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{{short description|Postcode area within the United Kingdom}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2019}}
{{Use British English|date=April 2025}}
{{Infobox UK postcode area|area_code=BH}}
The '''BH postcode area''', also known as the '''Bournemouth postcode area''',<ref>Royal Mail, ''Address Management Guide'', (2004)</ref> is a group of 26 postcode districts in southern [[England]], within eleven [[post town]]s. These cover east [[Dorset]] (including [[Bournemouth]], [[Poole]], [[Broadstone, Dorset|Broadstone]], [[Christchurch, Dorset|Christchurch]], [[Ferndown]], [[Swanage]], [[Verwood]], [[Wareham, Dorset|Wareham]] and [[Wimborne Minster|Wimborne]]) and part of south-west [[Hampshire]] (including [[New Milton]] and [[Ringwood, Hampshire|Ringwood]]).

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==Coverage==
The approximate coverage of the postcode districts:

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|-
! BH1
| BOURNEMOUTH
| [[Bournemouth Town Centre]], [[East Cliff, Bournemouth|East Cliff]], [[Springbourne]], [[Boscombe]] town centre
| [[Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole]]
|-
! BH2
| BOURNEMOUTH
| [[Bournemouth Town Centre]], [[West Cliff, Bournemouth|West Cliff]]
| Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
|-
! BH3
| BOURNEMOUTH
| [[Talbot Woods]], [[Winton, Dorset|Winton]] south
| Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
|-
! BH4
| BOURNEMOUTH
| [[Westbourne, Dorset|Westbourne]], [[Branksome Woods]]
| Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
|-
! BH5
| BOURNEMOUTH
| [[Boscombe]], [[Pokesdown]]
| Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
|-
! BH6
| BOURNEMOUTH
| [[Southbourne, Dorset|Southbourne]], [[Tuckton]], [[Wick, Bournemouth|Wick]]
| Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
|-
! BH7
| BOURNEMOUTH
| [[Littledown]], [[Iford, Dorset|Iford]]
| Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
|-
! BH8
| BOURNEMOUTH
| [[Bournemouth railway station]], [[Malmesbury Park]], [[Richmond Park, Bournemouth|Richmond Park]], [[Queen's Park, Bournemouth|Queens Park]], [[Charminster, Bournemouth|Charminster]], [[Strouden Park, Bournemouth|Strouden Park]], [[Townsend, Bournemouth|Townsend]], [[Holdenhurst]], [[Throop, Dorset|Throop]]
| Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
|-
! BH9
| BOURNEMOUTH
| [[Winton, Dorset|Winton]], [[Moordown]], [[Throop, Dorset|Throop]], [[Muscliff]]
| Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
|-
! BH10
| BOURNEMOUTH
| [[Kinson]], [[East Howe]], [[Northbourne, Bournemouth|Northbourne]], [[Redhill, Bournemouth|Redhill]], [[Ensbury Park]], [[Slades Farm]], [[Talbot Village]], [[Wallisdown]]
| Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
|-
! BH11
| BOURNEMOUTH
| [[Kinson]], [[Bear Cross]], [[West Howe]], [[Wallisdown]], [[Bearwood, Dorset|Bearwood]]
| Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
|-
! BH12
| POOLE
| [[Branksome, Dorset|Branksome]], [[Alderney, Dorset|Alderney]], [[Parkstone|Upper Parkstone]], [[Newtown, Dorset|Newtown]], [[Bournemouth University]]
| Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
|-
! BH13
| POOLE
| [[Canford Cliffs]], [[Sandbanks]], [[Branksome Park]], [[Brownsea Island]]
| Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole; [[Dorset Council (UK)|Dorset]]
|-
! BH14
| POOLE
| [[Parkstone|Lower Parkstone]], [[Lilliput, Poole|Lilliput]], [[Penn Hill]]
| Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
|-
! BH15
| POOLE
| [[Poole Town Centre]], [[Hamworthy]], [[Longfleet]], [[Oakdale, Dorset|Oakdale]], [[Poole Harbour]] minor islands
| Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole; Dorset
|-
! BH16
| POOLE
| [[Upton, Dorset|Upton]], [[Turlin Moor]], [[Lytchett Minster]], [[Lytchett Matravers]], [[Holton Heath]]
| Dorset; Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
|-
! BH17
| POOLE
| [[Canford Heath]], [[Creekmoor]], [[Waterloo, Dorset|Waterloo]]
| Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
|-
! BH18
| BROADSTONE
| [[Broadstone, Dorset|Broadstone]]
| Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
|-
! BH19
| SWANAGE
| [[Swanage]], [[Studland]], [[Langton Matravers]], [[Worth Matravers]]
| Dorset
|-
! BH20
| WAREHAM
| [[Wareham, Dorset|Wareham]], [[Arne, Dorset|Arne]], [[Corfe Castle]], [[West Lulworth]], [[Wool, Dorset|Wool]], [[Bovington Camp]], [[Bere Regis]]
| Dorset
|-
! BH21
| WIMBORNE
| [[Wimborne]], [[Corfe Mullen]], [[Sturminster Marshall]], [[Cranborne]], [[Merley]], [[Oakley, Dorset|Oakley]], [[Three Legged Cross]], [[Knowlton, Dorset|Knowlton]]
| Dorset; Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
|-
! BH22
| FERNDOWN
| [[Ferndown]], [[West Moors]], [[West Parley]]
| Dorset
|-
! BH23
| CHRISTCHURCH
| [[Christchurch, Dorset|Christchurch]], [[Highcliffe]], [[Burton, Dorset|Burton]], [[Sopley]], [[Bransgore]], [[Hurn]], [[Bournemouth Airport]]
| Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole; [[New Forest District|New Forest]]
|-
! BH24
| RINGWOOD
| [[Ringwood, Hampshire|Ringwood]], [[St Leonards, Dorset|St Leonards]], [[Ashley Heath]], [[Burley, Hampshire|Burley]], Holmsley
| New Forest; Dorset
|-
! BH25
| NEW MILTON
| [[New Milton]], [[Barton on Sea]], [[Bashley, Hampshire|Bashley]], [[Wootton, New Forest|Wootton]], [[Ossemsley]]
| New Forest
|-
! BH31
| VERWOOD
| [[Verwood]]
| Dorset
|}

==Map==
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{{Postcode area imagemap|map=BH postcode area|size=550x550px}}

==See also==
*[[List of postcode areas in the United Kingdom]]
*[[Postcode Address File]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{Postcode areas in the United Kingdom}}

[[Category:Postcode areas covering South West England]]

BH postcode area - Revision history

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