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On Fortescue Road, in Newtown
What it's like at BH12 2LH: every home that has sold on Fortescue 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.
7 homes on the street extended (energy certificates).
Sales and extensions on Fortescue Road; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
2 of the 74 homes on the street are owned by companies.
| 1, Fortescue RoadSemi-detached | May 2021 | £270,000 | 98 m² | £2,755/m² | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3, Fortescue RoadSemi-detached | Jan 1998 | £60,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 5, Fortescue RoadSemi-detached · company-owned | Jan 2021 | £265,000 | 72 m² | £3,681/m² | 2 |
| 7, Fortescue RoadSemi-detached | Feb 2025 | £301,000 | 71 m² | £4,239/m² | 3 |
| 11, Fortescue RoadSemi-detached | Sept 1996 | £55,500 | 73 m² | £760/m² | 1 |
| 15, Fortescue RoadDetached | Feb 2007 | £200,000 | 84 m² | £2,381/m² | 2 |
| 17, Fortescue RoadSemi-detached | May 2016 | £273,000 | 124 m² | £2,202/m² | 1 |
| 17a, Fortescue RoadSemi-detached | Mar 2017 | £279,000 | 118 m² | £2,364/m² | 1 |
| 19, Fortescue RoadSemi-detached · company-owned | Jun 2019 | £335,000 | 98 m² | £3,418/m² | 1 |
| 19a, Fortescue RoadSemi-detached | Jan 2019 | £325,000 | 98 m² | £3,316/m² | 1 |
| 21, Fortescue RoadSemi-detached | Jul 2026 | £365,000 | 98 m² | £3,724/m² | 5 |
| 21a, Fortescue RoadSemi-detached | Jul 2022 | £395,000 | 98 m² | £4,031/m² | 2 |
| 21b, Fortescue RoadSemi-detached | Dec 2019 | £330,000 | 98 m² | £3,367/m² | 1 |
| 21c, Fortescue RoadSemi-detached | Nov 2019 | £323,000 | 98 m² | £3,296/m² | 4 |
| 23, Fortescue RoadSemi-detached | May 2019 | £335,000 | 98 m² | £3,418/m² | 1 |
| 23a, Fortescue RoadSemi-detached | Jul 2022 | £405,000 | 98 m² | £4,133/m² | 5 |
| 25, Fortescue RoadTerraced | Mar 2025 | £350,000 | 98 m² | £3,571/m² | 2 |
| 25a, Fortescue RoadTerraced | Mar 2022 | £340,000 | 96 m² | £3,542/m² | 2 |
| 25b, Fortescue RoadTerraced | May 2019 | £335,000 | 98 m² | £3,418/m² | 1 |
| 27, Fortescue RoadDetached | May 2006 | £175,500 | – | – | 1 |
| 29, Fortescue RoadSemi-detached | Mar 2002 | £140,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 31, Fortescue RoadDetached | Feb 2018 | £286,500 | 66 m² | £4,341/m² | 3 |
| 33, Fortescue RoadDetached | Oct 2020 | £325,000 | 70 m² | £4,643/m² | 3 |
| 35, Fortescue RoadDetached | Aug 2024 | £330,000 | 72 m² | £4,583/m² | 2 |
| 37, Fortescue RoadDetached | May 2024 | £376,430 | 68 m² | £5,536/m² | 4 |
| 39, Fortescue RoadOther | Nov 2022 | £350,000 | 69 m² | £5,072/m² | 1 |
| 39a, Fortescue RoadFlat | Aug 2001 | £52,500 | 37 m² | £1,419/m² | 1 |
| 39b, Fortescue RoadFlat | Sept 2003 | £93,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 41, Fortescue RoadDetached | Dec 2017 | £237,000 | 77 m² | £3,078/m² | 3 |
| 43, Fortescue RoadSemi-detached | Feb 2023 | £370,000 | 72 m² | £5,139/m² | 4 |
| 45, Fortescue RoadDetached | Apr 2010 | £172,000 | 52 m² | £3,308/m² | 3 |
| 51, Fortescue RoadDetached | Aug 2022 | £215,000 | 48 m² | £4,479/m² | 2 |
| 53, Fortescue RoadDetached | Oct 2025 | £220,000 | 50 m² | £4,400/m² | 2 |
| 61, Fortescue RoadDetached | Sept 2019 | £299,950 | 94 m² | £3,191/m² | 2 |
| 61a, Fortescue RoadDetached | Apr 2022 | £380,000 | 128 m² | £2,969/m² | 3 |
| 63, Fortescue RoadDetached | Oct 2024 | £310,000 | 68 m² | £4,559/m² | 2 |
| 65, Fortescue RoadDetached | Mar 1997 | £59,950 | 119 m² | £504/m² | 1 |
| 67, Fortescue RoadDetached | Aug 2018 | £330,000 | 71 m² | £4,648/m² | 2 |
The nearest station is Branksome, a short drive or bike ride (1.4 km), with 280k journeys a year; its busiest route is to London Waterloo.
The nearest bus stop is Buckingham Road, 200 m away, with fewer than one bus an hour on weekdays (routes 7A, 7B); 7 departures an hour from the 10 stops within a 5-minute walk.
The nearest primary school is St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Poole, about a 5-minute walk (600 m); 64% met the expected standard.
The closest top-rated primary is Manorside Academy (1.4 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 (3.9 km).
Grammar schools are within reach: Parkstone Grammar School (3.2 km) and Poole Grammar School (3.2 km).
The nearest supermarket is Tesco [5075], 450 m away; Meadowbrook Produce (350 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is The Rosemary Health Ctr (1.1 km), with Savers the closest pharmacy (850 m).
For a haircut, Chris's Barber Shop is 200 m away.
The nearest full A&E is Poole Hospital, 2.7 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: 20 restaurants and cafés, 1 pubs and bars.
Everyone Active Cafe is the closest café or restaurant (700 m), and The Tavern the nearest pub (300 m).
Crime is around the national middle: about 90 per 1,000 residents a year.
It's a mix of homes: 27% flats and 37% detached houses.
The typical home here was built in 1945-1954.
Bungalow country: 22% of homes are bungalows.
The nearest park is Turners Nursery, 550 m away; for exercise, Everyone Active Rossmore Leisure Centre (700 m).
A swim is a short trip away: Poole Branksome Chine, 4.2 km away, was rated excellent for water quality in 2025.
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 9.1 µg/m³).
For holidays, Bournemouth is 8.5 km away, and Bristol, with far more destinations, 90 km.
Most households own their home, 19% rent privately.
21 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 2LH →
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, 2.5 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 39 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 60 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 | 1.3% | 0.8% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.3% | 0.6% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 93.3% | 85.9% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.0% | 0.2% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 5.8% | 11.7% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 0.4% | 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 74 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.