BH postcode area

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Bournemouth postcode area
BH (United Kingdom)
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Postcode area BH
Postcode area name Bournemouth
Post towns 11
Postcode districts 26
Postcode sectors 103
Postcodes (live) 15,443
Postcodes (total) 20,257
Statistics as at October 2006 [1]

The BH postcode area, also known as the Bournemouth postcode area[2], is a group of postal districts around Bournemouth, Broadstone, Christchurch, Ferndown, New Milton, Poole, Ringwood, Swanage, Verwood, Wareham and Wimborne in England.

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[edit] Coverage

The approximate coverage of the postal districts:

Postal district Post town Coverage Local authority
BH1 BOURNEMOUTH Town Centre, Springbourne, East Cliff, Boscombe Bournemouth
BH2 BOURNEMOUTH Bournemouth Central, West Cliff Bournemouth
BH3 BOURNEMOUTH Talbot Woods, Winton Bournemouth
BH4 BOURNEMOUTH Westbourne, Branksome Woods Bournemouth
BH5 BOURNEMOUTH Boscombe Bournemouth
BH6 BOURNEMOUTH Southbourne, Tuckton, Wick Bournemouth
BH7 BOURNEMOUTH Littledown, Iford Bournemouth
BH8 BOURNEMOUTH Malmesbury Park, Charminster, Queens Park, Strouden Park, Townsend Bournemouth
BH9 BOURNEMOUTH Winton, Moordown, Throop, Muscliff Bournemouth
BH10 BOURNEMOUTH Kinson, Northbourne, Redhill, Ensbury Park Bournemouth
BH11 BOURNEMOUTH Kinson, Bear Cross, West Howe, Wallisdown Bournemouth
BH12 POOLE Branksome, Alderney, Upper Parkstone, Newtown Poole
BH13 POOLE Canford Cliffs, Sandbanks, Branksome Park Poole
BH14 POOLE Lower Parkstone, Lilliput, Penn Hill, Parkstone Poole
BH15 POOLE Poole Town Centre, Hamworthy, Oakdale Poole
BH16 POOLE Upton, Turlin Moor
BH17 POOLE Canford Heath, Creekmoor Poole
BH18 BROADSTONE Poole
BH19 SWANAGE Purbeck, Dorset
BH20 WAREHAM Purbeck, Dorset
BH21 WIMBORNE East Dorset, Dorset
BH22 FERNDOWN East Dorset, Dorset
BH23 CHRISTCHURCH Christchurch, Dorset
BH24 RINGWOOD New Forest, Hampshire
BH25 NEW MILTON New Forest, Hampshire
BH31 VERWOOD East Dorset, Dorset

[edit] Adjacent areas

The adjacent postcode areas are (clockwise from east) - SO (Southampton) - DT (Dorchester) - SP (Salisbury) .
Adjacent postcode areas
SP

DT
BH
SO


[edit] References

  1. ^ National Statistics, Postcode Directory Version Notes, (2006)
  2. ^ Royal Mail, Address Management Guide, (2004)

[edit] See also