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On Richmond Park Road, in Charminster
What it's like at BH8 8TH: every home that has sold on Richmond Park 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.
9 homes on the street extended (energy certificates). 11 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 Richmond Park Road; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
49 of the 487 homes on the street are owned by companies.
The nearest station is Bournemouth, a short drive or bike ride (1.2 km), with 2.7m journeys a year; its busiest route is to London Waterloo.
The nearest bus stop is Bennett Road, 50 m away, with a bus about every 21 minutes on weekdays (routes U3, 20, 485); 13 departures an hour from the 6 stops within a 5-minute walk.
The nearest primary school is Malmesbury Park Primary School, about a 10-minute walk (700 m); 51% met the expected standard.
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is The Bishop of Winchester Academy, 1.3 km away; Attainment 8: 49.6 · 9.5% of GCSEs at 8–9.
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 Co-op (BH8 9QJ), 600 m away, with Bulbul Premier closer still (300 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is St Leonards Road (400 m), with Charminster Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (650 m).
For a haircut, Sarah Louise Beauty is 500 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.
The Woodpecker Cafe is the closest café or restaurant (400 m), and Avon Social Club the nearest pub (450 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, 800 m away; for exercise, Hit 4 Fitness (550 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.
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%.
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 8TH →
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
It's young: 30% of residents are aged 15–29.
There's a sizeable student population: 21% of adults were full-time students in 2021.
The nearest university is AECC University College, 2.2 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 487 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.
Nearest: Town Quay · about 39 min
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On this street: 0 of 373 homes with certificates have solar panels, 0 a heat pump, and 72 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.