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On Dunford Road, in Branksome West
What it's like at BH12 2DN: every home that has sold on Dunford 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.
3 homes on the street extended (energy certificates).
Sales and extensions on Dunford Road; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
2 of the 43 homes on the street are owned by companies.
| 2, Dunford RoadTerraced | May 2026 | £275,000 | 83 m² | £3,313/m² | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2a, Dunford RoadDetached | Sept 2018 | £245,000 | – | – | 5 |
| 4, Dunford RoadTerraced · company-owned | May 2026 | £210,000 | 75 m² | £2,800/m² | 1 |
| 6, Dunford RoadTerraced | May 2025 | £307,000 | 80 m² | £3,838/m² | 2 |
| 10, Dunford RoadTerraced | Dec 2024 | £273,500 | 75 m² | £3,647/m² | 1 |
| 14, Dunford RoadTerraced | Sept 2007 | £183,000 | 71 m² | £2,577/m² | 3 |
| 16, Dunford RoadTerraced | Jun 2002 | £114,950 | 72 m² | £1,597/m² | 1 |
| 18, Dunford RoadSemi-detached | May 2011 | £152,000 | 86 m² | £1,767/m² | 1 |
| 22, Dunford RoadTerraced | Mar 1997 | £60,000 | 101 m² | £594/m² | 1 |
| 24a, Dunford RoadTerraced | May 2024 | £349,000 | 75 m² | £4,653/m² | 5 |
| 24b, Dunford RoadTerraced | Nov 2020 | £285,000 | 86 m² | £3,314/m² | 2 |
| 24c, Dunford RoadTerraced | Oct 2022 | £365,000 | 94 m² | £3,883/m² | 5 |
| 26, Dunford RoadDetached | Jul 2017 | £376,950 | 149 m² | £2,530/m² | 2 |
| 26a, Dunford RoadFlat | Jun 2018 | £93,240 | 48 m² | £1,943/m² | 5 |
| 26b, Dunford RoadFlat | Apr 2007 | £124,950 | 49 m² | £2,550/m² | 5 |
| 28, Dunford RoadTerraced · company-owned | Nov 2025 | £290,000 | 73 m² | £3,973/m² | 9 |
| 30, Dunford RoadTerraced | Aug 2022 | £308,350 | 66 m² | £4,672/m² | 4 |
| 32, Dunford RoadTerraced | Aug 2018 | £216,000 | 70 m² | £3,086/m² | 4 |
| 34, Dunford RoadTerraced | Apr 2022 | £281,000 | 61 m² | £4,607/m² | 4 |
| 36, Dunford RoadSemi-detached | Jun 2019 | £283,000 | 82 m² | £3,451/m² | 2 |
| 38, Dunford RoadSemi-detached | May 2025 | £333,000 | 75 m² | £4,440/m² | 2 |
| 40a, Dunford RoadSemi-detached | Oct 2001 | £116,500 | – | – | 1 |
| 40b, Dunford RoadSemi-detached | Mar 2018 | £284,000 | 93 m² | £3,054/m² | 2 |
| 1, Marnhull Row, 44, Dunford RoadTerraced | Jul 2017 | £220,000 | 79 m² | £2,785/m² | 5 |
| 2, Marnhull Row, 44, Dunford RoadTerraced | Nov 2021 | £250,000 | 67 m² | £3,731/m² | 2 |
| 3, Marnhull Row, 44, Dunford RoadTerraced | Oct 2017 | £205,000 | 51 m² | £4,020/m² | 1 |
| 4, Marnhull Row, 44, Dunford RoadTerraced | Jun 2001 | £74,950 | – | – | 2 |
| The Old Bakery, 2a, Dunford RoadDetached | Mar 2022 | £325,000 | – | – | 1 |
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
The nearest station is Branksome, about a 15-minute walk (1.2 km), with 280k journeys a year; its busiest route is to London Waterloo.
The nearest bus stop is Glencoe Road, 150 m away, with fewer than one bus an hour on weekdays (routes 7A, 7B); 66 departures an hour from the 9 stops within a 5-minute walk.
The nearest primary school is Heatherlands Primary School, about a 5-minute walk (600 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, 2.2 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 Parkstone Asian Mini Shop, 250 m away; Savers Health & Beauty (250 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Shore Medical (550 m), with Savers the closest pharmacy (250 m).
For a haircut, Kaka's is 250 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.
Makburga is the closest café or restaurant (250 m), and The Churchill the nearest pub (300 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, 500 m away; for exercise, MatSpace (650 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 Arts University Bournemouth, 2.9 km away (TEF Silver).
47 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.
Poole constituency: Neil Duncan-Jordan MP (Labour), since July 2024. 2024 general election: Lab gain from Con, majority 18 (0.0%), turnout 61%. Vote shares: Labour 32%, Conservative 32%, Reform UK 17%, Liberal Democrat 12%.
45 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 2DN →
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 43 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.
Nearest: Swanage Railway · about 44 min
The most notable of each. Rough times by car in free-flowing traffic, between neighbourhood centres. Check opening times before you travel.
On this street: 0 of 31 homes with certificates have solar panels, 0 a heat pump, and 0 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% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 92.3% | 85.9% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.1% | 0.2% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 7.5% | 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.