Chiltern Close Poole
9 addresses across 2 postcodes (BH4), about 80 m long, classed as a local road. USRN 30302772.
- Sales: 12 recorded sales since 1995; in 2021 the median was £895,000 across 1 sale.
- Energy: 7 homes have an energy certificate (C: 1, D: 5, E: 1).
- Flood: No address on its postcodes is in an area 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 C; Band D in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole costs £2,436 a year in 2026-27.
- Broadband: Gigabit broadband is available to 100% of premises.
- Transport: The nearest railway station is Branksome, about 1.3 km (0.8 miles) away in a straight line.
- Green space: There is a small park or garden about 260 m away, and Upper Gardens (7.3 hectares) is about 340 m away.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 8.2 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 5.9 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: Its addresses are 42 to 44 m above sea level.
- Noise: None of its addresses is modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is Westbourne Medical Centre, about 920 m (0.6 miles) away, with 2 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile).
- People: About 280 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 72% of households owned their home and 48% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
- Crime: 9 crimes were recorded within 250 m between September 2025 and August 2026, most often violence and sexual offences.
Sales on this street
| Year | Sales | Median price | Lowest | Highest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 1 | £895,000 | £895,000 | £895,000 |
| 2014 | 1 | £404,950 | £404,950 | £404,950 |
| 2010 | 1 | £355,000 | £355,000 | £355,000 |
| 2009 | 2 | £267,500 | £250,000 | £285,000 |
| 2000 | 1 | £165,000 | £165,000 | £165,000 |
| 1999 | 1 | £150,000 | £150,000 | £150,000 |
| 1998 | 1 | £114,500 | £114,500 | £114,500 |
| 1996 | 3 | £76,000 | £76,000 | £96,500 |
| 1995 | 1 | £72,000 | £72,000 | £72,000 |
| Date | Address | Type | Price | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 Nov 2021 | 4 BH4 9LQ | Detached | £895,000 | |
| 29 May 2014 | 1 BH4 9LQ | Detached | £404,950 | |
| 11 Nov 2010 | 8 BH4 9LQ | Detached | £355,000 | |
| 24 Nov 2009 | 4 BH4 9LQ | Detached | £285,000 | |
| 1 Oct 2009 | 1 BH4 9LQ | Detached | £250,000 | |
| 16 Aug 2000 | 5 BH4 9LQ | Detached | £165,000 | |
| 2 Dec 1999 | 8 BH4 9LQ | Detached | £150,000 | |
| 3 Aug 1998 | 8 BH4 9LQ | Detached | £114,500 | |
| 20 Dec 1996 | 3 BH4 9LQ | Detached | £96,500 | |
| 18 Oct 1996 | 3 BH4 9LQ | Detached | £76,000 | |
| 16 Feb 1996 | 3 BH4 9LQ | Detached | £76,000 | |
| 2 Mar 1995 | 3 BH4 9LQ | Detached | £72,000 |
Energy performance certificates
7 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 100 m². Most common: Bungalow, detached (6); House, detached (1). Built: 1950-1966 (4); 1967-1975 (2); 1930-1949 (1). Tenure at assessment: owner-occupied (7).
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 C (31% of about 700 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)
- Land adj. Princess Road/Wessex Way: up to 97 homes, not permissioned (820 m (0.5 miles))
- 328 Poole Road, Branksome, Poole, Dorset, BH12 1AR: up to 12 homes, not permissioned (930 m (0.6 miles))
Roadworks
No street works under way, planned or finished in the last three months on this street, in permits up to 30 September 2026.
Flood risk
No address in this street's postcodes is in an area at high, medium or low risk of flooding from rivers, the sea or surface water. The rest are in areas at very low risk: less than a 0.1% (1 in 1,000) chance a year.
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.
Height above sea level
The street's 9 addresses are between 42 m and 44 m above sea level (43 m on average).
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BH4 9LF | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| BH4 9LQ | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Branksome 280,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) |
| Bournemouth 2.7 million journeys in 2024–25 | 2.8 km (1.7 miles) | |
| Parkstone (Dorset) 229,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 3.3 km (2.1 miles) | |
| Bus stops | 1 stop within 400 m (0.2 miles), 28 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Coy Garden Court Branksome | 390 m |
| Bus or coach station | Bournemouth University Talbot Heath | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) |
| Ferry terminal | Brownsea Island Ferry Landing Sandbanks | 6.1 km (3.8 miles) |
| Car parks | Milburn Road Car Park | 880 m (0.5 miles) |
| EV charging points | 11 within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Be.EV Charging Station | 860 m (0.5 miles) |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Bournemouth Airport BOH | 7 km (4.4 miles) |
| Nearest large airport | Bristol Airport BRS | 92.1 km (57 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | 2 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Westbourne Medical Centre | 920 m (0.6 miles) |
| Pharmacies | 8 pharmacies within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Poole Bay Pharmacy | 920 m (0.6 miles) |
| NHS dentists | 7 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Talbot Woods Dental Practice | 620 m (0.4 miles) |
| Hospital | Herbert Hospital | 1.7 km (1 mile) |
| Police station | Winton Police Station | 2.5 km (1.5 miles) |
| Cash machines | ATM | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | 4 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 4.2 ha | 260 m |
| Largest park within 800 m (0.5 miles) | Upper Gardens 7.3 ha | 340 m |
| Play area | Unnamed 130 m² | 800 m (0.5 miles) |
| Playing field | Unnamed 8.8 ha | 1.4 km (0.8 miles) |
| Allotments | Alder Farm Allotments 1.5 ha | 1.4 km (0.9 miles) |
Within 800 m (0.5 miles): 4 parks and gardens, 19 hectares in all.
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Fern Barrow: a bowl barrow on Talbot Heath, a scheduled monument, 140 m north. 2 listed buildings are within 1 km (0.6 miles).
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Fern Barrow: a bowl barrow on Talbot Heath | Scheduled monument | 140 m north |
| Upper, Central and Lower Pleasure Gardens, and Coy Pond Gardens | Registered park or garden, Grade II | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) south-east |
| Wimborne Road Cemetery, Bournemouth | Registered park or garden, Grade II | 2.1 km (1.3 miles) east |
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Coy Pond | Lake or reservoir | 250 m south-west |
| Meyrick Park | Wood | 1.4 km (0.9 miles) east |
| Bourne Bottom | Valley | 1.7 km (1 mile) north-west |
| Bournemouth Pier West | Beach | 2.6 km (1.6 miles) south-east |
| Blake Hill | Hill | 3.4 km (2.1 miles) south-west |
| Blue Lagoon | Wetland | 4.2 km (2.6 miles) south-west |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 8.2 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 5.9 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 8.9 | 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 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 9 | 7 | 9 |
2 of the street's 9 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from railways, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bishop Aldhelm's Church of England Primary School | Primary | 3–11 | 550 m (0.3 miles) | Report card (May 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; Early years: Strong standard; Safeguarding standards: Met |
| Talbot Primary School | Primary | 4–11 | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) | Report card (May 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; Early years: Expected standard; Safeguarding standards: Met |
| St Mark's Church of England Primary School | Primary | 4–11 | 1.6 km (1 mile) | Good (Oct 2023, overall grade under the previous framework) |
| St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Poole Roman Catholic | Primary | 4–11 | 1.6 km (1 mile) | Good (Oct 2022, overall grade under the previous framework) |
| Heatherlands Primary School | Primary | 4–11 | 1.7 km (1.1 miles) | No published inspection |
| St Michael's Church of England Primary School | Primary | 3–11 | 1.7 km (1.1 miles) | No overall grade (Oct 2024, graded inspection without an overall judgement): Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Good |
| Winton Academy | Secondary | 11–16 | 1.9 km (1.2 miles) | No published inspection |
| Glenmoor Academy | Secondary | 11–16 | 2 km (1.2 miles) | No published inspection |
Food hygiene ratings nearby
| Business | Type | Distance | Rating | Rated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Talbot Heath School (Senior) BH4 9NJ | School/college/university | 140 m | 5 Very good | 26 Nov 2025 |
| Yellow Gorse BH19 1BY | Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen | 390 m | 5 Very good | 4 Oct 2024 |
| Branksome Heights BH4 9LA | Hospitals/Childcare/Caring Premises | 460 m (0.3 miles) | 5 Very good | 19 Feb 2025 |
| St Johns Church BH12 1EG | Other catering premises | 460 m (0.3 miles) | Exempt |
Crime within 250 m
| Category | Crimes |
|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 3 |
| Criminal damage and arson | 2 |
| Vehicle crime | 2 |
| Anti-social behaviour | 1 |
| Other theft | 1 |
Most of these are attached to: On or near Thwaite Road (4); On or near East Avenue (4); On or near Chiltern Close (1).
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 44 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 9% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 20% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 72% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 31% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 0% | 1% |
| Social rented | 2% | 17% |
| Private rented | 26% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 69% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 2% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 23% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | under 1% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 39% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 43% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 2% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 4% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 11% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 83% | 65% |
| Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away | 14% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 48% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 11% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 8% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 96% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | 0% | 2% |
Deprivation
The neighbourhood around this street is in decile 8 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
Branksome Hill Road · Thwaite Road · Branksome Wood Road · Dorset Road · Wren Crescent · Branksome Wood Road
All the streets in BH4 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.