Suffolk Road South Bournemouth

27 addresses across 3 postcodes (BH2), about 100 m long, classed as a local road. USRN 3759876.

  • Sales: 47 recorded sales since 1995; in 2025 the median was £187,000 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: 18 homes have an energy certificate (C: 6, D: 9, E: 3).
  • 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.
  • Storm overflows: 1 storm overflow within 1 km (0.6 miles) spilled 0 times (0 hours) in 2025.
  • Coastal erosion: The nearest projected coastal erosion zone is 950 m (0.6 miles) from its postcodes.
  • Council tax: Most homes around it are in council tax band B; 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 Bournemouth, about 2 km (1.2 miles) away in a straight line.
  • Green space: The nearest park or garden, Upper Gardens, is about 160 m away.
  • Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 9.2 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 6.0 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
  • Height: Its addresses are 21 to 24 m above sea level.
  • Noise: 27 of its 27 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
  • Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is Westbourne Medical Centre, about 840 m (0.5 miles) away.
  • People: About 390 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 40% of households owned their home and 40% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
  • Crime: 240 crimes were recorded within 250 m between September 2025 and August 2026, most often anti-social behaviour.
  • Road safety: 15 collisions in which someone was hurt were reported on and around it in 2021 to 2025, 3 of them fatal or serious; 2 involved a pedestrian.

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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
20251£187,000£187,000£187,000
20231£203,765£203,765£203,765
20214£225,500£175,000£240,000
20192£220,000£220,000£220,000
20182£197,000£175,000£219,000
20171£218,000£218,000£218,000
20162£153,750£152,500£155,000
20152£156,750£136,500£177,000
20143£147,000£132,500£172,500
20111£135,500£135,500£135,500
20101£180,000£180,000£180,000
20074£164,000£149,950£171,000
All 47 sales, by house number
DateAddressTypePriceNotes
29 May 2002FLAT 1, 8 BH2 6AZFlat or maisonette£81,000Leasehold.
21 Aug 2003FLAT 2, 8 BH2 6AZFlat or maisonette£129,000Leasehold.
18 Feb 2002FLAT 4, 8 BH2 6AZFlat or maisonette£110,000Leasehold.
25 Jul 1996FLAT 4, 8 BH2 6AZFlat or maisonette£37,500Leasehold.
20 Jul 2016FLAT 5, 8 BH2 6AZFlat or maisonette£155,000Leasehold.
8 May 2025FLAT 6, 8 BH2 6AZFlat or maisonette£187,000Leasehold.
23 Aug 2023FLAT 6, 8 BH2 6AZFlat or maisonette£203,765Leasehold.
9 Aug 2021FLAT 6, 8 BH2 6AZFlat or maisonette£175,000Leasehold.
30 Apr 2015FLAT 6, 8 BH2 6AZFlat or maisonette£136,500Leasehold.
15 Oct 2001FLAT 6, 8 BH2 6AZFlat or maisonette£80,000Leasehold.
30 Aug 1996FLAT 6, 8 BH2 6AZFlat or maisonette£30,000Leasehold.
25 Oct 2011FLAT 1, BALMORAL HOUSE BH2 6BQFlat or maisonette£135,500Leasehold.
26 Feb 1999FLAT 1, BALMORAL HOUSE BH2 6BQFlat or maisonette£64,950Leasehold.
31 Mar 1998FLAT 1, BALMORAL HOUSE BH2 6BQFlat or maisonette£20,000Leasehold.
25 Mar 2021FLAT 2, BALMORAL HOUSE BH2 6BQFlat or maisonette£231,000Leasehold.
29 Aug 2018FLAT 2, BALMORAL HOUSE BH2 6BQFlat or maisonette£219,000Leasehold.
20 Jan 2010FLAT 2, BALMORAL HOUSE BH2 6BQFlat or maisonette£180,000Leasehold.
9 Sep 2004FLAT 2, BALMORAL HOUSE BH2 6BQFlat or maisonette£167,500Leasehold.
9 Aug 2001FLAT 2, BALMORAL HOUSE BH2 6BQFlat or maisonette£102,500Leasehold.
12 May 1999FLAT 2, BALMORAL HOUSE BH2 6BQFlat or maisonette£55,000Leasehold.
14 Jun 1996FLAT 2, BALMORAL HOUSE BH2 6BQFlat or maisonette£38,000Leasehold.
1 Sep 2006FLAT 3, BALMORAL HOUSE BH2 6BQFlat or maisonette£175,000Leasehold.
30 Mar 2007FLAT 4, BALMORAL HOUSE BH2 6BQFlat or maisonette£158,000Leasehold.
26 Jan 2021FLAT 6, BALMORAL HOUSE BH2 6BQFlat or maisonette£220,000Leasehold.
24 May 2019FLAT 6, BALMORAL HOUSE BH2 6BQFlat or maisonette£220,000Leasehold.
3 Aug 2007FLAT 6, BALMORAL HOUSE BH2 6BQFlat or maisonette£170,000Leasehold.
19 May 2006FLAT 6, BALMORAL HOUSE BH2 6BQFlat or maisonette£145,000Leasehold.
7 Oct 1996FLAT 6, BALMORAL HOUSE BH2 6BQFlat or maisonette£45,000Leasehold.
11 Sep 2014FLAT 7, BALMORAL HOUSE BH2 6BQFlat or maisonette£147,000Leasehold.
1 Nov 2007FLAT 7, BALMORAL HOUSE BH2 6BQFlat or maisonette£149,950Leasehold.
31 Aug 2006FLAT 7, BALMORAL HOUSE BH2 6BQFlat or maisonette£119,000Leasehold.
11 Jul 1997FLAT 7, BALMORAL HOUSE BH2 6BQFlat or maisonette£38,000Leasehold.
23 Nov 2018FLAT 8, BALMORAL HOUSE BH2 6BQFlat or maisonette£175,000Leasehold.
22 Jul 2016FLAT 8, BALMORAL HOUSE BH2 6BQFlat or maisonette£152,500Leasehold.
22 Feb 1999FLAT 9, BALMORAL HOUSE BH2 6BQFlat or maisonette£41,000Leasehold.
14 Mar 1995FLAT 9, BALMORAL HOUSE BH2 6BQFlat or maisonette£35,000Leasehold.
14 Jun 2019FLAT 10, BALMORAL HOUSE BH2 6BQFlat or maisonette£220,000Leasehold.
9 Jan 2015FLAT 10, BALMORAL HOUSE BH2 6BQFlat or maisonette£177,000Leasehold.
28 Mar 2014FLAT 10, BALMORAL HOUSE BH2 6BQFlat or maisonette£132,500Leasehold.
9 Apr 1996FLAT 11, BALMORAL HOUSE BH2 6BQFlat or maisonette£32,000Leasehold.
30 Jun 2021FLAT 13, BALMORAL HOUSE BH2 6BQFlat or maisonette£240,000Leasehold.
7 Dec 2017FLAT 13, BALMORAL HOUSE BH2 6BQFlat or maisonette£218,000Leasehold.
31 Jul 2014FLAT 13, BALMORAL HOUSE BH2 6BQFlat or maisonette£172,500Leasehold.
16 Nov 2007FLAT 13, BALMORAL HOUSE BH2 6BQFlat or maisonette£171,000Leasehold.
26 Jul 2004FLAT 13, BALMORAL HOUSE BH2 6BQFlat or maisonette£157,000Leasehold.
28 Apr 1999FLAT 13, BALMORAL HOUSE BH2 6BQFlat or maisonette£68,000Leasehold.
30 Mar 2001FLAT 15, BALMORAL HOUSE BH2 6BQFlat or maisonette£87,000Leasehold.

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 April 2011 and some homes have none. Address data © Ordnance Survey and Royal Mail, shown for understanding the energy efficiency of buildings only.

18 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 66 m². Most common: Flat (10); Maisonette, mid-terrace (5); Maisonette, end-terrace (2). Built: 1967-1975 (5); 1950-1966 (5); 1900-1929 (3). Tenure at assessment: owner-occupied (12); rented (private) (5).

Each home's certificates and sales (18 addresses)

Gas and electricity use

Homes with gas used 7,150 kWh of it on average in 2024, 22% less than the district's 9,142 kWh, and 2,788 kWh of electricity, 19% less than the district's 3,450 kWh. There are gas meters for about 80% of the homes.

PostcodeElectricity metersTypical electricityGas metersTypical gas
BH2 6BQ162,012 kWh 117,789 kWh
BH2 6AZ62,476 kWh 59,450 kWh
BH2 6BG82,605 kWh 86,110 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 BH2.

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 B (30% of about 700 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

No wind turbine or waste plant within 5 km (3.1 miles), and no solar farm, battery site or other project of 1 MW or more within 2 km (1.2 miles), of the street's postcodes, operating or planned.

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

No street works under way, planned or finished in the last three months on this street, in permits up to 31 October 2026.

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 15 November 2026), Risk of Flooding from Rivers and Sea: postcodes in areas at risk (loaded 15 November 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

The nearest projected erosion zone is 950 m (0.6 miles) from the street's postcodes (by 2105, if defences are not maintained or built).

ProjectionPolicy for the frontageErosionDistance
By 2055, with the shoreline management plan carried outHold the line Hurst Spit to Durlston Head none (the line is held)1 km (0.6 miles)
By 2105, with the shoreline management plan carried outHold the line Hurst Spit to Durlston Head none (the line is held)1 km (0.6 miles)
By 2105, if defences are not maintained or builtNo intervention Hurst Spit to Durlston Head up to 45 m950 m (0.6 miles)

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.

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

1 storm overflow within 1 km (0.6 miles) of the street's postcodes spilled 0 times, for under an hour in all, in 2025. They discharge into The Bourne.

OverflowIntoSpillsHoursDistance
Wxw01318 Wessex Water The Bourne 0 0 160 m

A storm overflow lets sewage diluted with rainwater into a river, stream or the sea when heavy rain overwhelms the sewers, so the spills here affect the water they run into, not homes. A spill is counted the regulators' way: a first 12 hours, then each 24 hours it goes on.

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

No historic landfill site is within 500 m (0.3 miles) of the street's postcodes.

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 27 addresses are between 21 m and 24 m above sea level (23 m on average).

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
BH2 6AZ100%100%100%0%
BH2 6BG100%100%100%0%
BH2 6BQ100%100%100%0%

Getting around

Sources: Department for Transport, NaPTAN (every public transport stop), as at 8 November 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 stationsBournemouth 2.7 million journeys in 2024–252 km (1.2 miles)
Branksome 280,000 journeys in 2024–252 km (1.3 miles)
Parkstone (Dorset) 229,000 journeys in 2024–254 km (2.5 miles)
Bus stops15 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 46 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Suffolk Road Westbourne90 m
Bus or coach stationBournemouth Station Lansdowne1.9 km (1.2 miles)
Ferry terminalBrownsea Island Ferry Landing Sandbanks6 km (3.7 miles)
Car parks3 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest West Hill Car Park590 m (0.4 miles)
EV charging points22 within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Be.EV Charging Station580 m (0.4 miles)
Airport with scheduled flightsBournemouth Airport BOH7.4 km (4.6 miles)
Nearest large airportBristol Airport BRS93.4 km (58 miles)

Local services

Sources: NHS Organisation Data Service, as at 8 November 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 surgeries1 practice within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Westbourne Medical Centre Good May 2019840 m (0.5 miles)
Pharmacies7 pharmacies within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Westcliff Pharmacy290 m
NHS dentists9 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Parsa Dental Practice520 m (0.3 miles)
HospitalHerbert Hospital1.1 km (0.7 miles)
Care homes21 homes within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Drumconner Care Home Good Jan 2025260 m
Police stationWinton Police Station2.9 km (1.8 miles)
Cash machines3 machines within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest The Cooperative Food Bournemouth - Queens Road Cashzone220 m

Parks and green space

Source: Ordnance Survey, OS Open Greenspace, October 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 garden4 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Upper Gardens 7.3 ha160 m
Play area2 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 840 m²470 m (0.3 miles)
Playing fieldUnnamed 4.5 ha860 m (0.5 miles)
AllotmentsAlder Farm Allotments 1.5 ha2.7 km (1.7 miles)

Within 800 m (0.5 miles): 4 parks and gardens, 19 hectares in all.

Landmarks

The nearest historic landmark is Upper, Central and Lower Pleasure Gardens, and Coy Pond Gardens, a registered park or garden (Grade II), 160 m east. 45 listed buildings are within 1 km (0.6 miles), 1 of them Grade I and 3 of them Grade II*.

Historic places
NameWhat it isFrom the middle of the street
Upper, Central and Lower Pleasure Gardens, and Coy Pond GardensRegistered park or garden, Grade II160 m east
Church of St Michael (including tower)Listed building, Grade II*350 m south-east
Bournemouth War Memorial with associated steps, enclosure and balustradeListed building, Grade II*700 m (0.4 miles) east
Church of St StephenListed building, Grade I770 m (0.5 miles) east
Church of St AmbroseListed building, Grade II*870 m (0.5 miles) south-west
Fern Barrow: a bowl barrow on Talbot HeathScheduled monument1.3 km (0.8 miles) north-west
Wimborne Road Cemetery, BournemouthRegistered park or garden, Grade II1.8 km (1.1 miles) north-east
Natural landmarks within 5 km (3.1 miles)
NameWhat it isFrom the middle of the street
Meyrick ParkWood1 km (0.6 miles) north-east
Durley ChineValley1 km (0.6 miles) south
Bournemouth Pier WestBeach1.3 km (0.8 miles) south-east
Coy PondLake or reservoir1.3 km (0.8 miles) north-west
Blake HillHill3.8 km (2.3 miles) west
Blue LagoonWetland4.5 km (2.8 miles) west

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)9.24010
Fine particles (PM2.5)6.0205
Particles (PM10)9.14015

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
60 to 642000
55 to 59700
Under 5502727

27 of the street's 27 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), 15 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
St Michael's Church of England Primary SchoolPrimary3–11490 m (0.3 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 67% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 16% at the higher standard (2025; 61% in 2024 and 67% in 2023)
Livingstone Academy BournemouthAll-through4–191.6 km (1 mile) Good (Apr 2024, overall grade under the previous framework) GCSE 2026 (provisional): Attainment 8 44.0; 42.4% grade 5+ in English and maths
Bishop Aldhelm's Church of England Primary SchoolPrimary3–111.8 km (1.1 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 66% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 9% at the higher standard (2025; 63% in 2024 and 56% in 2023)

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

8 nurseries, pre-schools and clubs within 1.5 km (0.9 miles), the nearest 610 m (0.4 miles) from the middle of the street.

ProviderKindPlacesLatest inspectionDistance
Happy Feet Nursery & Pre-School BH4 9DW Full day care 43 Not inspected yet 610 m (0.4 miles)
Three Gables Day Nursery BH4 9HL Full day care 62 Outstanding (Mar 2022, overall grade under the previous framework) 630 m (0.4 miles)
West Cliff Pre-School BH4 8BE Sessional day care 26 Good (May 2021, overall grade under the previous framework) 820 m (0.5 miles)
Super Camps at Talbot Heath School BH4 9NJ Out-of-school day care 150 Not inspected yet 1.2 km (0.7 miles)
Nipperbout @ BIC and Bournemouth Pavilion BH2 5BH Full day care 60 Good (Feb 2023, overall grade under the previous framework) 1.2 km (0.7 miles)
Annabel's Nursery BH4 8HD Full day care 28 Good (Nov 2023, overall grade under the previous framework) 1.3 km (0.8 miles)
Dean Park Day Nursery BH1 1RB Full day care 63 Good (Apr 2024, overall grade under the previous framework) 1.4 km (0.9 miles)
Little Crickets Forest School BH1 1RB Full day care 20 Apr 2026: Expected standard in 6 areas 1.4 km (0.9 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 15 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
Laguna Hotel BH2 6AZHotel/bed & breakfast/guest house30 m5 Very good21 Jul 2022
Queens Stores BH2 6BARetailers - other190 m4 Good30 Jan 2026
N & C CAFE BH2 6BARestaurant/Cafe/Canteen190 m5 Very good19 Jun 2026
Premier Inn BH2 5QUHotel/bed & breakfast/guest house220 m5 Very good9 Oct 2025
St Michaels Church BH2 5QURestaurant/Cafe/Canteen220 m5 Very good23 Apr 2025
Da Mario BH2 6BETakeaway/sandwich shop220 m5 Very good19 May 2025
All Hail Ale BH2 6BERestaurant/Cafe/Canteen220 m5 Very good5 Mar 2018
Co-op (BH2 6BE) BH2 6BERetailers - supermarkets/hypermarkets220 m5 Very good27 Aug 2025
Westbourne Tower Care Home BH4 9DRHospitals/Childcare/Caring Premises250 m5 Very good3 Jan 2025
Drumconner Care Home (with Nursing) BH4 9DRHospitals/Childcare/Caring Premises250 m5 Very good11 Sep 2026
Naked Deli EF BH2 5QRSchool/college/university290 m5 Very good8 Jul 2024
Abbeyfield Westbourne House BH4 9DSHospitals/Childcare/Caring Premises320 m5 Very good29 Aug 2025
Dorset Lodge BH2 5SXHospitals/Childcare/Caring Premises340 m4 Good11 Aug 2020
Chapyl Experience BH2 5QUTakeaway/sandwich shop350 mAwaiting inspection
Bournemouth Tennis Centre BH2 6EYRestaurant/Cafe/Canteen360 m5 Very good20 Mar 2019

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.

240 recorded crimes by category
CategoryCrimes
Anti-social behaviour69
Violence and sexual offences63
Shoplifting45
Vehicle crime18
Other theft12
Criminal damage and arson12
Public order7
Robbery4
Other crime3
Burglary3
Bicycle theft2
Drugs2

Most of these are attached to: On or near Supermarket (72); On or near Norwich Avenue West (70); On or near Cambridge Road (47); On or near Suffolk Road (17); On or near Suffolk Road South (15).

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.

15 collisions in which someone was hurt were reported on and around the street in 2021 to 2025: 1 fatal, 2 serious and 12 slight, in which 1 person died and 2 people were seriously hurt. 2 involved a pedestrian; 3 involved a cyclist; 4 involved a motorcyclist. 20% happened in the dark, and 47% on a wet or icy road. Most were on roads with a 30 mph limit.

By year
YearCollisionsFatal or serious
202142
202220
202330
202430
202531
The most recent 10 of 15
DateSeverityWho was hurtRoadConditions
9 Dec 2025 07:44 Slight 1 person: 1 pedestrian Minor road, 30 mph Wet road
31 Oct 2025 07:57 Serious 1 person: 1 motorcyclist A338, 40 mph Wet road
29 Aug 2025 08:44 Slight 1 person: 1 motorcyclist A338, 40 mph Wet road
28 Nov 2024 11:30 Slight 1 person: 1 cyclist Minor road, 30 mph Daylight
29 Oct 2024 10:25 Slight 1 person Minor road, 30 mph Daylight
26 Mar 2024 09:21 Slight 1 person Minor road, 30 mph Daylight
20 Oct 2023 11:33 Slight 1 person: 1 motorcyclist A338, 40 mph Dark, street lights on
9 May 2023 23:25 Slight 1 person A338, 40 mph Dark, street lights on, wet road
10 Jan 2023 08:00 Slight 1 person: 1 cyclist Minor road, 30 mph Daylight
7 Aug 2022 11:08 Slight 1 person Minor road, 30 mph Daylight

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

No traffic count point is within 500 m (0.3 miles) of the street's postcodes. The Department for Transport counts every motorway and A road and only a sample of minor roads, so a quiet residential street usually has none.

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 Output Area (a small census area of about 125 households) that this street's postcodes are in: 390 residents in 179 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 age3340
Children under 1515%17%
Aged 65 and over8%18%

Homes

Around this streetEngland
Owned (outright or with a mortgage)40%61%
Owned outright14%33%
Shared ownership0%1%
Social rented0%17%
Private rented60%21%

Work and commuting

Around this streetEngland
Adults (16 and over) in work66%57%
Unemployment (of those working or looking for work)9%6%
Retired (of adults)8%22%
Long-term sick or disabled (of adults)2%4%
Work mainly from home (of those in work)39%32%
Travel to work by car or van35%48%
By train, Underground, metro or tramunder 1%4%
By any public transport, including bus8%8%
On foot or by bicycle14%10%
Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work)84%65%
Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away7%8%

Education and languages

Around this streetEngland
Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults)40%34%
No qualifications10%18%
Apprenticeship as highest qualification3%5%
Main language English (aged 3 and over)80%91%
Cannot speak English well or at all2%2%

Deprivation

The neighbourhood around this street is in decile 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.

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

  • Food hygiene ratings Chapyl Experience (takeaway/sandwich shop, BH2 5QU) newly listed: Awaiting inspection found 3 November 2026
  • Food hygiene ratings Casa Gourmex (takeaway/sandwich shop, BH2 5PW) re-inspected, still 5 Very good (rated 21 October 2026) found 3 November 2026

Everything that has changed on and near this street

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Postcodes on this street

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

  • BH2 6BQ: 16 addresses
  • BH2 6AZ: 10 addresses of 11 in the postcode
  • BH2 6BG: 1 address of 11 in the postcode

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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.