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On Chessel Avenue, in Boscombe East
What it's like at BH5 1LQ: every home that has sold on Chessel 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.
5 homes on the street extended (energy certificates).
Sales and extensions on Chessel Avenue; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
4 of the 75 homes on the street are owned by companies.
| 1a, Chessel AvenueOther | Jul 2019 | £210,000 | – | – | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3, Chessel AvenueDetached · company-owned | Sept 2004 | £505,000 | 51 m² | £9,902/m² | 1 |
| Flat 3 The Gatehouse, 3, Chessel AvenueFlat | Jul 2009 | £160,000 | – | – | 2 |
| Flat 4 The Gatehouse, 3, Chessel AvenueFlat | Nov 2005 | £153,500 | – | – | 1 |
| Flat 6 The Gatehouse, 3, Chessel AvenueFlat | Aug 2014 | £169,950 | – | – | 2 |
| 7, Chessel AvenueFlat | Jun 1998 | £84,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 7a, Chessel AvenueFlat | Sept 2006 | £192,500 | 109 m² | £1,766/m² | 3 |
| 13, Chessel AvenueDetached | Oct 2009 | £224,950 | 123 m² | £1,829/m² | 3 |
| Ground Floor Flat, 13, Chessel AvenueFlat | Oct 2011 | £270,000 | – | – | 1 |
| First Floor Flat, 13, Chessel AvenueFlat | Sept 2017 | £247,500 | – | – | 1 |
| 17, Chessel AvenueDetached | Nov 2018 | £732,000 | 238 m² | £3,076/m² | 3 |
| 19, Chessel AvenueDetached | Nov 2023 | £610,000 | 191 m² | £3,194/m² | 1 |
| 23, Chessel AvenueDetached | Oct 1997 | £92,000 | 111 m² | £829/m² | 1 |
| 23a, Chessel AvenueFlat | Feb 2006 | £189,000 | 116 m² | £1,629/m² | 3 |
| Flat 1, 25, Chessel AvenueFlat | Feb 2022 | £445,000 | 101 m² | £4,406/m² | 3 |
| Flat 2, 25, Chessel AvenueFlat | Sept 2022 | £318,000 | 133 m² | £2,391/m² | 5 |
| Flat 3, 25, Chessel AvenueFlat | Feb 2002 | £128,000 | 91 m² | £1,407/m² | 2 |
| 27, Chessel AvenueDetached | May 2016 | £330,000 | 103 m² | £3,204/m² | 5 |
| 29, Chessel AvenueFlat | Apr 1998 | £70,000 | 113 m² | £619/m² | 1 |
| 33, Chessel AvenueDetached | Oct 2018 | £725,000 | 234 m² | £3,098/m² | 4 |
| 35, Chessel AvenueDetached | Feb 2016 | £640,000 | 256 m² | £2,500/m² | 1 |
| Flat 1, Blossom Court, 5, Chessel AvenueFlat | Jan 2016 | £171,000 | 63 m² | £2,714/m² | 3 |
| Flat 7, Blossom Court, 5, Chessel AvenueFlat | Oct 2006 | £205,000 | 106 m² | £1,934/m² | 1 |
| Flat 4, Blossom Court, 5, Chessel AvenueFlat | Oct 2006 | £177,950 | 53 m² | £3,358/m² | 1 |
| Flat 5, Blossom Court, 5, Chessel AvenueFlat | Oct 2006 | £183,500 | 60 m² | £3,058/m² | 1 |
| Flat 3, Blossom Court, 5, Chessel AvenueFlat | Sept 2006 | £177,950 | 54 m² | £3,295/m² | 1 |
| Flat 6, Blossom Court, 5, Chessel AvenueFlat · company-owned | Jan 2026 | £228,000 | 46 m² | £4,957/m² | 2 |
| Flat 2, Blossom Court, 5, Chessel AvenueFlat | Jul 2019 | £217,000 | 62 m² | £3,500/m² | 3 |
| Flat 1, Chessel Court, Chessel AvenueFlat · company-owned | Mar 2015 | £235,000 | 88 m² | £2,670/m² | 4 |
| Flat 2, Chessel Court, Chessel AvenueFlat | Feb 2001 | £98,000 | – | – | 1 |
| Flat 3, Chessel Court, Chessel AvenueFlat · company-owned | Apr 2019 | £172,000 | 94 m² | £1,830/m² | 1 |
| Highcroft House, 9, Chessel AvenueDetached | Apr 2019 | £500,000 | 201 m² | £2,488/m² | 3 |
| Flat 1, The Gatehouse, Chessel AvenueFlat | Mar 2015 | £163,000 | – | – | 2 |
| Flat 7, The Gatehouse, 3, Chessel AvenueFlat | Dec 2025 | £250,000 | 77 m² | £3,247/m² | 3 |
| Flat 5, The Gatehouse, 3, Chessel AvenueFlat | Jul 2024 | £230,000 | 47 m² | £4,894/m² | 3 |
| Flat 2, The Gatehouse, 3, Chessel AvenueFlat | Mar 2016 | £178,000 | 51 m² | £3,490/m² | 2 |
| Flat 4, The Gatehouse, 3, Chessel AvenueFlat | Jun 2026 | £205,000 | 50 m² | £4,100/m² | 1 |
The nearest station is Pokesdown, about a 10-minute walk (750 m), with 377k journeys a year; its busiest route is to London Waterloo.
The nearest bus stop is Portman Road, 150 m away, with a bus about every 3 minutes on weekdays (routes m2, 1A, 22, 1C); 95 departures an hour from the 8 stops within a 5-minute walk.
The nearest primary school is Corpus Christi Catholic Primary School, a few minutes' walk (250 m); 67% met the expected standard.
The closest top-rated primary is Avonwood Primary School (1.1 km).
The nearest secondary is Avonbourne Girls Academy, 1.4 km away; Attainment 8: 53 · 17.5% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: Avonbourne Boys' Academy (1.2 km) and Winton Academy (4.9 km).
Grammar schools are within reach: Bournemouth School for Girls (3.1 km) and Bournemouth School (3.1 km).
The nearest supermarket is D & A Minimarket, 150 m away; Boscombe (200 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Shelley Manor Holdenhurst Medical Centre (300 m), with Boots the closest pharmacy (300 m).
For a haircut, Top Cut is 150 m away.
The nearest full A&E is The Royal Bournemouth Hospital, 2.2 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).
There's a handful of places to eat and drink locally: 32 restaurants and cafés, 5 pubs and bars.
Divine Flavour Cuisine is the closest café or restaurant (150 m), and Q Sports Bar Bournemouth the nearest pub (200 m).
Crime is around the national middle: about 80 per 1,000 residents a year.
Homes are mostly flats (54%).
Most homes are Victorian or Edwardian: 57% were built before 1919.
The nearest park is Woodland Walk, 200 m away; for exercise, Yoga Lounge (200 m).
The beach is on your doorstep: Bournemouth Manor Steps, 900 m away, was rated excellent for water quality in 2025.
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 8.2 µg/m³).
For holidays, Bournemouth is 5.9 km away, and Bristol, with far more destinations, 96 km.
Many neighbours rent: 39% of households rent privately and 7% socially.
67 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 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%.
29 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 1LQ →
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
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.
No crimes recorded "on or near" Chessel Avenue in the last 12 months.
On this street: 0 of 49 homes with certificates have solar panels, 0 a heat pump, and 1 are heated by something other than mains gas.
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 0.5% | 0.8% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.8% | 0.6% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 90.6% | 85.9% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.1% | 0.2% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 8.0% | 11.7% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 0.2% | 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 41 min
The most notable of each. Rough times by car in free-flowing traffic, between neighbourhood centres. Check opening times before you travel.