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On Somerby Road, in Oakdale West
What it's like at BH15 3RH: every home that has sold on Somerby 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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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.
6 homes on the street extended (energy certificates).
Sales and extensions on Somerby Road; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
None of the 38 homes on the street is owned by a company.
| 2, Somerby RoadDetached | Feb 2023 | £365,000 | 71 m² | £5,141/m² | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3, Somerby RoadDetached | Jun 1998 | £99,950 | – | – | 1 |
| 4, Somerby RoadDetached | Jan 1999 | £78,500 | – | – | 1 |
| 5, Somerby RoadDetached | Sept 2019 | £376,000 | 118 m² | £3,186/m² | 3 |
| 7, Somerby RoadDetached | May 2002 | £150,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 8, Somerby RoadDetached | Apr 2011 | £182,500 | 58 m² | £3,147/m² | 1 |
| 9, Somerby RoadDetached | Oct 2013 | £200,000 | 72 m² | £2,778/m² | 1 |
| 11, Somerby RoadDetached | Mar 1996 | £47,500 | – | – | 1 |
| 12, Somerby RoadDetached | Jul 2017 | £338,000 | 86 m² | £3,930/m² | 2 |
| 13, Somerby RoadDetached | Aug 2021 | £415,000 | 97 m² | £4,278/m² | 2 |
| 14, Somerby RoadDetached | Dec 2023 | £390,000 | 79 m² | £4,937/m² | 3 |
| 15, Somerby RoadDetached | Jun 2012 | £280,000 | 171 m² | £1,637/m² | 2 |
| 16, Somerby RoadDetached | May 2021 | £325,000 | 98 m² | £3,316/m² | 3 |
| 17, Somerby RoadDetached | Apr 2015 | £287,000 | 107 m² | £2,682/m² | 1 |
| 18, Somerby RoadDetached | Nov 2021 | £485,000 | 122 m² | £3,975/m² | 4 |
| 19, Somerby RoadDetached | Jan 2018 | £415,000 | 141 m² | £2,943/m² | 3 |
| 20, Somerby RoadDetached | Mar 2021 | £183,000 | 72 m² | £2,542/m² | 1 |
| 21, Somerby RoadDetached | Jun 2000 | £114,950 | – | – | 2 |
| 22, Somerby RoadDetached | Dec 2010 | £247,000 | 88 m² | £2,807/m² | 3 |
| 23, Somerby RoadDetached | Dec 2014 | £235,000 | 68 m² | £3,456/m² | 2 |
| 24, Somerby RoadDetached | Aug 2023 | £350,000 | 69 m² | £5,072/m² | 1 |
| 25, Somerby RoadSemi-detached | Dec 2017 | £415,000 | 141 m² | £2,943/m² | 2 |
| 26, Somerby RoadDetached | Jul 2019 | £317,500 | 73 m² | £4,349/m² | 1 |
| 27, Somerby RoadDetached | Nov 2017 | £312,500 | 76 m² | £4,112/m² | 2 |
| 28, Somerby RoadDetached | Feb 2024 | £426,500 | 101 m² | £4,223/m² | 3 |
| 29, Somerby RoadDetached | May 2015 | £237,500 | 69 m² | £3,442/m² | 1 |
| 30, Somerby RoadDetached | Jan 2010 | £190,000 | 72 m² | £2,639/m² | 1 |
| 31, Somerby RoadSemi-detached | Feb 1998 | £85,650 | – | – | 1 |
| 33, Somerby RoadDetached | Oct 2025 | £600,000 | 154 m² | £3,896/m² | 2 |
| 36, Somerby RoadDetached | Jan 2022 | £510,000 | 155 m² | £3,290/m² | 3 |
| 37, Somerby RoadDetached | Nov 1998 | £83,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 40, Somerby RoadDetached | Sept 1998 | £97,500 | – | – | 1 |
| 41, Somerby RoadDetached | Jun 2016 | £260,000 | 70 m² | £3,714/m² | 1 |
| 42, Somerby RoadDetached | Mar 2000 | £148,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 43, Somerby RoadDetached | Oct 2023 | £425,000 | 116 m² | £3,664/m² | 2 |
| 44, Somerby RoadDetached | May 2011 | £167,000 | 139 m² | £1,201/m² | 1 |
| 45, Somerby RoadDetached | Apr 2022 | £337,500 | 68 m² | £4,963/m² | 1 |
| 47, Somerby RoadDetached | Sept 2015 | £325,000 | 142 m² | £2,289/m² | 2 |
The nearest station is Poole, a short drive or bike ride (1.9 km), with 965k journeys a year; its busiest route is to London Waterloo.
The nearest bus stop is Enfield Road, 150 m away, with a bus about every 15 minutes on weekdays (routes 26, 25, 405, 447); 51 departures an hour from the 17 stops within a 5-minute walk.
The nearest primary school is Canford Heath Infant School, about a 5-minute walk (500 m).
The nearest secondary is St Edward's Roman Catholic/Church of England School, Poole, 650 m away; Attainment 8: 46.4 · 5.3% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Grammar schools are within reach: Parkstone Grammar School (1.7 km) and Poole Grammar School (2.5 km).
The nearest supermarket is Co-op (BH15 3LG), 400 m away; Paul's Biltong (300 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Oakdale Surgery (400 m), with Rowlands Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (450 m).
For a haircut, Barber Joes is 400 m away.
The nearest full A&E is Poole Hospital, 1.1 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).
It's quiet in the evenings: only 7 restaurants, cafés and pubs in the neighbourhood itself.
Entoyment War Gaming and Hobby Centre is the closest café or restaurant (500 m), and Oakdale Conservative Club the nearest pub (200 m).
It's a low-crime area: about 41 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents a year, below most of the country.
Detached houses make up 55% of homes.
It's largely interwar: 50% of homes were built between 1919 and 1939.
Bungalow country: 28% of homes are bungalows.
The nearest park is St George's playing field, 350 m away; for exercise, The Gym (750 m).
A swim is a short trip away: Poole Harbour Lake, 3.9 km away, was rated excellent for water quality in 2025.
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 9.5 µg/m³).
For holidays, Bournemouth is 11 km away, and Bristol, with far more destinations, 89 km.
Neighbours tend to stay put: 43% of households own their home outright.
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.
29 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%.
22 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 3RH →
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
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 38 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.
Nearest: Swanage Railway · about 38 min
The most notable of each. Rough times by car in free-flowing traffic, between neighbourhood centres. Check opening times before you travel.
On this street: 0 of 29 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 | 0.4% | 0.6% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 93.8% | 85.9% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.1% | 0.2% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 5.7% | 11.7% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 0.0% | 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.