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On Shirley Avenue, in Milton
What it's like at PO4 8HF: every home that has sold on Shirley Avenue 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.
2 homes on the street extended (energy certificates).
Sales and extensions on Shirley Avenue; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
None of the 17 homes on the street is owned by a company.
| 1, Shirley AvenueSemi-detached | Jul 1997 | £68,000 | – | – | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3, Shirley AvenueSemi-detached | Apr 2012 | £202,000 | 102 m² | £1,980/m² | 1 |
| 4, Shirley AvenueTerraced | Dec 2024 | £430,000 | 138 m² | £3,116/m² | 5 |
| 9, Shirley AvenueSemi-detached | Feb 2019 | £275,000 | 121 m² | £2,273/m² | 1 |
| 10, Shirley AvenueTerraced | Mar 2006 | £172,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 11, Shirley AvenueSemi-detached | Jul 2026 | £340,000 | 84 m² | £4,048/m² | 1 |
| 12, Shirley AvenueTerraced | Sept 2003 | £165,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 13, Shirley AvenueSemi-detached | Nov 2003 | £199,995 | – | – | 1 |
| 14, Shirley AvenueTerraced | Nov 2003 | £162,500 | – | – | 1 |
| 16, Shirley AvenueSemi-detached | Oct 2003 | £150,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 17, Shirley AvenueSemi-detached | Feb 2026 | £348,000 | 101 m² | £3,446/m² | 2 |
| 20, Shirley AvenueTerraced | Aug 2013 | £157,500 | 78 m² | £2,019/m² | 1 |
| 21, Shirley AvenueSemi-detached | Feb 2021 | £312,000 | 78 m² | £4,000/m² | 2 |
| 22, Shirley AvenueTerraced | Apr 2006 | £170,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 23, Shirley AvenueTerraced | Jan 2024 | £280,000 | 83 m² | £3,373/m² | 3 |
| 26, Shirley AvenueTerraced | May 2003 | £139,995 | – | – | 2 |
| 30, Shirley AvenueTerraced | Nov 2024 | £228,000 | 66 m² | £3,455/m² | 7 |
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
The nearest station is Fratton, a short drive or bike ride (1.7 km), with 2.1m journeys a year; its busiest route is to London Waterloo.
The nearest bus stop is Mayles Road, 200 m away, with a bus about every 25 minutes on weekdays (routes U2, 13); 42 departures an hour from the 11 stops within a 5-minute walk.
The nearest primary school is Meon Junior School, a few minutes' walk (350 m); 65% met the expected standard.
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is Miltoncross Academy, 1.2 km away; Attainment 8: 36.3 · 5.7% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: St Edmund's Catholic School (2.2 km) and UTC Portsmouth (4 km).
The nearest supermarket is The Southern Co-operative - Portsmouth Eastney Road, 400 m away; New Kwiki Mart (300 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is The Devonshire Practice (500 m), with Rowlands Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (400 m).
For a haircut, Harrington Jenkins Salon is 250 m away.
The nearest full A&E is Queen Alexandra Hospital, 6.1 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).
There's a handful of places to eat and drink locally: 8 restaurants and cafés, 8 pubs and bars.
Sea Fish & Chips is the closest café or restaurant (350 m), and The Old House At Home the nearest pub (200 m).
Crime is around the national middle: about 115 per 1,000 residents a year.
It's a mix of homes: 22% flats and 5% detached houses.
The typical home here was built in 1930s.
The nearest park is Bransbury Park, 250 m away; for exercise, Fratton Gym (1.1 km).
The beach is on your doorstep: Eastney, 1.5 km away, was rated good for water quality in 2025.
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 9.8 µg/m³).
For holidays, Southampton is 27 km away, and London Gatwick, with far more destinations, 73 km.
Most households own their home, 19% rent privately.
The nearest university is University of Portsmouth, 3.2 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.
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.
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%.
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 PO4 8HF →
On this street: 0 of 9 homes with certificates have solar panels, 0 a heat pump, and 0 are heated by something other than mains gas.
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 1.5% | 1.0% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 1.6% | 0.4% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 86.0% | 85.4% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.2% | 0.1% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 7.0% | 12.4% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 5.1% | 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.
The most notable of each. Rough times by car in free-flowing traffic, between neighbourhood centres. Check opening times before you travel.
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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 17 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.
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