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On Christchurch Road, in Boscombe West
What it's like at BH1 4AJ: every home that has sold on Christchurch Road 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.
13 homes on the street extended (energy certificates). 21 homes have a new energy certificate in the last 6 months and no sale since: often a sign of a sale or let coming.
Sales and extensions on Christchurch Road; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
125 of the 1039 homes on the street are owned by companies (3 overseas).
The nearest station is Pokesdown, a short drive or bike ride (1.5 km), with 377k journeys a year; its busiest route is to London Waterloo.
The nearest bus stop is Boscombe Crescent, 50 m away, with a bus about every 4 minutes on weekdays (routes m2, 1A, 1C, 1B); 86 departures an hour from the 5 stops within a 5-minute walk.
The nearest primary school is St Clement's and St John's Church of England Infant School, about a 5-minute walk (550 m).
The closest top-rated primary is Avonwood Primary School (1.7 km).
The nearest secondary is Livingstone Academy Bournemouth, 1.7 km away.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: Avonbourne Boys' Academy (1.8 km) and Winton Academy (4.2 km).
Grammar schools are within reach: Bournemouth School (2.8 km) and Bournemouth School for Girls (2.9 km).
Few families with young children: only 14% of residents are under 15.
The nearest supermarket is Supermarket Romania, 100 m away; Crescent Food Hall (50 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Crescent Providence Surgery (250 m), with Superdrug Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (300 m).
For a haircut, Progen Aesthetics is 50 m away.
The nearest full A&E is The Royal Bournemouth Hospital, 2.9 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).
Evenings out are on the doorstep: 51 restaurants and cafés and 5 pubs and bars in the neighbourhood.
Art of Taste is the closest café or restaurant (50 m), and Northwick Club the nearest pub (250 m).
Takeaways are plentiful (14 of them).
Crime is higher than in most places, at about 161 per 1,000 residents a year (busy town centres push this figure up).
There are 18 listed buildings.
Homes are mostly flats (90%).
Most homes are Victorian or Edwardian: 56% were built before 1919.
It's growing: about 112 new homes were completed in 2021–2025.
The nearest park is Boscombe Chine Gardens, 450 m away; for exercise, Majestic Gym (100 m).
The beach is on your doorstep: Bournemouth Boscombe Pier, 700 m away, was rated excellent for water quality in 2025.
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 8.3 µg/m³).
58 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.
| Building | Grade | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| 506, Christchurch Road | II | 60 m |
| Church of St John the Evangelist | II* | 90 m |
Grade I and II* are the most important few per cent. Listing means consent is needed for most changes, inside and out. Contains Historic England data © Historic England 2026 (via planning.data.gov.uk), OGL.
Bournemouth East constituency: Tom Hayes MP (Labour), since July 2024. 2024 general election: Lab gain from Con, majority 5,479 (12.2%), turnout 62%. Vote shares: Labour 41%, Conservative 29%, Reform UK 14%, Liberal Democrat 7%.
37 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 BH1 4AJ →
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
For holidays, Bournemouth is 6.1 km away, and Bristol, with far more destinations, 95 km.
Many neighbours rent: 60% of households rent privately and 10% socially.
The nearest university is AECC University College, 1.1 km away (TEF Bronze).
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" Christchurch Road in the last 12 months.
On this street: 0 of 655 homes with certificates have solar panels, 0 a heat pump, and 371 are heated by something other than mains gas.
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 0.1% | 0.8% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.0% | 0.6% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 61.8% | 85.9% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.1% | 0.2% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 33.1% | 11.7% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 4.7% | 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.
Nearest: Town Quay · about 42 min
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