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On Irving Road, in Southbourne West
What it's like at BH6 5BG: every home that has sold on Irving 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.
4 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 Irving Road; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
5 of the 148 homes on the street are owned by companies.
| 4, Irving RoadDetached | Sept 2023 | £600,000 | 293 m² | £2,048/m² | 1 |
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| 5, Irving RoadDetached | Jul 2026 | £839,000 | 192 m² | £4,370/m² | 2 |
| 7, Irving RoadDetached | Mar 2001 | £246,500 | – | – | 1 |
| 8, Irving RoadDetached | May 2001 | £230,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 9, Irving RoadDetached | Jan 2018 | £587,000 | 226 m² | £2,597/m² | 1 |
| 10, Irving RoadDetached | Sept 2002 | £162,000 | – | – | 3 |
| 10a, Irving RoadFlat | Feb 2026 | £372,500 | 87 m² | £4,282/m² | 4 |
| 11, Irving RoadDetached | Oct 2010 | £425,000 | 191 m² | £2,225/m² | 2 |
| 12, Irving RoadDetached | Aug 2003 | £330,000 | 179 m² | £1,844/m² | 4 |
| 13, Irving RoadDetached | Dec 2015 | £549,950 | – | – | 3 |
| 14, Irving RoadDetached | Jun 2018 | £452,000 | 221 m² | £2,045/m² | 1 |
| 15, Irving RoadDetached | Jul 2006 | £385,000 | – | – | 3 |
| 16, Irving RoadDetached | Dec 1997 | £126,000 | 178 m² | £708/m² | 1 |
| 17, Irving RoadFlat | Aug 1999 | £74,950 | 80 m² | £937/m² | 1 |
| 17a, Irving RoadFlat | Dec 2021 | £252,000 | 83 m² | £3,036/m² | 2 |
| 18, Irving RoadDetached | Nov 2014 | £160,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 19, Irving RoadOther | May 2024 | £517,000 | 112 m² | £4,616/m² | 4 |
| 19a, Irving RoadFlat | Dec 2017 | £277,000 | 77 m² | £3,597/m² | 3 |
| 20, Irving RoadDetached | Aug 2012 | £390,000 | 176 m² | £2,216/m² | 1 |
| 22, Irving RoadDetached | Mar 2021 | £776,000 | 169 m² | £4,592/m² | 2 |
| 24, Irving RoadFlat | May 2002 | £124,000 | 85 m² | £1,459/m² | 2 |
| Upper Flat, 24, Irving RoadFlat | Aug 2025 | £312,500 | – | – | 1 |
| First Floor Flat, 26, Irving RoadFlat | Jul 1999 | £81,999 | – | – | 1 |
| Ground Floor Flat, 26, Irving RoadFlat | Jul 1999 | £71,999 | – | – | 1 |
| 26, Irving RoadDetached · company-owned | Apr 2021 | £660,000 | 45 m² | £14,667/m² | 2 |
| Flat 2, Bourne House, Irving RoadFlat | Apr 2014 | £214,950 | – | – | 1 |
| Flat 1, Bourne House, 6, Irving RoadFlat | Aug 2017 | £239,000 | 56 m² | £4,268/m² | 3 |
| Flat 3, Bourne House, 6, Irving RoadFlat | May 2019 | £233,000 | 64 m² | £3,641/m² | 4 |
| Flat 4, Bourne House, 6, Irving RoadFlat | Oct 2013 | £197,500 | 104 m² | £1,899/m² | 2 |
| Flat 5, Irving Lodge, Irving RoadFlat | Nov 2003 | £135,500 | – | – | 1 |
| Flat 3, Irving Lodge, 3, Irving RoadFlat · company-owned | Jun 2021 | £195,000 | 49 m² | £3,980/m² | 3 |
| Flat 1, Irving Lodge, 3, Irving RoadFlat | Oct 2004 | £150,000 | – | – | 1 |
| Flat 6, Irving Lodge, 3, Irving RoadFlat | Jan 2017 | £168,000 | 52 m² | £3,231/m² | 4 |
| Flat 2, Irving Lodge, 3, Irving RoadFlat | Sept 2016 | £110,000 | – | – | 2 |
| Flat 4, Irving Lodge, 3, Irving RoadFlat | Mar 2015 | £139,000 | 50 m² | £2,780/m² | 2 |
| Flat 5, Irving Lodge, 3, Irving RoadFlat | Sept 2017 | £167,000 | 49 m² | £3,408/m² | 2 |
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
The nearest station is Pokesdown, about a 15-minute walk (1.1 km), with 377k journeys a year; its busiest route is to London Waterloo.
The nearest bus stop is Carbery Avenue, 150 m away, with a bus about every 6 minutes on weekdays (routes m2, 1C, 20, 486); 71 departures an hour from the 12 stops within a 5-minute walk.
The nearest primary school is Pokesdown Community Primary School, about a 10-minute walk (750 m); 58% met the expected standard.
The closest top-rated primary is Avonwood Primary School (1.8 km).
The nearest secondary is St Peter's Catholic Comprehensive School, 1.4 km away; Attainment 8: 47 · 9% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: Avonbourne Boys' Academy (1.9 km).
Grammar schools are within reach: Bournemouth School for Girls (4 km) and Bournemouth School (4.2 km).
Few families with young children: only 13% of residents are under 15.
The nearest supermarket is Sainsbury's, 300 m away, with Premier Carbery Food and Wine closer still (150 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Southbourne Practice (250 m), with Boots the closest pharmacy (250 m).
For a haircut, Shampers is 150 m away.
The nearest full A&E is The Royal Bournemouth Hospital, 2.5 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: 23 restaurants and cafés, 5 pubs and bars.
Little Perth is the closest café or restaurant (150 m), and The Wight Bear Ale House the nearest pub (300 m).
It's a low-crime area: about 62 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents a year, below most of the country.
Homes are mostly flats (65%).
The typical home here was built in 1919-1929.
The nearest park is Fisherman's Walk, 650 m away; for exercise, SoBo Fitness (650 m).
The beach is on your doorstep: Bournemouth Fisherman`s Walk, 700 m away, was rated excellent for water quality in 2025.
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 7.2 µg/m³).
For holidays, Bournemouth is 6.4 km away, and Bristol, with far more destinations, 97 km.
Most households own their home, 34% rent privately.
50 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%.
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 BH6 5BG →
It's an older community: 25% are 65 or over.
The nearest university is AECC University College, 1.2 km 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 148 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.
Nearest: Town Quay · about 40 min
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On this street: 0 of 95 homes with certificates have solar panels, 1 a heat pump, and 9 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 | 0.5% | 0.6% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 84.9% | 85.9% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.2% | 0.2% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 13.7% | 11.7% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 0.6% | 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.