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On Potters Way, in Penn Hill
What it's like at BH14 8QG: every home that has sold on Potters Way 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.
4 homes on the street extended (energy certificates).
Sales and extensions on Potters Way; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
None of the 45 homes on the street is owned by a company.
| 1, Potters WayDetached | Oct 2023 | £690,000 | 109 m² | £6,330/m² | 2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2, Potters WayDetached | Nov 2014 | £395,000 | 96 m² | £4,115/m² | 2 |
| 3, Potters WayDetached | May 2011 | £280,000 | 79 m² | £3,544/m² | 1 |
| 4, Potters WayDetached | Apr 2026 | £592,500 | 96 m² | £6,172/m² | 2 |
| 7, Potters WayDetached | May 2022 | £452,000 | 69 m² | £6,551/m² | 2 |
| 8, Potters WayDetached | Nov 2003 | £285,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 10, Potters WayDetached | Jun 2017 | £550,000 | 97 m² | £5,670/m² | 1 |
| 11, Potters WaySemi-detached | Aug 2015 | £315,000 | 73 m² | £4,315/m² | 3 |
| 15, Potters WaySemi-detached | Dec 1997 | £85,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 16, Potters WayDetached | Jan 2023 | £650,000 | 146 m² | £4,452/m² | 2 |
| 17, Potters WayDetached | Nov 2019 | £380,000 | 66 m² | £5,758/m² | 3 |
| 18, Potters WayDetached | Aug 2021 | £482,500 | 81 m² | £5,957/m² | 1 |
| 19, Potters WayDetached | Jul 2004 | £287,500 | – | – | 2 |
| 20, Potters WayDetached | Feb 2011 | £285,000 | 93 m² | £3,065/m² | 1 |
| 21, Potters WayDetached | Jul 2004 | £245,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 22, Potters WayDetached | Jun 2021 | £505,000 | 77 m² | £6,558/m² | 2 |
| 24, Potters WayDetached | Nov 2005 | £323,500 | – | – | 2 |
| 26, Potters WayDetached | Sept 2021 | £578,000 | 110 m² | £5,255/m² | 4 |
| 28, Potters WayDetached | Feb 2020 | £515,000 | 111 m² | £4,640/m² | 3 |
| 30, Potters WayDetached | Dec 2025 | £785,000 | 83 m² | £9,458/m² | 2 |
| 32, Potters WayDetached | Jan 2026 | £770,000 | 134 m² | £5,746/m² | 5 |
| 34, Potters WayDetached | Nov 2022 | £565,000 | 78 m² | £7,244/m² | 1 |
| 38, Potters WayDetached | Feb 2024 | £620,000 | 101 m² | £6,139/m² | 6 |
| 40, Potters WayDetached | Jul 2023 | £625,000 | 98 m² | £6,378/m² | 3 |
| 42, Potters WayDetached | Sept 2015 | £455,000 | 132 m² | £3,447/m² | 2 |
| 44, Potters WayDetached | Jan 2007 | £347,500 | – | – | 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), about a 10-minute walk (950 m), with 229k journeys a year; its busiest route is to London Waterloo.
The nearest bus stop is Jennings Road, 50 m away, with fewer than one bus an hour on weekdays (route 20); 5 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 (750 m); 73% met the expected standard.
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, 2.9 km away; Attainment 8: 46.4 · 5.3% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: Winton Academy (4.2 km).
Grammar schools are within reach: Parkstone Grammar School (4.5 km) and Poole Grammar School (4.8 km).
The nearest supermarket is Asda Express Poole - Sandbanks Road PFS, 650 m away; Spar (750 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Lilliput Medical Centre (600 m), with Day Lewis Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (600 m).
For a haircut, Dimond is 800 m away.
The nearest full A&E is Poole Hospital, 2.6 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: 23 restaurants and cafés, 4 pubs and bars.
Parkstone Golf Club is the closest café or restaurant (650 m), and The Cow the nearest pub (950 m).
It's a low-crime area: about 51 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents a year, below most of the country.
Detached houses make up 46% of homes.
The typical home here was built in 1930s.
The nearest park is Whitecliff Park, 900 m away; for exercise, Breathe (1.7 km).
The beach is on your doorstep: Poole Branksome Chine, 2.5 km away, was rated excellent for water quality in 2025.
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 8.0 µg/m³).
For holidays, Bournemouth is 9.2 km away, and Bristol, with far more destinations, 92 km.
Most households own their home, 24% rent privately.
It's highly educated: 44% of adults have a degree.
7 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%.
49 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 8QG →
The nearest university is Arts University Bournemouth, 4.3 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 45 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.
On this street: 2 of 37 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 | 0.6% | 0.8% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 1.3% | 0.6% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 95.5% | 85.9% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.2% | 0.2% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 2.7% | 11.7% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 0.2% | 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: Swanage Railway · about 44 min
The most notable of each. Rough times by car in free-flowing traffic, between neighbourhood centres. Check opening times before you travel.