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On The Meadway, in West Highcliffe
What it's like at BH23 4NU: every home that has sold on The Meadway 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.
11 homes on the street extended (energy certificates).
Sales and extensions on The Meadway; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
None of the 72 homes on the street is owned by a company.
| 34, The MeadwaySemi-detached | Jan 2023 | £510,000 | 82 m² | £6,220/m² | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 36, The MeadwaySemi-detached | Feb 2024 | £420,000 | 74 m² | £5,676/m² | 3 |
| 38, The MeadwaySemi-detached | Oct 2025 | £352,500 | 66 m² | £5,341/m² | 3 |
| 40, The MeadwaySemi-detached | Jul 2018 | £308,500 | 59 m² | £5,229/m² | 1 |
| 42, The MeadwaySemi-detached | May 2002 | £156,750 | – | – | 1 |
| 44, The MeadwayDetached | Jan 2022 | £625,000 | 89 m² | £7,022/m² | 2 |
| 48, The MeadwaySemi-detached | May 2026 | £473,000 | 104 m² | £4,548/m² | 2 |
| 50, The MeadwayDetached | Jun 2022 | £585,000 | 93 m² | £6,290/m² | 3 |
| 52, The MeadwaySemi-detached | Aug 2000 | £179,500 | – | – | 2 |
| 53, The MeadwayDetached | Oct 2020 | £397,500 | 85 m² | £4,676/m² | 1 |
| 54, The MeadwaySemi-detached | Dec 2024 | £490,000 | 58 m² | £8,448/m² | 3 |
| 55, The MeadwaySemi-detached | Jun 2004 | £210,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 56, The MeadwaySemi-detached | Aug 2023 | £385,000 | 88 m² | £4,375/m² | 1 |
| 58, The MeadwayDetached | Sept 2014 | £310,000 | 85 m² | £3,647/m² | 4 |
| 59, The MeadwaySemi-detached | Dec 2016 | £337,000 | 91 m² | £3,703/m² | 2 |
| 61, The MeadwaySemi-detached | Sept 2023 | £600,000 | 59 m² | £10,169/m² | 2 |
| 63, The MeadwaySemi-detached | Apr 2011 | £246,000 | 81 m² | £3,037/m² | 1 |
| 65, The MeadwaySemi-detached | Apr 2007 | £237,000 | – | – | 4 |
| 67, The MeadwaySemi-detached | May 2015 | £325,000 | 105 m² | £3,095/m² | 3 |
| 69, The MeadwaySemi-detached | Sept 2020 | £339,000 | 59 m² | £5,746/m² | 5 |
| 71, The MeadwayDetached | Dec 2011 | £240,000 | 73 m² | £3,288/m² | 2 |
| 73, The MeadwayDetached | Nov 2024 | £366,000 | 59 m² | £6,203/m² | 1 |
| 75, The MeadwaySemi-detached | Oct 2015 | £275,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 77, The MeadwaySemi-detached | Mar 2014 | £282,000 | 92 m² | £3,065/m² | 1 |
| 79, The MeadwayDetached | Jul 2013 | £248,000 | 81 m² | £3,062/m² | 2 |
| 81, The MeadwaySemi-detached | Aug 2009 | £249,950 | 68 m² | £3,676/m² | 2 |
| 83, The MeadwaySemi-detached | May 2021 | £330,000 | 59 m² | £5,593/m² | 1 |
| 85, The MeadwaySemi-detached | Oct 2002 | £158,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 87, The MeadwaySemi-detached | Jan 2023 | £550,000 | 101 m² | £5,446/m² | 2 |
| 89, The MeadwaySemi-detached | Oct 2016 | £260,000 | 116 m² | £2,241/m² | 1 |
| 91, The MeadwaySemi-detached | Jun 1998 | £95,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 93, The MeadwayDetached | Sept 2025 | £499,950 | 112 m² | £4,464/m² | 3 |
| 95, The MeadwayTerraced | Jan 2012 | £193,000 | 74 m² | £2,608/m² | 1 |
| 97, The MeadwayTerraced | Dec 2022 | £400,000 | 89 m² | £4,494/m² | 4 |
| 99, The MeadwayTerraced | Aug 2020 | £275,000 | 65 m² | £4,231/m² | 2 |
| 101, The MeadwayDetached | Jul 2026 | £350,000 | 65 m² | £5,385/m² | 3 |
| 103, The MeadwaySemi-detached | May 2007 | £260,000 | 108 m² | £2,407/m² | 1 |
The nearest station is Hinton Admiral, about a 5-minute walk (550 m), with 134k journeys a year; its busiest route is to Brockenhurst.
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, a short drive or bike ride (1.3 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, 500 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 Sainsbury's, 1.6 km away, with Spar Christchurch closer still (850 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Highcliffe Medical Centre (1.8 km), with Kamsons Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (1.6 km).
For a haircut, Blades is 1.8 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.
Ascona Retail is the closest café or restaurant (850 m), and Cat & Fiddle the nearest pub (850 m).
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, 900 m away; for exercise, PureGym (1.9 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.
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.
5 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%.
11 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 4NU →
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
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 72 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 56 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 | 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.