BH21 5 postcode sector in the BH21 district

BH21 5 is a sector of the BH21 district: every postcode that starts BH21 5. It has 154 postcodes in use, one of them a large-user postcode. A large-user postcode is one Royal Mail gives to a single address that gets a lot of mail.

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Every postcode in the BH21 5 sector, by flood risk

Map of every postcode in the BH21 5 sector, by flood risk Of the 154 postcodes in the BH21 5 sector that ONS places, 13 have a home or business at high risk, 9 are at medium risk at worst, 6 are at low risk at worst and 126 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. One group of postcodes at high or medium risk is outlined: 5 postcodes at high or medium risk. 3 postcodes lie beyond the edge and are listed under the map. Places named: Verwood, Three Legged Cross. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 2.5 km. A354 BH21 5AA: not on the flood risk listBH21 5AB: not on the flood risk listBH21 5AD: not on the flood risk listBH21 5AE: not on the flood risk listBH21 5AH: not on the flood risk listBH21 5AJ: not on the flood risk listBH21 5AL: not on the flood risk listBH21 5AN: not on the flood risk listBH21 5AP: not on the flood risk listBH21 5AR: not on the flood risk listBH21 5AS: not on the flood risk listBH21 5AU: not on the flood risk listBH21 5AZ: not on the flood risk listBH21 5BA: not on the flood risk listBH21 5BB: not on the flood risk listBH21 5BD: not on the flood risk listBH21 5BE: not on the flood risk listBH21 5BG: not on the flood risk listBH21 5BH: not on the flood risk listBH21 5BJ: not on the flood risk listBH21 5BL: not on the flood risk listBH21 5BN: not on the flood risk listBH21 5BP: not on the flood risk listBH21 5BQ: not on the flood risk listBH21 5BT: not on the flood risk listBH21 5BU: not on the flood risk listBH21 5BW: not on the flood risk listBH21 5BX: not on the flood risk listBH21 5BY: not on the flood risk listBH21 5DA: not on the flood risk listBH21 5DB: not on the flood risk listBH21 5DD: not on the flood risk listBH21 5DE: not on the flood risk listBH21 5DG: not on the flood risk listBH21 5DH: not on the flood risk listBH21 5DR: not on the flood risk listBH21 5DS: not on the flood risk listBH21 5DT: not on the flood risk listBH21 5DX: not on the flood risk listBH21 5DZ: not on the flood risk listBH21 5EA: not on the flood risk listBH21 5EB: not on the flood risk listBH21 5EP: not on the flood risk listBH21 5ER: not on the flood risk listBH21 5EU: not on the flood risk listBH21 5HA: not on the flood risk listBH21 5HB: not on the flood risk listBH21 5HE: not on the flood risk listBH21 5HG: not on the flood risk listBH21 5HH: not on the flood risk listBH21 5HT: not on the flood risk listBH21 5HW: not on the flood risk listBH21 5HX: not on the flood risk listBH21 5JA: not on the flood risk listBH21 5JD: not on the flood risk listBH21 5JF: not on the flood risk listBH21 5JU: not on the flood risk listBH21 5JZ: not on the flood risk listBH21 5LB: not on the flood risk listBH21 5LD: not on the flood risk listBH21 5LE: not on the flood risk listBH21 5LF: not on the flood risk listBH21 5LT: not on the flood risk listBH21 5LU: not on the flood risk listBH21 5LX: not on the flood risk listBH21 5LY: not on the flood risk listBH21 5NB: not on the flood risk listBH21 5ND: not on the flood risk listBH21 5NE: not on the flood risk listBH21 5NJ: not on the flood risk listBH21 5NQ: not on the flood risk listBH21 5NR: not on the flood risk listBH21 5NS: not on the flood risk listBH21 5NW: not on the flood risk listBH21 5NX: not on the flood risk listBH21 5NY: not on the flood risk listBH21 5NZ: not on the flood risk listBH21 5PL: not on the flood risk listBH21 5PN: not on the flood risk listBH21 5PW: not on the flood risk listBH21 5PX: not on the flood risk listBH21 5PY: not on the flood risk listBH21 5PZ: not on the flood risk listBH21 5QG: not on the flood risk listBH21 5QH: not on the flood risk listBH21 5QJ: not on the flood risk listBH21 5QL: not on the flood risk listBH21 5QN: not on the flood risk listBH21 5QP: not on the flood risk listBH21 5QR: not on the flood risk listBH21 5QS: not on the flood risk listBH21 5QT: not on the flood risk listBH21 5QU: not on the flood risk listBH21 5QW: not on the flood risk listBH21 5QX: not on the flood risk listBH21 5QY: not on the flood risk listBH21 5RD: not on the flood risk listBH21 5RF: not on the flood risk listBH21 5RG: not on the flood risk listBH21 5RH: not on the flood risk listBH21 5RJ: not on the flood risk listBH21 5RL: not on the flood risk listBH21 5RN: not on the flood risk listBH21 5RP: not on the flood risk listBH21 5RQ: not on the flood risk listBH21 5RR: not on the flood risk listBH21 5RS: not on the flood risk listBH21 5RT: not on the flood risk listBH21 5RU: not on the flood risk listBH21 5RW: not on the flood risk listBH21 5RX: not on the flood risk listBH21 5AG: low flood risk at worstBH21 5NH: low flood risk at worstBH21 5NP: low flood risk at worstBH21 5QA: low flood risk at worstBH21 5QB: low flood risk at worstBH21 5AY: medium flood risk at worstBH21 5DU: medium flood risk at worstBH21 5HZ: medium flood risk at worstBH21 5NL: medium flood risk at worstBH21 5PP: medium flood risk at worstBH21 5PR: medium flood risk at worstBH21 5PT: medium flood risk at worstBH21 5PU: medium flood risk at worstBH21 5AF: high flood riskBH21 5DY: high flood riskBH21 5ES: high flood riskBH21 5ET: high flood riskBH21 5HD: high flood riskBH21 5HQ: high flood riskBH21 5HY: high flood riskBH21 5JE: high flood riskBH21 5JG: high flood riskBH21 5LZ: high flood riskBH21 5NA: high flood riskBH21 5NF: high flood riskBH21 5RE: high flood risk VerwoodThree Legged Cross 5 postcodes at high or medium risk, outlined: this goes to BH21 5PT, the one with most homes and businesses at high risk5 postcodes at high or medium risk Map of every postcode in the BH21 5 sector, by flood risk Of the 154 postcodes in the BH21 5 sector that ONS places, 13 have a home or business at high risk, 9 are at medium risk at worst, 6 are at low risk at worst and 126 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. One group of postcodes at high or medium risk is outlined: 5 postcodes at high or medium risk. 3 postcodes lie beyond the edge and are listed under the map. Places named: Verwood, Three Legged Cross. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 2.5 km. A354 VerwoodThree Legged Cross
  • A home or business at high risk: 13
  • At medium risk at worst: 9
  • At low risk at worst: 6
  • At very low risk only: 0
  • Not on the at-risk list: 126
  • Outline: where 5 or more postcodes at high or medium risk lie together

Of the 154 postcodes in the BH21 5 sector that ONS places, 13 have a home or business at high risk, 9 are at medium risk at worst, 6 are at low risk at worst and 126 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. A dashed outline shows where 5 or more lie within 540 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.

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

13 postcodes here have a home or business at high risk. These are the 12 with the most homes and businesses at that risk.

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

BH21 5HQ6 at high riskBH21 5JE4 at high riskBH21 5ES4 at high riskBH21 5LZ2 at high riskBH21 5NA2 at high riskBH21 5JG1 at high riskBH21 5ET1 at high riskBH21 5AF1 at high riskBH21 5DY1 at high riskBH21 5HD1 at high riskBH21 5HY1 at high riskBH21 5NF1 at high risk

3 further out, not drawn

These postcodes lie well apart from the rest, so the map is drawn without them to show the rest closer; they are in every count.

BH21 5RYBH21 5RZBH21 5YG

Where the postcodes at high or medium risk lie together

  • 5 postcodes at high or medium risk, outlined on the map. BH21 5PT, is the one with most homes and businesses at high risk.

What do homes sell for in BH21 5?

Homes in BH21 5 sold for a typical £482,500 in the 12 months to September 2026, across 12 sales, HM Land Registry's figures show. The 12 months before gave £577,500 from 16 sales. With fewer than 30 sales a year, a change can come from which homes happened to sell, so we do not give one.

£482,500 typical price, the 12 months to September 2026
£577,500 12 months to September 2025
  • Detached £747,500 6 sales
  • Semi-detached £436,000 5 sales
  • Terraced 1 sale, too few to price

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

Standard sales of homes at market value at the postcodes that start BH21 5. A typical price is the median, the middle sale, given from 5 sales or more.

How we work this out: house prices by postcode

Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 October 2026.

Postcodes in BH21 5

Pick a postcode to see its council and MP, broadband, flood risk, what homes sell for, council tax, the nearest schools and stations, and crime around it.

BH21 5AABH21 5ABBH21 5ADBH21 5AEBH21 5AFBH21 5AGBH21 5AHBH21 5AJBH21 5ALBH21 5ANBH21 5APBH21 5ARBH21 5ASBH21 5ATBH21 5AUBH21 5AWBH21 5AXBH21 5AYBH21 5AZBH21 5BABH21 5BBBH21 5BDBH21 5BEBH21 5BGBH21 5BHBH21 5BJBH21 5BLBH21 5BNBH21 5BPBH21 5BQBH21 5BSBH21 5BTBH21 5BUBH21 5BWBH21 5BXBH21 5BYBH21 5DABH21 5DBBH21 5DDBH21 5DEBH21 5DGBH21 5DHBH21 5DRBH21 5DSBH21 5DTBH21 5DUBH21 5DXBH21 5DYBH21 5DZBH21 5EABH21 5EBBH21 5EPBH21 5ERBH21 5ESBH21 5ETBH21 5EUBH21 5EXBH21 5EZBH21 5HABH21 5HBBH21 5HDBH21 5HEBH21 5HGBH21 5HHBH21 5HQBH21 5HTBH21 5HWBH21 5HXBH21 5HYBH21 5HZBH21 5JABH21 5JDBH21 5JEBH21 5JFBH21 5JGBH21 5JUBH21 5JXBH21 5JYBH21 5JZBH21 5LABH21 5LBBH21 5LDBH21 5LEBH21 5LFBH21 5LTBH21 5LUBH21 5LXBH21 5LYBH21 5LZBH21 5NABH21 5NBBH21 5NDBH21 5NEBH21 5NFBH21 5NGBH21 5NHBH21 5NJBH21 5NLBH21 5NPBH21 5NQBH21 5NRBH21 5NSBH21 5NTBH21 5NWBH21 5NXBH21 5NYBH21 5NZBH21 5PLBH21 5PNBH21 5PPBH21 5PRBH21 5PSBH21 5PTBH21 5PUBH21 5PWBH21 5PXBH21 5PYBH21 5PZBH21 5QABH21 5QBBH21 5QDBH21 5QEBH21 5QGBH21 5QHBH21 5QJBH21 5QLBH21 5QNBH21 5QPBH21 5QRBH21 5QSBH21 5QTBH21 5QUBH21 5QWBH21 5QXBH21 5QYBH21 5RDBH21 5REBH21 5RFBH21 5RGBH21 5RHBH21 5RJBH21 5RLBH21 5RNBH21 5RPBH21 5RQBH21 5RRBH21 5RSBH21 5RTBH21 5RUBH21 5RWBH21 5RXBH21 5RYBH21 5RZBH21 5YG

Source: ONS Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026. Postcodes that have ended are not listed.

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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.

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