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On Driftwood Gardens, in Eastney
What it's like at PO4 9ND: every home that has sold on Driftwood Gardens 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 Driftwood Gardens; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
None of the 13 homes on the street is owned by a company.
| 2, Driftwood GardensDetached | Jun 2021 | £865,000 | 190 m² | £4,553/m² | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3, Driftwood GardensDetached | Aug 2017 | £785,000 | 153 m² | £5,131/m² | 2 |
| 5, Driftwood GardensDetached | Feb 2001 | £276,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 6, Driftwood GardensDetached | Jun 2021 | £796,000 | 163 m² | £4,883/m² | 4 |
| 8, Driftwood GardensDetached | Jul 1999 | £245,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 9, Driftwood GardensDetached | Aug 2021 | £895,000 | 174 m² | £5,144/m² | 2 |
| 11, Driftwood GardensDetached | Oct 2020 | £970,000 | 241 m² | £4,025/m² | 3 |
| 14, Driftwood GardensDetached | May 2023 | £1,200,000 | 184 m² | £6,522/m² | 2 |
| 15, Driftwood GardensDetached | Jun 2026 | £840,000 | 160 m² | £5,250/m² | 1 |
| 16, Driftwood GardensDetached | Aug 2017 | £800,000 | 163 m² | £4,908/m² | 1 |
| 17, Driftwood GardensDetached | Jun 2014 | £600,000 | 165 m² | £3,636/m² | 1 |
| 23, Driftwood GardensDetached | Jul 2016 | £800,000 | 263 m² | £3,042/m² | 1 |
| 25, Driftwood GardensDetached | Aug 2019 | £825,000 | 187 m² | £4,412/m² | 1 |
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 (2.3 km), with 2.1m journeys a year; its busiest route is to London Waterloo.
The nearest bus stop is Ferry Road, 250 m away, with fewer than one bus an hour on weekdays (route 25); 5 departures an hour from the 6 stops within a 5-minute walk.
The nearest primary school is Milton Park Primary School, about a 10-minute walk (900 m); 53% met the expected standard.
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is Miltoncross Academy, 1.9 km away; Attainment 8: 36.3 · 5.7% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: St Edmund's Catholic School (2.5 km) and UTC Portsmouth (5.2 km).
Few families with young children: only 14% of residents are under 15.
The nearest supermarket is Tesco Cumberland Service Station Express (6679), 700 m away, with Premier Eastney Convenience Store closer still (300 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is The Devonshire Practice (800 m), with Rowlands Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (850 m).
For a haircut, Green Rose beauty rooms is 800 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).
There's a handful of places to eat and drink locally: 13 restaurants and cafés, 4 pubs and bars.
Meon Milton Cafe is the closest café or restaurant (150 m), and Royal Marine Association Club the nearest pub (400 m).
Crime is around the national middle: about 77 per 1,000 residents a year.
Much of it is protected: 32% of postcodes sit in a conservation area (Eastney Barracks, Craneswater and Eastern Parade, Southsea).
There are 19 listed buildings.
It's a mix of homes: 34% flats and 5% detached houses.
Most homes are Victorian or Edwardian: 52% were built before 1919.
The nearest park is Bransbury Park, 550 m away; for exercise, Fratton Gym (1.7 km).
The beach is on your doorstep: Eastney, 800 m away, was rated good for water quality in 2025.
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 8.1 µg/m³).
For holidays, Southampton is 28 km away, and London Gatwick, with far more destinations, 74 km.
7 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 |
|---|---|---|
| World War II Pillbox at Eastney Beach | II | 110 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.
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%.
10 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 9ND →
Most households own their home, 34% rent privately.
The nearest university is University of Portsmouth, 3.6 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.
On this street: 1 of 11 homes with certificates have solar panels, 0 a heat pump, and 1 are heated by something other than mains gas.
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 1.0% | 1.0% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.1% | 0.4% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 83.3% | 85.4% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.4% | 0.1% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 15.0% | 12.4% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 1.3% | 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 13 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.