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On Sopwith Crescent, in Merley
What it's like at BH21 1SW: every home that has sold on Sopwith Crescent 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.
8 homes on the street extended (energy certificates). 5 homes have a new energy certificate in the last 6 months and no sale since: often a sign of a sale or let coming.
Sales and extensions on Sopwith Crescent; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
2 of the 246 homes on the street are owned by companies.
| 51, Sopwith CrescentDetached | Aug 2023 | £450,000 | – | – | 2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 53, Sopwith CrescentDetached | Oct 2003 | £210,000 | 88 m² | £2,386/m² | 2 |
| 55, Sopwith CrescentDetached | Dec 2014 | £265,000 | 64 m² | £4,141/m² | 1 |
| 57, Sopwith CrescentDetached | Mar 2012 | £225,000 | 65 m² | £3,462/m² | 1 |
| 59, Sopwith CrescentDetached | Mar 2011 | £230,000 | 63 m² | £3,651/m² | 1 |
| 61, Sopwith CrescentDetached | Aug 2009 | £225,000 | 129 m² | £1,744/m² | 1 |
| 65, Sopwith CrescentDetached | Sept 2018 | £340,000 | 75 m² | £4,533/m² | 2 |
| 67, Sopwith CrescentDetached | Jun 2008 | £235,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 69, Sopwith CrescentDetached | Apr 2017 | £335,000 | 102 m² | £3,284/m² | 1 |
| 79, Sopwith CrescentDetached | Jul 2026 | £380,000 | 87 m² | £4,368/m² | 1 |
| 81, Sopwith CrescentDetached | Dec 2020 | £375,000 | 86 m² | £4,360/m² | 2 |
| 83, Sopwith CrescentDetached | Jan 1999 | £129,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 85, Sopwith CrescentDetached | Feb 1997 | £109,950 | – | – | 1 |
| 91, Sopwith CrescentDetached | Nov 2024 | £540,000 | 133 m² | £4,060/m² | 3 |
| 93, Sopwith CrescentDetached | May 2011 | £280,000 | 129 m² | £2,171/m² | 1 |
| 97, Sopwith CrescentDetached | May 1997 | £110,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 99, Sopwith CrescentDetached | Jun 1999 | £123,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 103, Sopwith CrescentDetached | Aug 2017 | £435,000 | 133 m² | £3,271/m² | 2 |
| 105, Sopwith CrescentDetached | Nov 2006 | £250,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 107, Sopwith CrescentDetached | Sept 2010 | £225,000 | 86 m² | £2,616/m² | 1 |
| 109, Sopwith CrescentDetached | Mar 2026 | £450,000 | 122 m² | £3,689/m² | 2 |
| 111, Sopwith CrescentDetached | Sept 2019 | £345,000 | 78 m² | £4,423/m² | 1 |
| 113, Sopwith CrescentDetached | May 2026 | £365,000 | 64 m² | £5,703/m² | 2 |
| 115, Sopwith CrescentDetached | Jul 2019 | £305,000 | 62 m² | £4,919/m² | 3 |
| 117, Sopwith CrescentDetached | Aug 2015 | £270,000 | 66 m² | £4,091/m² | 2 |
| 119, Sopwith CrescentDetached | Dec 2009 | £219,950 | 65 m² | £3,384/m² | 2 |
| 121, Sopwith CrescentSemi-detached | May 2007 | £230,000 | 68 m² | £3,382/m² | 1 |
| 123, Sopwith CrescentSemi-detached | Aug 2018 | £280,000 | 68 m² | £4,118/m² | 1 |
The nearest station is Parkstone (Dorset), a drive away (7.2 km), with 229k journeys a year; its busiest route is to London Waterloo.
The nearest bus stop is Chichester Walk, 100 m away, with a bus about every 27 minutes on weekdays (routes 6, 32, 425); 30 departures an hour from the 12 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 (300 m).
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is Allenbourn Middle School, 2.3 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, 1.8 km away, with Nisa Local closer still (250 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is The Harvey Practice (300 m), with Rowlands Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (250 m).
For a haircut, Hair Ology is 1.7 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 (1.2 km), and Willett Arms the nearest pub (550 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, 500 m away; for exercise, Canford Sports Centre (1.4 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.
12 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%.
28 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 1SW →
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
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 246 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.
Nearest: Town Quay · about 41 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: 2 of 189 homes with certificates have solar panels, 0 a heat pump, and 6 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.