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On New Road, in Branksome West
What it's like at BH12 2NQ: every home that has sold on New 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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Compared with all 7,264 neighbourhoods in England and Wales (council well-being: all councils). Open a tab below for the detail.
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.
1 home on the street extended (energy certificates).
Sales and extensions on New Road; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
1 of the 27 homes on the street are owned by companies.
| 1, New RoadSemi-detached | Jun 2017 | £322,000 | 114 m² | £2,825/m² | 2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2a, New RoadSemi-detached | Jun 2017 | £260,000 | 61 m² | £4,262/m² | 1 |
| 2b, New RoadSemi-detached | Jun 2021 | £270,000 | 66 m² | £4,091/m² | 1 |
| 3, New RoadSemi-detached | Aug 2018 | £297,500 | 99 m² | £3,005/m² | 1 |
| 4, New RoadSemi-detached | Jan 2025 | £351,000 | 86 m² | £4,081/m² | 2 |
| 5a, New RoadDetached | May 2016 | £355,000 | 125 m² | £2,840/m² | 2 |
| 6, New RoadSemi-detached | Nov 2014 | £235,000 | 100 m² | £2,350/m² | 5 |
| 7, New RoadSemi-detached | Aug 2025 | £420,000 | 102 m² | £4,118/m² | 3 |
| 8, New RoadSemi-detached | Dec 2002 | £158,500 | – | – | 2 |
| 9, New RoadSemi-detached | Nov 2024 | £325,418 | 80 m² | £4,068/m² | 5 |
| 10, New RoadSemi-detached | Nov 2016 | £257,000 | – | – | 3 |
| 10a, New RoadDetached | Nov 2022 | £465,000 | 144 m² | £3,229/m² | 2 |
| 10b, New RoadDetached | Oct 2011 | £209,850 | 97 m² | £2,163/m² | 1 |
| 11a, New RoadTerraced | Oct 2013 | £220,000 | 76 m² | £2,895/m² | 1 |
| 11b, New RoadTerraced | Dec 2007 | £205,000 | 74 m² | £2,770/m² | 3 |
| 11c, New RoadTerraced | Feb 2006 | £168,000 | 73 m² | £2,301/m² | 1 |
| 13, New RoadSemi-detached | Dec 2003 | £242,000 | 178 m² | £1,360/m² | 2 |
| 14, New RoadSemi-detached | Nov 2022 | £350,000 | 87 m² | £4,023/m² | 3 |
| 14a, New RoadSemi-detached | Sept 2014 | £240,000 | 97 m² | £2,474/m² | 1 |
| 14b, New RoadSemi-detached | Oct 2017 | £260,000 | 91 m² | £2,857/m² | 1 |
| 15, New RoadDetached | May 2007 | £290,000 | – | – | 3 |
| 16, New RoadFlat | Aug 2003 | £117,000 | – | – | 4 |
| 16a, New RoadFlat | Jun 2011 | £127,000 | 51 m² | £2,490/m² | 3 |
| 17, New RoadDetached | Nov 2018 | £265,000 | 91 m² | £2,912/m² | 1 |
| 18, New RoadSemi-detached · company-owned | May 2025 | £335,064 | 97 m² | £3,454/m² | 3 |
| 19, New RoadDetached | Jun 2012 | £199,950 | 76 m² | £2,631/m² | 1 |
| 20, New RoadDetached | Mar 2008 | £245,000 | – | – | 3 |
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 (1.3 km), with 280k journeys a year; its busiest route is to London Waterloo.
The nearest bus stop is Glencoe Road, 250 m away, with fewer than one bus an hour on weekdays (routes 7A, 7B); 3 departures an hour from the 4 stops within a 5-minute walk.
The nearest primary school is Livingstone Road Infant School, a few minutes' walk (500 m).
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, 2.1 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 Iceland, 400 m away; Makkah Foods (400 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Shore Medical (600 m), with Savers the closest pharmacy (400 m).
For a haircut, Kaka's is 400 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.
Dorset Cheese & Charcuterie is the closest café or restaurant (400 m), and The Churchill the nearest pub (400 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, 400 m away; for exercise, MatSpace (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.
The nearest university is Arts University Bournemouth, 2.9 km away (TEF Silver).
46 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%.
42 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 2NQ →
On this street: 0 of 21 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 | 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.
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 27 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
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