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On Sandy Close, in Upton & Lytchett Minster
What it's like at BH16 5DW: every home that has sold on Sandy 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 Sandy Close; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
None of the 8 homes on the street is owned by a company.
| 2, Sandy CloseDetached | Jun 2017 | £350,000 | 99 m² | £3,535/m² | 2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5, Sandy CloseFlat | Aug 2016 | £147,500 | 55 m² | £2,682/m² | 2 |
| 8, Sandy CloseDetached | Jan 2007 | £370,000 | 141 m² | £2,624/m² | 1 |
| 9, Sandy CloseDetached | Jul 2007 | £305,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 10, Sandy CloseDetached | May 2006 | £300,500 | – | – | 1 |
| 11, Sandy CloseDetached | Nov 2013 | £248,000 | 86 m² | £2,884/m² | 2 |
| 12, Sandy CloseDetached | Jun 2014 | £325,000 | 124 m² | £2,621/m² | 2 |
| 14, Sandy CloseSemi-detached | Jun 2007 | £195,000 | 64 m² | £3,047/m² | 1 |
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 (850 m), with 145k journeys a year; its busiest route is to Bournemouth.
The nearest bus stop is Bottom of Sandy Lane, 50 m away, with a bus about every 26 minutes on weekdays (route 8); 12 departures an hour from the 9 stops within a 5-minute walk.
The nearest primary school is Bayside Academy, about a 10-minute walk (700 m); 60% met the expected standard.
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is The Cornerstone Academy, 2.4 km away; Attainment 8: 41 · 4.8% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Grammar schools are within reach: Parkstone Grammar School (3.6 km) and Poole Grammar School (4.3 km).
The nearest supermarket is Lidl, 700 m away, with Premier Local Convenience Store closer still (200 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Upton Health Centre (850 m), with Rowlands Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (800 m).
For a haircut, Shorties Barbershop is 500 m away.
The nearest full A&E is Poole Hospital, 4.9 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).
There's a handful of places to eat and drink locally: 8 restaurants and cafés, 5 pubs and bars.
Supreme Fitness Centre is the closest café or restaurant (300 m), and Lytchett United Royal British Legion the nearest pub (1.3 km).
It's a low-crime area: about 42 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents a year, below most of the country.
There are 29 listed buildings.
It's a mix of homes: 11% flats and 38% detached houses.
The typical home here was built in 1973-1982.
Bungalow country: 24% of homes are bungalows.
The nearest park is Upton Country Park, 850 m away; for exercise, Bayside Fitness Club (2.7 km).
The beach is on your doorstep: Poole Harbour Rockley Sands, 2.2 km away, was rated excellent for water quality in 2025.
The air is clean: background nitrogen dioxide is 6.9 µg/m³, among the lowest in the country.
For holidays, Bournemouth is 14 km away, and Bristol, with far more destinations, 86 km.
Neighbours tend to stay put: 44% of households own their home outright.
13 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.
Mid Dorset and North Poole constituency: Vikki Slade MP (Liberal Democrat), since July 2024. 2024 general election: LD gain from Con, majority 1,352 (2.7%), turnout 66%. Vote shares: Liberal Democrat 43%, Conservative 41%, Labour 9%, Green Party 5%.
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 BH16 5DW →
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.
On this street: 0 of 6 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 | 2.9% | 1.5% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.2% | 1.8% | 1.1% |
| Mains gas | 93.7% | 77.7% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 1.2% | 9.1% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 4.6% | 10.1% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 0.0% | 0.6% | 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 33 min
The most notable of each. Rough times by car in free-flowing traffic, between neighbourhood centres. Check opening times before you travel.
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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 8 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.