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On Glen Road, in Boscombe West
What it's like at BH5 1HR: every home that has sold on Glen 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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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). 3 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 Glen Road; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
3 of the 56 homes on the street are owned by companies.
| 4, Glen RoadDetached | Jan 2000 | £223,000 | – | – | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flat 3, 6, Glen RoadFlat | May 2006 | £126,950 | – | – | 3 |
| Flat 1, 6, Glen RoadFlat | May 2006 | £209,000 | 75 m² | £2,787/m² | 1 |
| Flat 2, 6, Glen RoadFlat | May 2006 | £79,000 | – | – | 1 |
| Flat 5, 6, Glen RoadFlat | Jun 2018 | £168,000 | 69 m² | £2,435/m² | 2 |
| Flat 4, 6, Glen RoadFlat | May 2006 | £142,500 | 46 m² | £3,098/m² | 1 |
| 10, Glen RoadFlat | Aug 2022 | £350,000 | 114 m² | £3,070/m² | 4 |
| 10a, Glen RoadFlat | May 2017 | £230,500 | 122 m² | £1,889/m² | 5 |
| 10b, Glen RoadFlat | Jun 2025 | £195,000 | 68 m² | £2,868/m² | 3 |
| 10c, Glen RoadFlat | Aug 2008 | £95,500 | – | – | 1 |
| 12, Glen RoadDetached | Dec 2002 | £250,000 | – | – | 4 |
| Flat 1, 12, Glen RoadFlat | May 2015 | £275,000 | 96 m² | £2,865/m² | 2 |
| Flat 5, 12, Glen RoadFlat | Sept 2003 | £100,000 | – | – | 1 |
| Flat 3, 12, Glen RoadFlat | Feb 2016 | £175,000 | 56 m² | £3,125/m² | 3 |
| Flat 4, 12, Glen RoadFlat | May 2020 | £200,000 | 66 m² | £3,030/m² | 4 |
| Flat 2, 12, Glen RoadFlat | Dec 2024 | £213,140 | 82 m² | £2,599/m² | 2 |
| Ground Floor Flat, 16, Glen RoadFlat | Mar 2025 | £330,000 | – | – | 7 |
| Flat B, 16, Glen RoadFlat | Apr 2024 | £285,000 | – | – | 2 |
| Flat D, 16, Glen RoadFlat · company-owned | Mar 2022 | £66,500 | – | – | 2 |
| Flat E, 16, Glen RoadFlat | Mar 2024 | £145,000 | – | – | 3 |
| 16a, Glen RoadFlat | May 2000 | £110,000 | 54 m² | £2,037/m² | 1 |
| 16b - 16e, Glen RoadFlat | Sept 2015 | £225,000 | – | – | 5 |
| 20, Glen RoadDetached | Jan 2007 | £499,000 | – | – | 3 |
| 22, Glen RoadDetached · company-owned | Feb 2003 | £440,000 | – | – | 3 |
| Flat 1, 22, Glen RoadFlat | Mar 2004 | £189,950 | 67 m² | £2,835/m² | 1 |
| Flat 2, 22, Glen RoadFlat · company-owned | May 2021 | £275,000 | 77 m² | £3,571/m² | 3 |
| Flat 3, 22, Glen RoadFlat | May 2007 | £179,000 | – | – | 2 |
| Bramcote Hall, 1, Glen RoadDetached | Sept 1997 | £150,000 | 64 m² | £2,344/m² | 1 |
| Flat 1, Bramcote Hall, 1, Glen RoadFlat | Oct 2015 | £220,000 | 76 m² | £2,895/m² | 1 |
| Flat 5, 22, Glen RoadFlat | Nov 2016 | £219,500 | 102 m² | £2,152/m² | 3 |
| Flat C, 16, Glen RoadOther | Sept 2017 | £165,000 | 85 m² | £1,941/m² | 1 |
| Flat 5, Glen Manor, 18, Glen RoadFlat | Mar 2022 | £120,000 | 29 m² | £4,138/m² | 7 |
| Flat 6, Glen Manor, 18, Glen RoadFlat | Dec 2007 | £112,000 | 30 m² | £3,733/m² | 3 |
| Flat 4, Glen Manor, 18, Glen RoadFlat | Nov 2021 | £86,000 | 25 m² | £3,440/m² | 5 |
| Flat 7, Glen Manor, 18, Glen RoadFlat | Sept 2023 | £117,000 | 26 m² | £4,500/m² | 4 |
| Flat 9, Glen Manor, 18, Glen RoadFlat | Nov 2002 | £75,000 | 43 m² | £1,744/m² | 2 |
| Flat 2, Glen Manor, 18, Glen RoadFlat | Sept 2002 | £72,500 | 26 m² | £2,788/m² | 2 |
| Flat 10, Glen Manor, 18, Glen RoadFlat | Jul 2001 | £38,500 | 23 m² | £1,674/m² | 2 |
| Flat 3, Glen Manor, 18, Glen RoadFlat | Apr 2019 | £91,000 | 33 m² | £2,758/m² | 5 |
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
The nearest station is Pokesdown, a short drive or bike ride (1.3 km), with 377k journeys a year; its busiest route is to London Waterloo.
The nearest bus stop is Palmerston Road, 300 m away, with a bus about every 4 minutes on weekdays (routes m2, 1A, X3, 1B).
The nearest primary school is Corpus Christi Catholic Primary School, about a 10-minute walk (800 m); 67% met the expected standard.
The closest top-rated primary is Avonwood Primary School (1.7 km).
The nearest secondary is Avonbourne Girls Academy, 1.8 km away; Attainment 8: 53 · 17.5% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: Avonbourne Boys' Academy (1.8 km) and Winton Academy (4.2 km).
Grammar schools are within reach: Bournemouth School (2.8 km) and Bournemouth School for Girls (2.9 km).
Few families with young children: only 14% of residents are under 15.
The nearest supermarket is Supermarket Romania, 350 m away, with Sea Road Food and Wine closer still (200 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Shelley Manor Holdenhurst Medical Centre (300 m), with Superdrug Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (300 m).
For a haircut, House of Clio is 250 m away.
The nearest full A&E is The Royal Bournemouth Hospital, 2.9 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: 51 restaurants and cafés and 5 pubs and bars in the neighbourhood.
We Are Humans is the closest café or restaurant (250 m), and Northwick Club the nearest pub (200 m).
Takeaways are plentiful (14 of them).
Crime is higher than in most places, at about 161 per 1,000 residents a year (busy town centres push this figure up).
There are 18 listed buildings.
Homes are mostly flats (90%).
Most homes are Victorian or Edwardian: 56% were built before 1919.
It's growing: about 112 new homes were completed in 2021–2025.
The nearest park is Shelley Park, 450 m away; for exercise, Majestic Gym (300 m).
The beach is on your doorstep: Bournemouth Boscombe Pier, 700 m away, was rated excellent for water quality in 2025.
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 8.3 µg/m³).
58 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Church of St Andrew | II | 160 m |
| San Remo Towers and Retaining Walls | II | 170 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 East constituency: Tom Hayes MP (Labour), since July 2024. 2024 general election: Lab gain from Con, majority 5,479 (12.2%), turnout 62%. Vote shares: Labour 41%, Conservative 29%, Reform UK 14%, Liberal Democrat 7%.
28 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 BH5 1HR →
For holidays, Bournemouth is 6.1 km away, and Bristol, with far more destinations, 95 km.
Many neighbours rent: 60% of households rent privately and 10% socially.
The nearest university is AECC University College, 800 m away (TEF Bronze).
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 56 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 36 homes with certificates have solar panels, 0 a heat pump, and 12 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 | 0.0% | 0.6% | 1.1% |
| Mains gas | 61.8% | 85.9% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.1% | 0.2% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 33.0% | 11.7% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 4.8% | 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
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