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Bovington, Wool & Lulworth
What it's like at BH20 6LE: 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.
Nothing recorded on this street or nearby yet.
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 Wool, a short drive or bike ride (2.5 km), with 209k journeys a year; its busiest route is to Bournemouth.
Work usually means a journey: the nearest place with 5,000 or more jobs is about 77 minutes away by public transport (31 by car).
This is car country: only 9% of households have no car.
The nearest primary school is Bovington Academy, a few minutes' walk (under 50 m); 71% met the expected standard.
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The weekly shop is an easy trip: a food store is about 9 minutes away without a car.
The nearest GP surgery is The Wellbridge Practice (2.6 km), with Boots the closest pharmacy (2.5 km).
For a haircut, The Cutting Crew is 2.5 km away.
The nearest full A&E is Dorset County Hospital, 15 km away, rated good by the CQC.
At its trust, 59% of major A&E patients were seen within 4 hours in September 2026 (the NHS standard is 95%), and 60% of people waiting for planned treatment had waited under 18 weeks (typical wait 15 weeks).
There's a handful of places to eat and drink locally: 27 restaurants and cafés, 12 pubs and bars.
Indiana is the closest café or restaurant (300 m), and The Seven Stars the nearest pub (1.8 km).
It's a low-crime area: about 56 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents a year, below most of the country.
There are 437 listed buildings.
It's a mix of homes: 7% flats and 35% detached houses.
The typical home here was built in 1965-1972.
Bungalow country: 22% of homes are bungalows.
A swim is a short trip away: Lulworth Cove, 6.7 km away, was rated excellent for water quality in 2025.
The air is clean: background nitrogen dioxide is 3.7 µg/m³, among the lowest in the country.
For holidays, Bournemouth is 30 km away, and Bristol, with far more destinations, 85 km.
Most households own their home, 24% 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.
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.
South Dorset constituency: Lloyd Hatton MP (Labour), since July 2024. 2024 general election: Lab gain from Con, majority 1,048 (2.1%), turnout 65%. Vote shares: Labour 32%, Conservative 30%, Reform UK 17%, Liberal Democrat 16%.
0 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 BH20 6LE →
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 2.7% | 1.5% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 2.9% | 1.8% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 66.6% | 77.7% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 18.4% | 9.1% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 10.8% | 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.
The most notable of each. Rough times by car in free-flowing traffic, between neighbourhood centres. Check opening times before you travel.