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On Merley Drive, in Highcliffe & Walkford
What it's like at BH23 5BN: every home that has sold on Merley Drive 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.
3 homes on the street extended (energy certificates).
Sales and extensions on Merley Drive; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
None of the 28 homes on the street is owned by a company.
| 1, Merley DriveDetached | Jul 2017 | £530,000 | 132 m² | £4,015/m² | 2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2, Merley DriveDetached | Oct 2015 | £475,000 | 103 m² | £4,612/m² | 4 |
| 3, Merley DriveDetached | Oct 2021 | £532,000 | 87 m² | £6,115/m² | 2 |
| 4, Merley DriveDetached | Mar 2024 | £815,000 | 141 m² | £5,780/m² | 3 |
| 5, Merley DriveDetached | Mar 2019 | £585,000 | 106 m² | £5,519/m² | 2 |
| 7, Merley DriveDetached | Oct 2004 | £335,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 8, Merley DriveDetached | Dec 2022 | £646,000 | 137 m² | £4,715/m² | 1 |
| 9, Merley DriveDetached | Jul 2012 | £335,000 | 83 m² | £4,036/m² | 1 |
| 10, Merley DriveDetached | Sept 1999 | £174,950 | – | – | 2 |
| 12, Merley DriveDetached | Aug 2019 | £495,000 | 120 m² | £4,125/m² | 3 |
| 14, Merley DriveDetached | Sept 2021 | £580,000 | 84 m² | £6,905/m² | 1 |
| 15, Merley DriveDetached | Jun 1996 | £114,500 | – | – | 1 |
| 16, Merley DriveDetached | Jan 2014 | £335,000 | 82 m² | £4,085/m² | 2 |
| 17, Merley DriveDetached | May 2017 | £518,000 | 115 m² | £4,504/m² | 2 |
| 18, Merley DriveDetached | May 2017 | £650,000 | 210 m² | £3,095/m² | 4 |
| 19, Merley DriveDetached | Dec 2009 | £440,000 | 207 m² | £2,126/m² | 3 |
| 21, Merley DriveDetached | Feb 2022 | £625,000 | 113 m² | £5,531/m² | 2 |
| 23, Merley DriveDetached | Aug 2017 | £650,000 | 132 m² | £4,924/m² | 3 |
| 25, Merley DriveDetached | Jun 2018 | £420,000 | 110 m² | £3,818/m² | 1 |
| 27, Merley DriveDetached | Nov 2023 | £685,000 | 112 m² | £6,116/m² | 4 |
| 29, Merley DriveDetached | Oct 2019 | £495,000 | 124 m² | £3,992/m² | 2 |
| 31, Merley DriveDetached | Jun 2018 | £540,000 | 106 m² | £5,094/m² | 2 |
| 35, Merley DriveDetached | Jun 2009 | £355,000 | – | – | 3 |
| 37, Merley DriveDetached | Apr 2025 | £468,000 | 91 m² | £5,143/m² | 1 |
| 39, Merley DriveDetached | Jan 1999 | £133,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 41, Merley DriveDetached | Dec 2018 | £414,400 | 91 m² | £4,554/m² | 1 |
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 Highcliffe Medical Centre, 300 m away, with a bus about every 38 minutes on weekdays (routes 81, 82, 788, C20); 3 departures an hour from the 2 stops within a 5-minute walk.
Work usually means a journey: the nearest place with 5,000 or more jobs is about 47 minutes away by public transport (23 by car).
The nearest primary school is Highcliffe St Mark Primary School, a few minutes' walk (250 m); 58% met the expected standard.
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is Highcliffe School, 1.4 km away; Attainment 8: 47 · 8.3% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Grammar schools are within reach: Bournemouth School for Girls (10.8 km) and Bournemouth School (11.2 km).
Few families with young children: only 10% of residents are under 15.
The nearest supermarket is Tesco Express [5381], 450 m away, with Lloyds Pharmacy closer still (250 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Highcliffe Medical Centre (250 m), with Kamsons Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (250 m).
For a haircut, Blades is 300 m away.
The nearest full A&E is The Royal Bournemouth Hospital, 8.5 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: 10 restaurants and cafés, 4 pubs and bars.
Gifted Cafe is the closest café or restaurant (300 m), and Premier Inn Christchurch/Highcliffe the nearest pub (250 m).
It's a low-crime area: about 25 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents a year, below most of the country.
There are 24 listed buildings.
Detached houses make up 47% of homes.
The typical home here was built in 1965-1972.
Bungalow country: 29% of homes are bungalows.
It's growing: about 161 new homes were completed in 2021–2025.
The nearest park is Highcliffe Recreation Ground, 400 m away; for exercise, Society 23 (550 m).
The beach is on your doorstep: Highcliffe, 900 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.
39 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 5BN →
For holidays, Bournemouth is 11 km away, and Bristol, with far more destinations, 101 km.
Neighbours tend to stay put: 57% of households own their home outright.
It's an older community: 45% 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.
No crimes recorded "on or near" Merley Drive in the last 12 months.
On this street: 0 of 23 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 | 0.7% | 0.8% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.4% | 0.6% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 89.9% | 85.9% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.1% | 0.2% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 9.4% | 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 36 min
The most notable of each. Rough times by car in free-flowing traffic, between neighbourhood centres. Check opening times before you travel.