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On Comet Way, in Mudeford
What it's like at BH23 4JW: every home that has sold on Comet Way 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.
Sales and extensions on Comet Way; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
2 of the 65 homes on the street are owned by companies.
| 2, Comet WayDetached | Jul 2024 | £375,000 | 56 m² | £6,696/m² | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4, Comet WaySemi-detached | Oct 2022 | £400,000 | 89 m² | £4,494/m² | 1 |
| 6, Comet WayTerraced | Jun 2025 | £300,000 | 68 m² | £4,412/m² | 2 |
| 8, Comet WayTerraced · company-owned | Aug 2025 | £300,000 | 69 m² | £4,348/m² | 3 |
| 10, Comet WayTerraced | Aug 2022 | £319,950 | 70 m² | £4,571/m² | 4 |
| 14, Comet WayTerraced | Jun 2005 | £169,000 | 60 m² | £2,817/m² | 1 |
| 16, Comet WaySemi-detached | Feb 2007 | £148,000 | 57 m² | £2,596/m² | 2 |
| 18, Comet WayTerraced | Nov 2012 | £180,000 | 56 m² | £3,214/m² | 2 |
| 24, Comet WayTerraced | Jan 2016 | £227,500 | 62 m² | £3,669/m² | 4 |
| 26, Comet WayTerraced | Oct 2023 | £297,000 | 62 m² | £4,790/m² | 2 |
| 28, Comet WayTerraced | Jun 2015 | £220,000 | 54 m² | £4,074/m² | 3 |
| 30, Comet WayDetached | Feb 2004 | £199,000 | 54 m² | £3,685/m² | 3 |
| 32, Comet WayDetached | Jan 2009 | £192,000 | 53 m² | £3,623/m² | 2 |
| 34, Comet WayTerraced | Nov 2004 | £187,000 | 73 m² | £2,562/m² | 2 |
| 36, Comet WayTerraced | Aug 2024 | £380,000 | 72 m² | £5,278/m² | 3 |
| 38, Comet WayTerraced | Jul 2011 | £182,500 | 72 m² | £2,535/m² | 1 |
| 40, Comet WaySemi-detached | Aug 1998 | £64,400 | – | – | 2 |
| 42, Comet WayTerraced | Aug 2016 | £215,000 | 40 m² | £5,375/m² | 2 |
| 48, Comet WayTerraced | Aug 2011 | £170,000 | 55 m² | £3,091/m² | 5 |
| 50, Comet WaySemi-detached | Jul 2019 | £231,000 | 55 m² | £4,200/m² | 4 |
| 52, Comet WayTerraced | Nov 2009 | £160,000 | – | – | 4 |
| 54, Comet WayTerraced | Oct 2020 | £250,000 | 55 m² | £4,545/m² | 1 |
| 56, Comet WayTerraced | Apr 2012 | £139,000 | 20 m² | £6,950/m² | 5 |
| 58, Comet WayTerraced | Jun 2000 | £69,000 | 40 m² | £1,725/m² | 1 |
| 60, Comet WayDetached | Mar 1996 | £60,000 | 76 m² | £789/m² | 1 |
| 62, Comet WayTerraced | Jun 2026 | £340,000 | 67 m² | £5,075/m² | 2 |
| 64, Comet WayDetached | Feb 1996 | £56,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 66, Comet WayTerraced | Jun 2004 | £183,500 | – | – | 1 |
| Flat A, 70, Comet WayFlat | Sept 2021 | £110,000 | 25 m² | £4,400/m² | 3 |
| Flat F, 70, Comet WayFlat | Dec 2013 | £80,000 | 24 m² | £3,333/m² | 2 |
| Flat B, 70, Comet WayFlat | Jan 2013 | £79,000 | 24 m² | £3,292/m² | 4 |
| Flat C, 70, Comet WayFlat | Dec 2024 | £115,000 | 25 m² | £4,600/m² | 3 |
| Flat D, 70, Comet WayFlat | May 2024 | £120,000 | 24 m² | £5,000/m² | 3 |
| Flat E, 70, Comet WayFlat | Dec 2017 | £110,000 | 24 m² | £4,583/m² | 2 |
| 72, Comet WayTerraced | Jun 2023 | £200,000 | 40 m² | £5,000/m² | 2 |
| 74, Comet WaySemi-detached | Feb 2002 | £85,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 76, Comet WaySemi-detached | Nov 2022 | £282,500 | 56 m² | £5,045/m² | 2 |
| 78, Comet WayTerraced | May 1999 | £69,950 | 56 m² | £1,249/m² | 1 |
| 80, Comet WayTerraced | Oct 2017 | £265,000 | 73 m² | £3,630/m² | 4 |
| 82, Comet WayTerraced | Jan 2021 | £277,500 | 57 m² | £4,868/m² | 2 |
| 84, Comet WayTerraced · company-owned | Jul 2024 | £265,000 | 56 m² | £4,732/m² | 5 |
| 86, Comet WayTerraced | Jun 2021 | £290,000 | 65 m² | £4,462/m² | 3 |
| 90, Comet WayTerraced | Jan 2006 | £129,000 | 66 m² | £1,955/m² | 2 |
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
The nearest station is Hinton Admiral, a short drive or bike ride (2.6 km), with 134k journeys a year; its busiest route is to Brockenhurst.
The nearest bus stop is Blenheim Drive, 100 m away, with a bus about every 55 minutes on weekdays (route 1C); 8 departures an hour from the 10 stops within a 5-minute walk.
Work usually means a journey: the nearest place with 5,000 or more jobs is about 46 minutes away by public transport (20 by car).
The nearest primary school is Mudeford Junior School, about a 10-minute walk (1.0 km); 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, 1.3 km away; Attainment 8: 36.3 · 3.6% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: Avonbourne Boys' Academy (5.9 km).
Grammar schools are within reach: Bournemouth School for Girls (8 km) and Bournemouth School (8.3 km).
Few families with young children: only 11% of residents are under 15.
The nearest supermarket is Aldi, 650 m away, with Central Stores closer still (400 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Christchurch Medical Practice (1.4 km), with Somerford Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (750 m).
For a haircut, Somerford Barbers is 700 m away.
The nearest full A&E is The Royal Bournemouth Hospital, 5.7 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).
There's a handful of places to eat and drink locally: 12 restaurants and cafés, 7 pubs and bars.
PicklePad is the closest café or restaurant (500 m), and The Sandpiper the nearest pub (400 m).
It's a low-crime area: about 38 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents a year, below most of the country.
There are 29 listed buildings.
Detached houses make up 58% of homes.
The typical home here was built in 1965-1972.
Bungalow country: 36% of homes are bungalows.
The nearest park is Stanpit Recreation Ground, 1.6 km away; for exercise, PureGym (600 m).
The beach is on your doorstep: Christchurch Avon Beach, 800 m away, was rated excellent for water quality in 2025.
The air is clean: background nitrogen dioxide is 6.1 µg/m³, among the lowest in the country.
18 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%.
8 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 4JW →
For holidays, Bournemouth is 8.8 km away, and Bristol, with far more destinations, 99 km.
Neighbours tend to stay put: 60% of households own their home outright.
It's an older community: 41% are 65 or over.
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 65 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 57 homes with certificates have solar panels, 0 a heat pump, and 16 are heated by something other than mains gas.
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 0.8% | 0.8% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.9% | 0.6% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 90.7% | 85.9% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.1% | 0.2% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 8.3% | 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 38 min
The most notable of each. Rough times by car in free-flowing traffic, between neighbourhood centres. Check opening times before you travel.