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On Beresford Gardens, in Somerford
What it's like at BH23 3QW: every home that has sold on Beresford Gardens 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.
1 home on the street extended (energy certificates).
Sales and extensions on Beresford Gardens; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
None of the 18 homes on the street is owned by a company.
| 1, Beresford GardensDetached | Jun 2010 | £249,000 | 90 m² | £2,767/m² | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2, Beresford GardensFlat | Feb 2021 | £224,000 | – | – | 5 |
| 2b, Beresford GardensSemi-detached | Jan 2017 | £295,000 | 89 m² | £3,315/m² | 3 |
| 2d, Beresford GardensTerraced | Jul 2025 | £335,000 | 89 m² | £3,764/m² | 2 |
| 3, Beresford GardensDetached | Jan 2024 | £520,000 | 95 m² | £5,474/m² | 2 |
| 4, Beresford GardensFlat | Oct 2022 | £285,000 | 72 m² | £3,958/m² | 1 |
| 4a, Beresford GardensFlat | Apr 2025 | £280,000 | 102 m² | £2,745/m² | 5 |
| 5, Beresford GardensDetached | Nov 2024 | £385,000 | 74 m² | £5,203/m² | 3 |
| 6, Beresford GardensSemi-detached | Jul 2021 | £252,000 | 68 m² | £3,706/m² | 2 |
| 7, Beresford GardensOther | Dec 2019 | £195,000 | 85 m² | £2,294/m² | 1 |
| 7a, Beresford GardensFlat | Sept 2025 | £200,000 | 73 m² | £2,740/m² | 2 |
| 8, Beresford GardensTerraced | Jul 2025 | £300,000 | 70 m² | £4,286/m² | 4 |
| 8a, Beresford GardensFlat | Mar 2004 | £125,000 | – | – | 3 |
| 10, Beresford GardensSemi-detached | Jun 2012 | £192,000 | 112 m² | £1,714/m² | 1 |
| 11, Beresford GardensFlat | Sept 2021 | £280,000 | 59 m² | £4,746/m² | 5 |
| 11a, Beresford GardensFlat | Nov 1999 | £65,000 | 69 m² | £942/m² | 3 |
| 14, Beresford GardensSemi-detached | Oct 2001 | £125,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 16, Beresford GardensSemi-detached | Jul 2005 | £222,000 | – | – | 3 |
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
The nearest station is Christchurch, a short drive or bike ride (2.2 km), with 484k journeys a year; its busiest route is to London Waterloo.
The nearest bus stop is Dennistoun Avenue, 150 m away, with a bus about every 11 minutes on weekdays (routes 1A, 81, 82, C20); 31 departures an hour from the 7 stops within a 5-minute walk.
Work usually means a journey: the nearest place with 5,000 or more jobs is about 43 minutes away by public transport (19 by car).
The nearest primary school is Mudeford Junior School, a few minutes' walk (250 m); 82% met the expected standard.
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is The Grange School, 550 m away; Attainment 8: 36.3 · 3.6% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: Avonbourne Boys' Academy (5.2 km).
Grammar schools are within reach: Bournemouth School for Girls (7.1 km) and Bournemouth School (7.5 km).
The nearest supermarket is Lidl, 200 m away; Christchurch SF Connect - BP (100 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Christchurch Medical Practice (450 m), with Rowlands Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (600 m).
For a haircut, La Belle Hair & Beauty is 800 m away.
The nearest full A&E is The Royal Bournemouth Hospital, 4.8 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 6 restaurants, cafés and pubs in the neighbourhood itself.
Cayp is the closest café or restaurant (250 m), and The Rising Sun (Christchurch) the nearest pub (500 m).
Crime is around the national middle: about 103 per 1,000 residents a year.
It's a mix of homes: 27% flats and 12% detached houses.
The typical home here was built in 1955-1964.
The nearest park is Stanpit Recreation Ground, 850 m away; for exercise, Snap Fitness (100 m).
The beach is on your doorstep: Christchurch Avon Beach, 1.8 km away, was rated excellent for water quality in 2025.
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 7.2 µg/m³).
For holidays, Bournemouth is 7.7 km away, and Bristol, with far more destinations, 98 km.
32 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%.
10 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 3QW →
Most households own their home, 11% rent privately.
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.
On this street: 0 of 11 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 | 1.3% | 0.8% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.0% | 0.6% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 94.7% | 85.9% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.1% | 0.2% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 5.2% | 11.7% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 0.0% | 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 39 min
The most notable of each. Rough times by car in free-flowing traffic, between neighbourhood centres. Check opening times before you travel.
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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 18 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.