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On Westbourne Park Road, in West Cliff
What it's like at BH4 8HG: every home that has sold on Westbourne Park 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.
3 homes on the street extended (energy certificates).
Sales and extensions on Westbourne Park Road; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
5 of the 91 homes on the street are owned by companies.
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
The nearest station is Branksome, a short drive or bike ride (1.3 km), with 280k journeys a year; its busiest route is to London Waterloo.
The nearest bus stop is Warren Road, 100 m away, with fewer than one bus an hour on weekdays (route 33); 13 departures an hour from the 12 stops within a 5-minute walk.
The nearest primary school is St Michael's Church of England Primary School, a short drive or bike ride (1.2 km); 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, 2.7 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 Marks & Spencer, 450 m away; Discount Health Store (450 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Westbourne Medical Centre (600 m), with Vantage Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (500 m).
For a haircut, polished 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.
WA cafe is the closest café or restaurant (100 m), and The Libertine the nearest pub (250 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 Upper Gardens, 950 m away; for exercise, Bournemouth Gardens Tennis Centre (1.5 km).
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).
43 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%.
31 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 BH4 8HG →
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, 2.6 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 91 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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On this street: 0 of 62 homes with certificates have solar panels, 0 a heat pump, and 10 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 | 1.4% | 0.6% | 1.1% |
| 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.