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On Benson Close, in Bransgore & Burley
What it's like at BH23 8HX: every home that has sold on Benson Close 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 Benson Close; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
None of the 5 homes on the street is owned by a company.
| 1, Benson CloseSemi-detached | Sept 2011 | £298,000 | 122 m² | £2,443/m² | 2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2, Benson CloseTerraced | Nov 2022 | £480,000 | 131 m² | £3,664/m² | 6 |
| 3, Benson CloseSemi-detached | Dec 2022 | £450,000 | 123 m² | £3,659/m² | 2 |
| 4, Benson CloseTerraced | Apr 1999 | £134,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 5, Benson CloseTerraced | Mar 2010 | £306,000 | 120 m² | £2,550/m² | 4 |
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
Plenty of people here don't commute at all: 40% of working residents mostly worked from home at the 2021 census.
The nearest station is Hinton Admiral, a drive away (3.5 km), with 134k journeys a year; its busiest route is to Brockenhurst.
The nearest bus stop is Ringwood Road, 100 m away, with fewer than one bus an hour on weekdays (route C20); 1 departures an hour from the 4 stops within a 5-minute walk.
Work usually means a journey: the nearest place with 5,000 or more jobs is about 68 minutes away by public transport (24 by car).
This is car country: only 7% of households have no car.
The nearest primary school is Bransgore Church of England Primary School, a few minutes' walk (450 m); 70% met the expected standard.
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is Highcliffe School, 4.0 km away; Attainment 8: 47 · 8.3% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Grammar schools are within reach: Bournemouth School for Girls (10.1 km) and Bournemouth School (10.5 km).
The nearest supermarket is Co-Op, 250 m away; Elizabeth'S Bakery (200 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Twin Oaks Medical Centre (350 m), with Boots the closest pharmacy (250 m).
For a haircut, JoJo is 200 m away.
The nearest full A&E is The Royal Bournemouth Hospital, 8.4 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: 15 restaurants and cafés, 10 pubs and bars.
the Coffee House is the closest café or restaurant (250 m), and the Crown the nearest pub (200 m).
It's a low-crime area: about 42 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents a year, below most of the country.
There are 79 listed buildings.
Detached houses make up 66% of homes.
The typical home here was built in 1965-1972.
Bungalow country: 22% of homes are bungalows.
The nearest park is Nea Meadows Local Nature Reserve, 4.4 km away; for exercise, Avon Tyrrell (2.2 km).
A swim is a short trip away: Christchurch Highcliffe Castle, 6.8 km away, was rated excellent for water quality in 2025.
The air is clean: background nitrogen dioxide is 5.3 µg/m³, among the lowest in the country.
21 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Bransgore War Memorial | II | 160 m |
| Pine Tree Cottage | II | 160 m |
| Betsy Cottage | II | 170 m |
| Spinney Cottage | II | 200 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.
New Forest West constituency: Sir Desmond Swayne MP (Conservative), since May 1997. 2024 general election: Con hold, majority 5,600 (12.1%), turnout 68%. Vote shares: Conservative 35%, Labour 23%, Liberal Democrat 18%, Reform UK 16%.
3 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 8HX →
For holidays, Bournemouth is 8.2 km away, and Bristol, with far more destinations, 95 km.
Neighbours tend to stay put: 50% of households own their home outright.
It's an older community: 30% 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" Benson Close in the last 12 months.
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 1.1% | 1.2% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 1.5% | 1.2% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 85.5% | 86.1% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 9.3% | 4.3% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 3.0% | 7.4% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 0.0% | 0.6% | 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: Town Quay · about 34 min
The most notable of each. Rough times by car in free-flowing traffic, between neighbourhood centres. Check opening times before you travel.