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On Elms Avenue, in Parkstone
What it's like at BH14 8EE: every home that has sold on Elms 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.
8 homes on the street extended (energy certificates).
Sales and extensions on Elms Avenue; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
None of the 53 homes on the street is owned by a company.
| 1, Elms AvenueDetached | Dec 1998 | £420,000 | – | – | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3, Elms AvenueDetached | Jul 1997 | £390,000 | 516 m² | £756/m² | 1 |
| 3a, Elms AvenueDetached | Feb 2021 | £2,299,500 | 381 m² | £6,035/m² | 1 |
| 7a, Elms AvenueDetached | Jun 2025 | £2,300,000 | 139 m² | £16,547/m² | 2 |
| 9, Elms AvenueDetached | Nov 2017 | £1,500,000 | 188 m² | £7,979/m² | 1 |
| 11, Elms AvenueDetached | Jan 2003 | £1,310,000 | 303 m² | £4,323/m² | 2 |
| 13, Elms AvenueDetached | Dec 2020 | £2,400,000 | 292 m² | £8,219/m² | 2 |
| 15, Elms AvenueDetached | Aug 2025 | £4,000,000 | 422 m² | £9,479/m² | 2 |
| 17, Elms AvenueDetached | Mar 2010 | £2,600,000 | 502 m² | £5,179/m² | 2 |
| 19, Elms AvenueDetached | Jul 2015 | £1,420,000 | 172 m² | £8,256/m² | 1 |
| 21, Elms AvenueDetached | Dec 2016 | £1,830,000 | 434 m² | £4,217/m² | 3 |
| 23, Elms AvenueDetached | Jun 2018 | £2,880,000 | 424 m² | £6,792/m² | 1 |
| 25, Elms AvenueDetached | Nov 2006 | £1,140,000 | 378 m² | £3,016/m² | 1 |
| 27, Elms AvenueDetached | Sept 1996 | £360,000 | 302 m² | £1,192/m² | 1 |
| 29, Elms AvenueDetached | Sept 2017 | £1,950,000 | 479 m² | £4,071/m² | 2 |
| 31, Elms AvenueDetached | Dec 2006 | £1,520,000 | 294 m² | £5,170/m² | 5 |
| 33, Elms AvenueDetached | Aug 2022 | £2,780,000 | 450 m² | £6,178/m² | 1 |
| 37, Elms AvenueDetached | Sept 1998 | £460,000 | 250 m² | £1,840/m² | 1 |
| 39, Elms AvenueDetached | Nov 2015 | £1,700,000 | 289 m² | £5,882/m² | 1 |
| 41, Elms AvenueDetached | Nov 2013 | £1,400,000 | 514 m² | £2,724/m² | 1 |
| 43, Elms AvenueDetached | Dec 2020 | £2,050,000 | 159 m² | £12,893/m² | 1 |
| 45, Elms AvenueDetached | Jul 2003 | £900,000 | 164 m² | £5,488/m² | 1 |
| 47, Elms AvenueDetached | Jul 1997 | £475,000 | – | – | 3 |
| 49, Elms AvenueDetached | Sept 1998 | £430,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 51, Elms AvenueDetached | Mar 2005 | £1,500,000 | 663 m² | £2,262/m² | 1 |
| 53, Elms AvenueDetached | Jun 2022 | £4,850,000 | 246 m² | £19,715/m² | 2 |
| 55a, Elms AvenueDetached | Dec 2004 | £3,860,000 | – | – | 2 |
| Doctors Surgery And Medical Centre At, Lindisfarne, Elms AvenueDetached | Mar 2000 | £128,333 | – | – | 1 |
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), 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 Elgin Road, 250 m away, with a bus about every 50 minutes on weekdays (routes 60, 443, 418); 7 departures an hour from the 6 stops within a 5-minute walk.
The nearest primary school is Baden-Powell and St Peter's Church of England Junior School, about a 10-minute walk (1.0 km); 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, 2.5 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 Asda Express Poole - Sandbanks Road PFS, 600 m away; Spar (700 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Lilliput Medical Centre (300 m), with Day Lewis Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (under 50 m).
For a haircut, Swaffield‘s is 700 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.
South Deep Cafe is the closest café or restaurant (250 m), and The Britannia the nearest pub (1.1 km).
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 Whitecliff Park, 400 m away; for exercise, Breathe (1.4 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.
8 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%.
32 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 8EE →
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
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" Elms Avenue in the last 12 months.
On this street: 2 of 42 homes with certificates have solar panels, 4 a heat pump, and 4 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
The most notable of each. Rough times by car in free-flowing traffic, between neighbourhood centres. Check opening times before you travel.