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Poole Town
What it's like at BH15 2BW: every home that has sold on the street 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 the street; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
No sales recorded at this postcode since 1995.
The nearest station is Poole, about a 5-minute walk (550 m), with 965k journeys a year; its busiest route is to London Waterloo.
The nearest bus stop is Sterte Shops, 150 m away, with fewer than one bus an hour on weekdays (routes 10, 744); 14 departures an hour from the 8 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 Oakdale Junior School, about a 5-minute walk (500 m); 54% met the expected standard.
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is Poole High School, under 50 m away; Attainment 8: 51 · 12% 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 The Southern Co-op, 400 m away; JT Fairmart (500 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Lifeboat Quay Medical Centre (650 m), with Boots the closest pharmacy (650 m).
For a haircut, Great British Barbering Academy is 500 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.
Dine Contract Catering is the closest café or restaurant (250 m), and Champs the nearest pub (350 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, 300 m away; for exercise, Viewpoint Fitness (650 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).
33 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%.
20 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 2BW →
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.
Nearest: Swanage Railway · about 41 min
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| 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.