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On Ashbourne Road, in Boscombe East
What it's like at BH5 2JS: every home that has sold on Ashbourne 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.
Sales and extensions on Ashbourne Road; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
None of the 17 homes on the street is owned by a company.
| 2, Ashbourne RoadDetached | Apr 2004 | £205,000 | – | – | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3, Ashbourne RoadDetached | May 2023 | £628,500 | 147 m² | £4,276/m² | 3 |
| 4, Ashbourne RoadFlat | Aug 2003 | £132,000 | 77 m² | £1,714/m² | 2 |
| 4a, Ashbourne RoadFlat | Jun 2006 | £168,500 | 84 m² | £2,006/m² | 1 |
| 5, Ashbourne RoadDetached | Jan 2026 | £540,000 | 118 m² | £4,576/m² | 3 |
| Top Flat, 6, Ashbourne RoadFlat | Feb 2015 | £145,000 | – | – | 4 |
| 6a, Ashbourne RoadFlat | Dec 2019 | £220,000 | 97 m² | £2,268/m² | 1 |
| 9, Ashbourne RoadDetached | Nov 2016 | £345,000 | 112 m² | £3,080/m² | 3 |
| 10, Ashbourne RoadDetached | Jul 2004 | £229,950 | 153 m² | £1,503/m² | 3 |
| 11, Ashbourne RoadDetached | Dec 2020 | £425,000 | 100 m² | £4,250/m² | 3 |
| 12, Ashbourne RoadDetached | Nov 2006 | £139,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 13, Ashbourne RoadDetached | Oct 2002 | £200,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 15, Ashbourne RoadDetached | Mar 2004 | £199,500 | – | – | 1 |
| 17, Ashbourne RoadDetached | Jan 2013 | £321,000 | 116 m² | £2,767/m² | 3 |
| 19, Ashbourne RoadDetached | Apr 2026 | £540,000 | 147 m² | £3,673/m² | 6 |
| 21, Ashbourne RoadDetached | Aug 2011 | £250,000 | 126 m² | £1,984/m² | 2 |
| 25, Ashbourne RoadDetached | Oct 2019 | £330,000 | 104 m² | £3,173/m² | 1 |
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
The nearest station is Pokesdown, a few minutes' walk (400 m), with 377k journeys a year; its busiest route is to London Waterloo.
The nearest bus stop is Darracott Road, 100 m away, with a bus about every 4 minutes on weekdays (routes m2, U3, 1B, 1C); 117 departures an hour from the 13 stops within a 5-minute walk.
The nearest primary school is Pokesdown Community Primary School, a few minutes' walk (200 m); 58% met the expected standard.
The closest top-rated primary is Avonwood Primary School (1.1 km).
The nearest secondary is Avonbourne Girls Academy, 1.2 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 Co-op (BH5 2JB), 300 m away, with One Stop closer still (200 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Beaufort Road Surgery (400 m), with Boots the closest pharmacy (400 m).
For a haircut, Lightning Hair Design is 100 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.
SOBO Fitness is the closest café or restaurant (100 m), and The Stourfield Tavern the nearest pub (100 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 Kings Park, 450 m away; for exercise, SoBo Fitness (100 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.
The nearest university is , 650 m away (TEF Bronze).
60 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pokesdown United Reformed Church and Sunday School | 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%.
25 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 2JS →
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 17 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 12 homes with certificates have solar panels, 0 a heat pump, and 0 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
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