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On Albert Road, in Branksome West
What it's like at BH12 2HA: every home that has sold on Albert 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.
6 homes on the street extended (energy certificates). 8 homes have a new energy certificate in the last 6 months and no sale since: often a sign of a sale or let coming.
Sales and extensions on Albert Road; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
10 of the 180 homes on the street are owned by companies.
| 144a, Albert RoadFlat | Jun 2024 | £210,000 | 59 m² | £3,559/m² | 2 |
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| 144b, Albert RoadFlat | Jul 2001 | £63,000 | 45 m² | £1,400/m² | 2 |
| 146a, Albert RoadFlat · company-owned | Jan 2025 | £190,000 | 41 m² | £4,634/m² | 8 |
| 146b, Albert RoadFlat | Apr 2024 | £200,000 | 45 m² | £4,444/m² | 4 |
| 148, Albert RoadDetached | Feb 2007 | £250,000 | 99 m² | £2,525/m² | 3 |
| 148a, Albert RoadSemi-detached | Apr 2026 | £320,000 | 74 m² | £4,324/m² | 4 |
| 148b, Albert RoadSemi-detached | Jun 2022 | £320,000 | 72 m² | £4,444/m² | 3 |
| 154, Albert RoadFlat | May 2000 | £55,000 | 104 m² | £529/m² | 1 |
| 162, Albert RoadDetached | Mar 2010 | £242,500 | 131 m² | £1,851/m² | 1 |
| 162a, Albert RoadDetached | Jun 2003 | £145,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 164, Albert RoadDetached | Mar 2026 | £345,000 | 84 m² | £4,107/m² | 1 |
| 172, Albert RoadTerraced | Oct 2022 | £325,000 | 69 m² | £4,710/m² | 3 |
| 174, Albert RoadTerraced | May 2016 | £215,000 | 73 m² | £2,945/m² | 1 |
| 176a, Albert RoadFlat | Feb 2007 | £119,950 | 47 m² | £2,552/m² | 4 |
| Flat 4, Kensington, 178, Albert RoadFlat | Feb 2020 | £170,000 | 75 m² | £2,267/m² | 2 |
| Flat 4, Samuel Lodge, 168, Albert RoadFlat | Sept 2004 | £146,000 | – | – | 1 |
| Flat 2, Samuel Lodge, 168, Albert RoadFlat | Apr 2018 | £160,000 | 52 m² | £3,077/m² | 2 |
| Flat 5, Samuel Lodge, 168, Albert RoadFlat | Jul 2006 | £179,950 | 61 m² | £2,950/m² | 2 |
| Flat 1, Samuel Lodge, 168, Albert RoadFlat | Sept 2017 | £160,000 | 49 m² | £3,265/m² | 3 |
| Flat 3, Samuel Lodge, 168, Albert RoadFlat | Jul 2026 | £185,000 | 49 m² | £3,776/m² | 3 |
| Flat 2, Zachary Lodge, 166, Albert RoadFlat | Sept 2021 | £170,000 | 52 m² | £3,269/m² | 2 |
| Flat 1, Zachary Lodge, 166, Albert RoadFlat | Aug 2019 | £160,000 | 49 m² | £3,265/m² | 3 |
| Flat 3, Zachary Lodge, 166, Albert RoadFlat | Sept 2005 | £164,950 | 53 m² | £3,112/m² | 1 |
| Flat 5, Zachary Lodge, 166, Albert RoadFlat | Sept 2014 | £145,000 | 42 m² | £3,452/m² | 2 |
| Flat 4, Zachary Lodge, 166, Albert RoadFlat | Sept 2021 | £170,000 | 54 m² | £3,148/m² | 2 |
The nearest station is Branksome, a short drive or bike ride (1.2 km), with 280k journeys a year; its busiest route is to London Waterloo.
The nearest bus stop is Recreation Ground, 150 m away, with fewer than one bus an hour on weekdays (routes 7A, 7B); 6 departures an hour from the 10 stops within a 5-minute walk.
The nearest primary school is St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Poole, a few minutes' walk (400 m); 64% 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, 2.4 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 Tesco [5075], 550 m away, with Meadowbrook Produce closer still (350 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Shore Medical (1.2 km), with Savers the closest pharmacy (850 m).
For a haircut, Chris's Barber Shop is 350 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 (550 m), and New Star 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 Turners Nursery, 750 m away; for exercise, Everyone Active Rossmore Leisure Centre (800 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.
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.
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%.
27 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 2HA →
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
The nearest university is Arts University Bournemouth, 2.4 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.
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: 6 of 130 homes with certificates have solar panels, 0 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% | 1.0% |
| 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.
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 180 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.