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On Purewell, in Christchurch Town
What it's like at BH23 1EJ: every home that has sold on Purewell 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.
5 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 Purewell; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
16 of the 155 homes on the street are owned by companies (2 overseas).
| 81a, PurewellDetached | Sept 2014 | £310,000 | 87 m² | £3,563/m² | 3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flat 2, 83, PurewellFlat | Oct 2001 | £82,000 | – | – | 2 |
| Flat 5, 83, PurewellFlat | Dec 2024 | £130,000 | 49 m² | £2,653/m² | 4 |
| Flat 3, 83, PurewellFlat | Aug 2025 | £77,500 | 40 m² | £1,938/m² | 4 |
| Flat 1, 83, PurewellFlat | Aug 2007 | £165,000 | 51 m² | £3,235/m² | 1 |
| Flat 4, 83, PurewellFlat | Oct 2022 | £128,500 | 40 m² | £3,213/m² | 2 |
| 87, PurewellDetached | Feb 2025 | £603,000 | 163 m² | £3,699/m² | 3 |
| 89, PurewellSemi-detached | May 2024 | £450,000 | 118 m² | £3,814/m² | 3 |
| 91, PurewellSemi-detached | Jul 2009 | £205,000 | 95 m² | £2,158/m² | 1 |
| 93, PurewellSemi-detached | May 2005 | £228,000 | – | – | 3 |
| 99, PurewellTerraced | Jul 2010 | £246,500 | 107 m² | £2,304/m² | 3 |
| 103, PurewellOther | May 2021 | £2,000 | 48 m² | £42/m² | 2 |
| 103a, PurewellFlat | Feb 2026 | £215,000 | 46 m² | £4,674/m² | 8 |
| 105, PurewellTerraced | Feb 2006 | £188,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 107, PurewellTerraced · company-owned | Mar 2024 | £410,000 | 91 m² | £4,505/m² | 2 |
| 113, PurewellSemi-detached | Mar 2021 | £377,500 | 96 m² | £3,932/m² | 4 |
| 113a, PurewellSemi-detached | Nov 2000 | £137,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 115, PurewellSemi-detached | Jul 2002 | £38,750 | – | – | 1 |
| 115b, PurewellTerraced | Jul 2024 | £230,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 115c, PurewellSemi-detached | Mar 2000 | £155,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 117, PurewellDetached | Feb 2004 | £73,643 | 103 m² | £715/m² | 2 |
| 125, PurewellOther | Apr 2017 | £252,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 125a, PurewellFlat | Apr 2008 | £145,000 | 89 m² | £1,629/m² | 1 |
| 127a, PurewellFlat | Oct 2024 | £228,000 | 119 m² | £1,916/m² | 3 |
| 129a, PurewellOther | Oct 2018 | £227,000 | 93 m² | £2,441/m² | 4 |
| 131, PurewellOther | Sept 2022 | £270,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 131a, PurewellFlat | Jul 2016 | £145,000 | 61 m² | £2,377/m² | 3 |
| Lilac Cottage, 113a, PurewellTerraced | Aug 2014 | £295,000 | – | – | 2 |
| The Bakehouse, 115, PurewellTerraced | Sept 2009 | £120,000 | – | – | 2 |
| The Bakehouse, 115b, PurewellFlat | Apr 2004 | £120,000 | – | – | 1 |
| The Stables, 115c, PurewellTerraced | Jul 2016 | £375,000 | – | – | 1 |
The nearest station is Christchurch, a short drive or bike ride (1.6 km), with 484k journeys a year; its busiest route is to London Waterloo.
The nearest bus stop is Livingstone Road, 150 m away, with a bus about every 7 minutes on weekdays (routes 1A, 1B, 1C, 81); 37 departures an hour from the 7 stops within a 5-minute walk.
The nearest primary school is Mudeford Community Infants' School, a few minutes' walk (350 m).
The closest top-rated primary is St Katharine's Church of England Primary School (1.6 km).
The nearest secondary is The Grange School, 700 m away; Attainment 8: 36.3 · 3.6% 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 Premier, 50 m away; Nisa Local (100 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Christchurch Medical Practice (150 m), with Rowlands Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (50 m).
For a haircut, Priory Hair is 750 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.
Tastee is the closest café or restaurant (under 50 m), and The Rising Sun (Christchurch) 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 Stanpit Recreation Ground, 550 m away; for exercise, Snap Fitness (550 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.
Most households own their home, 22% rent privately.
36 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 113, Purewell | II | 10 m |
| the Rising Sun Public House | II | 60 m |
| War Memorial | II | 90 m |
| Purewell Farm House | II | 110 m |
| the Salisbury Arms Public House | 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.
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%.
11 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 1EJ →
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
It's an older community: 27% are 65 or over.
The nearest university is AECC University College, 4.8 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: 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.
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 155 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 98 homes with certificates have solar panels, 0 a heat pump, and 40 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.