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On Alder Road, in Branksome West
What it's like at BH12 2AA: every home that has sold on Alder 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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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.
1 home on the street extended (energy certificates).
Sales and extensions on Alder Road; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
8 of the 166 homes on the street are owned by companies (1 overseas).
| 3, Alder RoadSemi-detached | Aug 2023 | £445,000 | 155 m² | £2,871/m² | 2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5, Alder RoadSemi-detached | Dec 2025 | £306,000 | 99 m² | £3,091/m² | 1 |
| 9, Alder RoadSemi-detached | Dec 2001 | £95,000 | 98 m² | £969/m² | 1 |
| 11, Alder RoadDetached | May 2019 | £340,000 | 139 m² | £2,446/m² | 6 |
| 15, Alder RoadDetached | Nov 2022 | £365,000 | 102 m² | £3,578/m² | 5 |
| 17, Alder RoadDetached | Nov 2018 | £258,000 | 111 m² | £2,324/m² | 3 |
| 21, Alder RoadSemi-detached | Nov 2003 | £155,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 23, Alder RoadTerraced | Nov 1999 | £74,500 | – | – | 2 |
| 25, Alder RoadTerraced | Jun 2021 | £250,000 | 74 m² | £3,378/m² | 7 |
| 27, Alder RoadTerraced | Mar 2021 | £250,000 | 77 m² | £3,247/m² | 4 |
| 29, Alder RoadTerraced | Sept 2014 | £175,000 | 72 m² | £2,431/m² | 4 |
| 31, Alder RoadTerraced | Dec 2024 | £300,000 | 71 m² | £4,225/m² | 8 |
| 33, Alder RoadTerraced | Oct 2005 | £157,500 | 75 m² | £2,100/m² | 1 |
| 35, Alder RoadTerraced · company-owned | Jun 2000 | £85,500 | 76 m² | £1,125/m² | 2 |
| 37, Alder RoadTerraced | Apr 2014 | £177,000 | 71 m² | £2,493/m² | 1 |
| 41, Alder RoadSemi-detached | May 2022 | £330,000 | 79 m² | £4,177/m² | 5 |
| Land On The West Side Of, 17, Land On The West Side OfDetached | Sept 2002 | £137,500 | – | – | 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 few minutes' walk (400 m), with 280k journeys a year; its busiest route is to London Waterloo.
The nearest bus stop is Branksome Roundabout, 50 m away, with a bus about every 32 minutes on weekdays (routes 15, U2, 736); 100 departures an hour from the 15 stops within a 5-minute walk.
The nearest primary school is Heatherlands Primary School, a few minutes' walk (350 m); 58% met the expected standard.
The closest top-rated primary is Manorside Academy (1.6 km).
The nearest secondary is St Edward's Roman Catholic/Church of England School, Poole, 3.0 km away; Attainment 8: 46.4 · 5.3% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: Winton Academy (3.1 km).
Grammar schools are within reach: Parkstone Grammar School (4.4 km) and Poole Grammar School (4.4 km).
The nearest supermarket is Marks & Spencer, 300 m away, with Homesense closer still (50 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Shore Medical (1.3 km), with Boots the closest pharmacy (250 m).
For a haircut, Enjoy Hair Salon is 200 m away.
The nearest full A&E is Poole Hospital, 3.3 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).
There's a handful of places to eat and drink locally: 13 restaurants and cafés, 2 pubs and bars.
Hot n Happening is the closest café or restaurant (250 m), and The Branksome Railway Hotel the nearest pub (350 m).
Takeaways are plentiful (10 of them).
Crime is around the national middle: about 69 per 1,000 residents a year.
It's a mix of homes: 21% flats and 37% detached houses.
The typical home here was built in 1930s.
The nearest park is Alexandra Park, 600 m away; for exercise, MatSpace (200 m).
A swim is a short trip away: Poole Branksome Chine, 3.2 km away, was rated excellent for water quality in 2025.
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 8.7 µg/m³).
For holidays, Bournemouth is 8.1 km away, and Bristol, with far more destinations, 91 km.
Most households own their home, 22% rent privately.
The nearest university is , 2.4 km away (TEF Silver).
45 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%.
37 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 BH12 2AA →
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 166 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 120 homes with certificates have solar panels, 1 a heat pump, and 5 are heated by something other than mains gas.
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 0.9% | 0.8% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.2% | 0.6% | 1.1% |
| Mains gas | 92.3% | 85.9% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.1% | 0.2% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 7.4% | 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 44 min
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