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On Browning Avenue, in Boscombe East
What it's like at BH5 1NR: every home that has sold on Browning 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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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.
6 homes on the street extended (energy certificates).
Sales and extensions on Browning Avenue; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
None of the 105 homes on the street is owned by a company.
| Flat 2, 7, Browning AvenueFlat | Jun 2023 | £258,000 | 69 m² | £3,739/m² | 2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flat 1, 7, Browning AvenueFlat | Aug 2018 | £231,500 | 69 m² | £3,355/m² | 3 |
| Ground Floor Flat, 7, Browning AvenueFlat | Jul 2026 | £366,500 | – | – | 5 |
| Flat 3, 7, Browning AvenueFlat | Jun 2006 | £160,000 | 69 m² | £2,319/m² | 3 |
| 7a, Browning AvenueFlat | Mar 2015 | £230,000 | 79 m² | £2,911/m² | 2 |
| 9, Browning AvenueDetached | Jul 2023 | £700,000 | 297 m² | £2,357/m² | 1 |
| 11, Browning AvenueDetached | May 2026 | £716,600 | 202 m² | £3,548/m² | 1 |
| 19, Browning AvenueDetached | Apr 1997 | £180,000 | 209 m² | £861/m² | 2 |
| 23, Browning AvenueDetached | Dec 2002 | £387,500 | – | – | 1 |
The nearest station is Pokesdown, about a 10-minute walk (650 m), with 377k journeys a year; its busiest route is to London Waterloo.
The nearest bus stop is Parkwood Road, 250 m away, with a bus about every 3 minutes on weekdays (routes m2, 1A, 22, U3); 92 departures an hour from the 6 stops within a 5-minute walk.
The nearest primary school is Corpus Christi Catholic Primary School, a few minutes' walk (200 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, 250 m away; Recettes Sucrées 1859 (300 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Shelley Manor Holdenhurst Medical Centre (350 m), with Day Lewis Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (350 m).
For a haircut, Chi Chi Hair is 250 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.
Greek Corner Kostas is the closest café or restaurant (250 m), and Q Sports Bar Bournemouth the nearest pub (350 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, 100 m away; for exercise, Yoga Lounge (350 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.
| Building | Grade | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Roman Catholic Church of the Corpus Christi | II | 120 m |
| Convent of the Handmaids of the Sacred Heart of Jesus (Boscombe Convent School, Senior Department) | II | 200 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 1NR →
On this street: 0 of 78 homes with certificates have solar panels, 0 a heat pump, and 3 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.
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
The nearest university is AECC University College, 200 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.
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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 105 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.
Nearest: Town Quay · about 41 min
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