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On Oakley Hill, in Merley
What it's like at BH21 1QH: every home that has sold on Oakley Hill 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.
2 homes on the street extended (energy certificates).
Sales and extensions on Oakley Hill; 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.
| 6, Oakley HillSemi-detached | May 2026 | £560,000 | 149 m² | £3,758/m² | 3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8, Oakley HillDetached | Oct 2015 | £394,950 | 130 m² | £3,038/m² | 3 |
| 10, Oakley HillDetached | Jul 1998 | £220,000 | 294 m² | £748/m² | 1 |
| 12, Oakley HillDetached | Aug 2025 | £500,000 | 137 m² | £3,650/m² | 1 |
| 14, Oakley HillDetached | Jul 2026 | £576,000 | 119 m² | £4,840/m² | 3 |
| 16, Oakley HillDetached | Apr 2001 | £170,000 | 121 m² | £1,405/m² | 1 |
| 18, Oakley HillDetached | Aug 2005 | £377,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 20, Oakley HillDetached | Jun 2021 | £627,000 | 169 m² | £3,710/m² | 4 |
| 22, Oakley HillDetached | Feb 2012 | £410,000 | 112 m² | £3,661/m² | 3 |
| 24, Oakley HillDetached | Nov 2019 | £395,000 | 135 m² | £2,926/m² | 1 |
| 32, Oakley HillDetached | Aug 2014 | £385,000 | 120 m² | £3,208/m² | 1 |
| 34, Oakley HillDetached | Jun 2014 | £340,000 | 116 m² | £2,931/m² | 1 |
| 36, Oakley HillDetached | Nov 2006 | £295,000 | 133 m² | £2,218/m² | 2 |
| 38, Oakley HillDetached | Nov 2024 | £705,000 | 141 m² | £5,000/m² | 2 |
| 42, Oakley HillOther | Jul 2020 | £920,000 | 158 m² | £5,823/m² | 1 |
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
The nearest station is Parkstone (Dorset), a drive away (7.6 km), with 229k journeys a year; its busiest route is to London Waterloo.
The nearest bus stop is Oakley Road, 50 m away, with a bus about every 16 minutes on weekdays (routes 4, 6, 425, 704); 19 departures an hour from the 7 stops within a 5-minute walk.
This is car country: only 7% of households have no car.
The nearest primary school is Merley First School, a few minutes' walk (450 m).
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is Allenbourn Middle School, 1.7 km away.
Grammar schools are within reach: Poole Grammar School (3.2 km) and Parkstone Grammar School (4.3 km).
The nearest supermarket is Waitrose, 1.2 km away, with Nisa Local closer still (750 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is The Harvey Practice (850 m), with Rowlands Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (750 m).
For a haircut, Hair Ology is 1.1 km away.
The nearest full A&E is Poole Hospital, 6.7 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.
Cross Fire Cooking is the closest café or restaurant (600 m), and Willett Arms the nearest pub (250 m).
It's a low-crime area: about 26 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents a year, below most of the country.
There are 33 listed buildings.
Detached houses make up 76% of homes.
The typical home here was built in 1973-1982.
Bungalow country: 29% of homes are bungalows.
The nearest park is The Green, 1.2 km away; for exercise, Canford Sports Centre (1.9 km).
A swim is a short trip away: Poole Harbour Lake, 8.7 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 8.6 km away, and Bristol, with far more destinations, 85 km.
Neighbours tend to stay put: 57% of households own their home outright.
It's an older community: 31% are 65 or over.
8 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.
| Building | Grade | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Wimborne Lodge | II | 180 m |
| Piers, Gates and Railings North West of Wimborne Lodge to Canford School | II | 190 m |
Grade I and II* are the most important few per cent. Listing means consent is needed for most changes, inside and out. Contains Historic England data © Historic England 2026 (via planning.data.gov.uk), OGL.
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%.
29 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 BH21 1QH →
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.
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.
On this street: 0 of 30 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 | 1.1% | 0.8% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.9% | 0.6% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 94.3% | 85.9% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 2.5% | 0.2% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 2.0% | 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.
Nearest: Town Quay · about 41 min
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