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On Benbow Crescent, in Rossmore
What it's like at BH12 5AH: every home that has sold on Benbow Crescent 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.
5 homes on the street extended (energy certificates).
Sales and extensions on Benbow Crescent; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
None of the 34 homes on the street is owned by a company.
| 9, Benbow CrescentOther | Oct 2016 | £187,500 | 69 m² | £2,717/m² | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15, Benbow CrescentSemi-detached | Jan 2021 | £328,000 | 118 m² | £2,780/m² | 4 |
| 21, Benbow CrescentSemi-detached | Jan 2006 | £166,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 27, Benbow CrescentSemi-detached | Sept 2016 | £220,000 | 92 m² | £2,391/m² | 2 |
| 29, Benbow CrescentSemi-detached | Jan 2019 | £280,000 | 112 m² | £2,500/m² | 2 |
| 35, Benbow CrescentSemi-detached | Jan 2020 | £185,000 | 81 m² | £2,284/m² | 1 |
| 51, Benbow CrescentSemi-detached | Aug 2023 | £310,000 | 77 m² | £4,026/m² | 3 |
| 53, Benbow CrescentTerraced | Dec 2015 | £173,500 | 75 m² | £2,313/m² | 1 |
| 59, Benbow CrescentSemi-detached | Jun 2015 | £208,000 | 83 m² | £2,506/m² | 2 |
| 67, Benbow CrescentSemi-detached | Oct 2014 | £218,500 | 90 m² | £2,428/m² | 3 |
| 69, Benbow CrescentSemi-detached | Mar 2015 | £205,000 | 97 m² | £2,113/m² | 1 |
| 73, Benbow CrescentSemi-detached | Jul 2018 | £255,000 | 82 m² | £3,110/m² | 3 |
| 75, Benbow CrescentSemi-detached | Jan 2010 | £117,500 | 81 m² | £1,451/m² | 1 |
| 79, Benbow CrescentSemi-detached | Aug 2007 | £194,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 85, Benbow CrescentSemi-detached | Mar 2016 | £133,005 | 96 m² | £1,385/m² | 2 |
| 87, Benbow CrescentSemi-detached | Feb 2018 | £240,000 | 83 m² | £2,892/m² | 1 |
| 89, Benbow CrescentSemi-detached | Aug 2000 | £83,500 | – | – | 1 |
| 91, Benbow CrescentSemi-detached | May 2020 | £270,000 | 96 m² | £2,813/m² | 1 |
| 93, Benbow CrescentSemi-detached | Mar 2006 | £179,950 | 90 m² | £1,999/m² | 2 |
| 97, Benbow CrescentSemi-detached | Oct 2024 | £280,000 | 96 m² | £2,917/m² | 1 |
| 109, Benbow CrescentSemi-detached | Apr 2013 | £180,000 | 96 m² | £1,875/m² | 1 |
| 111, Benbow CrescentSemi-detached | Jun 2020 | £247,500 | 83 m² | £2,982/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 (2.5 km), with 280k journeys a year; its busiest route is to London Waterloo.
The nearest bus stop is Benbow Crescent, 250 m away, with a bus about every 15 minutes on weekdays (routes 6, 14, 450, 425); 23 departures an hour from the 7 stops within a 5-minute walk.
The nearest primary school is Manorside Academy, a few minutes' walk (400 m); 58% met the expected standard.
The nearest secondary is Oak Academy, 1.6 km away; Attainment 8: 32.5 · 2.6% 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 Express [6660], 1.0 km away, with Premier Stores closer still (200 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Talbot Medical Centre (1.1 km), with Wallisdown Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (1.0 km).
For a haircut, Refresh Barbers is 950 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.
Ete Kitchen is the closest café or restaurant (250 m), and Miller & Carter the nearest pub (700 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 Cornerstone Green, 1.8 km away; for exercise, TeamSport Bournemouth (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.
The nearest university is Bournemouth University, 2.1 km away (TEF Silver).
13 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.
Bournemouth West constituency: Jessica Toale MP (Labour), since July 2024. 2024 general election: Lab gain from Con, majority 3,224 (8.2%), turnout 56%. Vote shares: Labour 36%, Conservative 28%, Reform UK 17%, Liberal Democrat 11%.
10 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 5AH →
On this street: 0 of 29 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% | 1.1% |
| Mains gas | 94.7% | 85.9% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.2% | 0.2% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 4.9% | 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 34 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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