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On Wellington Road, in Central Bournemouth
What it's like at BH8 8JA: every home that has sold on Wellington 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.
6 homes on the street extended (energy certificates). 12 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 Wellington Road; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
40 of the 408 homes on the street are owned by companies.
| Flat 12, Hillmorton Court, 45, Wellington RoadFlat | Mar 2026 | £199,000 | 66 m² | £3,015/m² | 2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flat 10, Hillmorton Court, 45, Wellington RoadFlat | Oct 2003 | £189,950 | 55 m² | £3,454/m² | 1 |
| Flat 3, Hillmorton Court, 45, Wellington RoadFlat | Sept 2018 | £220,000 | 61 m² | £3,607/m² | 4 |
| Flat 6, Hillmorton Court, 45, Wellington RoadFlat | Jun 2019 | £180,000 | 66 m² | £2,727/m² | 2 |
| Flat 4, Hillmorton Court, 45, Wellington RoadFlat | Jun 2022 | £215,000 | 58 m² | £3,707/m² | 5 |
| Flat 1, Hillmorton Court, 45, Wellington RoadFlat | Oct 2004 | £185,000 | 49 m² | £3,776/m² | 2 |
| Flat 9, Hillmorton Court, 45, Wellington RoadFlat | Nov 2006 | £156,000 | 56 m² | £2,786/m² | 3 |
| Flat 11, Hillmorton Court, 45, Wellington RoadFlat | Nov 2023 | £192,000 | 59 m² | £3,254/m² | 2 |
| Flat 5, Hillmorton Court, 45, Wellington RoadFlat | Oct 2016 | £162,500 | 54 m² | £3,009/m² | 2 |
| Flat 8, Hillmorton Court, 45, Wellington RoadFlat | Oct 2003 | £188,950 | 58 m² | £3,258/m² | 1 |
| Flat 2, Hillmorton Court, 45, Wellington RoadFlat | Mar 2016 | £162,000 | 63 m² | £2,571/m² | 3 |
| Flat 7, Hillmorton Court, 45, Wellington RoadFlat | Jan 2026 | £180,000 | 62 m² | £2,903/m² | 4 |
The nearest station is Bournemouth, a few minutes' walk (500 m), with 2.7m journeys a year; its busiest route is to London Waterloo.
The nearest bus stop is Portchester Road, 100 m away, with fewer than one bus an hour on weekdays (route 20); 254 departures an hour from the 18 stops within a 5-minute walk.
Plenty of jobs are close by: somewhere with 5,000 or more jobs (a town centre, business park or big hospital) is about 9 minutes away by public transport or on foot.
40% of households manage without a car.
The nearest primary school is Malmesbury Park Primary School, a few minutes' walk (500 m); 51% met the expected standard.
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is Livingstone Academy Bournemouth, 800 m away.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: Winton Academy (2.8 km) and Avonbourne Boys' Academy (3.8 km).
Grammar schools are within reach: Bournemouth School (3 km) and Bournemouth School for Girls (3.4 km).
Few families with young children: only 8% of residents are under 15.
The nearest supermarket is Tesco Express [5394], 500 m away; Daily Grab (450 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is St Leonards Road (700 m), with Asda Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (550 m).
For a haircut, Akar Hair Studio is 450 m away.
The nearest full A&E is The Royal Bournemouth Hospital, 4.7 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).
Evenings out are on the doorstep: 146 restaurants and cafés and 27 pubs and bars in the neighbourhood.
29 Spices is the closest café or restaurant (450 m), and The Brunswick Hotel the nearest pub (450 m).
Crime is higher than in most places, at about 278 per 1,000 residents a year (busy town centres push this figure up).
Much of it is protected: 50% of postcodes sit in a conservation area (Old Christchurch Road, Meyrick Park and Talbot Woods).
There are 47 listed buildings.
Homes are mostly flats (92%).
The typical home here was built in 1973-1982.
It's growing: about 218 new homes were completed in 2021–2025.
The nearest park is Horseshoe Common, 800 m away; for exercise, BourneFit (500 m).
45 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%.
41 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 BH8 8JA →
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
The beach is on your doorstep: Bournemouth Pier, 1.0 km away, was rated excellent for water quality in 2025.
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 9.8 µg/m³).
For holidays, Bournemouth is 6.6 km away, and Bristol, with far more destinations, 94 km.
Many neighbours rent: 55% of households rent privately and 11% socially.
It's young: 40% of residents are aged 15–29.
This is a student area: 27% of adults were full-time students at the 2021 census, so expect shared houses, busy term times and quiet summers.
The nearest university is Arts University Bournemouth, 2.4 km away (TEF Silver).
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 408 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.
On this street: 1 of 298 homes with certificates have solar panels, 0 a heat pump, and 41 are heated by something other than mains gas.
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 0.1% | 0.8% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.4% | 0.6% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 59.0% | 85.9% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.1% | 0.2% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 35.1% | 11.7% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 5.5% | 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 39 min
The most notable of each. Rough times by car in free-flowing traffic, between neighbourhood centres. Check opening times before you travel.