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Coordinates: 50°43′19″N 1°52′44″W / 50.722°N 1.879°W / 50.722; -1.879
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Bournemouth
BH is located in the United Kingdom
BH
BH
Coordinates: 50°45′00″N 1°53′31″W / 50.750°N 1.892°W / 50.750; -1.892
CountryUnited Kingdom
Postcode area
BH
Postcode area name
Bournemouth
Post towns11
Postcode districts26
Postcode sectors103
Postcodes (live)15,163
Postcodes (total)22,188
Statistics as at May 2020[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.

Coverage

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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, Wallisdown 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 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

Adjacent areas

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Clockwise from the east, the adjacent postcode areas are: SO (Southampton), DT (Dorchester), SP (Salisbury).

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "ONS Postcode Directory Version Notes" (ZIP). National Statistics Postcode Products. Office for National Statistics. May 2020. Table 2. Retrieved 19 Jun 2020. Coordinates from mean of unit postcode points, "Code-Point Open". OS OpenData. Ordnance Survey. February 2012. Retrieved 21 April 2012.
  2. ^ Royal Mail, Address Management Guide, (2004)