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On Gervis Road, in East Cliff
What it's like at BH1 3EF: every home that has sold on Gervis 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.
5 homes on the street extended (energy certificates).
Sales and extensions on Gervis Road; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
2 of the 108 homes on the street are owned by companies.
| Flat 2, Grange Court, Gervis RoadFlat | Oct 2024 | £236,000 | 100 m² | £2,360/m² | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flat 5, Grange Court, Gervis RoadFlat | Aug 2021 | £219,000 | 99 m² | £2,212/m² | 5 |
| Flat 11, Grange Court, Gervis RoadFlat | Jun 2011 | £147,500 | 79 m² | £1,867/m² | 4 |
| Flat 22, Grange Court, Gervis RoadFlat | Feb 2023 | £260,000 | 89 m² | £2,921/m² | 5 |
| Flat 6, Grange Court, Gervis RoadFlat | Apr 1998 | £56,000 | – | – | 1 |
| Flat 18, Grange Court, Gervis RoadFlat · company-owned | Sept 2022 | £175,000 | 80 m² | £2,188/m² | 2 |
| Flat 25, Grange Court, Gervis RoadFlat | Sept 2025 | £155,000 | 84 m² | £1,845/m² | 3 |
| Flat 20, Grange Court, Gervis RoadFlat | Sept 2000 | £80,000 | – | – | 2 |
| Flat 14, Grange Court, Gervis RoadFlat | Apr 2019 | £177,500 | 85 m² | £2,088/m² | 2 |
| Flat 4, Grange Court, Gervis RoadFlat | Aug 2001 | £110,000 | 100 m² | £1,100/m² | 2 |
| Flat 15, Grange Court, Gervis RoadFlat | Aug 1999 | £57,000 | 62 m² | £919/m² | 1 |
| Flat 9, Grange Court, Gervis RoadFlat | May 2012 | £161,000 | 83 m² | £1,940/m² | 2 |
| Flat 1, Grange Court, Gervis RoadFlat | Nov 2005 | £190,000 | 98 m² | £1,939/m² | 3 |
| Flat 16, Grange Court, Gervis RoadFlat | May 2018 | £192,000 | 94 m² | £2,043/m² | 3 |
| Flat 7, Grange Court, Gervis RoadFlat | Apr 2009 | £140,000 | 94 m² | £1,489/m² | 1 |
| Flat 12, Grange Court, Gervis RoadFlat | Nov 2013 | £152,000 | 78 m² | £1,949/m² | 1 |
| Flat 3, Grange Court, Gervis RoadFlat | Nov 2025 | £190,000 | 134 m² | £1,418/m² | 2 |
| Flat 24, Grange Court, Gervis RoadFlat | Dec 2012 | £145,000 | 75 m² | £1,933/m² | 1 |
| Flat 17, Grange Court, Gervis RoadFlat | Mar 2016 | £143,000 | 82 m² | £1,744/m² | 1 |
The nearest station is Bournemouth, about a 10-minute walk (700 m), with 2.7m journeys a year; its busiest route is to London Waterloo.
The nearest bus stop is St Swithuns Roundabout, 100 m away, with a bus about every 2 minutes on weekdays (routes U1, m2, 1A, X3); 206 departures an hour from the 16 stops within a 5-minute walk.
Plenty of jobs are close by: somewhere with 5,000 or more jobs (a town centre, business park or big hospital) is about 9 minutes away by public transport or on foot.
The nearest primary school is Livingstone Academy Bournemouth, about a 5-minute walk (500 m).
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is Livingstone Academy Bournemouth, 500 m away.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: Avonbourne Boys' Academy (3 km) and Winton Academy (3.3 km).
Grammar schools are within reach: Bournemouth School (2.8 km) and Bournemouth School for Girls (3.1 km).
Few families with young children: only 9% of residents are under 15.
The nearest supermarket is Yaawin Global Spicy Supermarket, 150 m away; East Cliff News (150 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is The Panton Practice (50 m), with Lansdowne Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (300 m).
For a haircut, Fade is 300 m away.
The nearest full A&E is The Royal Bournemouth Hospital, 3.9 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).
Evenings out are on the doorstep: 66 restaurants and cafés and 11 pubs and bars in the neighbourhood.
Le Petit Prince Patisserie is the closest café or restaurant (100 m), and The Old Fire Station (SUBU) the nearest pub (300 m).
Takeaways are plentiful (18 of them).
Crime is higher than in most places, at about 250 per 1,000 residents a year (busy town centres push this figure up).
Much of it is protected: 44% of postcodes sit in a conservation area (East Cliff).
There are 25 listed buildings.
Homes are mostly flats (91%).
The typical home here was built in 1965-1972.
It's growing: about 251 new homes were completed in 2021–2025.
The nearest park is Knyveton Gardens, 600 m away; for exercise, HIIT Fitness (750 m).
48 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.
| Building | Grade | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Church of St Swithun | II | 80 m |
| St Swithun's, Bournemouth War Memorial | II | 110 m |
| Earl'S Court | II | 120 m |
| St Swithun'S Church Hall | II | 120 m |
| Tudor Grange | II | 180 m |
| Ascham House | II | 180 m |
Grade I and II* are the most important few per cent. Listing means consent is needed for most changes, inside and out. Contains Historic England data © Historic England 2026 (via planning.data.gov.uk), OGL.
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%.
39 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 BH1 3EF →
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
The beach is on your doorstep: Bournemouth Boscombe Pier, 1.3 km away, was rated excellent for water quality in 2025.
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 9.7 µg/m³).
For holidays, Bournemouth is 6.4 km away, and Bristol, with far more destinations, 95 km.
Many neighbours rent: 56% of households rent privately and 10% socially.
It's young: 40% of residents are aged 15–29.
This is a student area: 30% of adults were full-time students at the 2021 census, so expect shared houses, busy term times and quiet summers.
The nearest university is AECC University College, 2.4 km away (TEF Bronze).
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.
Plaques recorded by Open Plaques (openplaques.org), a volunteer project; its data is public domain. Not every plaque is recorded.
No crimes recorded "on or near" Gervis Road in the last 12 months.
On this street: 0 of 86 homes with certificates have solar panels, 0 a heat pump, and 10 are heated by something other than mains gas.
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 0.1% | 0.8% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.0% | 0.6% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 55.6% | 85.9% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.1% | 0.2% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 30.1% | 11.7% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 14.2% | 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: Town Quay · about 40 min
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