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On Christchurch Road, in Boscombe East
What it's like at BH7 6AU: every home that has sold on Christchurch 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.
8 homes on the street extended (energy certificates). 9 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 Christchurch Road; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
85 of the 602 homes on the street are owned by companies (1 overseas).
| 881, Christchurch RoadFlat | Jan 2005 | £65,000 | 123 m² | £528/m² | 2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 885, Christchurch RoadTerraced · company-owned | Feb 2008 | £180,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 885a, Christchurch RoadFlat | Feb 2008 | £160,000 | 106 m² | £1,509/m² | 1 |
| 885b, Christchurch RoadFlat | Nov 2023 | £100,000 | 61 m² | £1,639/m² | 1 |
| 887a, Christchurch RoadTerraced | Nov 2010 | £180,000 | 118 m² | £1,525/m² | 2 |
| 889a, Christchurch RoadFlat | Aug 2006 | £150,000 | 139 m² | £1,079/m² | 2 |
| 891, Christchurch RoadOther | Mar 2019 | £91,500 | – | – | 1 |
| 891a, Christchurch RoadFlat | Feb 2008 | £150,000 | 123 m² | £1,220/m² | 1 |
| 893 - 895, Christchurch RoadOther · company-owned | Oct 2024 | £661,000 | – | – | 1 |
The nearest station is Pokesdown, a few minutes' walk (100 m), with 377k journeys a year; its busiest route is to London Waterloo.
The nearest bus stop is Hannington Road, 50 m away, with a bus about every 3 minutes on weekdays (routes m2, 1A, 22, U3); 148 departures an hour from the 10 stops within a 5-minute walk.
The nearest primary school is St James' Church of England Primary Academy, a few minutes' walk (250 m); 68% met the expected standard.
The closest top-rated primary is Avonwood Primary School (1.1 km).
The nearest secondary is Avonbourne Girls Academy, 950 m 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 Rania Mini Market, 250 m away, with What's News closer still (under 50 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Beaufort Road Surgery (850 m), with Boots the closest pharmacy (850 m).
For a haircut, St James is under 50 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.
The Brew Cafe is the closest café or restaurant (under 50 m), and The Bell the nearest pub (50 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 St James' Park, 350 m away; for exercise, The Engine Room (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.
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 BH7 6AU →
On this street: 0 of 305 homes with certificates have solar panels, 0 a heat pump, and 47 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.
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 602 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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