Alington Close Poole
8 addresses across 2 postcodes (BH14), about 40 m long, classed as a local road. USRN 30300439.
- Sales: 6 recorded sales since 1995; in 2015 the median was £2,000,000 across 2 sales.
- Energy: 4 homes have an energy certificate (B: 2, D: 2).
- Flood: 1 address on its postcodes is in areas at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers, the sea or surface water.
- Council tax: Most homes around it are in council tax band G; Band D in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole costs £2,436 a year in 2026-27.
- Broadband: Gigabit broadband is available to 0% of premises.
- Transport: The nearest railway station is Parkstone (Dorset), about 2.4 km (1.5 miles) away in a straight line.
- Green space: The nearest park or garden, Evening Hill, is about 210 m away.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 6.6 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 5.6 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: Its addresses are 3 to 8 m above sea level.
- Noise: 1 of its 8 addresses is modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is Evergreen Oak Surgery, about 2.7 km (1.7 miles) away.
- People: About 300 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 87% of households owned their home and 42% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
- Crime: 41 crimes were recorded within 250 m between September 2025 and August 2026, most often anti-social behaviour.
Sales on this street
| Year | Sales | Median price | Lowest | Highest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 2 | £2,000,000 | £2,000,000 | £2,000,000 |
| 2011 | 1 | £1,575,000 | £1,575,000 | £1,575,000 |
| 2004 | 1 | £1,075,000 | £1,075,000 | £1,075,000 |
| 1999 | 1 | £488,000 | £488,000 | £488,000 |
| 1995 | 1 | £205,000 | £205,000 | £205,000 |
| Date | Address | Type | Price | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 Jun 2015 | OSTIA BH14 8NF | Detached | £2,000,000 | |
| 16 Jan 2015 | ALTA BH14 8NF | Detached | £2,000,000 | |
| 24 Oct 2011 | 2 BH14 8NF | Detached | £1,575,000 | |
| 30 Jun 2004 | OSTIA BH14 8NF | Detached | £1,075,000 | |
| 26 Feb 1999 | OSTIA BH14 8NF | Detached | £488,000 | |
| 26 May 1995 | OSTIA BH14 8NF | Detached | £205,000 |
Energy performance certificates
4 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 230 m². Most common: House, detached (4). Built: 1976-1982 (2); 2012 onwards (1); 2011 (1). Tenure at assessment: owner-occupied (2).
Each home's certificates and sales (2 addresses)
Council tax
What each band costs in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole in 2026-27: Band D £2,436 a year on average, including the police, fire and any county and parish charges.
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £1,624 | £1,894 | £2,165 | £2,436 | £2,977 | £3,518 | £4,059 | £4,871 |
Homes by band in the neighbourhood around this street: most are in band G (34% of about 970 homes).
Planning and heritage
- Conservation area: no postcode centre in this street's postcodes is in one.
- Listed buildings on or by this street: none.
- Article 4 direction (removing permitted development rights): none recorded, though not every council has published theirs.
- Tree preservation orders: none recorded, though not every council has published theirs.
- Green belt: no.
Brownfield land registered for housing within 1 km (0.6 miles)
- 8 & 9 Mount Grace Drive, Poole, BH14 8NB: up to 2 homes, permissioned (190 m)
- 385 Sandbanks Road, Poole, BH14 8HZ: up to 5 homes, permissioned (370 m)
- Coolhurst 383 Sandbanks Road Canford Cliffs BH14 8JA: up to 32 homes, permissioned (400 m (0.2 miles))
- 3 Brudenell Road Canford Cliffs BH13 7NN: up to 8 homes, permissioned (420 m (0.3 miles))
- 10 Crichel Mount Road, Poole, BH14 8LT: up to 4 homes, permissioned (560 m (0.3 miles))
- 34-40 Dorset Lake Avenue, Poole, BH14 8JD: up to 26 homes, permissioned (580 m (0.4 miles))
- 9 & 82/82A Brudenell Road & Haven Road, Poole, BH13 7LZ: up to 17 homes, permissioned (600 m (0.4 miles))
- 66, 68 & 68a Lilliput Road, Poole, BH14 8LA: up to 20 homes, permissioned (640 m (0.4 miles))
Roadworks
No street works under way, planned or finished in the last three months on this street, in permits up to 31 October 2026.
Flood risk
Rivers, the sea or surface water: in this street's postcodes, 0 addresses are in areas at high risk, 1 at medium risk and 0 at low risk. Each address counts once, at the higher of its rivers-and-sea and surface-water risk.
Rivers and the sea alone: no home is in an area at risk.
High: 3.3% (1 in 30) or more chance of flooding a year. Medium: 1% to 3.3%. Low: 0.1% to 1%. Very low: under 0.1%. The rivers and sea figures allow for flood defences. Counts cover whole postcodes, which can include other streets.
Flood zone for planning: no postcode centre on this street is in flood zone 2 or 3.
| Postcode | Planning zone | Addresses at high / medium / low risk | Groundwater |
|---|---|---|---|
| BH14 8NF | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| BH14 8LZ | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 1 / 0 | unlikely |
Height above sea level
The street's 8 addresses are between 3 m and 8 m above sea level (4 m on average).
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BH14 8LZ | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| BH14 8NF | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Parkstone (Dorset) 229,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 2.4 km (1.5 miles) |
| Branksome 280,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 3 km (1.9 miles) | |
| Poole 965,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 3.7 km (2.3 miles) | |
| Bus stops | 4 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 13 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Alington Road Lilliput | 220 m |
| Bus or coach station | Seldown Coach Station Poole | 3.2 km (2 miles) |
| Ferry terminal | Brownsea Island Ferry Landing Sandbanks | 2 km (1.2 miles) |
| Car parks | Ravine Road Car Park | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) |
| EV charging points | 6 within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Be.EV Charging Station | 920 m (0.6 miles) |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Bournemouth Airport BOH | 11.1 km (6.9 miles) |
| Nearest large airport | Bristol Airport BRS | 93.2 km (58 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | Evergreen Oak Surgery | 2.7 km (1.7 miles) |
| Pharmacies | 2 pharmacies within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Day Lewis Pharmacy | 1.2 km (0.8 miles) |
| NHS dentists | 2 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Dental On The Banks | 1.2 km (0.8 miles) |
| Hospital | St Ann's Hospital | 820 m (0.5 miles) |
| Police station | Dorset Police | 3.6 km (2.3 miles) |
| Cash machines | Tesco Bank ATM | 2.5 km (1.5 miles) |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Evening Hill 1.0 ha | 210 m |
| Play area | Unnamed 1,630 m² | 1.2 km (0.7 miles) |
| Playing field | Unnamed 1.2 ha | 1.9 km (1.2 miles) |
| Allotments | Blake Dean Allotments 2,690 m² | 1.2 km (0.8 miles) |
Within 800 m (0.5 miles): 1 park or garden, 1.0 hectares in all.
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Landfall and attached screen walls and terrace, a listed building (Grade II*), 400 m (0.2 miles) north. 2 listed buildings are within 1 km (0.6 miles), 2 of them Grade II*.
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Landfall and attached screen walls and terrace | Listed building, Grade II* | 400 m (0.2 miles) north |
| St Ann's Hospital | Listed building, Grade II* | 910 m (0.6 miles) south-east |
| Compton Acres | Registered park or garden, Grade II* | 1 km (0.6 miles) north-east |
| Gardens and pleasure grounds at Brownsea (also Branksea) Castle | Registered park or garden, Grade II | 2.4 km (1.5 miles) south-west |
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Luscombe Valley | Valley | 260 m east |
| Evening Hill | Hill | 320 m west |
| Shore Road | Beach | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) south-east |
| Blue Lagoon | Wetland | 1.2 km (0.7 miles) north-west |
| Venetia Park | Wood | 2.3 km (1.4 miles) south-west |
| East Lake | Lake or reservoir | 2.4 km (1.5 miles) south-west |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 6.6 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 5.6 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 8.3 | 40 | 15 |
All three are within the UK legal limits; PM2.5 is above the WHO guideline, as in most towns and cities.
Road and rail noise
| Level | Road traffic | Railways |
|---|---|---|
| 55 to 59 | 1 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 7 | 8 |
1 of the street's 8 addresses is modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic, above the WHO guidelines.
Climate, daylight and earthquakes
Monthly temperatures and rainfall, sunrise and sunset through the year, and earthquakes recorded nearby since 1970 are much the same across the area, so they are worked out once for Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole: see them on the Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole page.
Nearest schools
| School | Phase | Ages | Distance | Inspection |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lilliput Church of England Infant School | Primary | 4–7 | 740 m (0.5 miles) | Good (Jul 2023, overall grade under the previous framework) |
Food hygiene ratings nearby
| Business | Type | Distance | Rating | Rated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| East Dorset Sailing Club BH14 8HY | Other catering premises | 200 m | 5 Very good | 20 May 2026 |
| Marjorie House BH14 8LT | Hospitals/Childcare/Caring Premises | 360 m | 5 Very good | 23 Feb 2026 |
Crime within 250 m
| Category | Crimes |
|---|---|
| Anti-social behaviour | 29 |
| Burglary | 3 |
| Other theft | 2 |
| Criminal damage and arson | 2 |
| Vehicle crime | 2 |
| Violence and sexual offences | 2 |
| Drugs | 1 |
Most of these are attached to: On or near Alington Road (32); On or near Alington Close (5); On or near Minterne Road (3); On or near Mount Grace Drive (1).
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 59 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 12% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 40% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 87% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 67% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | under 1% | 1% |
| Social rented | under 1% | 17% |
| Private rented | 12% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 39% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 5% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 47% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | under 1% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 54% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 36% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 1% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 1% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 7% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 67% | 65% |
| Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away | 17% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 42% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 11% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 5% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 97% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | 0% | 2% |
Deprivation
The neighbourhood around this street is in decile 10 of 10 on the English Indices of Deprivation 2025, where 1 is the most deprived tenth of England's 33,755 neighbourhoods and 10 the least.
What has changed
Nothing new since the change feed started on 30 October 2026. New sales and energy certificates, and hygiene ratings, school inspections and flood figures nearby, will be listed here as the sources update.
Postcodes on this street
Nearby streets
Shore Road · Alington Road · Mount Grace Drive · Bingham Avenue · Minterne Road · Crichel Mount Road
All the streets in BH14 and across Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole.
What this page cannot tell you
- Whether a particular house is at risk of flooding, subsiding or anything else: the flood map is a model of areas and there is no property-level data here.
- What a home is worth now: sales are historic prices for the homes that happened to sell.
- How safe the street is: crime points are moved to anonymised locations and many crimes are never reported.
- Whether you would get a place at a school: distances are straight lines, not catchments.
- Who lives on the street now: census figures describe the small areas around it in March 2021, during a lockdown.
- How long a journey takes or how often anything runs: transport distances are straight lines to the nearest stops.
- Whether a GP practice is taking new patients, or a dentist new NHS patients.
- How loud a home is inside, or noise from industry, neighbours or smaller airfields: noise figures are models of road, rail and air traffic outside.
How each figure on this page is matched to the street and worked out: methodology.