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On Blair Avenue, in Parkstone
What it's like at BH14 0DA: every home that has sold on Blair Avenue 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.
2 homes on the street extended (energy certificates).
Sales and extensions on Blair Avenue; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
3 of the 32 homes on the street are owned by companies.
| 1, Blair AvenueFlat | Mar 2019 | £515,000 | 118 m² | £4,364/m² | 2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1a, Blair AvenueDetached | Mar 2020 | £435,000 | 163 m² | £2,669/m² | 2 |
| 2, Blair AvenueDetached | Jun 2014 | £310,000 | 93 m² | £3,333/m² | 1 |
| 3, Blair AvenueDetached | Apr 2019 | £502,500 | 157 m² | £3,201/m² | 4 |
| 4, Blair AvenueDetached | May 2002 | £230,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 5, Blair AvenueDetached | Dec 2022 | £580,000 | 173 m² | £3,353/m² | 1 |
| 7, Blair AvenueSemi-detached | Jan 2021 | £360,000 | 148 m² | £2,432/m² | 1 |
| 8, Blair AvenueSemi-detached | Oct 2013 | £364,000 | 178 m² | £2,045/m² | 3 |
| 9, Blair AvenueSemi-detached | Feb 2017 | £445,000 | 191 m² | £2,330/m² | 3 |
| 10, Blair AvenueDetached | May 2024 | £450,000 | 94 m² | £4,787/m² | 4 |
| 11, Blair AvenueFlat | Aug 2024 | £795,000 | 248 m² | £3,206/m² | 4 |
| 12, Blair AvenueDetached | May 2001 | £245,000 | 245 m² | £1,000/m² | 2 |
| Flat 2, 15, Blair AvenueFlat | Nov 2012 | £185,000 | 61 m² | £3,033/m² | 7 |
| Flat 5, 15, Blair AvenueFlat | Jun 2024 | £205,000 | 62 m² | £3,306/m² | 7 |
| Flat 4, 15, Blair AvenueFlat | Apr 2018 | £178,500 | 79 m² | £2,259/m² | 7 |
| Flat 3, 15, Blair AvenueFlat | Aug 2022 | £250,000 | 56 m² | £4,464/m² | 7 |
| Flat 7, 15, Blair AvenueFlat | Jun 2023 | £285,000 | 77 m² | £3,701/m² | 4 |
| Flat 6, 15, Blair AvenueFlat | Jun 2026 | £310,000 | 88 m² | £3,523/m² | 3 |
| Flat 8, 15, Blair AvenueFlat | Nov 2022 | £230,000 | 62 m² | £3,710/m² | 3 |
| Flat 1, 15, Blair AvenueFlat | Dec 2019 | £308,000 | 83 m² | £3,711/m² | 2 |
| 16 - 17, Blair AvenueOther · company-owned | Nov 2016 | £6,400,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 17, Blair AvenueOther · company-owned | Nov 2016 | £6,400,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 5, Ribbonwood Heights, Blair AvenueFlat | May 2008 | £220,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 6, Ribbonwood Heights, Blair AvenueFlat | Jun 2017 | £240,000 | – | – | 4 |
| 10, Ribbonwood Heights, Blair AvenueFlat | May 2010 | £230,000 | – | – | 2 |
| Flat 1, Blair Court, 18, Blair AvenueOther | Mar 2025 | £15,569 | 58 m² | £268/m² | 3 |
| Flat 7, Blair Court, 18, Blair AvenueFlat | Sept 2011 | £147,000 | 59 m² | £2,492/m² | 2 |
| Flat 4, Blair Court, 18, Blair AvenueFlat | Mar 2021 | £195,000 | 55 m² | £3,545/m² | 2 |
| Flat 6, Blair Court, 18, Blair AvenueFlat | Nov 2016 | £175,000 | 50 m² | £3,500/m² | 2 |
| Flat 5, Blair Court, 18, Blair AvenueFlat | Jan 2015 | £175,000 | 54 m² | £3,241/m² | 1 |
| Flat 2, Blair Court, 18, Blair AvenueFlat | Apr 2015 | £170,000 | 53 m² | £3,208/m² | 2 |
| Flat 3, Blair Court, 18, Blair AvenueFlat · company-owned | Jan 2021 | £170,000 | 54 m² | £3,148/m² | 1 |
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
Plenty of people here don't commute at all: 41% of working residents mostly worked from home at the 2021 census.
The nearest station is Parkstone (Dorset), about a 5-minute walk (550 m), with 229k journeys a year; its busiest route is to London Waterloo.
The nearest bus stop is Castle Hill, 150 m away, with a bus about every 7 minutes on weekdays (routes m1, U2, 441, 449); 110 departures an hour from the 14 stops within a 5-minute walk.
The nearest primary school is Courthill Infant School, about a 5-minute walk (600 m).
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is St Edward's Roman Catholic/Church of England School, Poole, 1.9 km away; Attainment 8: 46.4 · 5.3% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: Winton Academy (5.2 km).
Grammar schools are within reach: Parkstone Grammar School (4.1 km) and Poole Grammar School (4.6 km).
The nearest supermarket is Waitrose, 300 m away; Ashley News Food & Wine (250 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Shore Medical (200 m), with Shore Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (200 m).
For a haircut, Revolution is 250 m away.
The nearest full A&E is Poole Hospital, 1.7 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: 29 restaurants and cafés, 8 pubs and bars.
Kfc is the closest café or restaurant (250 m), and Victoria the nearest pub (250 m).
It's a low-crime area: about 50 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents a year, below most of the country.
Detached houses make up 40% of homes.
The typical home here was built in 1965-1972.
It's growing: about 166 new homes were completed in 2021–2025.
The nearest park is Uppleby Road Play Area, 400 m away; for exercise, MatSpace (1.1 km).
The beach is on your doorstep: Poole Canford Cliffs Chine, 2.8 km away, was rated excellent for water quality in 2025.
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 8.2 µg/m³).
For holidays, Bournemouth is 10 km away, and Bristol, with far more destinations, 91 km.
47 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Water Tower | II | 170 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.
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%.
51 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 BH14 0DA →
Neighbours tend to stay put: 42% of households own their home outright.
It's an older community: 27% are 65 or over.
It's highly educated: 44% of adults have a degree.
The nearest university is Arts University Bournemouth, 3.6 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.
On this street: 0 of 25 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 | 0.6% | 0.8% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 2.3% | 0.6% | 1.1% |
| Mains gas | 80.2% | 85.9% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.3% | 0.2% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 16.5% | 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 32 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.
Nearest: Swanage Railway · about 43 min
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