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On Avon Road West, in Christchurch Town
What it's like at BH23 2DF: every home that has sold on Avon Road West 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.
3 homes on the street extended (energy certificates).
Sales and extensions on Avon Road West; 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.
| 1, Avon Road WestDetached | Dec 2024 | £500,000 | 103 m² | £4,854/m² | 3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3, Avon Road WestSemi-detached | Sept 2012 | £250,000 | 104 m² | £2,404/m² | 2 |
| 5, Avon Road WestSemi-detached | Jul 2014 | £310,000 | 113 m² | £2,743/m² | 1 |
| 7, Avon Road WestSemi-detached | Jan 2020 | £392,000 | 123 m² | £3,187/m² | 3 |
| 11, Avon Road WestSemi-detached | Dec 2010 | £231,500 | 114 m² | £2,031/m² | 3 |
| 13, Avon Road WestSemi-detached | Aug 2012 | £250,000 | 88 m² | £2,841/m² | 3 |
| 15, Avon Road WestFlat | Mar 2015 | £145,000 | 47 m² | £3,085/m² | 3 |
| 15a, Avon Road WestFlat | Feb 2010 | £117,500 | 62 m² | £1,895/m² | 1 |
| 17, Avon Road WestSemi-detached | Jul 2010 | £235,000 | 91 m² | £2,582/m² | 2 |
| 19, Avon Road WestSemi-detached | Aug 2022 | £528,000 | 124 m² | £4,258/m² | 2 |
| 21, Avon Road WestDetached | Oct 2002 | £195,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 23, Avon Road WestDetached | Mar 2022 | £415,620 | 101 m² | £4,115/m² | 1 |
| 23a, Avon Road WestDetached | Jul 2022 | £550,000 | 110 m² | £5,000/m² | 2 |
| 25a, Avon Road WestSemi-detached | Oct 2017 | £333,000 | 97 m² | £3,433/m² | 3 |
| 27, Avon Road WestFlat | Apr 2002 | £65,000 | 54 m² | £1,204/m² | 1 |
| 27a, Avon Road WestDetached | Dec 2006 | £117,500 | 64 m² | £1,836/m² | 2 |
| 29, Avon Road WestDetached | Jul 2006 | £230,000 | 57 m² | £4,035/m² | 1 |
| 29a, Avon Road WestDetached | Mar 1996 | £35,000 | 70 m² | £500/m² | 1 |
| 31, Avon Road WestDetached | May 2019 | £388,000 | 86 m² | £4,512/m² | 3 |
| 31a, Avon Road WestDetached | Jan 2024 | £560,000 | 129 m² | £4,341/m² | 3 |
| 33, Avon Road WestSemi-detached | May 2015 | £260,000 | 85 m² | £3,059/m² | 1 |
| 33a, Avon Road WestSemi-detached | May 2023 | £415,000 | 79 m² | £5,253/m² | 2 |
| 35, Avon Road WestDetached | Jan 2014 | £286,000 | 99 m² | £2,889/m² | 1 |
| 35a, Avon Road WestDetached | Aug 2005 | £275,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 37, Avon Road WestSemi-detached | Jun 2005 | £250,000 | 118 m² | £2,119/m² | 1 |
| 41, Avon Road WestDetached | Aug 2008 | £250,000 | – | – | 1 |
| Ground Floor Flat, 43, Avon Road WestFlat | Feb 2016 | £160,000 | – | – | 6 |
| 43, Avon Road WestOther | Aug 2019 | £32,000 | 52 m² | £615/m² | 1 |
| 43a, Avon Road WestFlat | Jun 2021 | £235,000 | 49 m² | £4,796/m² | 5 |
| 45, Avon Road WestDetached | May 1995 | £59,500 | – | – | 1 |
| 47, Avon Road WestDetached | Dec 2012 | £285,000 | 113 m² | £2,522/m² | 1 |
| 47b, Avon Road WestDetached | May 2009 | £174,000 | 55 m² | £3,164/m² | 1 |
| 49, Avon Road WestDetached | Jun 2004 | £246,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 51, Avon Road WestDetached | Feb 1995 | £74,450 | – | – | 1 |
| 53, Avon Road WestDetached | Sept 2002 | £179,950 | 103 m² | £1,747/m² | 2 |
| 55, Avon Road WestDetached | Aug 2025 | £559,000 | 123 m² | £4,545/m² | 5 |
| 57, Avon Road WestDetached | Jul 1998 | £106,000 | 122 m² | £869/m² | 1 |
| 61, Avon Road WestDetached | Apr 2007 | £268,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 63, Avon Road WestDetached | Dec 2001 | £185,000 | 112 m² | £1,652/m² | 3 |
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 (650 m), with 484k journeys a year; its busiest route is to London Waterloo.
The nearest bus stop is Knapp Mill Avenue, 250 m away, with a bus about every 33 minutes on weekdays (routes 82, 81, 24, 789); 19 departures an hour from the 9 stops within a 5-minute walk.
The nearest primary school is Christchurch Infant School, a few minutes' walk (450 m).
The closest top-rated primary is St Katharine's Church of England Primary School (1.6 km).
The nearest secondary is Twynham School, 1.2 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, 350 m away; The Range (450 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Grove Surgery (200 m), with The Grove Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (200 m).
For a haircut, Aura is 350 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 (200 m), and The Railway Hotel the nearest pub (700 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, 850 m away; for exercise, Anytime Fitness (1.3 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.
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.
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%.
13 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 2DF →
On this street: 0 of 41 homes with certificates have solar panels, 0 a heat pump, and 4 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% | 1.1% |
| Mains gas | 80.9% | 85.9% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.0% | 0.2% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 16.3% | 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, 3.2 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 58 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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