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On The Grove, in Jumpers Common & Fairmile
What it's like at BH23 2EX: every home that has sold on The Grove 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.
8 homes on the street extended (energy certificates).
Sales and extensions on The Grove; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
3 of the 115 homes on the street are owned by companies.
| 9a, The GroveDetached | Apr 2003 | £365,000 | – | – | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11, The GroveSemi-detached | Apr 2019 | £430,000 | 138 m² | £3,116/m² | 1 |
| 11a, The GroveSemi-detached | Mar 2017 | £327,500 | 120 m² | £2,729/m² | 1 |
| 13, The GroveSemi-detached | May 2023 | £465,000 | 113 m² | £4,115/m² | 3 |
| 15, The GroveSemi-detached | Nov 2019 | £420,000 | 114 m² | £3,684/m² | 4 |
| 21, The GroveSemi-detached | Nov 2025 | £505,000 | 141 m² | £3,582/m² | 3 |
| 25, The GroveDetached | Sept 1997 | £166,500 | – | – | 1 |
| 27, The GroveDetached | Nov 2021 | £955,000 | 231 m² | £4,134/m² | 4 |
The nearest station is Christchurch, a short drive or bike ride (1.4 km), with 484k journeys a year; its busiest route is to London Waterloo.
The nearest bus stop is Stourvale Avenue, 50 m away, with a bus about every 38 minutes on weekdays (routes 81, 82, 789); 26 departures an hour from the 12 stops within a 5-minute walk.
The nearest primary school is Stourfield Infant School, about a 15-minute walk (1.1 km).
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is Twynham School, 1.9 km away; Attainment 8: 53.5 · 15.6% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: Avonbourne Boys' Academy (2.3 km).
Grammar schools are within reach: Bournemouth School for Girls (4 km) and Bournemouth School (4.3 km).
The nearest supermarket is Tesco Petrol Barrack, 150 m away; Grove News (250 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Grove Surgery (800 m), with The Grove Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (800 m).
For a haircut, Francois is 200 m away.
The nearest full A&E is The Royal Bournemouth Hospital, 1.7 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).
It's quiet in the evenings: only 9 restaurants, cafés and pubs in the neighbourhood itself.
Pizza Baracca is the closest café or restaurant (250 m), and Stourvale Inn the nearest pub (150 m).
It's a low-crime area: about 41 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents a year, below most of the country.
Detached houses make up 54% of homes.
The typical home here was built in 1965-1972.
Bungalow country: 33% of homes are bungalows.
The nearest park is Iford Meadows, 700 m away; for exercise, Swanmore Gardens (1.3 km).
A swim is a short trip away: Bournemouth Southbourne, 3.2 km away, was rated excellent for water quality in 2025.
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 7.5 µg/m³).
For holidays, Bournemouth is 4.8 km away, and Bristol, with far more destinations, 96 km.
Neighbours tend to stay put: 44% of households own their home outright.
It's an older community: 25% are 65 or over.
21 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%.
12 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 2EX →
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
The nearest university is AECC University College, 2.6 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.
No crimes recorded "on or near" The Grove in the last 12 months.
On this street: 1 of 77 homes with certificates have solar panels, 0 a heat pump, and 8 are heated by something other than mains gas.
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 1.0% | 0.8% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.4% | 0.6% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 95.2% | 85.9% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.2% | 0.2% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 3.0% | 11.7% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 1.1% | 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: Town Quay · 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.