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On Buckingham Road, in Rossmore
What it's like at BH12 2HR: every home that has sold on Buckingham 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.
2 homes on the street extended (energy certificates).
Sales and extensions on Buckingham Road; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
1 of the 20 homes on the street are owned by companies.
| 2a, Buckingham RoadDetached · company-owned | Jan 2024 | £380,000 | 136 m² | £2,794/m² | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2b, Buckingham RoadDetached | Jun 2025 | £425,000 | 105 m² | £4,048/m² | 2 |
| 3, Buckingham RoadSemi-detached | Feb 2014 | £213,000 | 110 m² | £1,936/m² | 2 |
| 4, Buckingham RoadSemi-detached | Sept 2022 | £316,500 | 71 m² | £4,458/m² | 1 |
| 5, Buckingham RoadSemi-detached | Apr 2008 | £209,950 | – | – | 1 |
| 6, Buckingham RoadDetached | Jul 2013 | £187,000 | 89 m² | £2,101/m² | 2 |
| 8, Buckingham RoadDetached | Jan 2021 | £315,000 | 94 m² | £3,351/m² | 4 |
| 8a, Buckingham RoadDetached | Jul 2023 | £410,000 | 118 m² | £3,475/m² | 2 |
| 9, Buckingham RoadSemi-detached | May 2015 | £175,000 | 94 m² | £1,862/m² | 4 |
| 11, Buckingham RoadSemi-detached | Aug 2023 | £300,000 | 113 m² | £2,655/m² | 2 |
| 12, Buckingham RoadFlat | May 1998 | £35,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 14, Buckingham RoadDetached | Dec 2013 | £235,000 | 134 m² | £1,754/m² | 1 |
| 15, Buckingham RoadTerraced | Aug 2006 | £190,000 | 93 m² | £2,043/m² | 2 |
| 16, Buckingham RoadOther | Oct 2016 | £500 | – | – | 3 |
| 17, Buckingham RoadSemi-detached | Jan 2007 | £188,500 | 80 m² | £2,356/m² | 3 |
| 18a, Buckingham RoadFlat | Jul 2022 | £305,000 | 72 m² | £4,236/m² | 2 |
| 19, Buckingham RoadDetached | Oct 2021 | £410,000 | 129 m² | £3,178/m² | 2 |
| 20, Buckingham RoadSemi-detached | May 2025 | £200,000 | 78 m² | £2,564/m² | 1 |
| 22, Buckingham RoadDetached | Dec 2005 | £168,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 25, Buckingham RoadDetached | Jul 2022 | £345,000 | 66 m² | £5,227/m² | 4 |
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
The nearest station is Branksome, a short drive or bike ride (1.5 km), with 280k journeys a year; its busiest route is to London Waterloo.
The nearest bus stop is Boldre Close, 100 m away, with fewer than one bus an hour on weekdays (routes 7A, 7B); 31 departures an hour from the 17 stops within a 5-minute walk.
The nearest primary school is St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Poole, a few minutes' walk (450 m); 64% met the expected standard.
The closest top-rated primary is Manorside Academy (0.6 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 (2.2 km).
Grammar schools are within reach: Poole Grammar School (4.3 km) and Bournemouth School (4.5 km).
The nearest supermarket is Tesco [5075], 250 m away, with Meadowbrook Produce closer still (100 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is The Rosemary Health Ctr (1.2 km), with Nimo Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (950 m).
For a haircut, Chris's Barber Shop is 200 m away.
The nearest full A&E is Poole Hospital, 4.3 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: 8 restaurants and cafés, 2 pubs and bars.
Everyone Active Cafe is the closest café or restaurant (550 m), and New Star the nearest pub (100 m).
Crime is around the national middle: about 80 per 1,000 residents a year.
It's a mix of homes: 14% flats and 40% detached houses.
The typical home here was built in 1945-1954.
Bungalow country: 33% of homes are bungalows.
The nearest park is Turners Nursery, 750 m away; for exercise, Everyone Active Rossmore Leisure Centre (500 m).
A swim is a short trip away: Bournemouth Alum Chine, 4.0 km away, was rated excellent for water quality in 2025.
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 8.6 µg/m³).
For holidays, Bournemouth is 7.0 km away, and Bristol, with far more destinations, 90 km.
Most households own their home, 16% rent privately.
22 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%.
21 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 2HR →
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.
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 20 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 16 homes with certificates have solar panels, 0 a heat pump, and 1 are heated by something other than mains gas.
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 1.4% | 0.8% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.2% | 0.6% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 94.6% | 85.9% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.2% | 0.2% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 5.0% | 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
The most notable of each. Rough times by car in free-flowing traffic, between neighbourhood centres. Check opening times before you travel.