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UK Property Check · Printed on 8 November 2026ukpropertycheck.co.uk/postcode/bh

House prices in the BH postcode area, Bournemouth

Homes in the BH postcode area sold for a median of £357,000 between September 2024 and August 2026, from 15,889 standard sales.

That is 15% above the £310,000 median for the South West, where most of the area lies.

Median sale price£357,00015,889 standard sales
Middle half of prices£268,000 to £485,000
Change since 2016+34%Median, 2016 to 2025, before inflation

Districts ranked by median price

The dearest districts were BH13 (Poole) and BH18 (Broadstone), both at £500,000, and the cheapest was BH2 (mostly Bournemouth Central ward), at £200,000. The dearest median is 2.5 times the cheapest.

The next dearest were BH3 (mostly Talbot & Branksome Woods ward) and BH24 (Ringwood), and the next cheapest BH1 (Bournemouth) and BH5 (mostly Boscombe East & Pokesdown ward).

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Each dot is a postcode district in the BH area, placed at the centre of its postcodes and shaded by the median price of its standard sales, September 2024 to August 2026. The ranked list below gives the same figures.

Post towns in the BH area, by number of sales: Bournemouth (11 districts), Poole (BH12, BH13, BH14, BH15, BH16, BH17), Christchurch (BH23), Wimborne (BH21), Ferndown (BH22), New Milton (BH25), Ringwood (BH24), Wareham (BH20), Verwood (BH31), Swanage (BH19), Broadstone (BH18).

Districts with at least 100 standard sales, September 2024 to August 2026
  1. BH13Poole, 359 sales£500,000Too few−3%
  2. BH18Broadstone, 361 sales£500,000Too few+2%
  3. BH3Bournemouth, 132 sales£487,500Too fewToo few
  4. BH24Ringwood, 594 sales£450,000£4,286+7%
  5. BH14Poole, 752 sales£442,500£4,455+21%
  6. BH7Bournemouth, 290 sales£425,000Too few+7%
  7. BH23Christchurch, 1,749 sales£420,000£4,464−1%
  8. BH21Wimborne, 1,177 sales£416,000£4,219−1%
  9. BH6Bournemouth, 686 sales£400,000£4,4630%
  10. BH22Ferndown, 1,029 sales£400,000£3,920+3%
  11. BH31Verwood, 409 sales£395,000Too few−1%
  12. BH25New Milton, 820 sales£392,500£4,045+1%
  13. BH19Swanage, 407 sales£380,000£4,000−8%
  14. BH20Wareham, 453 sales£370,000£4,167−1%
  15. BH9Bournemouth, 748 sales£350,000£4,075+1%
  16. BH10Bournemouth, 470 sales£345,000Too few+4%
  17. BH16Poole, 425 sales£325,000£3,806+5%
  18. BH15Poole, 977 sales£320,000£3,868−1%
  19. BH17Poole, 619 sales£320,000£4,3190%
  20. BH12Poole, 867 sales£319,500£3,802+4%
  21. BH11Bournemouth, 490 sales£315,000Too few−5%
  22. BH8Bournemouth, 613 sales£300,000Too few−8%
  23. BH4Bournemouth, 351 sales£265,000Too few−6%
  24. BH5Bournemouth, 326 sales£225,000Too few0%
  25. BH1Bournemouth, 514 sales£221,500Too few−6%
  26. BH2Bournemouth, 271 sales£200,000Too few−7%

1-year change: 2025 against 2024, where both years had 100 or more standard sales. It moves with which homes sold, so treat it as a guide, not a price index.

From 2024 to 2025, the median rose most in BH14 (Poole), up 21%, and fell most in BH19 (Swanage) and BH8 (Bournemouth), down 8%.

Streets with the most standard sales, September 2024 to August 2026:

Of the streets with at least 10 sales, the dearest by median price were Hinton Wood Avenue, Highcliffe (BH23, detached houses, £990,000), Chine Walk, West Parley (BH22, detached houses, £934,000) and Lions Lane, Ashley Heath (BH24, detached houses, £832,500).

The cheapest were Seldown Road, Poole (BH15, flats, £91,500), Deweys Lane, Ringwood (BH24, flats, £98,000) and Mount Pleasant Road, Poole (BH15, flats, £98,500).

Neighbouring postcode areas include PO (Portsmouth), SO (Southampton) and SP (Salisbury).

Prices by property type

Standard sales in the BH area, September 2024 to August 2026
TypeSalesMedian priceMiddle halfPer m²
Detached6,671£492,500£400,000 to £644,000£4,446/m²from 296 sales
Semi-detached2,654£348,000£310,000 to £400,000£3,915/m²from 92 sales
Terraced2,173£306,000£270,000 to £353,000£3,907/m²from 77 sales
Flats and maisonettes4,391£216,000£170,000 to £275,000£3,150/m²from 148 sales

Detached houses were the most common type sold in the BH area, at 42% of sales, ahead of flats and maisonettes at 28%.

Measured by floor area, homes in the BH area sold for a median of £4,025 per m², 12% above the £3,587 across the South West as a whole.

Prices over time

  1. 2016
  2. 2017
  3. 2018
  4. 2019
  5. 2020
  6. 2021
  7. 2022
  8. 2023
  9. 2024
  10. 2025
  11. 2026
Yearly median of standard sales, not adjusted for inflation. 2026 covers January to August only, and the ringed bar, 2025, is the latest full year.

The median rose 34%, from £268,000 in 2016 to £360,000 in 2025, close to the 35% rise across England and Wales.

Council areas in the BH postcode area

Most sales in the BH area, 67%, were in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, where homes in the area sold for a median of £338,000. The rest were mostly in Dorset (25%) and New Forest (9%).

Standard sales in the BH area by council area, placed by postcode, September 2024 to August 2026
Council areaSales in BHMedian in BHWhole council area
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole10,621£338,000£338,000
Dorset3,898£400,000£345,000
New Forest1,370£405,000£384,000

About these figures

The BH figures come from 15,889 standard sales in 26 postcode districts across 3 council areas (how sales are placed). The busiest district was BH23 (Christchurch), with 1,749 sales.

Updated 15 October 2026 with sales recorded to August 2026. Next update due in late November 2026.

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