Boldre Close Barton on Sea, New Forest
13 addresses across 2 postcodes (BH25), about 50 m long, classed as a local road. USRN 26721318.
- Sales: 19 recorded sales since 1995; in 2024 the median was £530,000 across 1 sale.
- Prices and rents: A typical home in New Forest cost £384,564 in August 2026 (-0.2% on a year); private rents averaged £1,249 a month.
- Energy: 6 homes have an energy certificate (C: 2, D: 4).
- Flood: No address on its postcodes is in an area at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers, the sea or surface water.
- Recorded floods: No recorded flood covers the centre of any of its postcodes.
- Coastal erosion: The nearest projected coastal erosion zone is 130 m from its postcodes.
- Energy projects: 1 renewable energy project nearby is planned or being built; the nearest, Walkford Moor Solar Farm, Walkford Lane - Solar Farm, is 1.2 km (0.7 miles) away.
- Traffic: The busiest counted road within 500 m (0.3 miles), the A337, carries 16,937 motor vehicles a day on average (2025).
- Council tax: Most homes around it are in council tax band D; Band D in New Forest costs £2,420 a year in 2026-27.
- Broadband: Gigabit broadband is available to 100% of premises.
- Transport: The nearest railway station is New Milton, about 2.2 km (1.4 miles) away in a straight line.
- Green space: The nearest park or garden is about 1.3 km (0.8 miles) away.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 5.8 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 5.5 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: It is about 35 m above sea level.
- Noise: 1 of its 13 addresses is modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is Highcliffe Medical Centre, about 1.6 km (1 mile) away.
- People: About 620 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 90% of households owned their home and 27% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
- Crime: 8 crimes were recorded within 250 m between September 2025 and August 2026, most often violence and sexual offences.
- Road safety: No collisions in which someone was hurt were reported on and around it in 2021 to 2025.
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Sales on this street
| Year | Sales | Median price | Lowest | Highest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 1 | £530,000 | £530,000 | £530,000 |
| 2021 | 1 | £495,500 | £495,500 | £495,500 |
| 2019 | 2 | £286,250 | £257,500 | £315,000 |
| 2016 | 1 | £310,000 | £310,000 | £310,000 |
| 2012 | 1 | £272,000 | £272,000 | £272,000 |
| 2010 | 1 | £314,000 | £314,000 | £314,000 |
| 2009 | 1 | £215,000 | £215,000 | £215,000 |
| 2008 | 1 | £245,000 | £245,000 | £245,000 |
| 2007 | 2 | £287,500 | £280,000 | £295,000 |
| 2006 | 1 | £210,000 | £210,000 | £210,000 |
| 2003 | 2 | £249,975 | £249,950 | £250,000 |
| 2002 | 1 | £263,000 | £263,000 | £263,000 |
| Date | Address | Type | Price | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 Jan 2024 | 9 BH25 7TH | Detached | £530,000 | |
| 16 Dec 2021 | 10 BH25 7TH | Detached | £495,500 | |
| 23 Sep 2019 | 12 BH25 7TH | Semi-detached | £315,000 | |
| 31 Jan 2019 | 12 BH25 7TH | Semi-detached | £257,500 | |
| 15 Apr 2016 | 4 BH25 7TH | Detached | £310,000 | |
| 1 Oct 2012 | 10 BH25 7TH | Detached | £272,000 | |
| 9 Jun 2010 | 3 BH25 7TH | Detached | £314,000 | |
| 11 Nov 2009 | 12 BH25 7TH | Semi-detached | £215,000 | |
| 19 Sep 2008 | 7 BH25 7TH | Semi-detached | £245,000 | |
| 28 Jun 2007 | 4 BH25 7TH | Detached | £280,000 | |
| 26 Mar 2007 | 3 BH25 7TH | Detached | £295,000 | |
| 13 Oct 2006 | 7 BH25 7TH | Semi-detached | £210,000 | |
| 3 Nov 2003 | 10 BH25 7TH | Detached | £250,000 | |
| 4 Jul 2003 | 2 BH25 7TH | Detached | £249,950 | |
| 30 Oct 2002 | 8 BH25 7TH | Detached | £263,000 | |
| 7 Feb 2000 | 10 BH25 7TH | Detached | £135,000 | |
| 27 Aug 1998 | 6 BH25 7TH | Semi-detached | £94,500 | |
| 12 Sep 1996 | 2 BH25 7TH | Detached | £98,000 | |
| 24 Feb 1995 | 12 BH25 7TH | Semi-detached | £74,000 | New build. |
House prices and rents in New Forest
A typical home in New Forest cost £384,564 in August 2026, 0.2% less than a year before. That is 4% more than five years earlier and 23% more than ten years earlier.
| Home | Typical price, Aug 2026 |
|---|---|
| Detached | £584,165 |
| Semi-detached | £370,085 |
| Terraced | £301,061 |
| Flat or maisonette | £195,805 |
| Bought by a first-time buyer | £291,458 |
Private renters in New Forest paid £1,249 a month on average in September 2026, 2% more than a year before. That is 29% more than five years earlier.
| Home | Average rent a month, Sep 2026 |
|---|---|
| One bedroom | £868 |
| Two bedrooms | £1,138 |
| Three bedrooms | £1,398 |
| Four or more bedrooms | £1,997 |
Energy performance certificates
6 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 75 m². Most common: Bungalow, detached (5); Bungalow, semi-detached (1). Built: 1991-1995 (5); 1996-2002 (1). Tenure at assessment: owner-occupied (4).
Each home's certificates and sales (6 addresses)
Council tax
What each band costs in New Forest in 2026-27: Band D £2,420 a year on average, including the police, fire and any county and parish charges.
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £1,613 | £1,882 | £2,151 | £2,420 | £2,957 | £3,495 | £4,033 | £4,840 |
Homes by band in the neighbourhood around this street: most are in band D (33% of about 840 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): ARTICLE 4 DIRECTION 97/1, Hovercraft in the Solent.
- Tree preservation orders: none recorded, though not every council has published theirs.
- Green belt: no.
Energy projects nearby
3 energy projects near the street's postcodes, 1 of them not yet operating.
| Project | Kind | Size | Stage | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Double H Nurseries Biomass Plant New Forest 12/98264 | Biomass | 1.5 MW | Operational Dec 2012 | 1 km (0.6 miles) |
| Walkford Moor Solar Farm, Walkford Lane - Solar Farm New Forest 23/11213 | Solar farm | 15 MW | Permission granted, not yet built Aug 2024 | 1.2 km (0.7 miles) |
| Efford Landfill (Newmilton) New Forest 03/78179 | Landfill Gas | 2.8 MW | Operational Nov 2004 | 1.9 km (1.2 miles) |
Planned projects can change or not go ahead; search the planning authority's applications by the reference shown for the plans, conditions and any objections. Construction brings traffic for some months; once built, solar farms and batteries are usually quiet, while turbines and waste plants can be seen or heard further away.
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, 0 at medium risk and 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| BH25 7TH | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| BH25 7RB | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 1 | unlikely |
Recorded floods
No recorded flood covers the centre of any of this street's postcodes.
Recorded floods are where floodwater was seen or surveyed after a flood. Many floods were never mapped, an outline over a postcode's centre does not mean every home in it flooded, and homes outside one may have. Ask the seller whether the home itself has flooded.
Coastal erosion
The nearest projected erosion zone is 130 m from the street's postcodes (by 2105, with the shoreline management plan carried out).
| Projection | Policy for the frontage | Erosion | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| By 2055, with the shoreline management plan carried out | Managed realignment Hurst Spit to Durlston Head | up to 63 m | 280 m |
| By 2105, with the shoreline management plan carried out | Managed realignment Hurst Spit to Durlston Head | up to 216 m | 130 m |
| By 2105, if defences are not maintained or built | No intervention Hurst Spit to Durlston Head | up to 216 m | 130 m |
| Ground instability zone Naish, New Forest | Unstable cliffs or slopes where the ground has moved, with a margin for movement over the next 100 years | 340 m |
Each shoreline management plan sets a policy for each stretch of coast: hold the line (keep defences where they are), managed realignment (let the shore move back in a controlled way), advance the line, or no active intervention. Erosion is the distance the shore may move back, counted from today, for the higher central climate change allowance. The maps are guidance from national modelling, not a survey of any one home; the council's coastal team can say more.
Storm overflows
No storm overflow outlet is within 1 km (0.6 miles) of the street's postcodes.
Coal mining
No postcode centre on the street is in a coalfield: the Mining Remediation Authority records no coal mining risk here.
Historic landfill
No historic landfill site is within 500 m (0.3 miles) of the street's postcodes.
Height above sea level
The street's addresses are about 35 m above sea level.
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BH25 7RB | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| BH25 7TH | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | New Milton 555,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 2.2 km (1.4 miles) |
| Hinton Admiral 134,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 2.8 km (1.7 miles) | |
| Sway 81,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 6.9 km (4.3 miles) | |
| Bus stops | 2 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 13 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Western Avenue Barton on Sea | 280 m |
| Ferry terminal | Mudeford Quay Ferry Landing Stanpit | 4.8 km (3 miles) |
| Car parks | Marine Drive West car park | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) |
| EV charging points | 6 within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Be.EV Charging Station | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Bournemouth Airport BOH | 12.1 km (7.5 miles) |
| Nearest large airport | Bristol Airport BRS | 102 km (63 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | 1 practice within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Highcliffe Medical Centre Good Sep 2016 | 1.6 km (1 mile) |
| Pharmacies | 3 pharmacies within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Day Lewis Pharmacy | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) |
| NHS dentists | 3 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Highcliffe Dental Care | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) |
| Hospital | Milford On Sea War Memorial Hospital | 6.7 km (4.1 miles) |
| Care homes | 7 homes within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Windy Ridge Care Home Good Dec 2025 | 350 m |
| Police station | Christchurch Police Station | 7.6 km (4.7 miles) |
| Cash machines | NatWest | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | Unnamed 4.6 ha | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) |
| Play area | Unnamed 820 m² | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) |
| Playing field | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 10 ha | 760 m (0.5 miles) |
| Allotments | Walkford Road Allotments 1.3 ha | 1.2 km (0.8 miles) |
Landmarks
4 listed buildings are within 1 km (0.6 miles).
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Barton on Sea | Beach | 1 km (0.6 miles) south-east |
| Castlefield Copse | Wood | 1.4 km (0.8 miles) north |
| Chewton Common | Wood | 1.5 km (0.9 miles) west |
| Barton Cliff | Cliff or slope | 1.9 km (1.2 miles) south-east |
| Great Ballard Lake | Lake or reservoir | 2.6 km (1.6 miles) north-east |
| Roeshot Hill | Hill | 3.6 km (2.2 miles) west |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 5.8 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 5.5 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 8.2 | 40 | 15 |
All three are within the UK legal limits; PM2.5 is above the WHO guideline, as in most towns and cities.
Road, rail and aircraft noise
| Level | Road traffic | Railways | Aircraft |
|---|---|---|---|
| 55 to 59 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 12 | 13 | 13 |
1 of the street's 13 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 New Forest: see them on the New Forest page.
Nearest schools
| School | Phase | Ages | Distance | Inspection |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Arnewood School | Secondary | 11–18 | 1.5 km (1 mile) | Report card (Mar 2026): Curriculum and teaching: Expected standard; Achievement: Needs attention; Attendance and behaviour: Expected standard; Personal development and wellbeing: Expected standard; Inclusion: Expected standard; Leadership and governance: Expected standard; Post-16 provision: Expected standard; Safeguarding standards: Met |
| New Milton Infant School | Primary | 4–7 | 1.5 km (1 mile) | Good (Apr 2023, overall grade under the previous framework) |
| New Milton Junior School | Primary | 7–11 | 1.5 km (1 mile) | Report card (Apr 2026): Curriculum and teaching: Expected standard; Achievement: Expected standard; Attendance and behaviour: Strong standard; Personal development and wellbeing: Strong standard; Inclusion: Strong standard; Leadership and governance: Strong standard; Safeguarding standards: Met |
| Highcliffe St Mark Primary School Church of England | Primary | 3–11 | 1.8 km (1.1 miles) | Requires improvement (Jun 2024, overall grade under the previous framework) |
Nurseries and childcare
1 nursery, pre-school or club within 1.5 km (0.9 miles), the nearest 1.2 km (0.8 miles) from the middle of the street.
| Provider | Kind | Places | Latest inspection | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dell Cottage Day Nursery BH23 5QG | Full day care | 42 | Outstanding (Apr 2024, overall grade under the previous framework) | 1.2 km (0.8 miles) |
Ofsted also registers 720 childminders and 151 home childcarers (nannies) in Hampshire. It does not publish their addresses, so they cannot be shown here; the council's family information service lists those taking children.
Food hygiene ratings nearby
| Business | Type | Distance | Rating | Rated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WINDY RIDGE CARE HOME BH25 7PN | Hospitals/Childcare/Caring Premises | 340 m | 5 Very good | 17 Apr 2026 |
Crime within 250 m
| Category | Crimes |
|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 6 |
| Other theft | 1 |
| Possession of weapons | 1 |
Most of these are attached to: On or near Field Place (3); On or near Rockbourne Gardens (1); On or near Boldre Close (1); On or near Burley Close (1); On or near Studley Court (1).
Road safety
No collisions in which someone was hurt were reported on and around the street in 2021 to 2025.
Only collisions in which someone was hurt and which the police were told about are here: damage-only collisions and near misses are not, and some injuries are never reported. Positions are recorded by the police, usually to within a few metres. Each year's figures are published the following September.
Traffic on nearby roads
The busiest counted road within 500 m (0.3 miles) is the A337 between LA Boundary and B3058, with 16,937 motor vehicles a day on average in 2025, 430 m (0.3 miles) from the street's postcodes.
| Road | Between | Vehicles a day | Lorries | Ten years before | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A337 | LA Boundary to B3058 | 16,937 estimated; counted 2024 | 2% | +1% since 2015 | 430 m (0.3 miles) |
Each figure is the annual average daily flow: the motor vehicles passing the count point, both ways, on an average day of the year. A point is counted by hand on a weekday every few years and estimated from the trend on similar roads in between. Lorries are heavy goods vehicles, as a share of all motor vehicles.
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 65 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 5% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 51% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 90% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 73% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | under 1% | 1% |
| Social rented | under 1% | 17% |
| Private rented | 10% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 37% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 3% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 54% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 2% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 29% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 62% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 0% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 0% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 7% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 60% | 65% |
| Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away | 6% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 27% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 22% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 10% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 99% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | under 1% | 2% |
Deprivation
The neighbourhood around this street is in decile 9 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
Ellingham Road · Rockbourne Gardens · Sopley Close · Neacroft Close · Field Place · Bramshaw Way · Burley Close · Vectis Road · Solent Road · The Crescent · Millyford Close · Southcliffe Road
All the streets in BH25 and across New Forest.
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; road collisions count only those in which someone was hurt and the police were told.
- 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.