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On Twemlow Avenue, in Parkstone
What it's like at BH14 8AL: every home that has sold on Twemlow 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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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.
3 homes on the street extended (energy certificates).
Sales and extensions on Twemlow Avenue; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
2 of the 44 homes on the street are owned by companies.
| 1, Twemlow AvenueDetached | Mar 2004 | £355,000 | 163 m² | £2,178/m² | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3, Twemlow AvenueDetached | Aug 2004 | £499,950 | – | – | 1 |
| 5, Twemlow AvenueDetached | Nov 2021 | £1,000,000 | 252 m² | £3,968/m² | 4 |
| 7, Twemlow AvenueDetached | Jul 2011 | £610,000 | 209 m² | £2,919/m² | 2 |
| 9, Twemlow AvenueDetached | Sept 2019 | £850,000 | 248 m² | £3,427/m² | 2 |
| 11, Twemlow AvenueDetached | May 2024 | £500,000 | 103 m² | £4,854/m² | 4 |
| 13, Twemlow AvenueDetached | Apr 2007 | £557,000 | – | – | 3 |
| 21, Twemlow AvenueDetached | Dec 2002 | £335,000 | 199 m² | £1,683/m² | 1 |
| 25, Twemlow AvenueDetached | May 2026 | £905,000 | 138 m² | £6,558/m² | 3 |
| 29, Twemlow AvenueDetached | Feb 2025 | £850,000 | 126 m² | £6,746/m² | 1 |
| 31, Twemlow AvenueDetached | Jul 2019 | £640,000 | 171 m² | £3,743/m² | 1 |
| 33, Twemlow AvenueDetached | Sept 2014 | £510,000 | 128 m² | £3,984/m² | 1 |
| 35, Twemlow AvenueDetached | Nov 2005 | £415,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 37, Twemlow AvenueDetached | May 2007 | £550,000 | 193 m² | £2,850/m² | 1 |
| 43, Twemlow AvenueDetached | Jan 2021 | £925,000 | 130 m² | £7,115/m² | 2 |
| 47, Twemlow AvenueDetached | May 2015 | £395,000 | 83 m² | £4,759/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 15-minute walk (1.1 km), with 229k journeys a year; its busiest route is to London Waterloo.
The nearest bus stop is Park Gates, 350 m away, with a bus about every 6 minutes on weekdays (routes m1, 60, U2, 20).
The nearest primary school is Baden-Powell and St Peter's Church of England Junior School, about a 10-minute walk (850 m); 73% met the expected standard.
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is Poole High School, 1.7 km away; Attainment 8: 51 · 12% 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 Co-op (BH14 0JD), 800 m away, with Park Gates Convenience Store closer still (450 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Evergreen Oak Surgery (600 m), with Parkstone Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (850 m).
For a haircut, Harrison‘s Barber Shop is 500 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.
The Kitchen is the closest café or restaurant (300 m), and The Britannia the nearest pub (600 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 Poole Park, 450 m away; for exercise, Breathe (500 m).
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.
20 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%.
41 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 8AL →
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.
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.
No crimes recorded "on or near" Twemlow Avenue in the last 12 months.
On this street: 0 of 32 homes with certificates have solar panels, 1 a heat pump, and 3 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% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 80.3% | 85.9% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.3% | 0.2% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 16.4% | 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.
Nearest: Swanage Railway · about 43 min
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