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On Orchard Close, in Ringwood North & Ibsley
What it's like at BH24 1LP: every home that has sold on Orchard 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.
3 homes on the street extended (energy certificates).
Sales and extensions on Orchard Close; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
None of the 25 homes on the street is owned by a company.
| 2, Orchard CloseDetached | Dec 2003 | £250,000 | 77 m² | £3,247/m² | 2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2a, Orchard CloseDetached | Oct 2016 | £492,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 3, Orchard CloseTerraced | Nov 2025 | £450,000 | 158 m² | £2,848/m² | 2 |
| 4, Orchard CloseDetached | May 2000 | £149,950 | 122 m² | £1,229/m² | 2 |
| 5, Orchard CloseTerraced | Jul 2009 | £205,000 | 91 m² | £2,253/m² | 2 |
| 6, Orchard CloseDetached | Aug 1996 | £105,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 7, Orchard CloseTerraced | May 2025 | £447,500 | 134 m² | £3,340/m² | 3 |
| 9, Orchard CloseSemi-detached | Jun 2026 | £475,000 | 131 m² | £3,626/m² | 3 |
| 10, Orchard CloseDetached | May 2004 | £250,000 | – | – | 3 |
| 11, Orchard CloseTerraced | Jul 2025 | £460,000 | 107 m² | £4,299/m² | 3 |
| 13, Orchard CloseSemi-detached | Feb 2022 | £425,000 | 106 m² | £4,009/m² | 1 |
| 14, Orchard CloseDetached | Oct 2015 | £310,000 | 157 m² | £1,975/m² | 4 |
| 15, Orchard CloseSemi-detached | Jun 2011 | £225,000 | 108 m² | £2,083/m² | 1 |
| 18, Orchard CloseDetached | Jul 2016 | £440,000 | 160 m² | £2,750/m² | 2 |
| 19, Orchard CloseDetached | Sept 2012 | £211,623 | 65 m² | £3,256/m² | 1 |
| 21, Orchard CloseDetached | Apr 2024 | £575,000 | 114 m² | £5,044/m² | 2 |
| 23, Orchard CloseDetached | Sept 2012 | £246,950 | 72 m² | £3,430/m² | 2 |
| 25, Orchard CloseDetached | Jan 2026 | £408,000 | 70 m² | £5,829/m² | 4 |
| 26, Orchard CloseDetached | Jun 2002 | £215,000 | 129 m² | £1,667/m² | 1 |
| 27, Orchard CloseDetached | May 1996 | £63,250 | 59 m² | £1,072/m² | 1 |
| 29, Orchard CloseDetached | Feb 2015 | £305,000 | 103 m² | £2,961/m² | 1 |
| 34, Orchard CloseDetached | Jun 2021 | £470,000 | 120 m² | £3,917/m² | 3 |
| 36, Orchard CloseSemi-detached | Aug 2007 | £398,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 38, Orchard CloseDetached | Nov 2012 | £230,538 | 56 m² | £4,117/m² | 1 |
| 40, Orchard CloseDetached | Nov 2015 | £355,000 | 126 m² | £2,817/m² | 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 drive away (12 km), with 134k journeys a year; its busiest route is to Brockenhurst.
The nearest bus stop is Highfield Drive, 200 m away, with a bus about every 60 minutes on weekdays (routes RG2, RG1); 7 departures an hour from the 6 stops within a 5-minute walk.
Work usually means a journey: the nearest place with 5,000 or more jobs is about 55 minutes away by public transport (20 by car).
This is car country: only 7% of households have no car.
The nearest primary school is Ringwood Church of England Infant School, about a 10-minute walk (700 m).
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is Ringwood School Academy, 400 m away; Attainment 8: 56.2 · 18.2% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Grammar schools are within reach: Bournemouth School for Girls (13.4 km) and Bournemouth School (13.8 km).
The nearest supermarket is Central Stores, 550 m away, with the Original Factory Shop closer still (450 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Ringwood Medical Centre (600 m), with Boots the closest pharmacy (600 m).
For a haircut, The Salon Ringwood is 450 m away.
The nearest full A&E is The Royal Bournemouth Hospital, 13 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.
Freedom Leisure Ringwood is the closest café or restaurant (350 m), and the Crown Tap the nearest pub (600 m).
It's a low-crime area: about 40 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents a year, below most of the country.
There are 77 listed buildings.
Detached houses make up 61% of homes.
The typical home here was built in 1965-1972.
Bungalow country: 26% of homes are bungalows.
The nearest park is Dr. Little's Garden, 400 m away; for exercise, Elements Health & Wellness Hub (500 m).
A swim is a short trip away: Christchurch Highcliffe Castle, 15 km away, was rated excellent for water quality in 2025.
The air is clean: background nitrogen dioxide is 6.4 µg/m³, among the lowest in the country.
For holidays, Bournemouth is 10 km away, and Bristol, with far more destinations, 88 km.
38 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.
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%.
14 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 BH24 1LP →
Neighbours tend to stay put: 49% of households own their home outright.
It's an older community: 27% 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" Orchard Close in the last 12 months.
On this street: 0 of 21 homes with certificates have solar panels, 0 a heat pump, and 1 are heated by something other than mains gas.
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 1.5% | 1.2% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 1.9% | 1.2% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 83.4% | 86.1% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 11.1% | 4.3% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 2.8% | 7.4% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 0.1% | 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.
The most notable of each. Rough times by car in free-flowing traffic, between neighbourhood centres. Check opening times before you travel.