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On Leigh Road, in Wimborne Minster
What it's like at BH21 2AD: every home that has sold on Leigh Road 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.
1 home on the street extended (energy certificates). 4 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 Leigh Road; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
9 of the 211 homes on the street are owned by companies.
| 5 Leigh Mews, 147, Leigh RoadFlat | Jul 2013 | £138,000 | – | – | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 143, Leigh RoadDetached | Sept 2017 | £370,000 | 94 m² | £3,936/m² | 4 |
| 151, Leigh RoadDetached | Aug 2013 | £300,000 | 110 m² | £2,727/m² | 1 |
| 153, Leigh RoadSemi-detached | May 2014 | £295,000 | 99 m² | £2,980/m² | 5 |
| 155, Leigh RoadSemi-detached | Jun 2000 | £140,000 | 104 m² | £1,346/m² | 2 |
| 157, Leigh RoadSemi-detached | Jun 2021 | £400,000 | 86 m² | £4,651/m² | 4 |
| 159, Leigh RoadSemi-detached | Dec 2023 | £480,000 | 189 m² | £2,540/m² | 2 |
| 161, Leigh RoadSemi-detached | Mar 2023 | £495,000 | 93 m² | £5,323/m² | 2 |
| 163, Leigh RoadSemi-detached | Apr 1998 | £93,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 165, Leigh RoadSemi-detached | Sept 2019 | £350,000 | 108 m² | £3,241/m² | 1 |
| 167, Leigh RoadSemi-detached | Jan 2023 | £400,000 | 83 m² | £4,819/m² | 2 |
| 171, Leigh RoadSemi-detached | Nov 2008 | £243,000 | 100 m² | £2,430/m² | 3 |
| 173, Leigh RoadSemi-detached | Aug 2024 | £375,000 | 84 m² | £4,464/m² | 1 |
| 175, Leigh RoadSemi-detached | Jul 2007 | £237,500 | – | – | 2 |
| 177, Leigh RoadDetached | Apr 2017 | £425,000 | 83 m² | £5,120/m² | 2 |
| 179, Leigh RoadDetached | Feb 2019 | £385,000 | 82 m² | £4,695/m² | 2 |
| 181, Leigh RoadTerraced | Apr 2004 | £215,000 | 105 m² | £2,048/m² | 1 |
| 189, Leigh RoadTerraced | Nov 2005 | £232,500 | – | – | 2 |
| 189a, Leigh RoadSemi-detached | Nov 2022 | £485,000 | 104 m² | £4,663/m² | 3 |
| 191, Leigh RoadDetached | Feb 2004 | £315,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 199, Leigh RoadTerraced | Aug 2018 | £250,000 | 48 m² | £5,208/m² | 6 |
| 201, Leigh RoadTerraced | Dec 2000 | £72,750 | 51 m² | £1,426/m² | 1 |
| 203a, Leigh RoadDetached | Dec 2012 | £170,000 | 74 m² | £2,297/m² | 1 |
| 1, Leigh Mews, 147, Leigh RoadFlat | Mar 2024 | £196,500 | 39 m² | £5,038/m² | 1 |
| 2, Leigh Mews, 147, Leigh RoadFlat | Jul 2013 | £137,500 | 41 m² | £3,354/m² | 1 |
| 3, Leigh Mews, 147, Leigh RoadTerraced | Jul 2013 | £179,950 | 59 m² | £3,050/m² | 1 |
| 4, Leigh Mews, 147, Leigh RoadTerraced | Jul 2013 | £155,000 | 49 m² | £3,163/m² | 1 |
| 5, Leigh Mews, 147, Leigh RoadTerraced | Jul 2013 | £196,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 6, Leigh Mews, 147, Leigh RoadFlat | Jul 2013 | £170,000 | 63 m² | £2,698/m² | 1 |
| Abbeycroft, 149, Leigh RoadDetached | Mar 2018 | £375,000 | 106 m² | £3,538/m² | 1 |
| Leigh Cottage, 203, Leigh RoadTerraced | Oct 2025 | £425,000 | 84 m² | £5,060/m² | 8 |
| Leigh House, 147, Leigh RoadDetached | Feb 2004 | £330,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 1, Old Highway MewsSemi-detached | Sept 2017 | £315,000 | 82 m² | £3,841/m² | 3 |
| 2, Old Highway MewsSemi-detached | Aug 2000 | £132,000 | 102 m² | £1,294/m² | 2 |
| 3, Old Highway MewsTerraced | May 2023 | £225,000 | 59 m² | £3,814/m² | 4 |
| 4, Old Highway MewsSemi-detached | Oct 2022 | £330,000 | 80 m² | £4,125/m² | 5 |
| 5, Old Highway MewsTerraced | Feb 2005 | £160,000 | 89 m² | £1,798/m² | 1 |
| 6, Old Highway MewsTerraced | Oct 2021 | £322,000 | 81 m² | £3,975/m² | 2 |
| 7, Old Highway MewsTerraced | Jul 2024 | £335,000 | 82 m² | £4,085/m² | 4 |
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 (8.5 km), with 229k journeys a year; its busiest route is to London Waterloo.
The nearest bus stop is Gordon Road, 50 m away, with a bus about every 35 minutes on weekdays (route 13); 9 departures an hour from the 5 stops within a 5-minute walk.
The nearest primary school is St John's Church of England First School, Wimborne, about a 5-minute walk (550 m).
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is Allenbourn Middle School, 1.3 km away.
Grammar schools are within reach: Poole Grammar School (4.9 km) and Parkstone Grammar School (5.9 km).
The nearest supermarket is Waitrose, 800 m away, with Spar Gordon Road Wimborne closer still (150 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is The Quarter Jack Surgery (850 m), with The Quarter Jack Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (850 m).
For a haircut, Hair Ology is 900 m away.
The nearest full A&E is Poole Hospital, 8.6 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).
Evenings out are on the doorstep: 32 restaurants and cafés and 15 pubs and bars in the neighbourhood.
Cross Fire Cooking is the closest café or restaurant (800 m), and Wimborne Rugby Football Club the nearest pub (100 m).
Crime is around the national middle: about 99 per 1,000 residents a year.
Much of it is protected: 37% of postcodes sit in a conservation area (Wimborne Minster Conservation Area, St Johns Rowlands Hill Conservation Area).
There are 179 listed buildings.
It's a mix of homes: 34% flats and 24% detached houses.
The typical home here was built in 1973-1982.
It's growing: about 585 new homes were completed in 2021–2025.
The nearest park is Bytheway Field, 900 m away; for exercise, Canford Sports Centre (1.7 km).
A swim is a short trip away: Poole Harbour Rockley Sands, 9.8 km away, was rated excellent for water quality in 2025.
The air is clean: background nitrogen dioxide is 6.5 µg/m³, among the lowest in the country.
For holidays, Bournemouth is 10.0 km away, and Bristol, with far more destinations, 83 km.
11 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Old Manor Farmhouse | II* | 120 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%.
41 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 2AD →
Most households own their home, 18% rent privately.
It's an older community: 28% are 65 or over.
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 Dorset 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 211 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.
Nearest: Town Quay · about 39 min
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On this street: 0 of 148 homes with certificates have solar panels, 4 a heat pump, and 26 are heated by something other than mains gas.
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 0.5% | 1.5% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.4% | 1.8% | 1.1% |
| Mains gas | 84.2% | 77.7% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.1% | 9.1% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 13.2% | 10.1% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 2.0% | 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.