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On Sark Road, in Newtown
What it's like at BH12 3PN: every home that has sold on Sark 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.
Sales and extensions on Sark Road; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
None of the 16 homes on the street is owned by a company.
| 1, Sark RoadDetached | Sept 2021 | £295,000 | 73 m² | £4,041/m² | 2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2, Sark RoadDetached | Sept 2008 | £212,500 | – | – | 1 |
| 3, Sark RoadDetached | Aug 2013 | £240,000 | 110 m² | £2,182/m² | 2 |
| 4, Sark RoadDetached | May 1998 | £77,500 | 79 m² | £981/m² | 2 |
| 5, Sark RoadSemi-detached | Jan 2021 | £325,000 | 93 m² | £3,495/m² | 5 |
| 6, Sark RoadSemi-detached | Oct 2020 | £330,000 | 160 m² | £2,063/m² | 2 |
| 7, Sark RoadSemi-detached | Jul 2003 | £179,950 | – | – | 1 |
| 8, Sark RoadDetached | Oct 2006 | £294,375 | – | – | 1 |
| 9, Sark RoadDetached | Jan 2026 | £310,000 | 65 m² | £4,769/m² | 2 |
| 10, Sark RoadSemi-detached | Dec 2014 | £210,000 | 87 m² | £2,414/m² | 3 |
| 12, Sark RoadSemi-detached | Nov 2020 | £310,000 | 97 m² | £3,196/m² | 4 |
| 14, Sark RoadSemi-detached | Sept 2023 | £375,000 | 93 m² | £4,032/m² | 6 |
| 16, Sark RoadSemi-detached | Aug 2014 | £218,000 | 101 m² | £2,158/m² | 3 |
| 18, Sark RoadDetached | Dec 2006 | £189,500 | – | – | 1 |
| 20, Sark RoadDetached | Feb 2017 | £251,250 | 65 m² | £3,865/m² | 3 |
| 22, Sark RoadDetached | Apr 2014 | £200,000 | 133 m² | £1,504/m² | 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 (2.1 km), with 280k journeys a year; its busiest route is to London Waterloo.
The nearest bus stop is St Aldhelms Academy, 100 m away, with a bus about every 15 minutes on weekdays (routes 16, 17, 447); 28 departures an hour from the 17 stops within a 5-minute walk.
The nearest primary school is Manorside Academy, about a 10-minute walk (700 m); 58% met the expected standard.
The nearest secondary is St Edward's Roman Catholic/Church of England School, Poole, 2.0 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 Co-op (BH12 3HP), 200 m away; Irydium_UK (150 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is The Rosemary Health Ctr (750 m), with Nimo Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (350 m).
For a haircut, Chris's Barber Shop is 500 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 (100 m), and The Tavern the nearest pub (450 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, 800 m away; for exercise, Everyone Active Rossmore Leisure Centre (300 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.
The nearest university is Arts University Bournemouth, 2.7 km away (TEF Silver).
31 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 3PN →
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 16 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.
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 12 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 | 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.