Littledown Drive Bournemouth

44 addresses across 4 postcodes (BH7), about 780 m (0.5 miles) long, classed as a local road. USRN 3737451.

  • Sales: 66 recorded sales since 1995; in 2026 the median was £925,000 across 1 sale.
  • Prices and rents: A typical home in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole cost £310,176 in August 2026 (-1.9% on a year); private rents averaged £1,400 a month.
  • Energy: 23 homes have an energy certificate (C: 5, D: 12, E: 5, F: 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.
  • Recorded floods: No recorded flood covers the centre of any of its postcodes.
  • Landfill: 3 historic landfill sites within 500 m (0.3 miles) of its postcodes; the nearest, Littledown Drive (Old Gravel Pits), is 30 m away.
  • Traffic: The busiest counted road within 500 m (0.3 miles), the A338, carries 63,559 motor vehicles a day on average (2025).
  • Council tax: Most homes around it are in council tax band F; 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 Pokesdown, about 1.4 km (0.9 miles) away in a straight line.
  • Green space: The nearest park or garden, King's Park, is about 330 m away.
  • Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 9.1 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 6.0 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
  • Height: Its addresses are 28 to 35 m above sea level.
  • Noise: 41 of its 44 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
  • Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is Littledown Surgery, about 600 m (0.4 miles) away, with 4 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile).
  • People: About 970 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 91% of households owned their home and 41% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
  • Crime: 18 crimes were recorded within 250 m between September 2025 and August 2026, most often violence and sexual offences.
  • Road safety: 2 collisions in which someone was hurt were reported on and around it in 2021 to 2025.

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House sales on this street

Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, sales registered up to 28 August 2026, loaded 28 October 2026. Sales reach the register two weeks to two months after completion, so the last two months are incomplete. Matched by postcode and street name.

Sales by year (standard sales only; repossessions and buy-to-let transfers excluded)
YearSalesMedian priceLowestHighest
20261£925,000£925,000£925,000
20251£930,000£930,000£930,000
20241£720,000£720,000£720,000
20231£740,000£740,000£740,000
20221£755,000£755,000£755,000
20213£865,000£715,000£990,000
20201£670,000£670,000£670,000
20191£763,500£763,500£763,500
20183£617,000£580,000£715,000
20171£510,000£510,000£510,000
20161£647,500£647,500£647,500
20151£690,000£690,000£690,000
All 66 sales, by house number
DateAddressTypePriceNotes
19 May 20002 BH7 7AQDetached£287,500
24 Jul 20064 BH7 7AQDetached£465,500
9 Jul 20024 BH7 7AQDetached£350,000
5 Jun 19984 BH7 7AQDetached£168,000
7 Feb 19974 BH7 7AQDetached£116,000
26 Feb 20216 BH7 7AQDetached£715,000
11 Mar 201610 BH7 7AQDetached£647,500
1 Sep 200910 BH7 7AQDetached£395,000
29 Aug 202512 BH7 7AQDetached£930,000
8 Jun 200112 BH7 7AQDetached£248,000
15 Mar 199612 BH7 7AQDetached£140,000
26 Jun 201520 BH7 7AQDetached£690,000
29 Aug 201420 BH7 7AQDetached£650,000
16 Apr 200320 BH7 7AQDetached£410,000
10 Aug 202122 BH7 7AQDetached£990,000
8 Feb 201822 BH7 7AQDetached£715,000
29 Oct 200422 BH7 7AQDetached£499,950
28 Jan 200022 BH7 7AQDetached£249,000
12 Mar 202124 BH7 7AQDetached£865,000
15 Feb 201924 BH7 7AQDetached£763,500
18 Dec 202026 BH7 7AQDetached£670,000
11 Sep 201326 BH7 7AQDetached£480,000
28 Feb 200028 BH7 7AQDetached£249,950
9 Apr 199728 BH7 7AQDetached£157,500
1 Jul 201030 BH7 7AQDetached£600,000
21 Feb 200330 BH7 7AQDetached£380,000
5 Jul 200232 BH7 7AQDetached£425,500
21 May 199832 BH7 7AQDetached£200,000
3 Aug 201234 BH7 7AQDetached£520,000
23 Apr 202436 BH7 7AQDetached£720,000
4 Mar 202240 BH7 7AQDetached£755,000
3 Sep 201440 BH7 7AQDetached£565,000
12 May 200540 BH7 7AQDetached£460,000
14 Jul 199940 BH7 7AQDetached£230,000
6 Feb 202642 BH7 7AQDetached£925,000
25 May 201842 BH7 7AQDetached£617,000
4 Jun 201342 BH7 7AQDetached£570,000
23 Mar 200642 BH7 7AQDetached£515,000
22 Dec 199542 BH7 7AQDetached£145,000
19 Aug 199646 BH7 7AQDetached£137,000
22 Aug 199748 BH7 7AQDetached£182,000
21 Feb 200650 BH7 7AQDetached£395,000
29 Jan 199950 BH7 7AQDetached£200,000
15 Feb 200052 BH7 7AQDetached£246,500
18 Dec 199852 BH7 7AQDetached£219,950
14 Apr 200054 BH7 7AQDetached£250,000
18 Jul 201356 BH7 7AHFlat or maisonette£225,000Leasehold.
31 Jul 199856 BH7 7AHFlat or maisonette£97,500Leasehold.
7 Aug 200958 BH7 7AHDetached£312,000
4 Nov 199858 BH7 7AHDetached£170,000
13 Dec 201760 BH7 7AHDetached£510,000
29 Sep 200062 BH7 7AHDetached£215,000
3 Sep 201866 BH7 7AHDetached£580,000
26 Nov 201068 BH7 7AHDetached£350,000
6 Nov 200970 BH7 7AHDetached£315,000
27 May 200970 BH7 7AHDetached£315,000
7 Jan 201472 BH7 7AHDetached£367,500
29 Aug 202374 BH7 7AHDetached£740,000
3 Jan 201474 BH7 7AHDetached£365,000
28 May 200476 BH7 7AHDetached£315,500
4 Sep 199776 BH7 7AHDetached£118,000
31 May 199676 BH7 7AHDetached£112,000
26 Mar 200478 BH7 7AHDetached£330,500
8 Jan 200378 BH7 7AHDetached£275,000
30 Sep 200480 BH7 7AHDetached£381,500
3 Oct 199780 BH7 7AHDetached£157,500

House prices and rents in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole

A typical home in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole cost £310,176 in August 2026, 1.9% less than a year before. That is 3% more than five years earlier and 22% more than ten years earlier.

HomeTypical price, Aug 2026
Detached£550,618
Semi-detached£356,254
Terraced£292,487
Flat or maisonette£196,969
Bought by a first-time buyer£248,778

Private renters in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole paid £1,400 a month on average in September 2026, 2.2% more than a year before. That is 31% more than five years earlier.

HomeAverage rent a month, Sep 2026
One bedroom£918
Two bedrooms£1,170
Three bedrooms£1,458
Four or more bedrooms£2,083

Sources: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry, with the ONS and the Welsh Government), to August 2026; ONS Price Index of Private Rents, to September 2026. Figures for the whole council area, not this street. The typical price is adjusted for the mix of homes that sold, so it is not the value of any one home; the street's own sales are above. Rents are the average paid on all private tenancies, new and existing, so they move more slowly than rents being advertised.

Energy performance certificates

Source: Energy Performance of Buildings Register (MHCLG), register as at 1 November 2026. Latest certificate per address; certificates last ten years, so the oldest here dates from May 2009 and some homes have none. Address data © Ordnance Survey and Royal Mail, shown for understanding the energy efficiency of buildings only.

23 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 216 m². Most common: House, detached (21); Flat (2). Built: 1930-1949 (10); 1900-1929 (6); 1983-1990 (4). Tenure at assessment: owner-occupied (19).

Each home's certificates and sales (23 addresses)

Gas and electricity use

Homes with gas used 22,489 kWh of it on average in 2024, 91% more than the district's 11,763 kWh, and 5,061 kWh of electricity, 54% more than the district's 3,278 kWh. There are gas meters for about 98% of the homes.

PostcodeElectricity metersTypical electricityGas metersTypical gas
BH7 7AQ286,017 kWh 2726,596 kWh
BH7 7AH133,364 kWh 1314,991 kWh
BH7 7AJ223,147 kWh 2217,725 kWh

These are all the homes on each postcode, whatever their size and however many live in them, so they show the kind of homes and heating here rather than what any one home uses. The typical figure is the median: half the homes used less. The district is BH7.

Source: Department for Energy Security and Net Zero, postcode level domestic gas and electricity statistics for 2024 (gas from mid-May to mid-May), Open Government Licence: domestic meters on each postcode, from the gas and electricity industry's meter readings. A postcode with fewer than 5 meters of a fuel has no figures for it.

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.

ABCDEFGH
£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 F (46% of about 760 homes).

Sources: Valuation Office Agency, Council Tax: stock of properties, homes at 31 March 2026 (counts rounded to the nearest 10; some small counts withheld), for the neighbourhood (census area of about 700 homes) around it, not just this street; Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, council tax levels 2026-27. Bands are charged as fixed shares of Band D; the actual bill depends on the parish and on discounts such as the single-person discount. Check a home's own band with the official council tax band checker.

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)

Source: planning.data.gov.uk (Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government), compiled from councils and, for listed buildings, Historic England's National Heritage List. Conservation areas, Article 4 directions, tree preservation areas and the green belt are checked at each postcode's centre. Listed buildings and protected trees are counted on or by this street. Councils publish Article 4 directions, tree preservation orders and brownfield registers to different standards, and some not yet. Planning applications are not here: there is no national open record of them yet.

Energy projects nearby

1 energy project near the street's postcodes.

ProjectKindSizeStageDistance
Eco Composting Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole 8/11/0268 Biomass 3.2 MW Operational Mar 2017 5 km (3.1 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.

Source: Department for Energy Security and Net Zero, Renewable Energy Planning Database, Q2 2026 extract, Open Government Licence: renewable electricity and storage projects over 150 kW, operating, being built, permitted or applied for. Shown: wind turbines and plants that burn or digest waste within 5 km (3.1 miles), other projects of 1 MW or more within 2 km (1.2 miles); refused, withdrawn and abandoned projects are left out. Distances are from the nearest postcode centre to each project's grid reference.

Roadworks

Finished in the last three months

  • 27 October 2026: CITYFIBRE METRO NETWORKS LTD, Utility repair and maintenance works, give and take, on the footway (minor works)

Source: Department for Transport, Street Manager open data, permits and works up to 31 October 2026. It is published once a month, so works arranged or started since then are not shown, and dates are the ones planned unless the works have started or finished. Emergency works are often permitted after they begin.

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.

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.

Sources: Environment Agency Recorded Flood Outlines; Environment Agency Flood risk: postcode search tool data (loaded 29 October 2026), Risk of Flooding from Rivers and Sea: postcodes in areas at risk (loaded 29 October 2026) and Flood Map for Planning (loaded 28 October 2026). Flood zones are checked at each postcode's centre point. These are models of areas, which their publishers say are not suitable for showing whether an individual property is at risk, and they do not cover flooding from sewers or drains. Check an address on the official long-term flood risk service.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Some features are based on digital spatial data from the Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, © NERC (CEH); the postcode data is produced in part from PAF® and Multiple Residence Data, © Royal Mail Group Limited.

Coastal erosion

No projected coastal erosion zone is within 1 km (0.6 miles) of the street's postcodes.

Sources: Environment Agency, National Coastal Erosion Risk Mapping 2024 (England), and Natural Resources Wales, National Coastal Erosion Risk Management (Wales), Open Government Licence. Distances are from the nearest postcode centre to the edge of each zone; where a postcode centre is inside a zone, some homes on it may not be.

Storm overflows

No storm overflow outlet is within 1 km (0.6 miles) of the street's postcodes.

Source: Environment Agency, Event Duration Monitoring storm overflow annual return for 2025, from the water companies' monitors on each overflow in England, Open Government Licence. Distances are from the nearest postcode centre to each overflow's outlet. A year's figures are published the following spring; a monitor that worked for less of the year undercounts.

Coal mining

No postcode centre on the street is in a coalfield: the Mining Remediation Authority records no coal mining risk here.

Source: Mining Remediation Authority (formerly the Coal Authority), development high and low risk areas, Open Government Licence. Checked at each postcode's centre, so a home near the edge of an area may differ. It covers coal mining only, not other mining (such as tin, lead, iron or chalk), and is no substitute for a coal mining search. About the risk areas.

Radon

Every 1 km square the street's postcodes are in is in the lowest band of radon potential: fewer than 1 home in 100 is estimated to be at or above the Action Level. It is not a radon Affected Area.

Source: British Geological Survey and UK Health Security Agency, Indicative Atlas of Radon in Great Britain, Open Government Licence. Contains British Geological Survey materials © UKRI 2026. Each 1 km square is classed by the highest radon potential found anywhere in it, so a square's figure can overstate it for much of the square; the detailed map is not open data.

Historic landfill

3 historic landfill sites are within 500 m (0.3 miles) of the street's postcodes, the nearest 30 m away.

SiteWaste went inWasteDistance
Littledown Drive (Old Gravel Pits) Bournemouth Not recorded Not recorded 30 m
Kings Park Football Ground Bournemouth Not recorded Not recorded 230 m
Littledown Recreation Bournemouth Not recorded Not recorded 480 m (0.3 miles)

Closed tips can give off gas (methane and carbon dioxide) and leak into the ground for years. An environmental search, which conveyancers usually order, looks at landfill and contaminated land around the home; the council keeps a register of land it has found to be contaminated.

Sources: Environment Agency and Natural Resources Wales, historic landfill sites (places where waste was put into or onto the land and no environmental permit is now in force), Open Government Licence. Distances are from the nearest postcode centre to the edge of each site as mapped; the outlines and dates come from old records and can be approximate. Landfill still operating is not included.

Height above sea level

The street's 44 addresses are between 28 m and 35 m above sea level (32 m on average); the ground rises about 7 m from the lowest to the highest.

Source: Ordnance Survey, OS Terrain 50, July 2026: the height of the ground on a 50 m grid, read at each address, in metres above Ordnance Datum (mean sea level at Newlyn). It is the lie of the land, not floor or threshold levels, and is accurate to a few metres. Being low-lying is not in itself a flood risk; the flood section above says what the flood maps show.

Broadband

Source: Ofcom Connected Nations, data as at January 2026. Percentages are of premises in each postcode that can get the service, not take-up or speed achieved.

Availability by postcode (% of premises)
PostcodeSuperfast (30 Mbit/s+)Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+)GigabitBelow 10 Mbit/s
BH7 7AH100%100%100%0%
BH7 7AJ100%100%100%0%
BH7 7AQ100%100%100%0%
BH7 7BN100%100%100%0%

Getting around

Sources: Department for Transport, NaPTAN (every public transport stop), as at 31 October 2026; Office of Rail and Road, Estimates of station usage 2024–25 (which stations are on the National Rail network, and their journeys: entries and exits in the year to March); OurAirports (public domain, kept by volunteers); car parks and charging points from Overture Maps Foundation, release 2026-10-21.0, which gathers business listings from Meta, Microsoft, Foursquare and others: not an official register, so some will be missing, private or out of date. Distances are straight lines from the middle of the street, not routes, and say nothing about how often anything runs. Stations opened since the end of ORR's year appear when ORR publishes the next one, each December; heritage railways are left out.

NearestDistance
Railway stationsPokesdown 377,000 journeys in 2024–251.4 km (0.9 miles)
Bournemouth 2.7 million journeys in 2024–252.1 km (1.3 miles)
Christchurch 484,000 journeys in 2024–254 km (2.5 miles)
Bus stops4 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 15 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Thistlebarrow Road Littledown210 m
Bus or coach stationBus Station Boscombe1.2 km (0.7 miles)
Ferry terminalTuckton Tea Gardens Ferry Landing3.7 km (2.3 miles)
Car parksSovereign Shopping Centre Car Park1.2 km (0.8 miles)
EV charging points5 within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Be.EV Charging Station530 m (0.3 miles)
Airport with scheduled flightsBournemouth Airport BOH4.6 km (2.9 miles)
Nearest large airportBristol Airport BRS94.3 km (59 miles)

Local services

Sources: NHS Organisation Data Service, as at 31 October 2026: GP practices, community pharmacies and dental practices with an NHS contract, open now, each placed at the centre of its postcode; hospitals are NHS trust and Welsh health board sites named as hospitals, and may not have an emergency department. Ratings and care homes: Care Quality Commission, latest ratings as at 2 November 2026 (England only; the CQC does not rate dental practices, and Wales's inspectorates give no ratings). Police stations and cash machines from Overture Maps Foundation, release 2026-10-21.0, which gathers business listings: not an official register, so some will be missing or out of date. Distances are straight lines from the middle of the street. Nothing here says whether a practice is taking new patients or a dentist new NHS patients.

NearestDistance
GP surgeries4 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Littledown Surgery Good Aug 2016600 m (0.4 miles)
Pharmacies6 pharmacies within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Queens Park Pharmacy1 km (0.6 miles)
NHS dentists9 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Queens Park Dental Team880 m (0.5 miles)
HospitalKings Park Hospital1 km (0.6 miles)
Care homes12 homes within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Cambian Asperger Syndrome Services Limited - 18 Kings Park Road Good Sep 2026490 m (0.3 miles)
Police stationDorset Police1 km (0.6 miles)
Cash machinesHoldenhurst Service Station930 m (0.6 miles)

Parks and green space

Source: Ordnance Survey, OS Open Greenspace, April 2026: public parks and gardens, play spaces, playing fields and allotments, with their entrances. Distances are straight lines from the middle of the street to a site's nearest entrance (or its edge where none is recorded), not walking routes; sizes are the area OS maps for each site. Some sites, such as school playing fields, may not be open to the public.

NearestDistance
Park or garden3 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest King's Park 28 ha330 m
Play area5 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 2,420 m²650 m (0.4 miles)
Playing field4 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 4.5 ha430 m (0.3 miles)
AllotmentsUnnamed 900 m²1.2 km (0.8 miles)

Within 800 m (0.5 miles): 3 parks and gardens, 36 hectares in all.

Landmarks

The nearest historic landmark is Wimborne Road Cemetery, Bournemouth, a registered park or garden (Grade II), 2.4 km (1.5 miles) west. 5 listed buildings are within 1 km (0.6 miles).

Historic places
NameWhat it isFrom the middle of the street
Wimborne Road Cemetery, BournemouthRegistered park or garden, Grade II2.4 km (1.5 miles) west
Natural landmarks within 5 km (3.1 miles)
NameWhat it isFrom the middle of the street
Honeycombe ChineValley2 km (1.2 miles) south
Boscombe Pier EastBeach2.1 km (1.3 miles) south
Grove CopseWood2.8 km (1.8 miles) north-east
Berry HillHill3.1 km (1.9 miles) north
Coward's MarshWetland4.4 km (2.7 miles) north-east
Brewhouse HoleLake or reservoir4.4 km (2.7 miles) east

Sources: Historic England's registers through planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG), and Cadw through DataMapWales (Welsh Government): World Heritage Sites within 10 km (6.2 miles), battlefields within 5 km (3.1 miles), registered parks and gardens within 3 km (1.9 miles), scheduled monuments within 2 km (1.2 miles), and Grade I and II* listed buildings within 1 km (0.6 miles). Ordnance Survey, OS Open Names, October 2026: named hills, valleys, lakes, woods, wetlands and coast (it has no rivers). Distances are in a straight line to the middle of each site, and being on a register does not mean there is public access.

Air quality

Source: Defra, modelled background air pollution, annual means for 2024, for the 1 km square that holds the middle of the street. These are background levels, away from the kerb: beside a busy road nitrogen dioxide in particular can be several times higher. UK limits are the legal annual limits for England and Wales; the World Health Organization's 2021 guidelines are much stricter, and most towns and cities are above them.

Annual means in µg/m³ (micrograms per cubic metre of air)
PollutantHereUK limitWHO guideline
Nitrogen dioxide (NO2)9.14010
Fine particles (PM2.5)6.0205
Particles (PM10)9.34015

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

Source: Defra, strategic noise mapping Round 4 (England), modelled for 2021 and published in December 2023, and its airport maps of the same round for the fifteen largest English airports, published in April 2026: Lden, the average sound level over a whole day with extra weight for the evening and night, on a 10 m grid, read at each address. These are models of traffic, not measurements; they leave out smaller airports and airfields, industry and neighbours, and a room at the back of a house is often much quieter than the front. The World Health Organization's guidelines are 53 dB for road traffic, 54 dB for railways and 45 dB for aircraft (below the lowest level shown here).

Addresses by modelled noise level (Lden, dB)
LevelRoad trafficRailwaysAircraft
70 to 74800
65 to 693200
60 to 64100
Under 5534444

41 of the street's 44 addresses are 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

Source: Get Information About Schools (Department for Education), 6 November 2026; Ofsted monthly management information as at September 2026. Distances are straight lines from the middle of the street to the school; catchments and admissions are not shown. Since November 2025 Ofsted gives report-card grades by area, not one overall grade; older grades stand until a school is re-inspected.

SchoolPhaseAgesDistanceInspectionExam results
King's Park AcademyPrimary4–11780 m (0.5 miles) No published inspection 56% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 11% at the higher standard (2025; 56% in 2024 and 60% in 2023)
Avonwood Primary SchoolPrimary4–11840 m (0.5 miles) Outstanding (Apr 2024, overall grade under the previous framework) 84% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 24% at the higher standard (2025; 81% in 2024 and 76% in 2023)
Avonbourne Girls AcademySecondary11–19930 m (0.6 miles) No overall grade (Oct 2024, graded inspection without an overall judgement): Quality of education: Outstanding; Behaviour and attitudes: Outstanding; Personal development: Outstanding; Leadership and management: Outstanding GCSE 2026 (provisional): Attainment 8 54.0 (53.0 in 2025 and 48.7 in 2024); 64.2% grade 5+ in English and maths
A level 2025: average grade D+; 0% AAB or better; progress well below average
Avonbourne Boys' AcademySecondary11–16950 m (0.6 miles) Outstanding (Nov 2023, overall grade under the previous framework) GCSE 2026 (provisional): Attainment 8 47.4 (47.3 in 2025 and 45.7 in 2024); 56.5% grade 5+ in English and maths
The Bishop of Winchester Academy Church of EnglandSecondary11–181.2 km (0.7 miles) Good (Feb 2023, overall grade under the previous framework) GCSE 2026 (provisional): Attainment 8 45.1 (49.6 in 2025 and 46.9 in 2024); 46.3% grade 5+ in English and maths
A level 2025: average grade C; 16.7% AAB or better; progress average
St Clement's and St John's Church of England Infant SchoolPrimary5–71.2 km (0.8 miles) No published inspection None published
Corpus Christi Catholic Primary School Roman CatholicPrimary2–111.4 km (0.8 miles) No published inspection 67% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 18% at the higher standard (2025; 83% in 2024 and 81% in 2023)
Bethany Church of England Junior SchoolPrimary7–111.4 km (0.9 miles) Report card (Jun 2026): Curriculum and teaching: Needs attention; Achievement: Needs attention; Attendance and behaviour: Needs attention; Personal development and wellbeing: Needs attention; Inclusion: Needs attention; Leadership and governance: Needs attention; Safeguarding standards: Met 35% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 2% at the higher standard (2025; 43% in 2024 and 43% in 2023)
St James' Church of England Primary AcademyPrimary4–111.5 km (0.9 miles) No published inspection 68% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 17% at the higher standard (2025; 68% in 2024 and 67% in 2023)
Bournemouth School for GirlsSecondary11–181.6 km (1 mile) Outstanding (May 2024, overall grade under the previous framework) GCSE 2026 (provisional): Attainment 8 72.0 (72.2 in 2025 and 71.7 in 2024); 94.9% grade 5+ in English and maths
A level 2025: average grade B-; 19% AAB or better; progress below average
Queen's Park Infant AcademyPrimary4–71.6 km (1 mile) No published inspection None published
Bournemouth SchoolSecondary11–181.7 km (1 mile) Outstanding (Feb 2024, overall grade under the previous framework) GCSE 2026 (provisional): Attainment 8 71.2 (74.2 in 2025 and 73.3 in 2024); 92.6% grade 5+ in English and maths
A level 2025: average grade B; 28.3% AAB or better; progress average

Exam results are from the Department for Education's school performance tables (Explore Education Statistics, Open Government Licence), for all pupils at each school. The middle school in England had 63% at the expected standard at the end of primary school (2025), Attainment 8 of 46.0 at GCSE (2026) and an A level average of C+ (2025). Attainment 8 adds up a pupil's grades in eight GCSEs, with English and maths counted twice (90 is the most), averaged over the school's pupils. Progress 8 compares pupils with others who had the same results at the end of primary school; it is not published for GCSEs in 2025 and 2026, as those pupils sat no primary tests during the pandemic. Small year groups swing from year to year, and figures for very small ones are withheld.

Nurseries and childcare

The ten nearest nurseries, pre-schools and clubs are all within 1.3 km (0.8 miles); the nearest is 450 m (0.3 miles) from the middle of the street.

ProviderKindPlacesLatest inspectionDistance
Park School Nursery BH8 9BJ Full day care 20 Outstanding (May 2024, overall grade under the previous framework) 450 m (0.3 miles)
Little Pines Day Nursery BH7 7AE Full day care Good (Jan 2023, overall grade under the previous framework) 490 m (0.3 miles)
St Clements Nursery BH1 4PE Full day care 36 Good (Sep 2022, overall grade under the previous framework) 670 m (0.4 miles)
Netanya Nature Pre-School BH7 6JB Sessional day care 20 Good (Sep 2022, overall grade under the previous framework) 860 m (0.5 miles)
Muddy Boots Nursery School Bournemouth BH1 4NB Full day care 55 Good (Mar 2025, overall grade under the previous framework) 870 m (0.5 miles)
St Barnabas Pre-School BH8 9JN Sessional day care 38 Good (Jan 2023, overall grade under the previous framework) 1 km (0.6 miles)
Carmela Coady Childcare BH1 4HY Full day care 54 Feb 2026: Expected standard in 4 areas, Needs attention in 2 1.1 km (0.7 miles)
Teddy's Pre-School BH7 6JJ Full day care 65 Good (Sep 2025, overall grade under the previous framework) 1.1 km (0.7 miles)
Tops Pokesdown BH7 6HT Full day care 135 Good (May 2024, overall grade under the previous framework) 1.2 km (0.7 miles)
Queens Park Montessori BH8 8UA Full day care 29 Good (Nov 2022, overall grade under the previous framework) 1.3 km (0.8 miles)

Ofsted also registers 131 childminders and 34 home childcarers (nannies) in Bournemouth, Christchurch & Poole. It does not publish their addresses, so they cannot be shown here; the council's family information service lists those taking children.

Source: Ofsted, childcare providers and inspections management information, as at June 2026, Open Government Licence: providers on the Early Years and Childcare Registers on non-domestic premises, placed at their postcode. Since November 2025 Ofsted gives a standard for each of six areas (Exceptional, Strong, Expected, Needs attention, Urgent improvement) rather than one overall grade; older grades stand until a provider is inspected again. Distances are straight lines from the middle of the street.

Food hygiene ratings nearby

Source: Food Standards Agency, Food Hygiene Rating Scheme, extract of 6 November 2026. Each rating is shown with the date it was given; a business may have been re-inspected since the extract. Within 500 m (0.3 miles) of the middle of the street.

BusinessTypeDistanceRatingRated
AFC Bournemouth BH7 7AFRestaurant/Cafe/Canteen400 m (0.2 miles)5 Very good6 Nov 2024
AFC Bournemouth (Ice Cream Van) BH7 7AFMobile caterer400 m (0.2 miles)Awaiting inspection
Park School BH8 9BJSchool/college/university430 m (0.3 miles)5 Very good7 Nov 2025
The Terrace Cafe @ BH Live Queens Park Leisure Centre BH8 9BJRestaurant/Cafe/Canteen430 m (0.3 miles)5 Very good12 Feb 2019
Queens Park Hotel BH8 9ARPub/bar/nightclub480 m (0.3 miles)5 Very good4 Oct 2024
Little Pines Day Nursery BH7 7AEHospitals/Childcare/Caring Premises490 m (0.3 miles)5 Very good23 Nov 2017

Crime within 250 m

Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, September 2025 to August 2026. Police forces move every crime to the nearest of about 760,000 anonymised map points before publishing, so these are crimes near this street, not on it, and a busy point can collect crimes from a wider area. Counts are of records, not convictions.

18 recorded crimes by category
CategoryCrimes
Violence and sexual offences11
Vehicle crime4
Anti-social behaviour1
Burglary1
Other crime1

Most of these are attached to: On or near Leeson Road (14); On or near Littledown Drive (3); On or near William Road (1).

Road safety

Source: Department for Transport, road safety data (STATS19), collisions in 2021 to 2025, as published by November 2026. Collisions in which someone was hurt and which were reported to the police, within 150 m of the middle of any of this street's postcodes, or of the street. Severity is the worst injury as the police recorded it.

2 collisions in which someone was hurt were reported on and around the street in 2021 to 2025: 0 fatal, 0 serious and 2 slight. 1 involved a cyclist. 50% happened in the dark, and 50% on a wet or icy road. Most were on roads with a 30 mph limit.

By year
YearCollisionsFatal or serious
202100
202200
202300
202410
202510
The most recent
DateSeverityWho was hurtRoadConditions
21 Aug 2025 18:00 Slight 1 person: 1 cyclist Minor road, 30 mph Daylight
3 Dec 2024 20:18 Slight 1 person Minor road, 30 mph Dark, street lights on, wet road

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 A338 between A3049 Richmond Park Road and A3060 Cooper Dean Roundabout, with 63,559 motor vehicles a day on average in 2025, 110 m from the street's postcodes.

RoadBetweenVehicles a dayLorriesTen years beforeDistance
A338 A3049 Richmond Park Road to A3060 Cooper Dean Roundabout 63,559 estimated; counted 2024 1% +7% since 2015 110 m
A3049 A338 Wessex Way (roundabout) to A35 Christchurch Road (roundabout) - Centuary Way 15,433 estimated; counted 2024 1% +4% since 2015 320 m

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.

Source: Department for Transport, road traffic statistics, annual average daily flows to 2025, Open Government Licence. Distances are from the nearest postcode centre to each count point.

People and work

Source: ONS Census 2021, taken on 21 March 2021, for the 3 Output Areas (small census areas of about 125 households each) that this street's postcodes are in: 973 residents in 354 households. The census was taken during a lockdown, so working from home is high and travel to work low compared with now. ONS swaps a few records between neighbouring areas and adds small amounts of noise to counts to protect privacy, so small differences mean little. Industry is not published for areas this small.

Who lives here

Around this streetEngland
Median age4640
Children under 1519%17%
Aged 65 and over22%18%

Homes

Around this streetEngland
Owned (outright or with a mortgage)91%61%
Owned outright46%33%
Shared ownership0%1%
Social rented1%17%
Private rented8%21%

Work and commuting

Around this streetEngland
Adults (16 and over) in work60%57%
Unemployment (of those working or looking for work)4%6%
Retired (of adults)24%22%
Long-term sick or disabled (of adults)2%4%
Work mainly from home (of those in work)47%32%
Travel to work by car or van42%48%
By train, Underground, metro or tramunder 1%4%
By any public transport, including bus2%8%
On foot or by bicycle8%10%
Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work)77%65%
Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away11%8%

Education and languages

Around this streetEngland
Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults)41%34%
No qualifications9%18%
Apprenticeship as highest qualification4%5%
Main language English (aged 3 and over)96%91%
Cannot speak English well or at allunder 1%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.

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government), by LSOA (about 1,500 people), through the ONS Postcode Directory. The index combines income, employment, health, education, crime, housing and living environment; it ranks areas against each other and does not describe any one household. Ranks in England and Wales are worked out separately and cannot be compared.

What has changed

  • Roadworks Street works permit: CITYFIBRE METRO NETWORKS LTD: Utility repair and maintenance works, 27 October 2026 (give and take) found 3 November 2026

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Postcodes on this street

Source: ONS Postcode Directory August 2026, ONS UPRN Directory September 2026, OS Open Linked Identifiers September 2026. A postcode can cover more than one street; the share shows how many of its addresses are on this one.

  • BH7 7AQ: 29 addresses of 34 in the postcode
  • BH7 7AH: 13 addresses of 16 in the postcode
  • BH7 7AJ: 1 address of 25 in the postcode
  • BH7 7BN: 1 address

Nearby streets

Leeson Road · William Road · Thistlebarrow Road · Gainsborough Road · King's Park Drive · Middleton Gardens · Bishops Close

All the streets in BH7 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; 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.