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On Castle Street, in Christchurch Town
What it's like at BH23 1DT: every home that has sold on Castle 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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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.
Sales and extensions on Castle Street; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
3 of the 13 homes on the street are owned by companies.
| 12, Castle StreetOther · company-owned | Jul 2017 | £350,000 | – | – | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flat 2, 12a, Castle StreetFlat | Nov 2006 | £145,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 14, Castle StreetOther | Feb 2021 | £220,000 | – | – | 2 |
| Flat 1, 16, Castle StreetFlat | Aug 2001 | £130,000 | 76 m² | £1,711/m² | 2 |
| Flat 2, 16, Castle StreetFlat | Sept 2021 | £246,000 | 77 m² | £3,195/m² | 2 |
| Flat 3, 16, Castle StreetFlat | Jul 2026 | £195,000 | 78 m² | £2,500/m² | 2 |
| 16b, Castle StreetTerraced | Dec 2025 | £725,000 | 176 m² | £4,119/m² | 1 |
| 18, Castle StreetOther · company-owned | Nov 2024 | £2,900,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 20, Castle StreetDetached | Mar 1997 | £175,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 22, Castle StreetTerraced | Nov 2020 | £920,000 | 361 m² | £2,548/m² | 1 |
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
The nearest station is Christchurch, about a 10-minute walk (800 m), with 484k journeys a year; its busiest route is to London Waterloo.
The nearest bus stop is Priory Corner, under 50 m away, with a bus about every 6 minutes on weekdays (routes 1A, 1B, 1C, 20); 31 departures an hour from the 4 stops within a 5-minute walk.
The nearest primary school is The Priory Church of England Primary School, a few minutes' walk (250 m); 62% met the expected standard.
The closest top-rated primary is St Katharine's Church of England Primary School (1.6 km).
The nearest secondary is Twynham School, 500 m away; Attainment 8: 53.5 · 15.6% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: Avonbourne Boys' Academy (3.2 km).
Grammar schools are within reach: Bournemouth School for Girls (5.2 km) and Bournemouth School (5.6 km).
The nearest supermarket is Marks & Spencer Simply Food, 300 m away, with Ye Olde Eight Bells Shoppe closer still (100 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Aviation Medicals Wessex (50 m), with Boots the closest pharmacy (200 m).
For a haircut, Bubbles is 100 m away.
The nearest full A&E is The Royal Bournemouth Hospital, 3.0 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: 56 restaurants and cafés and 12 pubs and bars in the neighbourhood.
Full of Beans is the closest café or restaurant (under 50 m), and Ye Olde George the nearest pub (50 m).
Takeaways are plentiful (19 of them).
Crime is around the national middle: about 100 per 1,000 residents a year.
There are 132 listed buildings.
It's a mix of homes: 39% flats and 21% detached houses.
The typical home here was built in 1965-1972.
The nearest park is Druitt Gardens, 250 m away; for exercise, Maya and Moon (150 m).
The beach is on your doorstep: Bournemouth Southbourne, 2.1 km away, was rated excellent for water quality in 2025.
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 7.3 µg/m³).
For holidays, Bournemouth is 6.4 km away, and Bristol, with far more destinations, 97 km.
56 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 14 and 16, Castle Street | II | 0 m |
| 18, Castle Street | II | 10 m |
| 12, Castle Street | II | 10 m |
| 12A, CASTLE STREET (See details for further address information) | II | 20 m |
| the King'S Arms Hotel | II | 20 m |
| the Old Court House | II | 30 m |
| 9, Castle Street | II | 30 m |
| the Olde Barne | II | 30 m |
| 6 and 6a, Castle Street | II | 30 m |
| Signboard of King'S Arms Hotel | II | 30 m |
| 7, Castle Street | II | 30 m |
| 5, Castle Street | II | 40 m |
Nearest 12 shown. 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.
Christchurch constituency: Sir Christopher Chope MP (Conservative), since May 1997. 2024 general election: Con hold, majority 7,455 (15.7%), turnout 67%. Vote shares: Conservative 36%, Liberal Democrat 20%, Reform UK 19%, Labour 16%.
17 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 BH23 1DT →
Most households own their home, 22% rent privately.
It's an older community: 27% are 65 or over.
The nearest university is AECC University College, 3.9 km away (TEF Bronze).
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 8 shown. Plaques recorded by Open Plaques (openplaques.org), a volunteer project; its data is public domain. Not every plaque is recorded.
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 13 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 6 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 | 0.6% | 0.8% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.3% | 0.6% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 80.9% | 85.9% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.0% | 0.2% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 16.4% | 11.7% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 2.4% | 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: Hythe Pier · about 38 min
The most notable of each. Rough times by car in free-flowing traffic, between neighbourhood centres. Check opening times before you travel.