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On Kent Road, in Branksome West
What it's like at BH12 2EH: every home that has sold on Kent 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 Kent Road; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
None of the 25 homes on the street is owned by a company.
| 1, Kent RoadDetached | May 2000 | £117,000 | 104 m² | £1,125/m² | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2, Kent RoadDetached | Sept 2022 | £400,000 | 83 m² | £4,819/m² | 3 |
| 3, Kent RoadDetached | Aug 2022 | £343,000 | 76 m² | £4,513/m² | 2 |
| 5, Kent RoadDetached | Mar 2006 | £196,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 6, Kent RoadDetached | Aug 2013 | £207,000 | 73 m² | £2,836/m² | 2 |
| 8, Kent RoadDetached | Jul 2001 | £31,000 | 106 m² | £292/m² | 2 |
| 10, Kent RoadDetached | Sept 2021 | £325,000 | 69 m² | £4,710/m² | 2 |
| 11, Kent RoadDetached | May 2000 | £115,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 12, Kent RoadDetached | Mar 2021 | £305,000 | 92 m² | £3,315/m² | 4 |
| 13, Kent RoadSemi-detached | Sept 2018 | £256,500 | 52 m² | £4,933/m² | 3 |
| 14, Kent RoadDetached | Nov 2023 | £320,000 | 82 m² | £3,902/m² | 1 |
| 15, Kent RoadDetached | Apr 2003 | £186,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 16, Kent RoadDetached | Dec 2005 | £217,500 | – | – | 2 |
| 17, Kent RoadDetached | Jul 2016 | £245,000 | 85 m² | £2,882/m² | 1 |
| 18, Kent RoadDetached | Sept 2025 | £360,000 | 90 m² | £4,000/m² | 2 |
| 19, Kent RoadDetached | May 2006 | £196,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 20, Kent RoadDetached | Oct 2007 | £242,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 21, Kent RoadDetached | Oct 2015 | £264,950 | – | – | 2 |
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 10-minute walk (850 m), with 280k journeys a year; its busiest route is to London Waterloo.
The nearest bus stop is Gateway Church, 150 m away, with a bus about every 29 minutes on weekdays (routes 17, 447); 20 departures an hour from the 8 stops within a 5-minute walk.
The nearest primary school is St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Poole, a few minutes' walk (350 m); 64% met the expected standard.
The closest top-rated primary is Manorside Academy (1.6 km).
The nearest secondary is Winton Academy, 2.7 km away; Attainment 8: 55.4 · 13.8% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Grammar schools are within reach: Parkstone Grammar School (4.4 km) and Poole Grammar School (4.4 km).
The nearest supermarket is Alder Stores, 250 m away; Alder Road Off Licence (350 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is HeatherView Surgery (950 m), with Boots the closest pharmacy (600 m).
For a haircut, Enjoy Hair Salon is 700 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.
Branksome Community Centre Coffee Shop is the closest café or restaurant (250 m), and New Star the nearest pub (650 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, 1.0 km away; for exercise, Everlast Gyms (450 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, 2.0 km away (TEF Silver).
27 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%.
23 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 2EH →
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 25 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 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.
Nearest: Swanage Railway · about 44 min
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