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Portsea
What it's like at PO1 3BN: every home that has sold on the 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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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.
Sales and extensions on the street; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
No sales recorded at this postcode since 1995.
The nearest station is Portsmouth Harbour, a few minutes' walk (350 m), with 2.1m journeys a year; its busiest route is to Havant.
The nearest bus stop is Curzon Howe Road, 150 m away, with a bus about every 1 minute on weekdays (routes 3, 1, 23, 2); 285 departures an hour from the 17 stops within a 5-minute walk.
Plenty of jobs are close by: somewhere with 5,000 or more jobs (a town centre, business park or big hospital) is about 4 minutes away by public transport or on foot.
59% of households manage without a car.
The nearest primary school is St George's Beneficial Church of England (Voluntary Controlled) Primary School, a few minutes' walk (under 50 m); 69% met the expected standard.
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is Ark Charter Academy, 1.2 km away; Attainment 8: 38.9 · 7.2% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: St Edmund's Catholic School (0.7 km) and UTC Portsmouth (4 km).
Few families with young children: only 9% of residents are under 15.
The nearest supermarket is Co-Op Queen Street - Portsmouth, 150 m away; Pompey Market (150 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is The Unicity Medical Centre (1.1 km), with H Merali Dispensing Chemist the closest pharmacy (250 m).
For a haircut, Wink is 100 m away.
The nearest full A&E is Queen Alexandra Hospital, 6.0 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: 53 restaurants and cafés and 12 pubs and bars in the neighbourhood.
Queen Shawarma is the closest café or restaurant (100 m), and Ship Anson the nearest pub (200 m).
Takeaways are plentiful (18 of them).
Crime is higher than in most places, at about 277 per 1,000 residents a year (busy town centres push this figure up).
There are 106 listed buildings.
Homes are mostly flats (87%).
It's new: 57% of homes were built since 2000.
It's growing: about 170 new homes were completed in 2021–2025.
The nearest park is Powell Square, 150 m away; for exercise, Portsmouth Tennis Academy (600 m).
A swim is a short trip away: Eastney, 3.9 km away, was rated good for water quality in 2025.
42 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 63, Queen Street | II | 80 m |
| 61 and 62, Queen Street | II | 90 m |
| 60, Queen Street | II | 90 m |
| 57,58 and 59, Queen Street | II | 100 m |
| the Beneficial School | II* | 100 m |
| George Public House | II | 130 m |
| Treadgolds | II | 140 m |
| 46,46a,46b and 46c, Queen Street | II | 140 m |
| 45,45a and 45b, Queen Street | II | 150 m |
| 44, Queen Street | II | 160 m |
| Mitre Court House | II | 160 m |
| the Warehouse | II | 160 m |
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.
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%.
20 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 3BN →
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 14.3 µg/m³).
For holidays, Southampton is 25 km away, and London Gatwick, with far more destinations, 75 km.
Most households own their home, 34% rent privately.
It's young: 64% of residents are aged 15–29.
This is a student area: 60% of adults were full-time students at the 2021 census, so expect shared houses, busy term times and quiet summers.
The nearest university is University of Portsmouth, 700 m 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.
Plaques recorded by Open Plaques (openplaques.org), a volunteer project; its data is public domain. Not every plaque is recorded.
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 0.0% | 1.0% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.1% | 0.4% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 25.9% | 85.4% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.0% | 0.1% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 60.3% | 12.4% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 13.0% | 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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