| Postcode | BH23 6EE | 
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| Post Town | Christchurch | 
| Nearest station | Pokesdown (6 km) | 
| Bus stops | 
                       No nearby bus stops 
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| Known addresses | 
                       
                          No addresses found
                       
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| Businesses | 
                     
                        No businesses found
                     
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| Latitude | 50.784316 | |
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| Longitude | -1.833947 | |
| Easting | 411802 | |
| Northing | 98318 | |
| Grid reference | SZ118983 | |
| UTM reference | 30U 582199 5626488 | |
| what3words | advice.winter.food | |
| FixPhrase | crewmate lying stuffed unadorned | |
| Plus code | 9C2WQ5M8+PC | |
| Altitude | 12 metres (39 feet) | |
| Sunrise (today) | 7:05 | |
| Sunset (today) | 16:39 | |
| Distance away | ||
| Distance to sea | 7.9 KMs (4.9 miles) | 
| Parish | Hurn | E04012816 | 
|---|---|---|
| Ward | Commons | E05012659 | 
| Unitary Authority | Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole | E06000058 | 
| County | Dorset | E10000009 | 
| Constituency (2024) | Christchurch | E14001171 | 
| MP | Sir Christopher Chope | Conservative | 
| Police force | Dorset | |
| NUTS/ITL 3 | Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole | |
| NUTS/ITL 2 | North Somerset, Somerset and Dorset | |
| NUTS/ITL 1 | South West | |
| Country | England | E92000001 | 
| Date introduced | January 1980 | 
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| Date usage ended | August 2009 | 
| Last updated | September 2025 | 
| User type | Large (addresses receive more than 25 items of mail per day) | 
| Quality | Within the building of the matched address closest to the postcode mean | 
| Index of Multiple Deprivation (2019) | 
                     Most deprivedLeast deprived 
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| Average household income (2020) | 
                       Lowest (£22,200)
                        Highest (£108,100)
                       
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| Rural/urban (2021) | Smaller rural: Nearer to a major town or city | |
| Rural/urban (2011) | Rural hamlet and isolated dwellings | |
| Built up area (2024) | Merritown | E63013792 | 
| Census output area (2021) | E00180447 | |
| Census output area (2011) | 1C1 | |
| Lower layer super output area (2021) | Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole 002D | E01020365 | 
| Lower layer super output area (2011) | Christchurch 001D | E01020365 | 
| Middle layer super output area (2021) | Burton & Airport | E02004236 | 
| Middle layer super output area (2011) | Burton & Airport | E02004236 | 
| Travel to work area | Bournemouth | E30000175 | 
| Average property price in Bournemouth | £361,241 | 
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| Annual change | 2.3% |