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On Alton Road, in East Howe & Ensbury Park
What it's like at BH10 4AD: every home that has sold on Alton Road since 1995 and who owns them, what's happening down the road, crime on the street, a day in the life, history on the doorstep and what's changing nearby. Moving, buying, selling, improving or investing? Pick a lens above for what matters to you.
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Compared with all 7,264 neighbourhoods in England and Wales (council well-being: all councils). Open a tab below for the detail.
ORR, DfE, police.uk, OS Terrain 50 and Open Greenspace, Forestry Commission, Defra noise maps (England), Xoserve. Every distance: Moving; radon, ground and flood checks: Buying.
3 homes on the street extended (energy certificates). 4 homes have a new energy certificate in the last 6 months and no sale since: often a sign of a sale or let coming.
Sales and extensions on Alton Road; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
2 of the 86 homes on the street are owned by companies.
| 37, Alton RoadDetached | Mar 2007 | £245,000 | 105 m² | £2,333/m² | 1 |
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| 39, Alton RoadDetached | Jul 2020 | £345,000 | 100 m² | £3,450/m² | 1 |
| 41, Alton RoadDetached | Jul 2002 | £135,000 | 115 m² | £1,174/m² | 2 |
| 43, Alton RoadDetached | Aug 2022 | £480,000 | 130 m² | £3,692/m² | 1 |
| 49, Alton RoadSemi-detached | Sept 2019 | £351,000 | 112 m² | £3,134/m² | 3 |
| 51, Alton RoadSemi-detached | May 1997 | £64,950 | – | – | 1 |
| 53, Alton RoadSemi-detached | Apr 2011 | £200,000 | 76 m² | £2,632/m² | 2 |
| 55, Alton RoadSemi-detached | Feb 2020 | £253,500 | 78 m² | £3,250/m² | 1 |
| 63, Alton RoadSemi-detached | May 2016 | £220,000 | 76 m² | £2,895/m² | 4 |
| 67, Alton RoadSemi-detached | Jun 2021 | £280,000 | 115 m² | £2,435/m² | 1 |
| 69, Alton RoadSemi-detached · company-owned | Dec 2022 | £425,000 | 136 m² | £3,125/m² | 3 |
| 71, Alton RoadDetached | Jun 2000 | £145,000 | 116 m² | £1,250/m² | 1 |
| 75, Alton RoadDetached | Jan 1999 | £87,500 | 135 m² | £648/m² | 1 |
| 77, Alton RoadTerraced | Dec 2008 | £155,000 | 92 m² | £1,685/m² | 1 |
| 81, Alton RoadDetached | Sept 2025 | £167,500 | 80 m² | £2,094/m² | 1 |
| 87, Alton RoadSemi-detached | Aug 2016 | £220,000 | 79 m² | £2,785/m² | 2 |
| 89, Alton RoadSemi-detached | Jul 1997 | £62,950 | 104 m² | £605/m² | 1 |
| 91, Alton RoadSemi-detached | Jun 1998 | £123,500 | 155 m² | £797/m² | 2 |
| 93, Alton RoadSemi-detached | May 2002 | £137,000 | 91 m² | £1,505/m² | 2 |
| 93a, Alton RoadSemi-detached | Oct 2010 | £174,000 | 58 m² | £3,000/m² | 3 |
| 95a, Alton RoadOther | Aug 2016 | £323,114 | 57 m² | £5,669/m² | 5 |
| 97, Alton RoadDetached | Oct 2005 | £249,500 | – | – | 2 |
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
The nearest station is Branksome, a short drive or bike ride (2.4 km), with 280k journeys a year; its busiest route is to London Waterloo.
The nearest bus stop is Talbot Drive, 150 m away, with a bus about every 9 minutes on weekdays (routes 17, 6, 15, U2); 50 departures an hour from the 14 stops within a 5-minute walk.
The nearest primary school is Talbot Primary School, a few minutes' walk (350 m); 64% met the expected standard.
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is The Bourne Academy, 1.1 km away; Attainment 8: 44.2 · 5.2% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: Winton Academy (0.8 km) and Avonbourne Boys' Academy (5.3 km).
Grammar schools are within reach: Bournemouth School (2.9 km) and Bournemouth School for Girls (3.2 km).
The nearest supermarket is Aldi, 100 m away; Wallisdown News and Off License (300 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Talbot Medical Centre (250 m), with Talbot Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (250 m).
For a haircut, Gentil is 200 m away.
The nearest full A&E is The Royal Bournemouth Hospital, 5.5 km away, rated good by the CQC.
At its trust, 65% of major A&E patients were seen within 4 hours in September 2026 (the NHS standard is 95%), and 66% of people waiting for planned treatment had waited under 18 weeks (typical wait 13 weeks).
It's quiet in the evenings: only 8 restaurants, cafés and pubs in the neighbourhood itself.
Everest 29032 is the closest café or restaurant (200 m), and Kings Arms the nearest pub (100 m).
Crime is around the national middle: about 84 per 1,000 residents a year.
There are 13 listed buildings.
Detached houses make up 50% of homes.
The typical home here was built in 1945-1954.
Bungalow country: 24% of homes are bungalows.
The nearest park is Redhill Park, 1.8 km away; for exercise, Sport BU (900 m).
A swim is a short trip away: Bournemouth Pier, 4.4 km away, was rated excellent for water quality in 2025.
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 8.3 µg/m³).
For holidays, Bournemouth is 5.0 km away, and Bristol, with far more destinations, 91 km.
Most households own their home, 21% rent privately.
33 places on this map are within about a 10-minute walk.
Walking times are estimates from straight-line distance. Food businesses from the FSA food hygiene register; schools from the DfE register; nurseries from Ofsted's childcare register; care homes from the Care Quality Commission; pools, sports halls, tennis and golf from Sport England Active Places (contains data © Sport England); everything else © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Map © OpenFreeMap, OpenMapTiles, OpenStreetMap contributors.
Bournemouth West constituency: Jessica Toale MP (Labour), since July 2024. 2024 general election: Lab gain from Con, majority 3,224 (8.2%), turnout 56%. Vote shares: Labour 36%, Conservative 28%, Reform UK 17%, Liberal Democrat 11%.
20 new homes, planning permissions and school changes on record within 2 km, plus energy projects, road works, storm overflows and major infrastructure. Everything changing near BH10 4AD →
It's young: 20% of residents are aged 15–29.
The nearest university is Bournemouth University, 850 m away (TEF Silver).
Written from the figures on this page: Census 2021, DfT journey times (2019), NaPTAN/ORR, Ofsted, CQC, FSA, police.uk and planning registers. Figures describe the neighbourhood around the street.
Tap a type to see what it covers and how it has changed in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole since 2011.
police.uk, 2025-09 to 2026-08. Crimes are mapped to the nearest of a set of anonymised points and labelled with that point's street, so busy roads and junctions collect crimes from nearby; the street has about 86 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.
Nearest: Town Quay · about 45 min
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On this street: 1 of 73 homes with certificates have solar panels, 0 a heat pump, and 1 are heated by something other than mains gas.
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 1.1% | 0.8% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.2% | 0.6% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 94.9% | 85.9% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.1% | 0.2% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 4.5% | 11.7% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 0.2% | 1.4% | 2.1% |
From each home's latest energy certificate, so panels or heat pumps fitted since aren't counted and the shares are lower than today's real figures. Compare areas in the data explorer.