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On The Topiary, in Oakdale East
What it's like at BH14 0QU: every home that has sold on The Topiary 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.
3 homes on the street extended (energy certificates).
Sales and extensions on The Topiary; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
3 of the 37 homes on the street are owned by companies (3 overseas).
| 1, The TopiaryTerraced | Jun 2011 | £260,000 | 158 m² | £1,646/m² | 3 |
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| 2, The TopiaryTerraced | Mar 2016 | £267,000 | 96 m² | £2,781/m² | 4 |
| 3, The TopiaryDetached | Jun 2000 | £139,950 | – | – | 1 |
| 4, The TopiaryDetached | Sept 2016 | £272,000 | 105 m² | £2,590/m² | 2 |
| 5, The TopiaryTerraced · company-owned | May 2003 | £223,500 | 86 m² | £2,599/m² | 2 |
| 6, The TopiaryTerraced | Dec 2020 | £302,500 | 100 m² | £3,025/m² | 2 |
| 7, The TopiaryTerraced | May 2021 | £302,500 | 86 m² | £3,517/m² | 5 |
| 8, The TopiaryTerraced | Dec 2002 | £210,000 | 95 m² | £2,211/m² | 2 |
| 9, The TopiaryTerraced | Jun 2026 | £315,000 | 90 m² | £3,500/m² | 3 |
| 10, The TopiaryTerraced | May 2001 | £165,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 11, The TopiaryTerraced | May 2017 | £277,500 | 108 m² | £2,569/m² | 4 |
| 12, The TopiaryTerraced | Sept 2000 | £165,950 | – | – | 1 |
| 14, The TopiaryTerraced | Jan 2026 | £342,500 | 87 m² | £3,937/m² | 4 |
| 15, The TopiaryTerraced | Jun 2021 | £329,000 | 99 m² | £3,323/m² | 3 |
| 16, The TopiaryTerraced | Feb 2007 | £238,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 17, The TopiaryTerraced | Jun 2016 | £284,000 | 103 m² | £2,757/m² | 2 |
| 18, The TopiaryTerraced · company-owned | Dec 2004 | £238,950 | 104 m² | £2,298/m² | 2 |
| 19, The TopiaryTerraced | Apr 2015 | £279,500 | 96 m² | £2,911/m² | 2 |
| 20, The TopiaryTerraced · company-owned | Nov 2004 | £239,950 | 111 m² | £2,162/m² | 2 |
| 21, The TopiaryTerraced | Jun 2020 | £285,000 | 100 m² | £2,850/m² | 6 |
| 22, The TopiaryFlat | Nov 2025 | £370,000 | 122 m² | £3,033/m² | 4 |
| 23, The TopiaryFlat | Aug 2017 | £185,000 | 57 m² | £3,246/m² | 3 |
| 24, The TopiaryFlat | Jun 2026 | £190,000 | 48 m² | £3,958/m² | 4 |
| 25, The TopiaryFlat | Aug 2019 | £197,000 | 70 m² | £2,814/m² | 4 |
| 26, The TopiaryFlat | Jul 2023 | £205,000 | 81 m² | £2,531/m² | 5 |
| 28, The TopiaryFlat | May 2024 | £210,000 | 61 m² | £3,443/m² | 5 |
| 29, The TopiaryFlat | Nov 2020 | £190,000 | 62 m² | £3,065/m² | 4 |
| 30, The TopiaryFlat | Mar 2004 | £146,500 | 66 m² | £2,220/m² | 2 |
| 31, The TopiaryFlat | May 2001 | £117,950 | 68 m² | £1,735/m² | 1 |
| 32, The TopiaryFlat | Dec 2020 | £196,000 | 49 m² | £4,000/m² | 4 |
| 33, The TopiaryFlat | Aug 2007 | £166,000 | 70 m² | £2,371/m² | 3 |
| 34, The TopiaryFlat | Jun 2001 | £112,000 | 57 m² | £1,965/m² | 1 |
| 35, The TopiaryFlat | Aug 2017 | £185,000 | 65 m² | £2,846/m² | 5 |
| 37, The TopiaryFlat | Apr 2001 | £114,950 | 68 m² | £1,690/m² | 1 |
| 38, The TopiaryFlat | Feb 2023 | £205,000 | 65 m² | £3,154/m² | 6 |
| 39, The TopiaryFlat | Nov 2025 | £215,000 | 74 m² | £2,905/m² | 5 |
| 40, The TopiaryFlat | Aug 2001 | £123,950 | 64 m² | £1,937/m² | 1 |
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
The nearest station is Parkstone (Dorset), a short drive or bike ride (1.3 km), with 229k journeys a year; its busiest route is to London Waterloo.
The nearest bus stop is Dale Road, 150 m away, with a bus about every 21 minutes on weekdays (routes 18, X6, 447, YX1); 43 departures an hour from the 16 stops within a 5-minute walk.
The nearest primary school is Ocean Academy Poole, about a 10-minute walk (650 m); 68% met the expected standard.
The closest top-rated primary is Canford Heath Infant School (1.4 km).
The nearest secondary is St Edward's Roman Catholic/Church of England School, Poole, 700 m away; Attainment 8: 46.4 · 5.3% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: Winton Academy (5.1 km).
Grammar schools are within reach: Parkstone Grammar School (2.5 km) and Poole Grammar School (3 km).
The nearest supermarket is Co-op (BH14 0AW), 400 m away, with R&S News closer still (250 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Evergreen Oak Surgery (950 m), with Parkstone Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (1.1 km).
For a haircut, High Maintenance Hair & Beauty is 500 m away.
The nearest full A&E is Poole Hospital, 1.4 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: 12 restaurants and cafés, 4 pubs and bars.
Ramp Rats is the closest café or restaurant (150 m), and Pottery Hotel the nearest pub (250 m).
It's a low-crime area: about 66 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents a year, below most of the country.
It's a mix of homes: 30% flats and 39% detached houses.
The typical home here was built in 1955-1964.
It's growing: about 306 new homes were completed in 2021–2025.
The nearest park is Haskells Recreation Ground, 800 m away; for exercise, Breathe (1.0 km).
A swim is a short trip away: Poole Canford Cliffs Chine, 4.4 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 9.9 km away, and Bristol, with far more destinations, 90 km.
23 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%.
38 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 0QU →
Most households own their home, 21% rent privately.
The nearest university is Arts University Bournemouth, 4.4 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.
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 37 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.
Nearest: Swanage Railway · about 42 min
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On this street: 0 of 21 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 | 0.7% | 0.8% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.9% | 0.6% | 1.1% |
| Mains gas | 87.2% | 85.9% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.1% | 0.2% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 10.9% | 11.7% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 0.7% | 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.