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On Wood Lane, in Bearwood
What it's like at BH11 9NG: every home that has sold on Wood Lane 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).
Sales and extensions on Wood Lane; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
None of the 23 homes on the street is owned by a company.
| 3, Wood LaneDetached | Apr 2022 | £725,000 | 162 m² | £4,475/m² | 3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4, Wood LaneDetached | Oct 2019 | £625,000 | 177 m² | £3,531/m² | 2 |
| 6, Wood LaneDetached | Apr 2002 | £275,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 8, Wood LaneDetached | Aug 2023 | £400,000 | 108 m² | £3,704/m² | 1 |
| 11, Wood LaneDetached | Oct 2007 | £410,000 | – | – | 3 |
| 12, Wood LaneDetached | Jan 2020 | £490,000 | 202 m² | £2,426/m² | 1 |
| 14, Wood LaneOther | Dec 2021 | £617,500 | 192 m² | £3,216/m² | 1 |
| 15, Wood LaneDetached | Feb 2001 | £177,000 | 107 m² | £1,654/m² | 1 |
| 16, Wood LaneDetached | Aug 2009 | £385,000 | – | – | 3 |
| 17, Wood LaneDetached | Mar 2004 | £235,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 18, Wood LaneDetached | Jul 2009 | £290,000 | 168 m² | £1,726/m² | 2 |
| 20, Wood LaneDetached | Oct 1998 | £149,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 21, Wood LaneSemi-detached | Feb 2026 | £580,000 | 95 m² | £6,105/m² | 1 |
| 23, Wood LaneDetached | Jun 2019 | £528,000 | 159 m² | £3,321/m² | 4 |
| 25, Wood LaneDetached | Aug 2006 | £425,000 | 148 m² | £2,872/m² | 2 |
| 25a, Wood LaneDetached | Mar 2000 | £270,000 | 186 m² | £1,452/m² | 2 |
| 26, Wood LaneDetached | Aug 2012 | £557,000 | 291 m² | £1,914/m² | 1 |
| 27, Wood LaneDetached | Oct 2019 | £500,000 | 122 m² | £4,098/m² | 2 |
| 28, Wood LaneDetached | Jan 1996 | £132,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 29, Wood LaneDetached | Jan 2023 | £865,000 | 200 m² | £4,325/m² | 3 |
| 30, Wood LaneDetached | Sept 2009 | £490,000 | 184 m² | £2,663/m² | 2 |
| 33, Wood LaneDetached | Jul 2015 | £360,000 | 120 m² | £3,000/m² | 1 |
| 34, Wood LaneDetached | Jan 2026 | £340,000 | 113 m² | £3,009/m² | 1 |
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
The nearest station is Branksome, a drive away (5.0 km), with 280k journeys a year; its busiest route is to London Waterloo.
The nearest bus stop is Shapland Avenue, 300 m away, with a bus about every 32 minutes on weekdays (routes 11, X6, 485); 12 departures an hour from the 9 stops within a 5-minute walk.
This is car country: only 9% of households have no car.
The nearest primary school is Bearwood Primary and Nursery School, about a 10-minute walk (800 m); 46% met the expected standard.
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is LeAF Studio, 900 m away; Attainment 8: 42.4 · 3.4% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: Winton Academy (3.6 km).
Grammar schools are within reach: Poole Grammar School (3.4 km) and Parkstone Grammar School (4.2 km).
The nearest supermarket is The Southern Co-op (BH11 9TF), 550 m away; Bear Cross Service Station Texaco (500 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Kinson Road Medical Centre (1.8 km), with Avicenna Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (550 m).
For a haircut, The Beauty Collective is 750 m away.
The nearest full A&E is Poole 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 3 restaurants, cafés and pubs in the neighbourhood itself.
Leaf Studio School is the closest café or restaurant (750 m), and The Bear Cross the nearest pub (450 m).
Crime is around the national middle: about 71 per 1,000 residents a year.
It's a mix of homes: 7% flats and 39% detached houses.
The typical home here was built in 1973-1982.
It's growing: about 235 new homes were completed in 2021–2025.
The nearest park is Canford Park Link, 950 m away; for exercise, Cross Court Padel (1.2 km).
A swim is a short trip away: Bournemouth Alum Chine, 6.6 km away, was rated excellent for water quality in 2025.
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 8.0 µg/m³).
For holidays, Bournemouth is 6.7 km away, and Bristol, with far more destinations, 88 km.
10 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.
Mid Dorset and North Poole constituency: Vikki Slade MP (Liberal Democrat), since July 2024. 2024 general election: LD gain from Con, majority 1,352 (2.7%), turnout 66%. Vote shares: Liberal Democrat 43%, Conservative 41%, Labour 9%, Green Party 5%.
12 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 BH11 9NG →
Most households own their home, 13% rent privately.
The nearest university is Bournemouth University, 3.8 km 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 23 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.
On this street: 0 of 17 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 | 2.1% | 0.8% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.1% | 0.6% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 97.8% | 85.9% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.1% | 0.2% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 2.0% | 11.7% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 0.0% | 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.
Nearest: Swanage Railway · about 46 min
The most notable of each. Rough times by car in free-flowing traffic, between neighbourhood centres. Check opening times before you travel.