Latitude: 50.7386 / 50°44'19"N
Longitude: -1.7543 / 1°45'15"W
OS Eastings: 417432
OS Northings: 93253
OS Grid: SZ174932
Mapcode National: GBR 55C.M8X
Mapcode Global: FRA 7764.BC2
Plus Code: 9C2WP6QW+F7
Maidenhead Locator System: IO90cr97
What Three Birds: sapsucker.hawk-owl.lark
Marker point and cooordinate accuracy: Within the building of the matched address closest to the postcode mean.
BH23 3AS is a large user postcode in Somerford, Christchurch. It was first introduced in January 1980.
'Large User' postcodes are allocated to organisations which receive large amounts of post. Unlike standard geographic postcodes, which cover up to 80 addresses, a large user postcode is unique to a single address.
To the best of our knowledge, the current address of this postcode is:
Somerford Primary Community School, Draper Road, Christchurch BH23 3AS.
The geographic coordinates assigned to a large user postcode may not necessarily be the actual coordinates of the location to which mail is delivered. If the address is a PO Box, then the coordinates will usually be the Royal Mail sorting office which handles mail for that postcode. In other cases, the coordinates of the postcode may be the headquarters, or registered office, of an organisation rather than the building which receives mail.
Christchurch is a town, which had a population of 54,210 in the 2011 census.
BH23 3AS is in the Bournemouth travel to work area. NHS services are provided by the Dorset Primary Care Trust.
BH23 3AS is approximately 8m (26ft) above sea level.
Office of National Statistics Output Area Classification for the area containing BH23 3AS
8c3: Hard-Pressed Living - Hard-Pressed Ageing Workers - Renting Hard-Pressed Workers
Office of National Statistics Rural/Urban classification for BH23 3AS
England C1: a town or city, surrounded by populated countryside
Healthy Living Index
6/10 (Moderate)
Neighbourhood Retail Diversity Index
4/10 (Low)
Area Retail Diversity Index
5/10 (Moderate)
Supermarkets near BH23 3AS include Co-Operative Food, Lidl, Sainsbury's, Tesco and Waitrose. (Source: OpenStreetMap)
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Residents of BH23 3AS are represented at different levels of local, regional and national government by elected representatives. Where known, these are shown here.
This data is updated approximately monthly, and may not necessarily take account of the results of any elections or by-elections held recently.
Unitary Authority
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council
Ward
Burton & Grange
Councillors
David Flagg (Independent)
Simon McCormack (Independent)
United Kingdom Parliament
Constituency
Christchurch
MP
Sir Christopher Chope (Conservative)
Ofcom publishes annual statistics for Broadband availability. This is the most recent data for BH23 3AS.
The most recent Ofsted rankings for schools near BH23 3AS.
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