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On Talbot Road, in Talbot & Branksome Woods
What it's like at BH9 2JF: every home that has sold on Talbot 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.
5 homes on the street extended (energy certificates).
Sales and extensions on Talbot Road; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
5 of the 145 homes on the street are owned by companies.
| 2a, Talbot RoadFlat | Mar 2005 | £155,000 | 118 m² | £1,314/m² | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4, Talbot RoadDetached | Jul 2019 | £457,500 | 227 m² | £2,015/m² | 2 |
| 8, Talbot RoadDetached | Jan 2018 | £365,000 | 186 m² | £1,962/m² | 1 |
| 12, Talbot RoadFlat | Jul 2015 | £160,000 | 261 m² | £613/m² | 6 |
| First Floor Flat, 12, Talbot RoadFlat | Feb 2014 | £235,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 16, Talbot RoadFlat | Oct 2002 | £140,000 | 69 m² | £2,029/m² | 2 |
| 16a, Talbot RoadFlat | Oct 2002 | £140,000 | 123 m² | £1,138/m² | 2 |
| 18, Talbot RoadSemi-detached | May 2025 | £245,000 | 80 m² | £3,063/m² | 3 |
| 18a, Talbot RoadFlat | Jun 2019 | £275,000 | 120 m² | £2,292/m² | 2 |
| Ground Floor Flat, 20, Talbot RoadDetached | Sept 2015 | £231,999 | – | – | 2 |
| 20, Talbot RoadOther | Oct 2023 | £12,500 | 82 m² | £152/m² | 2 |
| 20a, Talbot RoadFlat | May 2009 | £130,000 | 84 m² | £1,548/m² | 1 |
| 20b, Talbot RoadOther | Sept 2024 | £200,000 | 38 m² | £5,263/m² | 2 |
| Flat 5, 24, Talbot RoadFlat | Apr 2026 | £135,000 | 43 m² | £3,140/m² | 2 |
| Flat 4, 24, Talbot RoadFlat | Nov 2025 | £102,000 | 38 m² | £2,684/m² | 1 |
| 26, Talbot RoadDetached | Apr 2002 | £225,000 | 166 m² | £1,355/m² | 2 |
| 36, Talbot RoadDetached | Mar 2007 | £395,000 | 217 m² | £1,820/m² | 2 |
| 38, Talbot RoadFlat | Jan 2014 | £175,000 | 80 m² | £2,188/m² | 6 |
| 40, Talbot RoadDetached | Sept 2021 | £482,000 | 174 m² | £2,770/m² | 3 |
| 42, Talbot RoadFlat | Oct 1998 | £60,000 | 76 m² | £789/m² | 1 |
| Garage, 89, Talbot RoadOther | Feb 2025 | £35,000 | – | – | 1 |
The nearest station is Bournemouth, a short drive or bike ride (1.9 km), with 2.7m journeys a year; its busiest route is to London Waterloo.
The nearest bus stop is Osborne Road, 50 m away, with a bus about every 9 minutes on weekdays (routes 17, 6, U3, 15); 103 departures an hour from the 17 stops within a 5-minute walk.
The nearest primary school is St Luke's Church of England Primary School, about a 10-minute walk (700 m); 67% met the expected standard.
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is Winton Academy, 1.0 km away; Attainment 8: 55.4 · 13.8% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: Avonbourne Boys' Academy (4.3 km).
Grammar schools are within reach: Bournemouth School (2.5 km) and Bournemouth School for Girls (2.9 km).
Few families with young children: only 13% of residents are under 15.
The nearest supermarket is Lidl, 200 m away; Holland and Barratt (200 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is The Banks & Bearwood Medical Centre (200 m), with Boots the closest pharmacy (200 m).
For a haircut, 3D Pro Lashes is 200 m away.
The nearest full A&E is The Royal Bournemouth Hospital, 4.9 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).
It's quiet in the evenings: only 9 restaurants, cafés and pubs in the neighbourhood itself.
Lezzat is the closest café or restaurant (150 m), and The Micro Moose the nearest pub (150 m).
It's a low-crime area: about 47 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents a year, below most of the country.
Much of it is protected: 45% of postcodes sit in a conservation area (Meyrick Park and Talbot Woods, Talbot Village).
Detached houses make up 56% of homes.
The typical home here was built in 1930s.
The nearest park is Winton Recreation Ground, 1.1 km away; for exercise, Stokewood Leisure Centre (800 m).
The beach is on your doorstep: Bournemouth Pier, 2.5 km away, was rated excellent for water quality in 2025.
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 8.7 µg/m³).
For holidays, Bournemouth is 5.8 km away, and Bristol, with far more destinations, 92 km.
51 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 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%.
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 BH9 2JF →
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
Most households own their home, 32% rent privately.
It's young: 28% 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 Bournemouth University, 1.1 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 145 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 106 homes with certificates have solar panels, 0 a heat pump, and 15 are heated by something other than mains gas.
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 0.8% | 0.8% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 1.2% | 0.6% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 90.7% | 85.9% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.5% | 0.2% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 7.2% | 11.7% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 0.3% | 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 42 min
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