# BH21 3AB

## Location

- **Coordinates:** 50.787719, -1.958376
- **Open Location Code:** 9C2WQ2QR+3J
- **Maidenhead Locator:** IO90as
- **Qibla:** 116.3°
- **Grid reference:** SZ 03030 98685
- **UTM:** 30U 573422 5626736
- **Elevation:** 27m
- **Timezone:** Europe/London

## Administrative areas

- **Country:** England (E92000001)
- **Region:** South West (E12000009)
- **Admin district:** Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole (E06000058)
- **Ward:** Bearwood & Merley (E05012650)
- **Constituency:** Mid Dorset and North Poole (E14001363)
- **Parish code:** E43000298
- **Travel to work area:** E30000110
- **Police force area:** E23000039
- **Built-up area:** E63013788
- **European electoral region:** South West (E15000009)
- **Date introduced:** 1980-01

## Census & classification

- **2021 LSOA:** E01015431
- **2021 MSOA:** Merley (E02003194)
- **2021 output area:** E00078023
- **2011 LSOA:** E01015431
- **2011 MSOA:** E02003194
- **2011 output area:** E00078023
- **2011 workplace zone:** E33048178
- **Rural/urban classification:** Larger rural: nearer to a major town or city
- **Output area classification:** Suburbanites (6A3)
- **Deprivation rank (IMD):** 29326
- **Postcode user type:** Small

## Health (England)

- **NHS region:** E40000006
- **ICB location:** E38000045
- **Integrated Care Board:** E54000041
- **Cancer Alliance:** E56000038

## Nearest

| Type | Name | Distance (m) |
|---|---|---|
| Railway station | Parkstone (Dorset) | 7221 |
| Hospital | Victoria Hospital, Wimborne | 3090 |
| GP | Wimborne Travel Clinic | 2066 |
| School | Canford School | 407 |
| Airport | Bournemouth Airport | 8391 |
| Bus stop | Floral Farm | 122 |
| Food bank | Wimborne | 1317 |
| Defibrillator | Canford Magna Church Centre | 192 |
| Pharmacy | The Quarter Jack Pharmacy | 2073 |
| Post office | Merley Post Office | 798 |
| Library | Wimborne Library | 2360 |
| Coast | — | 7734 |
| Central London | — | 150696 |

## Utilities

- **Electricity:** Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks (region H, MPAN 20)
- **Water:** South West Water
- **Sewerage:** Wessex Water
- **Broadband:** 21.1% gigabit, 78.9% superfast, 21.1% ultrafast, 0% below USO

## Adjacent postcodes

- [BH21 3BP](https://openpostcodes.uk/BH21%203BP)
- [BH21 3FD](https://openpostcodes.uk/BH21%203FD)
- [BH21 3AY](https://openpostcodes.uk/BH21%203AY)
- [BH21 3AF](https://openpostcodes.uk/BH21%203AF)
- [BH21 3AD](https://openpostcodes.uk/BH21%203AD)

## Boundary

A MultiPolygon boundary polygon is available in the [JSON format](https://openpostcodes.uk/BH21%203AB.json).

## Data

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