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On West Hill Road, in West Cliff
What it's like at BH2 5EH: every home that has sold on West Hill Road 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.
5 homes on the street extended (energy certificates).
Sales and extensions on West Hill Road; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
28 of the 181 homes on the street are owned by companies (2 overseas).
The nearest station is Bournemouth, a short drive or bike ride (1.9 km), with 2.7m journeys a year; its busiest route is to London Waterloo.
The nearest bus stop is West Hill Road, 150 m away, with a bus about every 33 minutes on weekdays (routes 50, 33); 7 departures an hour from the 4 stops within a 5-minute walk.
The nearest primary school is St Michael's Church of England Primary School, about a 5-minute walk (500 m); 67% met the expected standard.
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is Livingstone Academy Bournemouth, 1.4 km away.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: Winton Academy (3.4 km) and Avonbourne Boys' Academy (5.2 km).
Grammar schools are within reach: Bournemouth School (4.3 km) and Bournemouth School for Girls (4.7 km).
Few families with young children: only 8% of residents are under 15.
The nearest supermarket is Triangle Mini Market, 500 m away, with West Cliff News & Convenience Store closer still (150 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Poole Road Medical Centre (750 m), with Boots the closest pharmacy (550 m).
For a haircut, Hirsch is 450 m away.
The nearest full A&E is Poole Hospital, 5.7 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: 29 restaurants and cafés, 8 pubs and bars.
Brasserie Blanc (The Marriott Hotel) is the closest café or restaurant (50 m), and Kiki Bar and Restaurant the nearest pub (100 m).
Crime is higher than in most places, at about 134 per 1,000 residents a year (busy town centres push this figure up).
Much of it is protected: 43% of postcodes sit in a conservation area (West Cliff and Poole Hill, West Overcliff Drive).
There are 21 listed buildings.
Homes are mostly flats (90%).
The typical home here was built in 1955-1964.
It's growing: about 256 new homes were completed in 2021–2025.
The nearest park is Lower Gardens, 600 m away; for exercise, Ippon Gym (450 m).
The beach is on your doorstep: Bournemouth Durley Chine, 500 m away, was rated excellent for water quality in 2025.
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 8.0 µg/m³).
44 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Highcliffe Houses (now used as service accommodation for Highcliffe Hotel) | II | 160 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.
Plaques recorded by Open Plaques (openplaques.org), a volunteer project; its data is public domain. Not every plaque is recorded.
Bournemouth West constituency: Jessica Toale MP (Labour), since July 2024. 2024 general election: Lab gain from Con, majority 3,224 (8.2%), turnout 56%. Vote shares: Labour 36%, Conservative 28%, Reform UK 17%, Liberal Democrat 11%.
30 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 BH2 5EH →
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
For holidays, Bournemouth is 7.9 km away, and Bristol, with far more destinations, 94 km.
Many neighbours rent: 47% of households rent privately and 2% socially.
It's highly educated: 45% of adults have a degree.
The nearest university is Arts University Bournemouth, 3.1 km away (TEF Silver).
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 66 homes with certificates have solar panels, 0 a heat pump, and 49 are heated by something other than mains gas.
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 0.0% | 0.8% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 1.3% | 0.6% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 59.8% | 85.9% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.2% | 0.2% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 33.6% | 11.7% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 5.0% | 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.
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 181 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.
Nearest: Town Quay · about 42 min
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