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On Sandy Lane, in St Leonards
What it's like at BH24 2LE: every home that has sold on Sandy Lane 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). 4 homes have a new energy certificate in the last 6 months and no sale since: often a sign of a sale or let coming.
Sales and extensions on Sandy Lane; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
None of the 84 homes on the street is owned by a company.
| 6, Sandy LaneDetached | Mar 1997 | £109,500 | – | – | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8, Sandy LaneDetached | Aug 2001 | £289,950 | – | – | 2 |
| 9, Sandy LaneOther | Sept 2020 | £1,400 | 108 m² | £13/m² | 2 |
| 10, Sandy LaneDetached | Dec 2014 | £535,000 | 218 m² | £2,454/m² | 2 |
| 11, Sandy LaneDetached | Dec 1995 | £100,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 15, Sandy LaneDetached | Dec 2015 | £540,000 | 167 m² | £3,234/m² | 3 |
| 21, Sandy LaneDetached | Feb 2011 | £280,000 | 169 m² | £1,657/m² | 1 |
| 23a, Sandy LaneSemi-detached | Sept 2014 | £330,000 | 114 m² | £2,895/m² | 1 |
| 25, Sandy LaneDetached | Nov 2017 | £415,000 | 130 m² | £3,192/m² | 1 |
| 27, Sandy LaneDetached | Mar 2004 | £232,000 | 88 m² | £2,636/m² | 1 |
| 29, Sandy LaneDetached | Dec 2021 | £854,000 | 106 m² | £8,057/m² | 2 |
| 31, Sandy LaneDetached | May 2024 | £925,000 | 179 m² | £5,168/m² | 1 |
| 33, Sandy LaneDetached | Mar 2001 | £290,000 | 225 m² | £1,289/m² | 1 |
| 35, Sandy LaneDetached | Mar 2026 | £457,500 | 115 m² | £3,978/m² | 3 |
| 37, Sandy LaneDetached | Jun 2021 | £540,000 | 140 m² | £3,857/m² | 1 |
| 39, Sandy LaneDetached | Jan 2020 | £345,000 | 135 m² | £2,556/m² | 1 |
| 41, Sandy LaneDetached | Mar 2012 | £420,000 | 161 m² | £2,609/m² | 1 |
| 53, Sandy LaneDetached | Feb 2019 | £615,000 | 159 m² | £3,868/m² | 3 |
| 59, Sandy LaneDetached | Dec 1999 | £157,250 | – | – | 1 |
| 61, Sandy LaneDetached | Apr 2000 | £190,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 63, Sandy LaneDetached | Apr 2013 | £522,000 | 202 m² | £2,584/m² | 1 |
| 65, Sandy LaneDetached | Jan 2018 | £565,000 | 202 m² | £2,797/m² | 1 |
| Cherry Grove, 23, Sandy LaneDetached | Nov 2012 | £280,000 | 116 m² | £2,414/m² | 1 |
| St Ives Gate, 28, Sandy LaneDetached | Jul 2009 | £400,000 | 217 m² | £1,843/m² | 3 |
Plenty of people here don't commute at all: 41% of working residents mostly worked from home at the 2021 census.
The nearest station is Christchurch, a drive away (11 km), with 484k journeys a year; its busiest route is to London Waterloo.
The nearest bus stop is Russell Gardens, 100 m away, with fewer than one bus an hour on weekdays (route 38); 3 departures an hour from the 8 stops within a 5-minute walk.
Work usually means a journey: the nearest place with 5,000 or more jobs is about 44 minutes away by public transport (17 by car).
This is car country: only 7% of households have no car.
The nearest primary school is St Ives Primary & Nursery School, a few minutes' walk (under 50 m); 90% met the expected standard.
The nearest secondary is Ringwood School Academy, 3.0 km away; Attainment 8: 56.2 · 18.2% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Grammar schools are within reach: Bournemouth School for Girls (9.1 km) and Bournemouth School (9.4 km).
Few families with young children: only 11% of residents are under 15.
The nearest supermarket is Waitrose, 2.3 km away, with One Stop closer still (1.3 km) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Cornerways Medical Practice (1.3 km), with Ashley Health Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (1.1 km).
For a haircut, The Work Shop is 2.1 km away.
The nearest full A&E is The Royal Bournemouth Hospital, 9.4 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).
It's quiet in the evenings: only 9 restaurants, cafés and pubs in the neighbourhood itself.
Avon Heath Country Cafe is the closest café or restaurant (1.4 km), and Braeside Bowling Club the nearest pub (1.6 km).
It's a low-crime area: about 40 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents a year, below most of the country.
Detached houses make up 81% of homes.
The typical home here was built in 1973-1982.
Bungalow country: 52% of homes are bungalows.
The nearest park is Horton Road Village Green, 500 m away; for exercise, Go Ape - Treetop Adventure (2.3 km).
A swim is a short trip away: Bournemouth Manor Steps, 12 km away, was rated excellent for water quality in 2025.
The air is clean: background nitrogen dioxide is 6.9 µg/m³, among the lowest in the country.
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 BH24 2LE →
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
For holidays, Bournemouth is 5.8 km away, and Bristol, with far more destinations, 87 km.
Neighbours tend to stay put: 61% of households own their home outright.
It's an older community: 39% 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.
On this street: 0 of 70 homes with certificates have solar panels, 3 a heat pump, and 6 are heated by something other than mains gas.
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 1.2% | 1.5% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 1.8% | 1.8% | 1.1% |
| Mains gas | 93.5% | 77.7% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 2.1% | 9.1% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 1.6% | 10.1% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 0.8% | 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.
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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 84 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.
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