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On Sandy Mead Road, in Townsend & Strouden
What it's like at BH8 9JY: every home that has sold on Sandy Mead 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.
1 home on the street extended (energy certificates).
Sales and extensions on Sandy Mead Road; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
None of the 22 homes on the street is owned by a company.
| 4, Sandy Mead RoadDetached | Sept 2007 | £325,000 | – | – | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5, Sandy Mead RoadDetached | Sept 2013 | £295,000 | 113 m² | £2,611/m² | 2 |
| 6, Sandy Mead RoadDetached | Feb 2025 | £600,000 | 145 m² | £4,138/m² | 3 |
| 7, Sandy Mead RoadDetached | Oct 2019 | £260,000 | 77 m² | £3,377/m² | 1 |
| 8, Sandy Mead RoadDetached | Jun 2000 | £164,000 | 94 m² | £1,745/m² | 1 |
| 9, Sandy Mead RoadDetached | Mar 2007 | £410,000 | – | – | 3 |
| 10, Sandy Mead RoadDetached | Dec 2007 | £314,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 11, Sandy Mead RoadDetached | Aug 2022 | £474,950 | 98 m² | £4,846/m² | 1 |
| 12, Sandy Mead RoadDetached | Sept 2010 | £277,500 | 105 m² | £2,643/m² | 1 |
| 13, Sandy Mead RoadDetached | Mar 2010 | £342,500 | 165 m² | £2,076/m² | 2 |
| 15, Sandy Mead RoadDetached | Sept 2021 | £440,000 | 91 m² | £4,835/m² | 1 |
| 16, Sandy Mead RoadDetached | Jun 2008 | £340,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 17, Sandy Mead RoadDetached | Mar 2018 | £300,000 | 97 m² | £3,093/m² | 1 |
| 18, Sandy Mead RoadDetached | Jun 2015 | £325,000 | 84 m² | £3,869/m² | 1 |
| 19, Sandy Mead RoadDetached | Mar 1995 | £95,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 20, Sandy Mead RoadDetached | Jun 2015 | £298,500 | 82 m² | £3,640/m² | 2 |
| 22, Sandy Mead RoadDetached | Aug 2006 | £249,950 | 117 m² | £2,136/m² | 1 |
| 23, Sandy Mead RoadDetached | Nov 2002 | £212,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 24, Sandy Mead RoadDetached | Nov 1997 | £113,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 27, Sandy Mead RoadDetached | Aug 2013 | £315,000 | 76 m² | £4,145/m² | 3 |
| 28, Sandy Mead RoadDetached | May 2013 | £355,000 | 129 m² | £2,752/m² | 3 |
| 29, Sandy Mead RoadDetached | Feb 2004 | £235,000 | – | – | 1 |
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
The nearest station is Pokesdown, a short drive or bike ride (1.9 km), with 377k journeys a year; its busiest route is to London Waterloo.
The nearest bus stop is Mount Pleasant Drive, 400 m away, with a bus about every 5 minutes on weekdays (routes m1, 14, 15, 20); 24 departures an hour from the 2 stops within a 5-minute walk.
The nearest primary school is Jewell Academy Bournemouth, about a 10-minute walk (850 m); 57% met the expected standard.
The closest top-rated primary is Avonwood Primary School (1.5 km).
The nearest secondary is The Bishop of Winchester Academy, 850 m away; Attainment 8: 49.6 · 9.5% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: Avonbourne Boys' Academy (1.4 km) and Winton Academy (3.9 km).
Grammar schools are within reach: Bournemouth School for Girls (1.1 km) and Bournemouth School (1.6 km).
The nearest supermarket is Aldi, 650 m away; Castle Lane Pharmacy (600 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Woodlea House Surgery (550 m), with Castle Lane Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (600 m).
For a haircut, Grade 92 is 600 m away.
The nearest full A&E is The Royal Bournemouth Hospital, 1.2 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: 11 restaurants and cafés, 1 pubs and bars.
Aramark Ltd @ J P Morgan is the closest café or restaurant (600 m), and The Cooper Dean Harvester the nearest pub (500 m).
Crime is higher than in most places, at about 169 per 1,000 residents a year (busy town centres push this figure up).
There are 12 listed buildings.
It's a mix of homes: 23% flats and 33% detached houses.
The typical home here was built in 1965-1972.
The nearest park is Littledown Centre, 800 m away; for exercise, PureGym (650 m).
A swim is a short trip away: Bournemouth Manor Steps, 3.4 km away, was rated excellent for water quality in 2025.
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 9.6 µg/m³).
For holidays, Bournemouth is 3.3 km away, and Bristol, with far more destinations, 94 km.
25 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%.
11 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 9JY →
Most households own their home, 14% rent privately.
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 22 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 14 homes with certificates have solar panels, 0 a heat pump, and 1 are heated by something other than mains gas.
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 1.6% | 0.8% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.5% | 0.6% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 92.1% | 85.9% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.1% | 0.2% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 7.3% | 11.7% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 0.0% | 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 35 min
The most notable of each. Rough times by car in free-flowing traffic, between neighbourhood centres. Check opening times before you travel.