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On Linford Close, in New Milton West
What it's like at BH25 5RL: every home that has sold on Linford 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 Linford Close; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
None of the 13 homes on the street is owned by a company.
| 1, Linford CloseDetached | Aug 2010 | £357,000 | 171 m² | £2,088/m² | 3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2, Linford CloseDetached | Nov 2009 | £300,000 | 161 m² | £1,863/m² | 2 |
| 3, Linford CloseDetached | May 2009 | £250,000 | 139 m² | £1,799/m² | 1 |
| 4, Linford CloseDetached | Feb 2009 | £292,000 | 138 m² | £2,116/m² | 2 |
| 6, Linford CloseDetached | Feb 2015 | £376,000 | 127 m² | £2,961/m² | 2 |
| 7, Linford CloseDetached | Oct 2001 | £195,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 8, Linford CloseDetached | Sept 2019 | £430,000 | 120 m² | £3,583/m² | 1 |
| 9, Linford CloseDetached | Aug 2019 | £435,000 | 133 m² | £3,271/m² | 1 |
| 10, Linford CloseDetached | Dec 2010 | £395,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 11, Linford CloseDetached | Aug 2019 | £455,000 | 134 m² | £3,396/m² | 2 |
| 14, Linford CloseDetached | Sept 2017 | £415,000 | 131 m² | £3,168/m² | 2 |
| 15, Linford CloseDetached | Dec 2019 | £465,000 | 120 m² | £3,875/m² | 3 |
| 16, Linford CloseDetached | Apr 2021 | £510,000 | 135 m² | £3,778/m² | 1 |
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
The nearest station is New Milton, about a 10-minute walk (700 m), with 555k journeys a year; its busiest route is to Bournemouth.
The nearest bus stop is Mornington Court, 150 m away, with fewer than one bus an hour on weekdays (route 120); 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 46 minutes away by public transport (29 by car).
The nearest primary school is Ashley Junior School, about a 15-minute walk (1.1 km); 56% met the expected standard.
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is The Arnewood School, 1.4 km away; Attainment 8: 37.6 · 3.5% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Grammar schools are within reach: Bournemouth School for Girls (13.6 km) and Bournemouth School (14 km).
The nearest supermarket is Morrisons, 850 m away, with Ferndale Post Office closer still (400 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Coastal Medical Partnership (650 m), with Kamsons Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (650 m).
For a haircut, Jennifer Hairdressers is 700 m away.
The nearest full A&E is The Royal Bournemouth Hospital, 11 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 2 restaurants, cafés and pubs in the neighbourhood itself.
Cafe Mallard is the closest café or restaurant (700 m), and New Milton Cricket Club the nearest pub (500 m).
Crime is around the national middle: about 90 per 1,000 residents a year.
It's a mix of homes: 22% flats and 27% detached houses.
The typical home here was built in 1973-1982.
The nearest park is New Milton Recreation Ground, 950 m away; for exercise, The Amethyst Cave (1.2 km).
The beach is on your doorstep: Christchurch Bay, 2.5 km away, was rated excellent for water quality in 2025.
The air is clean: background nitrogen dioxide is 5.9 µg/m³, among the lowest in the country.
For holidays, Bournemouth is 13 km away, and Bristol, with far more destinations, 102 km.
Most households own their home, 12% rent privately.
17 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%.
13 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 BH25 5RL →
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" Linford Close in the last 12 months.
Nearest: Town Quay · about 37 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 12 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 | 1.0% | 1.2% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.6% | 1.2% | 1.1% |
| Mains gas | 88.0% | 86.1% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.1% | 4.3% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 11.4% | 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.