BH31 7BH

a postcode in Dorset

Introduced in September 1991

BH31 7BH	Normal (geographic) postcodes	Large user postcodes

The nearby postcodes map only shows currently active postcodes. Postcode markers will cluster if they are close together, which may happen in densly populated built-up areas or where single premises have multiple postcodes.

Streets Associated with BH31 7BH

Sherwood Drive - 31 properties, USRN 12200567

Ringwood Road - 1 property, USRN 12200833

Unnamed road - 1 property, USRN 12200904

Sherwood Drive - 1 property, USRN 12201279

Street names are those nearest to properties in this postcode, they are not necessarily the postal address

Coordinates

Latitude: 50.879 / 50°52'44"N

Longitude: -1.8632 / 1°51'47"W

UTM Reference: 30U 579972 5636989

OS Easting: 409717

OS Northing: 108848

OS Grid: SU097088

Location Encoding

Mapcode Local: GBR 424.XCT

Mapcode Global: FRA 66ZS.9XK

Open Location Code: 9C2WV4HP+JP

Maidenhead Locator System: IO90bv60

Demographics

Urban/Rural Indicator: C1

urban city or town
a town or city, surrounded by populated countryside

ONS Population Classification: 1a2

Retired Professionals
Spacious Rural Living
Retirement Spacious Living

Index of Multiple Deprivation (IMD): 31212 / 32844

10th decile
least deprived

Demographics are based on the LSOA containing this postcode and not necessarily this postcode alone

Sun and Moon Times for BH31 7BH on Saturday 27 June 2026

Nautical twilight begins (First light)	02:59
Civil twilight begins (Dawn)	04:09
Sunrise	04:55
Transit (sun is at its highest)	13:10
Sunset	21:25
Civil twilight ends (Dusk)	22:11
Nautical twilight ends (Nightfall)	23:21

Hours of daylight today	04:25 to 21:55
Hours of darkness tonight (lighting-up time)	21:55 to 04:26
Moon Phase	Waxing Gibbous
Moon Sets	01:21
Moon Rises	19:02

For a full sun and moon calendar for BH31 7BH, go to The Time and Place

Residential Property Sales in BH31 7BH

Date	Address	Property Type	Tenure	Price
27 April 2023	28 Sherwood Drive, Verwood BH31 7BH	Detached	Freehold	£555,000
2 April 2020	25 Sherwood Drive, Verwood BH31 7BH	Detached	Freehold	£350,000
3 July 2019	1 Sherwood Drive, Verwood BH31 7BH	Detached	Freehold	£400,000
28 November 2018	12 Sherwood Drive, Verwood BH31 7BH	Detached	Freehold	£450,000
12 October 2018	21 Sherwood Drive, Verwood BH31 7BH	Detached	Freehold	£435,000
30 August 2018	20 Sherwood Drive, Verwood BH31 7BH	Detached	Freehold	£485,000
14 June 2018	23 Sherwood Drive, Verwood BH31 7BH	Detached	Freehold	£420,000
12 January 2018	1a Sherwood Drive, Verwood BH31 7BH	Detached	Freehold	£425,000
9 August 2016	10 Sherwood Drive, Verwood BH31 7BH	Detached	Freehold	£420,000
18 September 2015	20 Sherwood Drive, Verwood BH31 7BH	Detached	Freehold	£420,000
24 June 2015	21 Sherwood Drive, Verwood BH31 7BH	Detached	Freehold	£380,000
17 April 2015	5 Sherwood Drive, Verwood BH31 7BH	Detached	Freehold	£350,000
27 October 2014	23 Sherwood Drive, Verwood BH31 7BH	Detached	Freehold	£345,000
21 August 2014	16 Sherwood Drive, Verwood BH31 7BH	Detached	Freehold	£426,000
5 February 2014	14 Sherwood Drive, Verwood BH31 7BH	Detached	Freehold	£340,000
25 October 2013	8 Sherwood Drive, Verwood BH31 7BH	Detached	Freehold	£280,000
15 July 2013	21 Sherwood Drive, Verwood BH31 7BH	Detached	Freehold	£310,000
24 July 2012	4 Sherwood Drive, Verwood BH31 7BH	Detached	Freehold	£370,000
10 July 2012	10 Sherwood Drive, Verwood BH31 7BH	Detached	Freehold	£335,000
23 November 2010	16 Sherwood Drive, Verwood BH31 7BH	Detached	Freehold	£372,000
13 August 2010	28 Sherwood Drive, Verwood BH31 7BH	Detached	Freehold	£373,000
20 July 2010	24 Sherwood Drive, Verwood BH31 7BH	Detached	Freehold	£379,000
30 November 2007	5 Sherwood Drive, Verwood BH31 7BH	Detached	Freehold	£247,000
26 November 2007	10 Sherwood Drive, Verwood BH31 7BH	Detached	Freehold	£295,500
22 June 2006	24 Sherwood Drive, Verwood BH31 7BH	Detached	Freehold	£325,000
21 June 2006	4 Sherwood Drive, Verwood BH31 7BH	Detached	Freehold	£320,000
16 March 2006	5 Sherwood Drive, Verwood BH31 7BH	Detached	Freehold	£215,000
22 June 2004	32 Sherwood Drive, Verwood BH31 7BH	Detached	Freehold	£320,000
9 March 2004	27 Sherwood Drive, Verwood BH31 7BH	Detached	Freehold	£294,000
28 November 2003	28 Sherwood Drive, Verwood BH31 7BH	Detached	Freehold	£285,000
2 October 2003	16 Sherwood Drive, Verwood BH31 7BH	Detached	Freehold	£327,500
19 September 2003	30 Sherwood Drive, Verwood BH31 7BH	Detached	Freehold	£330,000
30 August 2002	24 Sherwood Drive, Verwood BH31 7BH	Detached	Freehold	£289,000
24 October 2000	24 Sherwood Drive, Verwood BH31 7BH	Detached	Freehold	£207,000
10 April 2000	1b Sherwood Drive, Verwood BH31 7BH	Detached	Freehold	£106,000
16 March 2000	26 Sherwood Drive, Verwood BH31 7BH	Detached	Freehold	£199,950
26 November 1999	11 Sherwood Drive, Verwood BH31 7BH	Detached	Freehold	£238,000
14 May 1999	9 Sherwood Drive, Verwood BH31 7BH	Detached	Freehold	£125,000
31 March 1999	17 Sherwood Drive, Verwood BH31 7BH	Detached	Freehold	£175,000
12 December 1997	22 Sherwood Drive, Verwood BH31 7BH	Detached	Freehold	£149,950
4 December 1997	17 Sherwood Drive, Verwood BH31 7BH	Detached	Freehold	£157,500
28 November 1997	18 Sherwood Drive, Verwood BH31 7BH	Detached	Freehold	£149,950
3 October 1997	25 Sherwood Drive, Verwood BH31 7BH	Detached	Freehold	£122,500
26 September 1997	26 Sherwood Drive, Verwood BH31 7BH	Detached	Freehold	£145,000
22 September 1997	20 Sherwood Drive, Verwood BH31 7BH	Detached	Freehold	£145,000
21 August 1997	24 Sherwood Drive, Verwood BH31 7BH	Detached	Freehold	£145,000
12 August 1997	16 Sherwood Drive, Verwood BH31 7BH	Detached	Freehold	£155,000
17 July 1997	1a Sherwood Drive, Verwood BH31 7BH	Detached	Freehold	£115,000
15 November 1995	9 Sherwood Drive, Verwood BH31 7BH	Detached	Freehold	£69,000
31 July 1995	21 Sherwood Drive, Verwood BH31 7BH	Detached	Freehold	£126,000
24 April 1995	1a Sherwood Drive, Verwood BH31 7BH	Detached	Freehold	£110,000

Key to property sale icons:

	First sale of newbuild property. This includes new properties created from existing properties, such as residential conversions of commercial or agricultural property, or subdivision of a larger residential property.
	Subsequent sale of existing property.
	Standard sale at market value to private individual.
	Additional (non-standard) sale. This includes repossessions, buy-to-lets and transfers of property sold to non-private individuals.

Elected Representatives for BH31 7BH

United Kingdom Parliament

Constituency

North Dorset

MP

Simon Hoare Conservative

Dorset Council

Unitary Authority ward (UTW)

Verwood

Councillors

Simon Gibson Conservative

Toni Coombs Conservative

Spencer Flower Conservative

BH31 7BH also falls within the Civil Parish of Verwood, which has its own parish council and parish councillors. These are not shown here.

Elected representative data is updated approximately monthly, so may not include recent by-elections or vacancies.

Government Statistical Services (GSS) data for BH31 7BH

Code	Name	Data Type	Data Theme	Active Since	Data Owner
E00103463		Output Areas	Statistical Building Block	1 January 2009	ONS
E01020418	Dorset 010C	Lower layer Super Output Areas	Statistical Building Block	1 February 2004	ONS
E02004244	Dorset 010	Middle layer Super Output Areas	Statistical Building Block	1 August 2004	ONS
E04012819	Verwood	Civil Parishes	Administrative	1 April 2019	DLUHC
E05012724	Verwood	Electoral Wards/Divisions	Administrative/Electoral	2 May 2019	DLUHC
E06000059	Dorset	Unitary Authorities	Administrative	1 April 2019	DLUHC
E12000009	South West	Regions	Administrative	1 January 2009	DLUHC
E14001388	North Dorset	Westminster Parliamentary Constituencies	Electoral	4 July 2024	LGBC
E23000039	Dorset	Police Force Areas	Other	1 January 2009	Home Office
E30000175	Bournemouth	Travel to Work Areas	Other	31 July 2015	ONS
E33049382		Workplace Zones	Census	31 December 2011	ONS
E37000009	Dorset	Local Enterprise Partnerships	Other	7 July 2011	BEIS
E38000045	NHS Dorset CCG	Sub Integrated Care Board Locations	Health	1 July 2015	ODS
E40000006	South West	NHS England Regions	Health	1 April 2018	ODS
E54000041	Dorset	Integrated Care Boards	Health	1 April 2016	NHS
E56000016	Wessex	Cancer Alliances	Health	1 September 2016	NHS England
E63013626	Verwood	Built Up Areas	Census	17 April 2024	OS
E65000001	England Non-National Park Area	England Non-National Park Area	Census	27 February 2023	ONS
E92000001	England	Country	Administrative	1 January 2009	ONS

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