# BH6 5AL

## Location

- **Coordinates:** 50.728695, -1.814902
- **Open Location Code:** 9C2WP5HP+F2
- **Maidenhead Locator:** IO90cr
- **Qibla:** 116.4°
- **Grid reference:** SZ 13160 92137
- **UTM:** 30U 583640 5620325
- **Elevation:** 23m
- **Timezone:** Europe/London

## Administrative areas

- **Country:** England (E92000001)
- **Region:** South West (E12000009)
- **Admin district:** Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole (E06000058)
- **Ward:** Boscombe East & Pokesdown (E05012651)
- **Constituency:** Bournemouth East (E14001115)
- **Parish code:** E43000298
- **Travel to work area:** E30000175
- **Police force area:** E23000039
- **Built-up area:** E63013847
- **European electoral region:** South West (E15000009)
- **Date introduced:** 1980-01

## Census & classification

- **2021 LSOA:** E01015274
- **2021 MSOA:** Southbourne West (E02003189)
- **2021 output area:** E00077209
- **2011 LSOA:** E01015274
- **2011 MSOA:** E02003189
- **2011 output area:** E00077209
- **2011 workplace zone:** E33048150
- **Rural/urban classification:** Urban: nearer to a major town or city
- **Output area classification:** Constrained City Dwellers (7B3)
- **Deprivation rank (IMD):** 14905
- **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 | Pokesdown | 802 |
| Hospital | Royal Bournemouth Hospital | 2125 |
| GP | Beaufort Road Surgery | 62 |
| School | Pokesdown Community Primary School | 505 |
| Airport | Bournemouth Airport | 6014 |
| Bus stop | Oxford Avenue | 75 |
| Food bank | Bournemouth | 589 |
| Defibrillator | Tesco Southbourne Grove Express | 262 |
| Pharmacy | Boots | 51 |
| Post office | Southbourne Grove Post Office | 273 |
| Library | Pokesdown & Southbourne Library | 396 |
| Coast | — | 1374 |
| Central London | — | 146167 |

## Utilities

- **Electricity:** Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks (region H, MPAN 20)
- **Water:** South West Water
- **Sewerage:** Wessex Water
- **Broadband:** 97.1% gigabit, 100% superfast, 100% ultrafast, 0% below USO

## Adjacent postcodes

- [BH6 5HT](https://openpostcodes.uk/BH6%205HT)
- [BH6 5AJ](https://openpostcodes.uk/BH6%205AJ)
- [BH6 5EH](https://openpostcodes.uk/BH6%205EH)
- [BH6 5BF](https://openpostcodes.uk/BH6%205BF)
- [BH6 5EF](https://openpostcodes.uk/BH6%205EF)
- [BH6 5HX](https://openpostcodes.uk/BH6%205HX)
- [BH6 5AS](https://openpostcodes.uk/BH6%205AS)

## Boundary

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## Data

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