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On Venning Avenue, in Kinson West
What it's like at BH11 9QF: every home that has sold on Venning Avenue 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.
4 homes on the street extended (energy certificates).
Sales and extensions on Venning Avenue; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
None of the 44 homes on the street is owned by a company.
| 4, Venning AvenueDetached | May 2013 | £215,000 | 79 m² | £2,722/m² | 1 |
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| 6, Venning AvenueDetached | Aug 2024 | £335,000 | 78 m² | £4,295/m² | 1 |
| 8, Venning AvenueDetached | Jun 2023 | £325,000 | 97 m² | £3,351/m² | 1 |
| 10, Venning AvenueDetached | Jul 2004 | £182,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 12, Venning AvenueDetached | Jul 2002 | £149,950 | – | – | 2 |
| 16, Venning AvenueDetached | Jun 2026 | £330,000 | 89 m² | £3,708/m² | 2 |
| 18, Venning AvenueDetached | Aug 2003 | £177,000 | 52 m² | £3,404/m² | 1 |
| 22, Venning AvenueDetached | Mar 2011 | £185,000 | 70 m² | £2,643/m² | 2 |
| 28, Venning AvenueDetached | Mar 2017 | £235,000 | 71 m² | £3,310/m² | 1 |
| 30, Venning AvenueDetached | Dec 2025 | £405,000 | 98 m² | £4,133/m² | 4 |
| 32, Venning AvenueDetached | Jul 1996 | £63,500 | 61 m² | £1,041/m² | 1 |
| 34, Venning AvenueDetached | Mar 2012 | £185,000 | 58 m² | £3,190/m² | 1 |
| 36, Venning AvenueDetached | Jan 2002 | £147,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 38, Venning AvenueDetached | Jul 2004 | £225,000 | – | – | 3 |
| 40, Venning AvenueDetached | Oct 2025 | £373,000 | 87 m² | £4,287/m² | 1 |
| 42, Venning AvenueDetached | May 2012 | £212,500 | 83 m² | £2,560/m² | 2 |
| 44, Venning AvenueDetached | Oct 2020 | £348,000 | 88 m² | £3,955/m² | 3 |
| 46, Venning AvenueDetached | Jul 1999 | £85,000 | 57 m² | £1,491/m² | 2 |
| 52, Venning AvenueDetached | Jun 2006 | £208,000 | – | – | 3 |
| 54, Venning AvenueDetached | Apr 2009 | £289,000 | 182 m² | £1,588/m² | 3 |
| 56, Venning AvenueDetached | Oct 2019 | £372,500 | 85 m² | £4,382/m² | 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 drive away (4.5 km), with 280k journeys a year; its busiest route is to London Waterloo.
The nearest bus stop is Weldon Avenue, 200 m away, with a bus about every 32 minutes on weekdays (routes 11, X6, 485); 29 departures an hour from the 16 stops within a 5-minute walk.
The nearest primary school is Bearwood Primary and Nursery School, about a 10-minute walk (850 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, 500 m away; Attainment 8: 42.4 · 3.4% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: Winton Academy (2.8 km).
Grammar schools are within reach: Poole Grammar School (4.4 km) and Bournemouth School (4.7 km).
The nearest supermarket is The Southern Co-op (BH11 9TF), 450 m away; Bear Cross Service Station Texaco (650 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Kinson Road Medical Centre (1.7 km), with Avicenna Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (450 m).
For a haircut, The Beauty Collective is 600 m away.
The nearest full A&E is Poole Hospital, 6.0 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 9 restaurants, cafés and pubs in the neighbourhood itself.
Leaf Studio School is the closest café or restaurant (350 m), and The Bear Cross the nearest pub (500 m).
Crime is around the national middle: about 97 per 1,000 residents a year.
Detached houses make up 42% of homes.
The typical home here was built in 1955-1964.
Bungalow country: 43% of homes are bungalows.
The nearest park is Cornerstone Green, 800 m away; for exercise, Cross Court Padel (1.1 km).
A swim is a short trip away: Bournemouth Durley Chine, 6.2 km away, was rated excellent for water quality in 2025.
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 8.4 µg/m³).
For holidays, Bournemouth is 5.7 km away, and Bristol, with far more destinations, 89 km.
Most households own their home, 13% rent privately.
It's an older community: 27% are 65 or over.
20 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%.
13 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 9QF →
The nearest university is Bournemouth University, 3.3 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.
No crimes recorded "on or near" Venning Avenue in the last 12 months.
On this street: 2 of 29 homes with certificates have solar panels, 0 a heat pump, and 2 are heated by something other than mains gas.
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 1.5% | 0.8% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.1% | 0.6% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 95.3% | 85.9% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.2% | 0.2% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 4.4% | 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 43 min
The most notable of each. Rough times by car in free-flowing traffic, between neighbourhood centres. Check opening times before you travel.