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On Capstone Road, in Charminster
What it's like at BH8 8RZ: every home that has sold on Capstone 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.
10 homes on the street extended (energy certificates). 4 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 Capstone Road; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
13 of the 182 homes on the street are owned by companies.
| 121a, Capstone RoadFlat · company-owned | Dec 2009 | £125,000 | 44 m² | £2,841/m² | 2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 123, Capstone RoadSemi-detached | Feb 2021 | £276,250 | 104 m² | £2,656/m² | 1 |
| 125, Capstone RoadSemi-detached | Aug 2012 | £150,000 | 61 m² | £2,459/m² | 6 |
| 127, Capstone RoadDetached | Feb 2021 | £368,230 | 108 m² | £3,410/m² | 2 |
| 131, Capstone RoadDetached · company-owned | Apr 1997 | £71,000 | 123 m² | £577/m² | 1 |
| 133, Capstone RoadFlat | Mar 2023 | £255,500 | 55 m² | £4,645/m² | 2 |
| 133a, Capstone RoadSemi-detached | Jan 1995 | £34,250 | 46 m² | £745/m² | 1 |
| 135, Capstone RoadSemi-detached | May 2023 | £480,000 | 151 m² | £3,179/m² | 1 |
| 137, Capstone RoadDetached | Mar 2021 | £325,000 | 107 m² | £3,037/m² | 3 |
| 139, Capstone RoadFlat | Dec 2023 | £194,000 | 52 m² | £3,731/m² | 4 |
| 139a, Capstone RoadFlat | Jun 2023 | £205,000 | 52 m² | £3,942/m² | 6 |
| 141, Capstone RoadDetached | Sept 2016 | £350,000 | 108 m² | £3,241/m² | 3 |
| 143, Capstone RoadDetached | Mar 2021 | £315,000 | 119 m² | £2,647/m² | 3 |
| 145, Capstone RoadDetached | Sept 2018 | £315,000 | 120 m² | £2,625/m² | 2 |
| 147, Capstone RoadDetached | Aug 2020 | £355,000 | 108 m² | £3,287/m² | 2 |
| 149, Capstone RoadDetached | Sept 2013 | £125,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 151, Capstone RoadDetached | Jan 2020 | £348,000 | 106 m² | £3,283/m² | 3 |
| 153, Capstone RoadDetached | Mar 2021 | £348,000 | 108 m² | £3,222/m² | 4 |
| 157, Capstone RoadDetached | Sept 2022 | £445,000 | 113 m² | £3,938/m² | 5 |
| 161, Capstone RoadDetached | Nov 2023 | £370,000 | 111 m² | £3,333/m² | 1 |
| 163a, Capstone RoadFlat | Nov 2021 | £202,000 | 54 m² | £3,741/m² | 4 |
| 169, Capstone RoadDetached | Aug 2016 | £300,000 | 113 m² | £2,655/m² | 5 |
| 171, Capstone RoadDetached | Jul 1997 | £75,950 | 113 m² | £672/m² | 1 |
| 173a, Capstone RoadDetached | Jun 2001 | £79,000 | 47 m² | £1,681/m² | 1 |
| 179, Capstone RoadDetached | Jan 2025 | £360,000 | 154 m² | £2,338/m² | 4 |
| 181, Capstone RoadDetached | May 2005 | £120,000 | 123 m² | £976/m² | 1 |
| 183, Capstone RoadDetached | Oct 2007 | £249,500 | 107 m² | £2,332/m² | 2 |
| 185, Capstone RoadDetached | Nov 2018 | £310,000 | 136 m² | £2,279/m² | 4 |
The nearest station is Bournemouth, about a 10-minute walk (900 m), with 2.7m journeys a year; its busiest route is to London Waterloo.
The nearest bus stop is St Andrews Church, 150 m away, with fewer than one bus an hour on weekdays (route 20); 19 departures an hour from the 11 stops within a 5-minute walk.
The nearest primary school is Malmesbury Park Primary School, a few minutes' walk (400 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, 1.4 km away.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: Winton Academy (2.1 km) and Avonbourne Boys' Academy (2.8 km).
Grammar schools are within reach: Bournemouth School (1.5 km) and Bournemouth School for Girls (1.9 km).
The nearest supermarket is Makkah Food Store, 450 m away, with Bulbul Premier closer still (100 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is St Leonards Road (150 m), with Rowlands Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (450 m).
For a haircut, Zack's Hairdressing is 400 m away.
The nearest full A&E is The Royal Bournemouth Hospital, 3.5 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: 27 restaurants and cafés, 5 pubs and bars.
St Andrew's Church Hub is the closest café or restaurant (100 m), and The Brunswick Hotel the nearest pub (400 m).
Crime is around the national middle: about 89 per 1,000 residents a year.
Homes are mostly flats (61%).
Most homes are Victorian or Edwardian: 69% were built before 1919.
The nearest park is Winton Recreation Ground, 750 m away; for exercise, Hit 4 Fitness (400 m).
The beach is on your doorstep: Bournemouth Pier, 2.4 km away, was rated excellent for water quality in 2025.
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 9.1 µg/m³).
For holidays, Bournemouth is 5.2 km away, and Bristol, with far more destinations, 93 km.
Many neighbours rent: 48% of households rent privately and 4% socially.
It's young: 30% of residents are aged 15–29.
48 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Church of St Andrew, Malmesbury Park | II | 130 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%.
38 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 8RZ →
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
There's a sizeable student population: 21% of adults were full-time students in 2021.
The nearest university is AECC University College, 2.3 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 182 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 125 homes with certificates have solar panels, 0 a heat pump, and 5 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 | 0.0% | 0.6% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 92.2% | 85.9% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.2% | 0.2% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 6.7% | 11.7% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 0.8% | 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.