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On Balston Terrace, in Poole Town
What it's like at BH15 1LE: every home that has sold on Balston Terrace 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.
Sales and extensions on Balston Terrace; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
None of the 9 homes on the street is owned by a company.
| 1, Balston TerraceTerraced | May 2021 | £247,000 | 72 m² | £3,431/m² | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2, Balston TerraceTerraced | May 2014 | £220,000 | 106 m² | £2,075/m² | 2 |
| 5, Balston TerraceTerraced | Aug 2016 | £251,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 6, Balston TerraceTerraced | Dec 2017 | £235,000 | 72 m² | £3,264/m² | 4 |
| 7, Balston TerraceTerraced | May 2011 | £141,000 | 79 m² | £1,785/m² | 1 |
| 8, Balston TerraceTerraced | Dec 2015 | £207,000 | 78 m² | £2,654/m² | 2 |
| 9, Balston TerraceTerraced | May 2010 | £213,500 | 85 m² | £2,512/m² | 1 |
| 10, Balston TerraceTerraced | Jul 2010 | £205,000 | 86 m² | £2,384/m² | 2 |
| 11, Balston TerraceTerraced | Jul 2026 | £250,000 | 67 m² | £3,731/m² | 3 |
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
The nearest station is Poole, about a 5-minute walk (600 m), with 965k journeys a year; its busiest route is to London Waterloo.
The nearest bus stop is Queen Mary, 100 m away, with a bus about every 14 minutes on weekdays (routes 8, 60, 448, 703); 45 departures an hour from the 10 stops within a 5-minute walk.
Plenty of jobs are close by: somewhere with 5,000 or more jobs (a town centre, business park or big hospital) is about 7 minutes away by public transport or on foot.
The nearest primary school is Old Town Infant School and Nursery, about a 5-minute walk (550 m).
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is The Cornerstone Academy, 1.0 km away; Attainment 8: 41 · 4.8% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Grammar schools are within reach: Parkstone Grammar School (3.2 km) and Poole Grammar School (4.1 km).
The nearest supermarket is Sainsbury's, 250 m away; Go Go Grocery (200 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Lifeboat Quay Medical Centre (450 m), with Asda Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (300 m).
For a haircut, Natural Body Cafe is 150 m away.
The nearest full A&E is Poole Hospital, 700 m 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: 87 restaurants and cafés and 24 pubs and bars in the neighbourhood.
Nusara Thai is the closest café or restaurant (200 m), and Queen Mary Inn the nearest pub (100 m).
Takeaways are plentiful (23 of them).
Crime is higher than in most places, at about 209 per 1,000 residents a year (busy town centres push this figure up).
Much of it is protected: 41% of postcodes sit in a conservation area (Town Centre Heritage, Heckford Park).
There are 167 listed buildings.
Homes are mostly flats (62%).
The typical home here was built in 1973-1982.
It's growing: about 231 new homes were completed in 2021–2025.
The nearest park is Sterte Green, 800 m away; for exercise, Viewpoint Fitness (500 m).
A swim is a short trip away: Poole Harbour Lake, 3.2 km away, was rated excellent for water quality in 2025.
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 9.8 µg/m³).
37 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Balston Terrace | II | 10 m |
| Balston Terrace | II | 30 m |
| Jolliffe House and Attached Iron Railings, Gates and Stone Piers | II | 110 m |
| 24, Market Street | II | 130 m |
| the Angel Public House | II | 130 m |
| 2, Market Close | II | 130 m |
| 22, Market Street | II | 130 m |
| Garden Wall to North Boundary of the Rectory | II | 130 m |
| 20, Market Street | II* | 140 m |
| 4, Market Close | II | 140 m |
| Lamp Post Approximately 2 Metres East of Number 20 | II | 140 m |
| Number 18 and Attached Iron Front Railings | II |
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%.
13 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 BH15 1LE →
For holidays, Bournemouth is 12 km away, and Bristol, with far more destinations, 90 km.
Most households own their home, 32% rent privately.
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.
| 140 m |
Nearest 12 shown. 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.
Plaques recorded by Open Plaques (openplaques.org), a volunteer project; its data is public domain. Not every plaque is recorded.
No crimes recorded "on or near" Balston Terrace in the last 12 months.
On this street: 0 of 8 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 | 0.1% | 0.8% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.1% | 0.6% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 73.0% | 85.9% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.2% | 0.2% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 22.7% | 11.7% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 4.0% | 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 41 min
The most notable of each. Rough times by car in free-flowing traffic, between neighbourhood centres. Check opening times before you travel.