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On Woodland Way, in West Highcliffe
What it's like at BH23 4LQ: every home that has sold on Woodland 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.
1 home on the street extended (energy certificates).
Sales and extensions on Woodland Way; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
None of the 24 homes on the street is owned by a company.
| 1, Woodland WayDetached | Nov 1998 | £114,000 | – | – | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2, Woodland WaySemi-detached | Sept 2002 | £235,000 | – | – | 3 |
| 3, Woodland WayDetached | Aug 2005 | £299,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 4, Woodland WayDetached | Aug 2014 | £381,000 | 82 m² | £4,646/m² | 1 |
| 5, Woodland WayDetached | Aug 2025 | £727,500 | 127 m² | £5,728/m² | 3 |
| 6, Woodland WayDetached | Dec 2023 | £750,000 | 143 m² | £5,245/m² | 2 |
| 7, Woodland WayDetached | Oct 2010 | £363,500 | 102 m² | £3,564/m² | 2 |
| 8, Woodland WayDetached | Aug 2012 | £367,000 | 96 m² | £3,823/m² | 2 |
| 9, Woodland WayDetached | May 2016 | £415,000 | 118 m² | £3,517/m² | 1 |
| 10, Woodland WayDetached | Sept 2021 | £679,050 | 117 m² | £5,804/m² | 4 |
| 11, Woodland WayDetached | Dec 2003 | £280,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 12, Woodland WayDetached | Mar 2025 | £560,000 | 86 m² | £6,512/m² | 1 |
| 13, Woodland WayDetached | Sept 2000 | £175,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 14, Woodland WayDetached | Apr 2021 | £615,000 | 100 m² | £6,150/m² | 3 |
| 15, Woodland WayDetached | Feb 2000 | £145,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 16, Woodland WayDetached | Feb 2019 | £695,000 | 179 m² | £3,883/m² | 4 |
| 17, Woodland WayDetached | Dec 2016 | £460,000 | 99 m² | £4,646/m² | 3 |
| 18, Woodland WayDetached | Nov 2016 | £665,000 | 240 m² | £2,771/m² | 1 |
| 22, Woodland WayDetached | Jun 2014 | £515,000 | 143 m² | £3,601/m² | 3 |
| 22a, Woodland WayDetached | Oct 2000 | £175,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 26, Woodland WayDetached | Aug 2000 | £162,000 | 88 m² | £1,841/m² | 1 |
| 28, Woodland WayDetached | Jan 2016 | £525,000 | 122 m² | £4,303/m² | 3 |
| 32, Woodland WayDetached | Aug 2000 | £210,000 | – | – | 1 |
| April Cottage, 34, Woodland WayDetached | Jul 2010 | £585,000 | – | – | 3 |
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 (1.3 km), with 134k journeys a year; its busiest route is to Brockenhurst.
The nearest bus stop is Castle Golf Course, 150 m away, with fewer than one bus an hour on weekdays (routes 788, C20); 5 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 49 minutes away by public transport (22 by car).
The nearest primary school is Highcliffe St Mark Primary School, about a 15-minute walk (1.1 km); 58% met the expected standard.
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is Highcliffe School, 650 m away; Attainment 8: 47 · 8.3% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Grammar schools are within reach: Bournemouth School for Girls (8.9 km) and Bournemouth School (9.3 km).
Few families with young children: only 13% of residents are under 15.
The nearest supermarket is Tesco Express [5381], 1.5 km away, with Highcliffe Castle and Gardens closer still (450 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Highcliffe Medical Centre (1.2 km), with Kamsons Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (950 m).
For a haircut, The Glow Lounge is 1.2 km away.
The nearest full A&E is The Royal Bournemouth Hospital, 6.6 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.
Highcliffe Castle Golf Club is the closest café or restaurant (250 m), and Premier Inn Christchurch/Highcliffe the nearest pub (1.1 km).
It's a low-crime area: about 29 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents a year, below most of the country.
Detached houses make up 52% of homes.
The typical home here was built in 1973-1982.
Bungalow country: 39% of homes are bungalows.
The nearest park is Nea Meadows Local Nature Reserve, 400 m away; for exercise, Society 23 (1.6 km).
The beach is on your doorstep: Christchurch Highcliffe Castle, 1.3 km away, was rated excellent for water quality in 2025.
The air is clean: background nitrogen dioxide is 6.7 µg/m³, among the lowest in the country.
14 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.
| Building | Grade | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| the Former Boundary Wall of Highcliffe Castle Fronting Lymington Road; Sections Opposite Nea Road, Westwards to Public Footpath | II | 120 m |
Grade I and II* are the most important few per cent. Listing means consent is needed for most changes, inside and out. Contains Historic England data © Historic England 2026 (via planning.data.gov.uk), OGL.
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 4LQ →
For holidays, Bournemouth is 9.1 km away, and Bristol, with far more destinations, 99 km.
Neighbours tend to stay put: 57% of households own their home outright.
It's an older community: 35% 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 24 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 15 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 | 1.4% | 0.8% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.3% | 0.6% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 95.0% | 85.9% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.1% | 0.2% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 4.4% | 11.7% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 0.1% | 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: Hythe Pier · about 35 min
The most notable of each. Rough times by car in free-flowing traffic, between neighbourhood centres. Check opening times before you travel.