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On Suffolk Road, in Westbourne
What it's like at BH2 6AU: every home that has sold on Suffolk 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.
8 homes on the street extended (energy certificates). 5 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 Suffolk Road; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
14 of the 139 homes on the street are owned by companies.
The nearest station is Bournemouth, a short drive or bike ride (2.0 km), with 2.7m journeys a year; its busiest route is to London Waterloo.
The nearest bus stop is Suffolk Road, 100 m away, with fewer than one bus an hour on weekdays (route 36); 107 departures an hour from the 15 stops within a 5-minute walk.
The nearest primary school is St Michael's Church of England Primary School, a few minutes' walk (400 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, 1.6 km away.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: Winton Academy (2.7 km) and Avonbourne Boys' Academy (5.3 km).
Grammar schools are within reach: Bournemouth School (4 km) and Bournemouth School for Girls (4.5 km).
Few families with young children: only 9% of residents are under 15.
The nearest supermarket is Co-op (BH2 6BE), 200 m away; Queens Stores (150 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Poole Road Medical Centre (250 m), with Westcliff Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (200 m).
For a haircut, Juliani's Hair Care is 150 m away.
The nearest full A&E is Poole Hospital, 5.2 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: 37 restaurants and cafés and 4 pubs and bars in the neighbourhood.
N & C Cafe is the closest café or restaurant (150 m), and Goat & Tricycle the nearest pub (400 m).
Crime is around the national middle: about 95 per 1,000 residents a year.
Much of it is protected: 37% of postcodes sit in a conservation area (Westbourne, West Cliff and Poole Hill).
Homes are mostly flats (88%).
The typical home here was built in 1965-1972.
The nearest park is Central Gardens, 500 m away; for exercise, Bournemouth Gardens Tennis Centre (400 m).
The beach is on your doorstep: Bournemouth Durley Chine, 1.3 km away, was rated excellent for water quality in 2025.
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 9.1 µg/m³).
For holidays, Bournemouth is 7.5 km away, and Bristol, with far more destinations, 93 km.
47 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.
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%.
33 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 6AU →
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
Many neighbours rent: 45% of households rent privately and 9% socially.
The nearest university is Arts University Bournemouth, 2.2 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.
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 139 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 73 homes with certificates have solar panels, 0 a heat pump, and 60 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 | 0.1% | 0.6% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 62.0% | 85.9% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.0% | 0.2% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 36.3% | 11.7% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 1.6% | 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 42 min
The most notable of each. Rough times by car in free-flowing traffic, between neighbourhood centres. Check opening times before you travel.