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On Mimosa Avenue, in Merley
What it's like at BH21 1TU: every home that has sold on Mimosa Avenue 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.
2 homes on the street extended (energy certificates).
Sales and extensions on Mimosa Avenue; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
None of the 58 homes on the street is owned by a company.
| 5, Mimosa AvenueDetached | Aug 2021 | £405,000 | 78 m² | £5,192/m² | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7, Mimosa AvenueDetached | Jul 2002 | £190,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 9, Mimosa AvenueDetached | Jul 2026 | £430,000 | 89 m² | £4,831/m² | 3 |
| 11, Mimosa AvenueDetached | Apr 2012 | £260,000 | 88 m² | £2,955/m² | 3 |
| 15, Mimosa AvenueDetached | Oct 2014 | £335,000 | 93 m² | £3,602/m² | 2 |
| 19, Mimosa AvenueDetached | Jul 2000 | £157,000 | 90 m² | £1,744/m² | 2 |
| 21, Mimosa AvenueDetached | Jan 2004 | £225,000 | – | – | 3 |
| 23, Mimosa AvenueDetached | Aug 2003 | £220,000 | 104 m² | £2,115/m² | 1 |
| 25, Mimosa AvenueDetached | Oct 2014 | £293,000 | 88 m² | £3,330/m² | 2 |
| 27, Mimosa AvenueDetached | Nov 1999 | £132,500 | – | – | 1 |
| 29, Mimosa AvenueDetached | Apr 2010 | £224,950 | 80 m² | £2,812/m² | 1 |
| 31, Mimosa AvenueDetached | Sept 2005 | £235,000 | 74 m² | £3,176/m² | 1 |
| 33, Mimosa AvenueDetached | Feb 2021 | £355,000 | 76 m² | £4,671/m² | 2 |
| 35, Mimosa AvenueDetached | Apr 2024 | £385,000 | 76 m² | £5,066/m² | 1 |
| 39, Mimosa AvenueDetached | Dec 2006 | £250,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 41, Mimosa AvenueDetached | Feb 2005 | £248,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 43, Mimosa AvenueDetached | Dec 2014 | £312,000 | 76 m² | £4,105/m² | 3 |
| 45, Mimosa AvenueDetached | May 1996 | £74,500 | – | – | 1 |
| 47, Mimosa AvenueDetached | Oct 2022 | £470,000 | 93 m² | £5,054/m² | 2 |
| 49, Mimosa AvenueDetached | Oct 2003 | £215,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 55, Mimosa AvenueDetached | Jun 2021 | £545,000 | 136 m² | £4,007/m² | 3 |
| 57, Mimosa AvenueDetached | Aug 2020 | £457,500 | 116 m² | £3,944/m² | 1 |
| 61, Mimosa AvenueDetached | Apr 2008 | £340,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 65, Mimosa AvenueDetached | Dec 2020 | £395,000 | 87 m² | £4,540/m² | 3 |
| 69, Mimosa AvenueDetached | Feb 2014 | £265,000 | 96 m² | £2,760/m² | 1 |
| 71, Mimosa AvenueDetached | Jun 2013 | £242,000 | 82 m² | £2,951/m² | 1 |
| 73, Mimosa AvenueDetached | Aug 2010 | £230,000 | 95 m² | £2,421/m² | 1 |
| 75, Mimosa AvenueDetached | Jan 2003 | £180,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 77, Mimosa AvenueDetached | Mar 2010 | £215,000 | – | – | 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 (6.6 km), with 229k journeys a year; its busiest route is to London Waterloo.
The nearest bus stop is Countess Close, 150 m away, with fewer than one bus an hour on weekdays (route 425); 17 departures an hour from the 11 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, about a 10-minute walk (650 m).
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is Broadstone Middle School, 2.1 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, 2.3 km away, with Nisa Local closer still (450 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is The Harvey Practice (500 m), with Rowlands Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (450 m).
For a haircut, Hair Ology is 2.2 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.
The Orangery Suite and Gardens is the closest café or restaurant (1.3 km), and Cobham Sports & Social Club the nearest pub (800 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, 800 m 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.
9 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%.
26 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 1TU →
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.
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: 0 of 39 homes with certificates have solar panels, 1 a heat pump, and 1 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.
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 58 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.