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On Parkstone Avenue, in Penn Hill
What it's like at BH14 9LR: every home that has sold on Parkstone 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.
11 homes on the street extended (energy certificates).
Sales and extensions on Parkstone Avenue; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
1 of the 143 homes on the street are owned by companies.
| 2, Parkstone AvenueSemi-detached | Feb 2025 | £580,000 | 98 m² | £5,918/m² | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2a, Parkstone AvenueSemi-detached | Oct 2013 | £425,000 | 99 m² | £4,293/m² | 1 |
| 6a, Parkstone AvenueDetached | Jan 1997 | £138,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 6b, Parkstone AvenueDetached | Apr 2004 | £355,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 8, Parkstone AvenueDetached | Aug 2023 | £575,000 | 133 m² | £4,323/m² | 1 |
| 10, Parkstone AvenueDetached | Jan 2018 | £480,000 | 145 m² | £3,310/m² | 3 |
| 12, Parkstone AvenueDetached | Aug 2016 | £547,500 | 141 m² | £3,883/m² | 3 |
| 14, Parkstone AvenueOther | Aug 2021 | £215,000 | 57 m² | £3,772/m² | 1 |
| Flat 1, 14a, Parkstone AvenueFlat | May 2022 | £260,000 | 59 m² | £4,407/m² | 4 |
| 18, Parkstone AvenueSemi-detached | Aug 2024 | £785,000 | 174 m² | £4,511/m² | 5 |
| 20, Parkstone AvenueSemi-detached | Jan 2019 | £430,000 | 98 m² | £4,388/m² | 2 |
| 24, Parkstone AvenueDetached | Dec 1999 | £139,950 | – | – | 2 |
| 26, Parkstone AvenueDetached | Oct 2014 | £485,000 | 114 m² | £4,254/m² | 3 |
| 28, Parkstone AvenueDetached | Oct 1999 | £197,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 30, Parkstone AvenueDetached | May 2013 | £532,500 | 211 m² | £2,524/m² | 4 |
| 32, Parkstone AvenueDetached | Sept 1998 | £170,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 34, Parkstone AvenueDetached | May 2019 | £665,000 | 185 m² | £3,595/m² | 4 |
| 36, Parkstone AvenueDetached | Aug 2024 | £575,000 | 92 m² | £6,250/m² | 1 |
| 38, Parkstone AvenueDetached | Jul 2006 | £335,000 | – | – | 3 |
| 40a, Parkstone AvenueFlat | Oct 2025 | £330,000 | 72 m² | £4,583/m² | 3 |
| 40b, Parkstone AvenueFlat | Nov 2010 | £230,000 | 111 m² | £2,072/m² | 2 |
| 42, Parkstone AvenueDetached | Oct 2018 | £272,500 | 76 m² | £3,586/m² | 1 |
| 42a, Parkstone AvenueFlat | Oct 2014 | £249,950 | 76 m² | £3,289/m² | 2 |
| 44a, Parkstone AvenueFlat | Oct 2022 | £320,000 | 80 m² | £4,000/m² | 3 |
The nearest station is Parkstone (Dorset), about a 10-minute walk (850 m), with 229k journeys a year; its busiest route is to London Waterloo.
The nearest bus stop is Penn Leigh, 100 m away, with fewer than one bus an hour on weekdays (routes 20, 449, 416); 41 departures an hour from the 14 stops within a 5-minute walk.
The nearest primary school is Courthill Infant School, a few minutes' walk (250 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, 2.6 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 Nisa Local, 200 m away; Bournemouth Road Service Station (250 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Shore Medical (750 m), with Savers the closest pharmacy (650 m).
For a haircut, K8 is 150 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.
China Fusion is the closest café or restaurant (200 m), and The Grasshopper the nearest pub (250 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 Alexandra Park, 500 m away; for exercise, MatSpace (850 m).
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.
The nearest university is Arts University Bournemouth, 3.4 km away (TEF Silver).
43 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%.
53 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 9LR →
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
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 143 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.
Nearest: Swanage Railway · about 44 min
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On this street: 0 of 94 homes with certificates have solar panels, 0 a heat pump, and 2 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% | 1.1% |
| 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.