Seldown Bridge Poole
2 addresses across 2 postcodes (BH15), about 600 m (0.4 miles) long, classed as a minor road. USRN 30301995.
- 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 Poole, about 620 m (0.4 miles) away in a straight line.
- Green space: The nearest park or garden, Whitecliff Harbourside Park, is about 390 m away.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 9.4 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 5.8 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: Its addresses are 4 to 6 m above sea level.
- Noise: 2 of its 2 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is Poole Town Surgery, about 480 m (0.3 miles) away, with 2 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile).
- People: About 700 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 47% of households owned their home and 27% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
- Crime: 155 crimes were recorded within 250 m between September 2025 and August 2026, most often violence and sexual offences.
Sales on this street
No sales recorded on this street since January 1995 under this street name.
Energy performance certificates
No certificates found for addresses on this street.
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 neighbourhoods around this street: most are in band C (43% of about 1,520 homes).
Planning and heritage
- Conservation area: yes, Poole Park (council page). Extensions, demolition, some windows and doors, and work on trees need consent.
- 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)
- Corfe House, Pitwines Close, Poole, BH15 1ED: up to 30 homes, not permissioned (40 m)
- Land adjacent to Dolphin Pool and car park, Poole, BH15 1RZ: up to 40 homes, not permissioned (160 m)
- Dolphin Centre, Dolphin Pool and Seldown, Poole: up to 500 homes, not permissioned (180 m)
- Merck House, 24-32 Seldown Road, Poole, BH15 1TD: up to 81 homes, not permissioned (360 m)
- Former Natwest: up to 180 homes, not permissioned (390 m)
- Skinner Street and surrounds, Poole: up to 100 homes, not permissioned (440 m (0.3 miles))
- 118 High Street, Poole, BH15 1DF: up to 8 homes, permissioned (500 m (0.3 miles))
- 2 Wimborne Road, Poole, BH15 2BU: up to 10 homes, not permissioned (510 m (0.3 miles))
Roadworks
Planned, as of 31 October 2026
- 29 October 2026 to 2 November 2026: BT, Utility repair and maintenance works, no carriageway incursion, on the footway (minor works)
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 2 addresses are between 4 m and 6 m above sea level (5 m on average).
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BH15 1TU | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| BH15 1YA | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Poole 965,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 620 m (0.4 miles) |
| Parkstone (Dorset) 229,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 2.2 km (1.4 miles) | |
| Hamworthy 145,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 3.2 km (2 miles) | |
| Bus stops | 11 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 43 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Poole Quarter | 110 m |
| Bus or coach station | Seldown Coach Station Poole | 160 m |
| Ferry terminal | Poole Quay Ferry Landing | 720 m (0.4 miles) |
| Car parks | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Asda Poole Car Park | 780 m (0.5 miles) |
| EV charging points | 8 within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Be.EV Charging Station | 260 m |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Bournemouth Airport BOH | 12.1 km (7.5 miles) |
| Nearest large airport | Bristol Airport BRS | 90.5 km (56 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | 2 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Poole Town Surgery | 480 m (0.3 miles) |
| Pharmacies | 3 pharmacies within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Boots | 480 m (0.3 miles) |
| NHS dentists | 5 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Park Dental Practice | 290 m |
| Hospital | Poole Hospital | 770 m (0.5 miles) |
| Police station | Dorset Police | 750 m (0.5 miles) |
| Cash machines | 6 machines within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Britannia CFS | 450 m (0.3 miles) |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | 5 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Whitecliff Harbourside Park 26 ha | 390 m |
| Play area | 3 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 1,520 m² | 290 m |
| Playing field | Unnamed 2.7 ha | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) |
| Allotments | Unnamed 1,030 m² | 1.2 km (0.7 miles) |
Within 800 m (0.5 miles): 5 parks and gardens, 48 hectares in all.
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Beech Hurst and Attached Rear Area Railings, a listed building (Grade II*), 420 m (0.3 miles) west. 165 listed buildings are within 1 km (0.6 miles), 3 of them Grade I and 11 of them Grade II*.
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Beech Hurst and Attached Rear Area Railings | Listed building, Grade II* | 420 m (0.3 miles) west |
| United Reform Church and Attached Wall and Railings to North East | Listed building, Grade II* | 520 m (0.3 miles) south-west |
| 73 High Street | Listed building, Grade II* | 620 m (0.4 miles) west |
| Sir Peter Thompson House | Listed building, Grade I | 670 m (0.4 miles) west |
| Poole Park | Registered park or garden, Grade II | 760 m (0.5 miles) north-east |
| Town wall W of Thames Street | Scheduled monument | 1 km (0.6 miles) west |
| Poole Cemetery | Registered park or garden, Grade II | 2.3 km (1.4 miles) north-east |
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Parkstone Bay | Bay | 1 km (0.6 miles) east |
| Weston's Point | Wetland | 1.2 km (0.7 miles) east |
| Constitution Hill | Hill | 2.3 km (1.4 miles) north-east |
| Oxford Wood | Wood | 2.3 km (1.4 miles) south |
| West Lake | Lake or reservoir | 2.5 km (1.6 miles) south |
| Green Dale | Valley | 2.7 km (1.7 miles) south |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 9.4 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 5.8 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 8.8 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 60 to 64 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
2 of the street's 2 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
| School | Phase | Ages | Distance | Inspection |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Old Town Infant School and Nursery | Primary | 3–7 | 330 m | No published inspection |
| Longfleet Church of England Primary School | Primary | 4–11 | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) | No published inspection |
| Poole High School | Secondary | 11–18 | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) | No published inspection |
| Oakdale Junior School | Primary | 7–11 | 1.4 km (0.9 miles) | No overall grade (Feb 2025, graded inspection without an overall judgement): Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Good |
| The Bournemouth and Poole College | 16 plus | 16–99 | 1.5 km (0.9 miles) | No published inspection |
| St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Poole Roman Catholic | Primary | 4–11 | 1.5 km (0.9 miles) | No published inspection |
| Ocean Academy Poole | Primary | 7–11 | 1.7 km (1 mile) | No published inspection |
| The Cornerstone Academy | Secondary | 11–16 | 1.8 km (1.1 miles) | No published inspection |
| Hamworthy Park Junior School | Primary | 7–11 | 1.9 km (1.2 miles) | No overall grade (Mar 2025, graded inspection without an overall judgement): Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Good |
| Baden-Powell and St Peter's Church of England Junior School | Primary | 7–11 | 2 km (1.2 miles) | No published inspection |
Food hygiene ratings nearby
| Business | Type | Distance | Rating | Rated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Go Outdoors BH15 1XU | Retailers - other | 130 m | Exempt | |
| Aldi BH15 1XU | Retailers - supermarkets/hypermarkets | 130 m | 5 Very good | 27 Mar 2025 |
| Holiday Inn Express BH15 1RZ | Hotel/bed & breakfast/guest house | 140 m | 5 Very good | 1 Aug 2024 |
| Wenzels The Bakers BH15 1SP | Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen | 260 m | 5 Very good | 5 Dec 2025 |
| Dolphin Leisure Centre BH15 1TP | Other catering premises | 270 m | Exempt | |
| Morrisons Daily BH15 1SP | Retailers - other | 280 m | 5 Very good | 31 Oct 2025 |
| Rainbow Nursery BH15 1TP | Hospitals/Childcare/Caring Premises | 290 m | 5 Very good | 24 Feb 2025 |
| Wilko BH15 1SS | Retailers - other | 290 m | 2 Improvement necessary | 27 Aug 2024 |
| Eva's Cafe BH15 1SP | Takeaway/sandwich shop | 290 m | 4 Good | 12 Mar 2025 |
| Subway BH15 1SR | Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen | 290 m | 5 Very good | 17 Jul 2024 |
| Loco Lime BH15 1SR | Takeaway/sandwich shop | 290 m | 5 Very good | 12 Nov 2024 |
| Ojo's Pizza BH15 1SR | Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen | 290 m | 5 Very good | 9 Oct 2026 |
| Betsylicious BH15 1SR | Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen | 290 m | Awaiting inspection | |
| Kingland House Residential Home BH15 1TP | Hospitals/Childcare/Caring Premises | 290 m | 5 Very good | 27 Oct 2025 |
| Clipper Restaurant BH15 1SS | Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen | 310 m | 5 Very good | 10 Jul 2025 |
Crime within 250 m
| Category | Crimes |
|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 43 |
| Anti-social behaviour | 38 |
| Shoplifting | 16 |
| Criminal damage and arson | 15 |
| Vehicle crime | 13 |
| Other theft | 13 |
| Public order | 5 |
| Burglary | 5 |
| Drugs | 3 |
| Bicycle theft | 2 |
| Robbery | 1 |
| Other crime | 1 |
Most of these are attached to: On or near Supermarket (30); On or near Liberty Way (18); On or near Parking Area (17); On or near Avenel Way (17); On or near Seager Way (14).
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 33 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 13% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 23% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 47% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 33% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 7% | 1% |
| Social rented | 25% | 17% |
| Private rented | 21% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 42% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 10% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 26% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 4% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 21% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 38% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 1% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 10% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 29% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 80% | 65% |
| Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away | 9% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 27% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 16% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 5% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 92% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | under 1% | 2% |
Deprivation
The 2 neighbourhoods around this street are in deciles 5 to 6 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
- Roadworks Street works permit: BT: Utility repair and maintenance works, 29 October 2026 to 2 November 2026 (no carriageway incursion) found 3 November 2026
- Food hygiene ratings Poole Waste Not Want Not (retailers - other, BH15 1DF) newly listed: Awaiting inspection found 3 November 2026
- Food hygiene ratings Mr Simms (retailers - other, BH15 1BY) now 5 Very good, was Awaiting inspection (rated 9 October 2026) found 3 November 2026
- Food hygiene ratings Ojo's Pizza (restaurant/cafe/canteen, BH15 1SR) now 5 Very good, was Awaiting inspection (rated 9 October 2026) found 3 November 2026
- Food hygiene ratings Kokoro Poole (restaurant/cafe/canteen, BH15 1ER) re-inspected, still 5 Very good (rated 9 October 2026) found 3 November 2026
Postcodes on this street
Nearby streets
Seager Way · Walking Field Lane · Seager Way · Liberty Way · Durrell Way · Phippard Way · Walking Field Lane · Emerson Road · Colborne Close · Acorn Avenue · Newfoundland Drive · Furnell Road
All the streets in BH15 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.