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 West Parley?

2 of the 97 postcodes now in use in West Parley came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 0 of the 78 homes sold in West Parley were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the BH22 district, 6%.

The newest postcodes

BH22 8GGsince October 2024BH22 8FXsince October 2023

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 West ParleyAcross the BH22 district
The 12 months to August 2026 0 of 33 (0%) 1 of 415 (Under 1%)
The 12 months to August 2025 0 of 78 (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 West Parley?

Ofcom reports on 97 of the 97 postcodes in West Parley. At 43 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband.

Postcodes where every home can get gigabit43 of 97
Postcodes where every home can get superfast90 of 97

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 West Parley at risk of flooding?

1 of the 97 postcodes in West Parley 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 97 postcodes Low: 5

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 West Parley?

The primary schools are at the postcodes in West Parley. 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 West Parley?

The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in West Parley is Bournemouth Rail Station, 6.7 km away in a straight line.

  • Bournemouth Rail Station Railway station 6.7 kmDrive
  • Branksome Rail Station Railway station 6.9 kmDrive
  • Pokesdown Rail Station Railway station 7.4 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 West Parley?

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

Police.uk records 303 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in West Parley 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. 13 September 2025
  2. 14 October 2025
  3. 18 November 2025
  4. 24 December 2025
  5. 18 January 2026
  6. 32 February 2026
  7. 13 March 2026
  8. 15 April 2026
  9. 30 May 2026
  10. 42 June 2026
  11. 50 July 2026
  12. 34 August 2026

By kind, over the 12 months

Violence and sexual offences111 reports
Anti-social behaviour83 reports
Criminal damage and arson24 reports
Other theft22 reports
Burglary21 reports
Vehicle crime14 reports
Public order9 reports
Shoplifting6 reports

Also: drugs 5, other crime 4, theft from the person 1, bicycle theft 1, 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 West Parley?

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

All 97 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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West Parley postcodes

97 postcodes in use in West Parley, by district:

BH22 postcode district,97 postcodes

That district is in the BH postcode area.

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Places near West Parley

With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside West Parley's £447,000. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.

Ferndown2.2 km, £392,000West Moors3.8 km, £375,000Bearwood3.9 km, £317,500Bournemouth5.4 km, £312,750Merley5.8 km, £435,000Wimborne Minster6.3 km, £385,000Ashley Heath6.5 km, £632,500Three Legged Cross7.2 km, £450,000 All places A to Z

Questions about West Parley

What is it like to live in West Parley?
Homes sold for a typical £447,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, down 13.6% on the 12 months before. At 43 of the 97 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 97 postcodes. It has 1 primary school at its postcodes. The nearest GP practice is Orchid House Surgery, 1.9 km from the middle. The nearest railway station is Bournemouth, 6.7 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 West Parley?
West Parley is covered by postcode district BH22, across 97 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Which council is West Parley in?
West Parley is in the Dorset council area. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Who is the MP for West Parley?
West Parley is in the Christchurch parliamentary constituency. Its MP is Sir Christopher Chope (Conservative), as UK Parliament listed them on 14 October 2026. Constituency: ONS Postcode Directory.
How much are houses in West Parley?
Homes in West Parley sold for a typical £447,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 33 sales, down 13.6% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
What schools are in West Parley?
In West Parley, primary schools at its postcodes include Parley First School; the nearest secondary school to the middle of its postcodes is Portfield School, 1.6 km away in a straight line. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026.
Does West Parley have a railway station?
The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in West Parley is Bournemouth, 6.7 km away in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
What broadband can you get in West Parley?
Ofcom reports on 97 of the 97 postcodes in West Parley. At 43 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband. Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
Is West Parley at risk of flooding?
1 of the 97 postcodes in West Parley 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 West Parley?
2 of the 97 postcodes now in use in West Parley came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 0 of the 78 homes sold in West Parley were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the BH22 district, 6%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.

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