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On Bowyer Close, in Kings Furlong
What it's like at RG21 8UZ: every home that has sold on Bowyer Close 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 Bowyer Close; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
2 of the 19 homes on the street are owned by companies.
| 1, Bowyer CloseTerraced | Nov 2010 | £158,000 | 67 m² | £2,358/m² | 2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2, Bowyer CloseTerraced | Mar 2018 | £225,000 | 64 m² | £3,516/m² | 2 |
| 3, Bowyer CloseTerraced | Aug 2004 | £149,950 | 61 m² | £2,458/m² | 1 |
| 4, Bowyer CloseTerraced | Sept 2012 | £130,000 | 66 m² | £1,970/m² | 3 |
| 5, Bowyer CloseTerraced | May 1996 | £48,000 | 67 m² | £716/m² | 1 |
| 7, Bowyer CloseSemi-detached | Jul 1998 | £73,500 | – | – | 1 |
| 8, Bowyer CloseTerraced | Jun 2009 | £125,000 | 69 m² | £1,812/m² | 3 |
| 9, Bowyer CloseTerraced | Apr 1996 | £54,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 10, Bowyer CloseTerraced | Sept 2019 | £230,000 | 76 m² | £3,026/m² | 3 |
| 11, Bowyer CloseTerraced | Jul 2025 | £284,000 | 76 m² | £3,737/m² | 1 |
| 13, Bowyer CloseTerraced | Jul 2004 | £145,000 | 69 m² | £2,101/m² | 2 |
| 14, Bowyer CloseSemi-detached · company-owned | Nov 2022 | £288,000 | 75 m² | £3,840/m² | 3 |
| 16, Bowyer CloseSemi-detached | Dec 2022 | £245,000 | 64 m² | £3,828/m² | 1 |
| 17, Bowyer CloseFlat | Oct 2013 | £65,000 | 63 m² | £1,032/m² | 1 |
| 19, Bowyer CloseTerraced · company-owned | Nov 2013 | £178,000 | 66 m² | £2,697/m² | 3 |
| 22, Bowyer CloseTerraced | Oct 2023 | £312,500 | 68 m² | £4,596/m² | 4 |
| 24, Bowyer CloseTerraced | Jun 2005 | £148,500 | – | – | 1 |
| 25, Bowyer CloseTerraced | Dec 2011 | £150,000 | 63 m² | £2,381/m² | 2 |
| 26, Bowyer CloseTerraced | Mar 2014 | £180,000 | 63 m² | £2,857/m² | 3 |
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
The nearest station is Basingstoke, about a 15-minute walk (1.1 km), with 4.8m journeys a year; its busiest route is to London Waterloo.
The nearest bus stop is King of Wessex, 200 m away, with a bus about every 10 minutes on weekdays (routes 1, 4, 11); 43 departures an hour from the 8 stops within a 5-minute walk.
Central London is 72 km away as the crow flies.
The nearest primary school is Kings Furlong Junior School, about a 5-minute walk (550 m); 55% met the expected standard.
The closest top-rated primary is Oakridge Infant School (1.6 km), with 2 rated strongly by Ofsted within 2 km.
The nearest secondary is Cranbourne, 450 m away; Attainment 8: 42.7 · 5.7% of GCSEs at 8–9.
The nearest supermarket is Morrisons, 550 m away, with S R Pharmacy closer still (300 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Sandles Health Clinic (800 m), with S R Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (300 m).
For a haircut, Ari Barber is 550 m away.
The nearest full A&E is Basingstoke and North Hampshire Hospital, 2.3 km away, rated requires improvement by the CQC.
At its trust, 48% of major A&E patients were seen within 4 hours in September 2026 (the NHS standard is 95%), and 64% of people waiting for planned treatment had waited under 18 weeks (typical wait 13 weeks).
There's a handful of places to eat and drink locally: 15 restaurants and cafés, 12 pubs and bars.
Spices And Spirits is the closest café or restaurant (300 m), and Basingstoke Conservative Club the nearest pub (250 m).
Crime is higher than in most places, at about 149 per 1,000 residents a year (busy town centres push this figure up).
Much of it is protected: 37% of postcodes sit in a conservation area (Basingstoke Town, Fairfields).
There are 15 listed buildings.
It's a mix of homes: 39% flats and 7% detached houses.
The typical home here was built in 1965-1972.
The nearest park is Victory Park, 600 m away; for exercise, QM Sports Centre (850 m).
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 8.9 µg/m³).
For holidays, Southampton is 39 km away, and London Heathrow, with far more destinations, 50 km.
Most households own their home, 33% rent privately.
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.
55 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.
Basingstoke constituency: Luke Murphy MP (Labour), since July 2024. 2024 general election: Lab gain from Con, majority 6,484 (13.2%), turnout 62%. Vote shares: Labour 43%, Conservative 30%, Reform UK 13%, Green Party 7%.
13 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 RG21 8UZ →
No crimes recorded "on or near" Bowyer Close in the last 12 months.
On this street: 0 of 16 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 | 0.3% | 1.2% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.0% | 1.5% | 1.1% |
| Mains gas | 73.6% | 82.8% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.2% | 6.6% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 25.4% | 8.2% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 0.7% | 0.2% | 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: Hillhead · about 48 min
Nearest: Town Quay · about 39 min
The most notable of each. Rough times by car in free-flowing traffic, between neighbourhood centres. Check opening times before you travel.