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On Alexandra Road, in Southbourne West
What it's like at BH6 5JA: every home that has sold on Alexandra 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.
1 home on the street extended (energy certificates).
Sales and extensions on Alexandra Road; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
None of the 40 homes on the street is owned by a company.
| 1, Alexandra RoadDetached | Nov 2005 | £249,950 | 23 m² | £10,867/m² | 3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1a, Alexandra RoadFlat | Feb 2022 | £285,000 | 63 m² | £4,524/m² | 7 |
| 2a, Alexandra RoadFlat | Oct 2001 | £55,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 3, Alexandra RoadFlat | Feb 2013 | £199,000 | 98 m² | £2,031/m² | 3 |
| 3a, Alexandra RoadDetached | Mar 2021 | £300,000 | 91 m² | £3,297/m² | 3 |
| 4, Alexandra RoadDetached | Dec 2006 | £180,000 | 101 m² | £1,782/m² | 1 |
| 4a, Alexandra RoadFlat | May 2019 | £287,500 | 94 m² | £3,059/m² | 2 |
| 5, Alexandra RoadFlat | Nov 1998 | £82,500 | – | – | 2 |
| 5a, Alexandra RoadFlat | Aug 2017 | £265,000 | 21 m² | £12,619/m² | 3 |
| 6, Alexandra RoadSemi-detached | Jul 2000 | £169,000 | 195 m² | £867/m² | 1 |
| 7, Alexandra RoadDetached | Jul 2006 | £80,000 | 101 m² | £792/m² | 1 |
| 7a, Alexandra RoadFlat | Sept 2020 | £290,000 | 111 m² | £2,613/m² | 4 |
| 8, Alexandra RoadFlat | Apr 1999 | £65,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 9, Alexandra RoadFlat | Oct 2006 | £175,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 9a, Alexandra RoadDetached | Jun 2003 | £134,950 | 108 m² | £1,250/m² | 2 |
| 10, Alexandra RoadOther | Apr 2021 | £240,000 | 73 m² | £3,288/m² | 4 |
| 10a, Alexandra RoadFlat | Dec 2024 | £335,000 | 117 m² | £2,863/m² | 8 |
| 12, Alexandra RoadFlat | Jul 2018 | £215,000 | 87 m² | £2,471/m² | 4 |
| 12a, Alexandra RoadFlat | Apr 2006 | £161,500 | – | – | 2 |
| 14, Alexandra RoadDetached | Jan 2015 | £339,950 | 97 m² | £3,505/m² | 2 |
| 15, Alexandra RoadSemi-detached | Aug 2010 | £320,000 | 164 m² | £1,951/m² | 3 |
| 16, Alexandra RoadDetached | Sept 2012 | £275,000 | 101 m² | £2,723/m² | 1 |
| 17, Alexandra RoadSemi-detached | May 2008 | £303,000 | – | – | 3 |
| 18, Alexandra RoadDetached | Sept 2010 | £288,000 | 102 m² | £2,824/m² | 2 |
| 19, Alexandra RoadSemi-detached | Jan 2017 | £440,000 | 195 m² | £2,256/m² | 3 |
| Flat 1, 21, Alexandra RoadFlat | Mar 2022 | £280,000 | 81 m² | £3,457/m² | 4 |
| Flat 2, 21, Alexandra RoadFlat | Jan 2007 | £220,000 | 119 m² | £1,849/m² | 5 |
| 23, Alexandra RoadDetached | Nov 1995 | £73,100 | – | – | 1 |
| 27, Alexandra RoadDetached | May 2026 | £515,000 | 97 m² | £5,309/m² | 5 |
| 29, Alexandra RoadDetached | Aug 2001 | £135,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 30, Alexandra RoadSemi-detached | Jan 2025 | £712,000 | 164 m² | £4,341/m² | 2 |
| 31, Alexandra RoadDetached | Jul 2018 | £420,000 | 100 m² | £4,200/m² | 3 |
| 32, Alexandra RoadSemi-detached | Feb 2025 | £580,000 | 152 m² | £3,816/m² | 4 |
| 34, Alexandra RoadSemi-detached | Dec 2018 | £330,000 | 132 m² | £2,500/m² | 1 |
| 36, Alexandra RoadFlat | Nov 2018 | £205,000 | 61 m² | £3,361/m² | 4 |
| 36a, Alexandra RoadSemi-detached | Nov 2009 | £115,000 | 69 m² | £1,667/m² | 2 |
| 38, Alexandra RoadSemi-detached | Aug 2010 | £220,000 | 143 m² | £1,538/m² | 1 |
| Ground Floor Flat, 40, Alexandra RoadFlat | Jun 2010 | £182,500 | – | – | 3 |
| First Floor Flat, 40a, Alexandra RoadFlat | Jul 2013 | £170,000 | – | – | 6 |
| Deep Harmony, 23, Alexandra RoadDetached | Jul 2022 | £525,000 | – | – | 1 |
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 5-minute walk (600 m), with 377k journeys a year; its busiest route is to London Waterloo.
The nearest bus stop is Oxford Avenue, 250 m away, with a bus about every 30 minutes on weekdays (routes 1B, 788, 755); 58 departures an hour from the 12 stops within a 5-minute walk.
The nearest primary school is Pokesdown Community Primary School, a few minutes' walk (450 m); 58% met the expected standard.
The closest top-rated primary is Avonwood Primary School (1.8 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 (1.9 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 Co-op (BH5 2JB), 400 m away; Webster Family Butchers (350 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Beaufort Road Surgery (250 m), with Boots the closest pharmacy (250 m).
For a haircut, Lightning Hair Design is 350 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.
Hub Cafe is the closest café or restaurant (350 m), and Brewhouse and Kitchen - Southbourne 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 Kings Park, 500 m away; for exercise, SoBo Fitness (350 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.
52 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%.
24 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 5JA →
It's an older community: 25% are 65 or over.
The nearest university is AECC University College, 900 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.
On this street: 0 of 21 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 | 0.5% | 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.
Nearest: Town Quay · about 40 min
The most notable of each. Rough times by car in free-flowing traffic, between neighbourhood centres. Check opening times before you travel.
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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 40 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.