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On St Albans Crescent, in Queens Park
What it's like at BH8 9EW: every home that has sold on St Albans Crescent 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.
2 homes on the street extended (energy certificates). 3 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 St Albans Crescent; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
3 of the 37 homes on the street are owned by companies.
| First And Second Floor Flat, 4, St Albans CrescentFlat | Sept 2021 | £220,000 | – | – | 6 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ground Floor Flat, 4, St Albans CrescentFlat | Oct 2020 | £253,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 4a, St Albans CrescentDetached | Dec 2018 | £390,000 | 129 m² | £3,023/m² | 1 |
| 6, St Albans CrescentDetached | Dec 2020 | £560,000 | 207 m² | £2,705/m² | 5 |
| 8, St Albans CrescentFlat · company-owned | Sept 2019 | £206,000 | 64 m² | £3,219/m² | 1 |
| 8a, St Albans CrescentFlat | Oct 2022 | £282,500 | 88 m² | £3,210/m² | 5 |
| 8b, St Albans CrescentFlat | Sept 2021 | £170,000 | 61 m² | £2,787/m² | 2 |
| 9, St Albans CrescentFlat | Aug 2006 | £125,000 | 79 m² | £1,582/m² | 3 |
| 11, St Albans CrescentDetached | Jan 2011 | £410,000 | 214 m² | £1,916/m² | 3 |
| 12, St Albans CrescentDetached | Sept 2006 | £359,950 | 133 m² | £2,706/m² | 1 |
| 14, St Albans CrescentDetached | Aug 2007 | £355,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 15, St Albans CrescentDetached | Jul 2005 | £306,605 | – | – | 1 |
| 16, St Albans CrescentDetached | Jun 1997 | £105,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 17, St Albans CrescentFlat | Sept 2004 | £105,000 | 75 m² | £1,400/m² | 5 |
| 18, St Albans CrescentDetached | Feb 2021 | £520,000 | 148 m² | £3,514/m² | 4 |
| 18a, St Albans CrescentDetached | Oct 2015 | £323,000 | 102 m² | £3,167/m² | 2 |
| 19, St Albans CrescentFlat | Jan 2008 | £185,000 | 77 m² | £2,403/m² | 3 |
| 19a, St Albans CrescentFlat | Sept 2015 | £190,000 | 93 m² | £2,043/m² | 5 |
| 20a, St Albans CrescentFlat | Jan 2012 | £160,000 | 159 m² | £1,006/m² | 5 |
| 22, St Albans CrescentDetached · company-owned | Feb 2009 | £315,000 | 46 m² | £6,848/m² | 2 |
| Flat 8, 24, St Albans CrescentFlat | Jun 2007 | £166,250 | 67 m² | £2,481/m² | 1 |
| Flat 5, 24, St Albans CrescentFlat · company-owned | Jan 2024 | £174,000 | 50 m² | £3,480/m² | 3 |
| Flat 3, 24, St Albans CrescentFlat | Sept 2020 | £143,000 | 37 m² | £3,865/m² | 2 |
| Flat 6, 24, St Albans CrescentFlat | Feb 2025 | £165,000 | 38 m² | £4,342/m² | 4 |
| Flat 7, 24, St Albans CrescentFlat | Jun 2007 | £122,500 | 35 m² | £3,500/m² | 1 |
| 24, St Albans CrescentDetached | Dec 2005 | £325,000 | 22 m² | £14,773/m² | 1 |
| Flat 2, 24, St Albans CrescentFlat · company-owned | Mar 2024 | £174,000 | 51 m² | £3,412/m² | 2 |
| Flat 4, 24, St Albans CrescentFlat | Sept 2015 | £143,500 | 47 m² | £3,053/m² | 2 |
| 24a, St Albans CrescentFlat | Jun 2007 | £187,500 | – | – | 1 |
| 25a, St Albans CrescentDetached | Mar 2025 | £420,000 | 85 m² | £4,941/m² | 4 |
| 27a, St Albans CrescentDetached | Jul 2020 | £430,000 | 175 m² | £2,457/m² | 3 |
| 31, St Albans CrescentFlat | Sept 2013 | £137,500 | 57 m² | £2,412/m² | 2 |
| 31a, St Albans CrescentFlat | Dec 2016 | £183,000 | – | – | 6 |
| 33, St Albans CrescentDetached | Feb 2018 | £370,000 | 137 m² | £2,701/m² | 1 |
| 35, St Albans CrescentTerraced | Feb 2001 | £70,500 | 136 m² | £518/m² | 2 |
| 37, St Albans CrescentDetached | Feb 1995 | £38,000 | 138 m² | £275/m² | 1 |
| 39a, St Albans CrescentFlat | Nov 2018 | £183,500 | 66 m² | £2,780/m² | 8 |
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
The nearest station is Bournemouth, a short drive or bike ride (1.6 km), with 2.7m journeys a year; its busiest route is to London Waterloo.
The nearest bus stop is Markham Road, 100 m away, with a bus about every 9 minutes on weekdays (routes m1, 736, 487); 35 departures an hour from the 5 stops within a 5-minute walk.
The nearest primary school is Queen's Park Academy, about a 10-minute walk (700 m); 75% met the expected standard.
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is Bournemouth School, 800 m away; Attainment 8: 74.2 · 45.2% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: Winton Academy (2.1 km) and Avonbourne Boys' Academy (2.5 km).
Grammar schools are within reach: Bournemouth School (0.5 km) and Bournemouth School for Girls (1 km).
The nearest supermarket is Co-op (BH8 9QJ), 300 m away, with Asda Express Bournemouth - Charminster Road PFS closer still (50 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is St Albans Medical Centre (under 50 m), with Charminster Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (100 m).
For a haircut, Sarah Louise Beauty is 550 m away.
The nearest full A&E is The Royal Bournemouth Hospital, 2.9 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: 10 restaurants and cafés, 2 pubs and bars.
Bates Restaurant is the closest café or restaurant (50 m), and Fiveways the nearest pub (250 m).
It's a low-crime area: about 56 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents a year, below most of the country.
Detached houses make up 62% of homes.
It's largely interwar: 41% of homes were built between 1919 and 1939.
The nearest park is Winton Recreation Ground, 500 m away; for exercise, Hit 4 Fitness (600 m).
The beach is on your doorstep: Bournemouth Boscombe Pier, 3.0 km away, was rated excellent for water quality in 2025.
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 8.8 µg/m³).
For holidays, Bournemouth is 4.2 km away, and Bristol, with far more destinations, 93 km.
Most households own their home, 26% rent privately.
36 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%.
30 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 9EW →
It's young: 20% of residents are aged 15–29.
The nearest university is Bournemouth University, 2.6 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.
No crimes recorded "on or near" St Albans Crescent in the last 12 months.
On this street: 0 of 23 homes with certificates have solar panels, 0 a heat pump, and 0 are heated by something other than mains gas.
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 1.0% | 0.8% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.5% | 0.6% | 1.1% |
| Mains gas | 92.5% | 85.9% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.1% | 0.2% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 6.8% | 11.7% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 0.1% | 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.