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On Braemar Drive, in Highcliffe & Walkford
What it's like at BH23 5NS: every home that has sold on Braemar 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.
13 homes on the street extended (energy certificates).
Sales and extensions on Braemar Drive; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
None of the 73 homes on the street is owned by a company.
| 14, Braemar DriveDetached | Oct 2015 | £490,000 | 163 m² | £3,006/m² | 3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16, Braemar DriveDetached | Jul 2010 | £338,000 | 98 m² | £3,449/m² | 2 |
| 18, Braemar DriveDetached | Jul 1996 | £101,800 | – | – | 1 |
| 20, Braemar DriveDetached | Feb 2020 | £465,000 | 89 m² | £5,225/m² | 3 |
| 22, Braemar DriveDetached | Dec 2019 | £480,000 | 91 m² | £5,275/m² | 2 |
| 24, Braemar DriveDetached | Mar 2025 | £857,000 | 132 m² | £6,492/m² | 3 |
| 26, Braemar DriveDetached | Sept 2012 | £295,000 | 96 m² | £3,073/m² | 1 |
| 28, Braemar DriveDetached | Jan 2019 | £590,000 | 141 m² | £4,184/m² | 2 |
| 30, Braemar DriveDetached | Oct 2001 | £238,000 | – | – | 3 |
| 32, Braemar DriveDetached | Mar 2025 | £640,000 | 128 m² | £5,000/m² | 2 |
| 38, Braemar DriveDetached | Sept 2025 | £535,000 | 101 m² | £5,297/m² | 3 |
| 40, Braemar DriveDetached | Aug 2011 | £475,000 | 130 m² | £3,654/m² | 3 |
| 42, Braemar DriveDetached | Sept 2023 | £589,000 | 110 m² | £5,355/m² | 5 |
| 44, Braemar DriveDetached | Jan 2008 | £417,000 | 128 m² | £3,258/m² | 1 |
| 48, Braemar DriveDetached | Feb 2019 | £440,000 | 97 m² | £4,536/m² | 1 |
| 50, Braemar DriveDetached | Jun 2010 | £340,000 | 109 m² | £3,119/m² | 2 |
| 54, Braemar DriveDetached | Oct 2017 | £422,500 | 96 m² | £4,401/m² | 1 |
| 56, Braemar DriveDetached | Aug 2006 | £327,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 58, Braemar DriveDetached | May 2004 | £260,000 | 97 m² | £2,680/m² | 1 |
| 60, Braemar DriveDetached | Mar 2019 | £535,000 | 141 m² | £3,794/m² | 3 |
The nearest station is Hinton Admiral, about a 10-minute walk (850 m), with 134k journeys a year; its busiest route is to Brockenhurst.
The nearest bus stop is Carisbrooke Way, 500 m away, with a bus about every 43 minutes on weekdays (routes 81, 82).
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 (200 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, 1.2 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 Walkford Stores, 650 m away; Lloyds Pharmacy (700 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Highcliffe Medical Centre (700 m), with Kamsons Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (700 m).
For a haircut, Blades is 700 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.
Shahid's Indian Cuisine is the closest café or restaurant (650 m), and The Amberwood the nearest pub (550 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 Nea Meadows Local Nature Reserve, 750 m away; for exercise, Society 23 (850 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.
For holidays, Bournemouth is 11 km away, and Bristol, with far more destinations, 101 km.
9 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 5NS →
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
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.
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 73 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.
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.
On this street: 0 of 59 homes with certificates have solar panels, 2 a heat pump, and 2 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.