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On Avenue Road, in Christchurch Town
What it's like at BH23 2BZ: every home that has sold on Avenue 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.
2 homes on the street extended (energy certificates).
Sales and extensions on Avenue Road; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
2 of the 112 homes on the street are owned by companies.
| 30, Avenue RoadSemi-detached | May 2002 | £135,000 | 56 m² | £2,411/m² | 2 |
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| 34, Avenue RoadSemi-detached | Apr 2004 | £189,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 36, Avenue RoadSemi-detached | Mar 2008 | £248,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 38, Avenue RoadSemi-detached | Jun 1997 | £94,500 | 127 m² | £744/m² | 1 |
| 40, Avenue RoadFlat | Jan 2013 | £150,000 | 56 m² | £2,679/m² | 1 |
| 40a, Avenue RoadFlat | Jan 2013 | £145,000 | 56 m² | £2,589/m² | 1 |
| 42, Avenue RoadSemi-detached | Nov 2022 | £515,100 | 138 m² | £3,733/m² | 2 |
| 44, Avenue RoadSemi-detached | Mar 2020 | £350,000 | 124 m² | £2,823/m² | 1 |
| 46, Avenue RoadSemi-detached | Sept 2011 | £296,500 | 109 m² | £2,720/m² | 3 |
| 50, Avenue RoadDetached | Sept 1997 | £72,500 | – | – | 1 |
| 52, Avenue RoadDetached | Sept 2022 | £585,000 | 122 m² | £4,795/m² | 4 |
| 56, Avenue RoadDetached | Oct 2012 | £315,000 | 98 m² | £3,214/m² | 4 |
| 58, Avenue RoadDetached | Nov 2009 | £325,000 | 134 m² | £2,425/m² | 4 |
| 64a, Avenue RoadFlat | Jul 2020 | £190,001 | 43 m² | £4,419/m² | 3 |
| 68, Avenue RoadDetached | Apr 2021 | £320,000 | 77 m² | £4,156/m² | 4 |
| 70, Avenue RoadDetached | Sept 2015 | £365,000 | 95 m² | £3,842/m² | 1 |
| 72, Avenue RoadDetached | Feb 2018 | £380,000 | 87 m² | £4,368/m² | 2 |
| 72a, Avenue RoadDetached | Oct 2019 | £400,000 | 107 m² | £3,738/m² | 2 |
| 74, Avenue RoadSemi-detached | Jul 1997 | £77,500 | – | – | 1 |
| 76, Avenue RoadSemi-detached | May 2024 | £345,000 | 71 m² | £4,859/m² | 3 |
| 78, Avenue RoadSemi-detached | Nov 2022 | £423,000 | 70 m² | £6,043/m² | 5 |
| 80, Avenue RoadSemi-detached | Feb 2021 | £345,000 | 74 m² | £4,662/m² | 2 |
| Flat 6, Apex Court, 82, Avenue RoadFlat | Oct 2012 | £125,000 | 50 m² | £2,500/m² | 3 |
| Flat 2, Apex Court, 82, Avenue RoadFlat | Oct 2019 | £202,500 | 53 m² | £3,821/m² | 4 |
| Flat 1, Apex Court, 82, Avenue RoadFlat | Jul 2025 | £199,500 | 59 m² | £3,381/m² | 4 |
| Flat 8, Apex Court, 82, Avenue RoadFlat | Nov 2020 | £187,500 | 51 m² | £3,676/m² | 7 |
| Flat 7, Apex Court, 82, Avenue RoadFlat | Jun 1998 | £58,450 | – | – | 2 |
| Flat 4, Apex Court, 82, Avenue RoadFlat | Sept 2003 | £132,000 | 48 m² | £2,750/m² | 4 |
| Flat 5, Apex Court, 82, Avenue RoadFlat | Dec 1997 | £56,950 | – | – | 1 |
| Flat 3, Apex Court, 82, Avenue RoadFlat | Dec 2015 | £156,000 | 46 m² | £3,391/m² | 4 |
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 5-minute walk (550 m), with 484k journeys a year; its busiest route is to London Waterloo.
The nearest bus stop is Grove Road East, 150 m away, with a bus about every 33 minutes on weekdays (routes 82, 81, 24, 789); 15 departures an hour from the 7 stops within a 5-minute walk.
The nearest primary school is Christchurch Infant 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 Twynham School, 1.1 km 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 One Stop, 400 m away; The Range (450 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Grove Surgery (300 m), with The Grove Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (300 m).
For a haircut, Aura is 400 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.
Christchurch Hospital is the closest café or restaurant (300 m), and The Railway Hotel the nearest pub (600 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 Iford Meadows, 900 m away; for exercise, Anytime Fitness (1.1 km).
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.
40 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.
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%.
16 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 2BZ →
On this street: 0 of 81 homes with certificates have solar panels, 0 a heat pump, and 1 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.
It's an older community: 27% are 65 or over.
The nearest university is AECC University College, 3.3 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.
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 112 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.
Nearest: Hythe Pier · about 38 min
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