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On Charminster Road, in Charminster
What it's like at BH8 9QG: every home that has sold on Charminster 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.
3 homes on the street extended (energy certificates). 8 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 Charminster Road; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
36 of the 419 homes on the street are owned by companies.
| 163, Charminster RoadOther | Jun 2023 | £235,000 | 149 m² | £1,577/m² | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 167, Charminster RoadDetached | Jan 2008 | £320,000 | 109 m² | £2,936/m² | 2 |
| First And Second Floor Flat, 169, Charminster RoadFlat | Feb 2003 | £96,500 | – | – | 1 |
| 169, Charminster RoadOther | Apr 2020 | £95,000 | 129 m² | £736/m² | 1 |
| 173, Charminster RoadFlat | Jun 2022 | £200,000 | 98 m² | £2,041/m² | 2 |
The nearest station is Bournemouth, about a 15-minute walk (1.1 km), with 2.7m journeys a year; its busiest route is to London Waterloo.
The nearest bus stop is Charminster, 50 m away, with a bus about every 23 minutes on weekdays (routes U3, 20, 485); 86 departures an hour from the 13 stops within a 5-minute walk.
The nearest primary school is Malmesbury Park Primary School, about a 10-minute walk (650 m); 51% met the expected standard.
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is Bournemouth School, 1.4 km 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 (2.8 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, 100 m away; Flowers @ 166 (50 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is St Leonards Road (300 m), with Rowlands Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (100 m).
For a haircut, Zack's Hairdressing is 50 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.
Lahmacino is the closest café or restaurant (under 50 m), and Richmond Arms the nearest pub (150 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, 300 m away; for exercise, Hit 4 Fitness (50 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.
57 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Roman Catholic Church of the Annunciation | II* | 180 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 West constituency: Jessica Toale MP (Labour), since July 2024. 2024 general election: Lab gain from Con, majority 3,224 (8.2%), turnout 56%. Vote shares: Labour 36%, Conservative 28%, Reform UK 17%, Liberal Democrat 11%.
36 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 9QG →
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 Bournemouth University, 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 419 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 246 homes with certificates have solar panels, 0 a heat pump, and 31 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
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