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On Norwich Avenue, in Central Bournemouth
What it's like at BH2 5TQ: every home that has sold on Norwich Avenue 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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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.
2 homes on the street extended (energy certificates).
Sales and extensions on Norwich Avenue; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
8 of the 67 homes on the street are owned by companies.
| Flat 1, 2, Norwich AvenueFlat | Aug 2021 | £140,000 | 65 m² | £2,154/m² | 6 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flat 4, 2, Norwich AvenueFlat | Aug 2004 | £109,950 | 47 m² | £2,339/m² | 3 |
| Flat 2, 2, Norwich AvenueFlat | Aug 2002 | £99,500 | 66 m² | £1,508/m² | 2 |
| Flat 3, 2, Norwich AvenueFlat | Oct 2021 | £152,000 | 59 m² | £2,576/m² | 4 |
| Flat 2, 4, Norwich AvenueFlat | Sept 2014 | £143,500 | 69 m² | £2,080/m² | 2 |
| Flat 1, 4, Norwich AvenueFlat | Oct 2017 | £185,000 | 82 m² | £2,256/m² | 4 |
| Flat 3, 4, Norwich AvenueFlat | Jun 2014 | £147,500 | 56 m² | £2,634/m² | 1 |
| Flat 1, Norfolk House, 6, Norwich AvenueFlat | Dec 2004 | £123,500 | – | – | 4 |
| Flat 2, Norfolk House, 6, Norwich AvenueFlat | Jan 2003 | £91,500 | 61 m² | £1,500/m² | 3 |
| Flat 3, Norfolk House, 6, Norwich AvenueFlat | Jan 2015 | £118,000 | 71 m² | £1,662/m² | 4 |
| Flat 4, Norfolk House, 6, Norwich AvenueFlat | Jul 2021 | £142,000 | 58 m² | £2,448/m² | 2 |
| Flat 8, Norfolk House, 8, Norwich AvenueFlat | Oct 2022 | £132,500 | 49 m² | £2,704/m² | 2 |
| Flat 6, Norfolk House, 8, Norwich AvenueFlat | Aug 2018 | £120,000 | 56 m² | £2,143/m² | 5 |
| Flat 7, Norfolk House, 8, Norwich AvenueFlat | Jan 2020 | £140,000 | 54 m² | £2,593/m² | 4 |
| Flat 5, Norfolk House, 8, Norwich AvenueFlat · company-owned | Jan 2026 | £103,000 | 64 m² | £1,609/m² | 2 |
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
The nearest station is Bournemouth, a short drive or bike ride (1.7 km), with 2.7m journeys a year; its busiest route is to London Waterloo.
The nearest bus stop is Poole Hill, 100 m away, with a bus about every 3 minutes on weekdays (routes m2, m1, 16, 18); 133 departures an hour from the 12 stops within a 5-minute walk.
Plenty of jobs are close by: somewhere with 5,000 or more jobs (a town centre, business park or big hospital) is about 9 minutes away by public transport or on foot.
40% of households manage without a car.
The nearest primary school is St Michael's Church of England Primary School, a few minutes' walk (250 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, 1.3 km away.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: Winton Academy (2.8 km) and Avonbourne Boys' Academy (3.8 km).
Grammar schools are within reach: Bournemouth School (3 km) and Bournemouth School for Girls (3.4 km).
Few families with young children: only 8% of residents are under 15.
The nearest supermarket is Triangle Mini Market, 150 m away; Variety Supplements (100 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Poole Road Medical Centre (350 m), with Boots the closest pharmacy (400 m).
For a haircut, Billy's is 100 m away.
The nearest full A&E is The Royal Bournemouth Hospital, 4.7 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).
Evenings out are on the doorstep: 146 restaurants and cafés and 27 pubs and bars in the neighbourhood.
Gyross is the closest café or restaurant (100 m), and Fireball Bar & Club the nearest pub (100 m).
Crime is higher than in most places, at about 278 per 1,000 residents a year (busy town centres push this figure up).
Much of it is protected: 50% of postcodes sit in a conservation area (Old Christchurch Road, Meyrick Park and Talbot Woods).
There are 47 listed buildings.
Homes are mostly flats (92%).
The typical home here was built in 1973-1982.
It's growing: about 218 new homes were completed in 2021–2025.
The nearest park is Central Gardens, 250 m away; for exercise, PureGym (200 m).
57 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Hill View Lodge | II | 60 m |
| 6-18, POOLE HILL (See details for further address information) | II | 100 m |
| Pars Corner | II | 110 m |
| Pembroke Hotel | II | 130 m |
| St Michael'S Church Hall | II | 140 m |
| Branksome Arms | II | 140 m |
| 39, Poole Hill | II | 140 m |
| 17-21, WEST HILL ROAD (See details for further address information) | II | 150 m |
| Church of St Michael (including tower) | II* | 160 m |
| the Pembroke Arms | II | 170 m |
| 6, St Michael'S Road | II | 170 m |
| 5-11, POOLE HILL (See details for further address information) |
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%.
32 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 5TQ →
The beach is on your doorstep: Bournemouth Pier, 1.0 km away, was rated excellent for water quality in 2025.
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 9.8 µg/m³).
For holidays, Bournemouth is 6.6 km away, and Bristol, with far more destinations, 94 km.
Many neighbours rent: 55% of households rent privately and 11% socially.
It's young: 40% of residents are aged 15–29.
This is a student area: 27% of adults were full-time students at the 2021 census, so expect shared houses, busy term times and quiet summers.
The nearest university is Arts University Bournemouth, 2.5 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.
| II |
| 180 m |
Nearest 12 shown. 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.
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 67 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.
On this street: 0 of 50 homes with certificates have solar panels, 0 a heat pump, and 6 are heated by something other than mains gas.
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 0.1% | 0.8% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.4% | 0.6% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 59.0% | 85.9% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.1% | 0.2% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 35.1% | 11.7% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 5.5% | 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.
Nearest: Town Quay · about 39 min
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