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On Broad Street, in Old Portsmouth & Southsea Common
What it's like at PO1 2JD: every home that has sold on Broad Street 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.
7 homes on the street extended (energy certificates).
Sales and extensions on Broad Street; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
4 of the 89 homes on the street are owned by companies.
| 15, Broad StreetTerraced | Dec 2020 | £680,000 | 120 m² | £5,667/m² | 6 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17, Broad StreetTerraced | Aug 2022 | £365,000 | 70 m² | £5,214/m² | 1 |
| 21, Broad StreetOther | Jan 2017 | £200,000 | – | – | 4 |
| 25, Broad StreetTerraced | Jul 2021 | £660,000 | 141 m² | £4,681/m² | 4 |
| 27, Broad StreetTerraced | Nov 2007 | £425,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 29, Broad StreetTerraced | May 2023 | £370,000 | 83 m² | £4,458/m² | 1 |
| 33, Broad StreetTerraced | Feb 2023 | £695,000 | 97 m² | £7,165/m² | 2 |
| 35, Broad StreetTerraced | Sept 2022 | £695,000 | 155 m² | £4,484/m² | 3 |
| 37, Broad StreetTerraced | Sept 2021 | £597,500 | 133 m² | £4,492/m² | 3 |
| 41, Broad StreetTerraced | Sept 2014 | £435,000 | 117 m² | £3,718/m² | 2 |
| 43, Broad StreetTerraced | Dec 1996 | £130,000 | 115 m² | £1,130/m² | 1 |
| 45, Broad StreetTerraced | May 2008 | £330,000 | 106 m² | £3,113/m² | 3 |
| 49, Broad StreetTerraced | Jun 2002 | £249,000 | 216 m² | £1,153/m² | 3 |
| 51, Broad StreetTerraced | Oct 2024 | £727,000 | 124 m² | £5,863/m² | 3 |
| 53, Broad StreetTerraced | Dec 2015 | £440,000 | 144 m² | £3,056/m² | 2 |
| 55, Broad StreetTerraced | Dec 2025 | £722,500 | 182 m² | £3,970/m² | 3 |
| 57, Broad StreetTerraced | Jan 2013 | £279,000 | 127 m² | £2,197/m² | 1 |
| Camber House, 39, Broad StreetTerraced | Aug 2021 | £160,000 | 235 m² | £681/m² | 1 |
| Flat 5, Spice Island House, 11, Broad StreetFlat · company-owned | Aug 2022 | £440,000 | 72 m² | £6,111/m² | 5 |
| Flat 2, Spice Island House, 11, Broad StreetFlat | Mar 2025 | £375,000 | 75 m² | £5,000/m² | 7 |
| Flat 6, Spice Island House, 11, Broad StreetFlat | Sept 2022 | £440,000 | 74 m² | £5,946/m² | 3 |
| Flat 4, Spice Island House, 11, Broad StreetFlat | Mar 2023 | £435,000 | 79 m² | £5,506/m² | 3 |
| Flat 7, Spice Island House, 11, Broad StreetFlat | Oct 2012 | £250,000 | 73 m² | £3,425/m² | 1 |
| Flat 3, Spice Island House, 11, Broad StreetFlat | Oct 2024 | £445,000 | 75 m² | £5,933/m² | 3 |
| Flat 8, Spice Island House, 11, Broad StreetFlat | Nov 2023 | £490,000 | 75 m² | £6,533/m² | 1 |
| Flat 9, Spice Island House, 11, Broad StreetFlat | Oct 2021 | £701,000 | 115 m² | £6,096/m² | 2 |
The nearest station is Portsmouth Harbour, about a 5-minute walk (600 m), with 2.1m journeys a year; its busiest route is to Havant.
The nearest bus stop is Broad Street, 50 m away, with a bus about every 33 minutes on weekdays (route 25); 6 departures an hour from the 4 stops within a 5-minute walk.
The nearest primary school is St Jude's CofE Primary School, about a 5-minute walk (550 m); 53% met the expected standard.
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is Ark Charter Academy, 1.7 km away; Attainment 8: 38.9 · 7.2% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: St Edmund's Catholic School (1.4 km) and UTC Portsmouth (5.1 km).
Few families with young children: only 8% of residents are under 15.
The nearest supermarket is Tesco Old Portsmouth Express (2354), 550 m away, with Fresh And Local closer still (400 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Trafalgar Medical Group Practice (1.3 km), with Boots the closest pharmacy (550 m).
For a haircut, The Beauty Retreat is 400 m away.
The nearest full A&E is Queen Alexandra Hospital, 7.2 km away, rated requires improvement by the CQC.
At its trust, 59% of major A&E patients were seen within 4 hours in September 2026 (the NHS standard is 95%), and 61% of people waiting for planned treatment had waited under 18 weeks (typical wait 14 weeks).
Evenings out are on the doorstep: 78 restaurants and cafés and 23 pubs and bars in the neighbourhood.
The Seagull Cafe is the closest café or restaurant (50 m), and Still & West the nearest pub (50 m).
Takeaways are plentiful (15 of them).
Crime is higher than in most places, at about 185 per 1,000 residents a year (busy town centres push this figure up).
Much of it is protected: 81% of postcodes sit in a conservation area (Old Portsmouth, The Sea Front, Southsea).
There are 157 listed buildings.
Homes are mostly flats (75%).
The typical home here was built in 1955-1964.
The nearest park is Powell Square, 800 m away; for exercise, Ravelin Sports Centre (750 m).
A swim is a short trip away: Eastney, 3.5 km away, was rated good for water quality in 2025.
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 10.8 µg/m³).
For holidays, Southampton is 26 km away, and London Gatwick, with far more destinations, 76 km.
34 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 23, Broad Street | II | 10 m |
| 35, Broad Street | II | 20 m |
| Broad Street Post Office | II | 30 m |
| 37, Broad Street | II | 30 m |
| Bollard on South Side of Junction with Bathing Lane | II | 30 m |
| Seagull Restaurant | II | 30 m |
| Two Bollards at North Side of Junction with Bathing Lane | II | 30 m |
| Camber House | II | 30 m |
| 41, Broad Street | II | 40 m |
| Portsmouth Sailing Club | II | 40 m |
| 45, Broad Street | II | 50 m |
| K6 Telephone Kiosk Adjoining Car Park Opposite Numbers 45 and 49 (49 Not Included) | II |
Portsmouth South constituency: Stephen Morgan MP (Labour), since June 2017. 2024 general election: Lab hold, majority 13,155 (33.8%), turnout 53%. Vote shares: Labour 48%, Reform UK 15%, Conservative 15%, Liberal Democrat 13%.
19 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 PO1 2JD →
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
Many neighbours rent: 46% of households rent privately and 9% socially.
It's young: 27% of residents are aged 15–29.
It's highly educated: 46% of adults have a degree.
There's a sizeable student population: 16% of adults were full-time students in 2021.
The nearest university is University of Portsmouth, 1.0 km away (TEF Gold).
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.
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Nearest 12 shown. 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.
On this street: 0 of 75 homes with certificates have solar panels, 13 a heat pump, and 17 are heated by something other than mains gas.
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 0.3% | 1.0% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.7% | 0.4% | 1.1% |
| Mains gas | 58.3% | 85.4% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.1% | 0.1% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 34.2% | 12.4% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 6.6% | 1.5% | 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.
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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 89 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.
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