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On Joshua Close, in Hamworthy West
What it's like at BH15 4QW: every home that has sold on Joshua Close 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.
1 home on the street extended (energy certificates).
Sales and extensions on Joshua Close; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
None of the 11 homes on the street is owned by a company.
| 1, Joshua CloseDetached | Oct 2018 | £320,000 | 79 m² | £4,051/m² | 3 |
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| 3, Joshua CloseDetached | Nov 2020 | £308,000 | 92 m² | £3,348/m² | 3 |
| 4, Joshua CloseDetached | Feb 2017 | £285,000 | 81 m² | £3,519/m² | 2 |
| 5, Joshua CloseSemi-detached | Nov 2009 | £197,500 | 70 m² | £2,821/m² | 2 |
| 6, Joshua CloseSemi-detached | Jul 2016 | £259,950 | 71 m² | £3,661/m² | 3 |
| 7, Joshua CloseDetached | Mar 2000 | £120,000 | – | – | 1 |
| Flat 1, Lulworth Court, 2, Joshua CloseFlat | Dec 2025 | £206,000 | 60 m² | £3,433/m² | 4 |
| Flat 2, Lulworth Court, 2, Joshua CloseFlat | Aug 2017 | £187,000 | 52 m² | £3,596/m² | 3 |
| Flat 5, Lulworth Court, 2, Joshua CloseFlat | Jul 2025 | £211,000 | 59 m² | £3,576/m² | 2 |
| Flat 3, Lulworth Court, 2, Joshua CloseFlat | Jul 2022 | £215,000 | 69 m² | £3,116/m² | 3 |
| Flat 4, Lulworth Court, 2, Joshua CloseFlat | Mar 2015 | £162,250 | 67 m² | £2,422/m² | 2 |
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
The nearest station is Hamworthy, about a 10-minute walk (1.0 km), with 145k journeys a year; its busiest route is to Bournemouth.
The nearest bus stop is Hamworthy Labour Club, 50 m away, with a bus about every 16 minutes on weekdays (routes 9, 448); 31 departures an hour from the 11 stops within a 5-minute walk.
The nearest primary school is Twin Sails Infant and Nursery School, about a 10-minute walk (800 m).
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is The Cornerstone Academy, 800 m away; Attainment 8: 41 · 4.8% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Grammar schools are within reach: Parkstone Grammar School (3.5 km) and Poole Grammar School (4.6 km).
The nearest supermarket is Co-op (BH15 4BH), 500 m away, with Central Stores closer still (200 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is The Adam Practice (500 m), with Crest Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (500 m).
For a haircut, Golden Scissors is 450 m away.
The nearest full A&E is Poole Hospital, 3.3 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: 11 restaurants and cafés, 3 pubs and bars.
Port of Call is the closest café or restaurant (250 m), and Hamworthy Labour Club the nearest pub (100 m).
Crime is around the national middle: about 88 per 1,000 residents a year.
It's a mix of homes: 23% flats and 22% detached houses.
The typical home here was built in 1965-1972.
The nearest park is Hamworthy Park, 900 m away; for exercise, Viewpoint Fitness (2.1 km).
The beach is on your doorstep: Poole Harbour Lake, 1.0 km away, was rated excellent for water quality in 2025.
The air is clean: background nitrogen dioxide is 6.8 µg/m³, among the lowest in the country.
For holidays, Bournemouth is 14 km away, and Bristol, with far more destinations, 88 km.
Most households own their home, 22% 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.
24 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%.
6 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 4QW →
No crimes recorded "on or near" Joshua Close in the last 12 months.
On this street: 0 of 10 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 | 1.4% | 0.8% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.5% | 0.6% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 95.0% | 85.9% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.2% | 0.2% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 4.0% | 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.
Nearest: Swanage Railway · about 37 min
The most notable of each. Rough times by car in free-flowing traffic, between neighbourhood centres. Check opening times before you travel.