Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
BH18 house prices in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
Sold prices, council tax, schools, deprivation and planning for Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, from official UK data in one place.
Typical sold price
£495,000
Range £300,000–£811,500 · 250 real sales
- Real sales
- 250
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 26 Mar 2025 and 20 Aug 2026.
Summary
House prices in BH18: the typical (median) sold price is £495,000, well above the UK average (£272,611) (UK House Price Index, July 2026). BH18 is an active market, with about 15 recorded sales a month. By property type, 77% were detached homes (typically £542,500) and 14% were flats (typically £287,500).
Data from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, up to 28 August 2026.
Council tax on a Band D home there is £2,436 a year: Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole's published charge for 2026-27.
Source: Council tax: Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government. Council Tax levels set by local authorities, Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, 2026-27.
Our take · opinion, not advice
Our take on BH18: steady sales, so price from the evidence
250 sales since March 2025 make BH18 a steady market, which is enough to price from, though not enough history for us to call a clear twelve-month direction.
If you are selling, BH18 sales mostly ran from £300,000 to £811,500, so start from the nearest comparable sale and work outwards; buyers can compare homes at this pace but are not spoilt for choice.
Sell houseIf you are buying, typical prices in BH18 sit well above the UK average, so a premium over the average needs a reason you can see in the sold homes of the same type.
Our checklist before an offer: what has been applied for nearby (1,341 applications on record within 500 m), flood risk over the long term and council tax (Band D is £2,436 a year), plus the title, which your conveyancer should review.
To see this next to flood, crime, planning and council tax, run the free BH18 OfferCheck; the Report explains what matters for your home.
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At a glance
BH18 in four numbers
The headline figures from the records below, each one real and dated.
Typical price
£495,000
HM Land Registry
Sales a month
14.9
Across 250 sales
Council tax, Band D
£2,436
A year
On the map
Where BH18 sits in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
The pins are the 5 most recent recorded sales: real prices on real streets, not a valuation.
Latest sales
The most recent sales in BH18
42, ANVIL CRESCENT, BROADSTONE
Detached · Freehold · 20 Aug 2026
£435,000
135, CLARENDON ROAD, BROADSTONE
Detached · Freehold · 19 Aug 2026
£500,000
28, SORREL GARDENS, BROADSTONE
Detached · Freehold · 13 Aug 2026
£589,950
7, BIRKDALE COURT, BROADSTONE
Other · Leasehold · 11 Aug 2026
£250,000
17, GLADELANDS WAY, BROADSTONE
Detached · Freehold · 5 Aug 2026
£625,000
Sources: HM Land Registry · postcodes.io / ONS · OpenStreetMap (© contributors). BH18 includes the Broadstone ward.
The data, honestly
House prices in BH18
These 250 sales are what every figure here rests on. The typical price is the middle sale.
By property type
Average house price in BH18 by property type
Detached homes have the highest typical price at £542,500, and terraced the lowest at £270,000.
See the figures
| Type | Sales | Typical | Range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Detached | 188 | £542,500 | £395,000–£860,500 |
| Semi-detached | 18 | £392,500 | £340,700–£566,700 |
| Flat / maisonette | 34 | £287,500 | £207,250–£435,500 |
| Terraced | 3 | £270,000 | £262,000–£438,000 |
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 26 Mar 2025 and 20 Aug 2026.
24-month trend
Typical price by quarter in BH18
The quarterly typical price rose 12.1%, from £481,667 in Q1 2025 (18 sales) to £540,000 in Q3 2026 (21 sales).
See the figures
| Quarter | Typical price | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Q1 2025 | £481,667 | 18 |
| Q2 2025 | £472,500 | 27 |
| Q3 2025 | £505,500 | 52 |
| Q4 2025 | £435,000 | 47 |
| Q1 2026 | £550,000 | 44 |
| Q2 2026 | £495,000 | 41 |
| Q3 2026 | £540,000 | 21 |
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 26 Mar 2025 and 20 Aug 2026. Median of each quarter's recorded sales.
Range and mix
The spread of BH18 prices
How far prices run either side of the typical one, who owns what, and homes that have sold twice.
Price range
Where most BH18 homes sold
Eight in ten sales fell between £300,000 and £811,500, around a typical £495,000.
Lower and upper end are the 10th and 90th percentile of recorded sales.
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 26 Mar 2025 and 20 Aug 2026.
Mix of homes
Who is selling in BH18
Detached homes were 77% of recorded sales (188 of 243). 86% of sales were freehold and 14% leasehold.
Property type
- Detached77%
- Semi-detached7%
- Flat / maisonette14%
- Terraced1%
Tenure
- Freehold86%
- Leasehold14%
See the figures
214 freehold (86%) and 36 leasehold (14%) across the 250 most recent recorded sales in BH18, including 1 new-build sale. Leasehold is normal for flats; check the remaining lease term before you offer.
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 26 Mar 2025 and 20 Aug 2026.
Sold twice: what the same home resold for
The strongest price signal there is: the same door, sold twice. Change shown in £, %, and per year. A big % over two decades is smaller than it looks.
135, TWIN OAKS CLOSE, BROADSTONE
£300,000 (2025)£390,000 (2026)+30% over 0.6 yrs (+51.1%/yr)
BISHOPS COURT, 37, WALLACE ROAD, BROADSTONE
£325,000 (2025)£295,000 (2026)-9.2% over 0.7 yrs (-13.5%/yr)
Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data to 28 August 2026. Updated monthly. Real transactions, never estimates. All sales.
In plain English
What the Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole (BH18) numbers mean
- The headline number blends very different homes: detached homes sold for a typical £542,500 against £287,500 for flats: about 1.9 times as much. Use the figure for your type of home, not the mix.
- This is a quiet district: only about 15 recorded sales a month.
Only 250 sales sit behind these figures, so they are a rough guide rather than a firm reading.
Based on 250 recorded sales between 26 March 2025 and 20 August 2026. HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, to 28 August 2026; page data refreshed 7 October 2026. Compared with the UK House Price Index. Written by Your Property Check (Check Labs Ltd, Birmingham) from this data. How we read the data · spotted a mistake? Tell us. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right. UK House Price Index licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Area data
What else the records hold on BH18
Council tax and schools, each from the body that publishes it, with the sample it rests on stated beside it.
Council tax
What council tax costs in BH18
£2,436
Band D a year in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, 2026-27: the benchmark band every English authority is compared on.
All bands
| Band | 1991 value | A year |
|---|---|---|
| A | up to £40,000 | £1,624 |
| B | £40,001–£52,000 | £1,894 |
| C | £52,001–£68,000 | £2,165 |
| D | £68,001–£88,000 | £2,436 |
| E | £88,001–£120,000 | £2,977 |
| F | £120,001–£160,000 | £3,518 |
| G | £160,001–£320,000 | £4,059 |
| H | over £320,000 | £4,871 |
These are Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole's charges for 2026-27, the authority BH18 falls in, not an estimate for any individual home. A property's band is set by the Valuation Office Agency and we never guess it; look up a band on GOV.UK and read your row. Bands reflect what a home was worth on 1 April 1991, not today.
Source: Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government. Council Tax levels set by local authorities · 8 of 8 bands published for Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole · data to 2026-27 financial year
Schools
Schools near BH18
8
open schools within 3 km, nearest Broadstone First School.
All schools
Broadstone First School
Primary · Academies · BH18 8AA
415 m
Good · 2023
Springdale First School
Primary · Academies · BH18 9BW
699 m
Outstanding · 2013
Broadstone Middle School
Secondary · Academies · BH18 8AE
1.0 km
Good · 2019
Hillbourne Primary School
Primary · Academies · BH17 7HX
1.1 km
Requires improvement · 2019
Corfe Hills School
Middle deemed secondary · Academies · BH18 9BG
1.2 km
Good · 2021
Poole Grammar School
Middle deemed secondary · Academies · BH17 9JU
1.4 km
Good · 2018
Montacute School
Academies · BH17 9NG
1.5 km
Good · 2017
Rushcombe First School
Primary · Local authority maintained schools · BH21 3PX
1.6 km
Outstanding · 2022
School data from the Department for Education “Get Information about Schools” (GIAS) and Ofsted inspection outcomes. Open Government Licence v3.0. The Ofsted grade shown is the last single overall grade on record (single grades were withdrawn in September 2024). Shows nearest schools by distance, not legal catchment areas. Distances are from the BH18 district centroid, not from any address.
Source: Department for Education: Get Information about Schools, with Ofsted grades · 8 open schools within 3 km, 8 with a grade on record
Area context
Planning and deprivation near BH18
What is being built nearby and how the area ranks, as context for the neighbourhood and never a judgement on a home.
Planning applications
Planning activity around BH18
1,341
applications within 500 m of the district centre, as last checked 4 August 2026.
Recent applications
BCP/P/26/03575/CLPUndecided
368 m
Single storey rear extension
Received 2026-07-28
BCP/P/26/03525/HOUUndecided
260 m
Removal of conservatory and single storey extensions to front, side and rear of bungalow to include formation of covered areas
Received 2026-07-27
BCP/P/26/02886/REG14Permitted
403 m
1x Oak - Dead - Fell
Received 2026-06-19 · decided 2026-06-19
BCP/P/26/02811/HOUUndecided
291 m
Proposed single storey front extension, new front porch roof and canopy, internal alterations, fenestration alterations to rear elevation at ground floor level. Proposed new window on existing east elevation.
Received 2026-06-17
BCP/P/26/02835/HOUUndecided
211 m
Removal of conservatory and erection of a single storey annexe to rear of property
Received 2026-06-17
BCP/P/26/02636/REG14Permitted
495 m
1x silver birch - dead - fell
Received 2026-06-08 · decided 2026-06-09
Applications are matched within 500 m of the BH18 district centroid, so this is activity in the area, not at any one address. Register wording and status are reproduced as the local planning authority published them. Showing 6 of 20 held; run a live planning search for BH18 for the current picture.
Source: Local planning authority records via PlanIt · 1341 applications matched within 500 m of the district centre · data to 4 August 2026
Deprivation (IMD)
Area profile for BH18
Decile 10 of 10
Median across 12 sampled postcodes; 1 is the most deprived 10% of England, 10 the least.
Read the detail
Across the 12 sampled BH18 postcodes, deprivation runs decile 9 to decile 10, with a median of decile 10 of 10: where 1 is among the most deprived 10% of England and 10 the least deprived.
BH18 9DZ, the sampled postcode sitting at that median: On the English Indices of Deprivation 2025, this postcode falls in decile 10 of 10, where 1 is among the most deprived 10% of England and 10 the least deprived. It's area context for the wider neighbourhood, not a judgement on any individual home.
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0 (English Indices of Deprivation 2025, MHCLG). Deprivation is published for small areas (LSOAs), not for postcode districts, so BH18 spans several. We sampled 12 postcodes in BH18: the ones with the most recent recorded sales, up to a limit of 12. That is a convenience sample, not a random one, so it leans toward streets where homes are changing hands. 12 returned a row. It is context for the neighbourhood, never a judgement on any individual home. How we choose the sample.
Source: Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government. English Indices of Deprivation 2025 · 12 postcodes sampled of 12 checked · data to 2025 indices
Cost to run
Two sources, one table
What it costs to run a home in BH18, band by band
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole's council tax for 2026-27 set against the BH18 median sold price of £495,000 across 250 recorded sales: the annual running cost beside the purchase price, which neither source shows on its own.
| Band | 1991 valueVOA basis | A yearBournemouth, Christchurch and Poole | A month÷ 12 | Of the median÷ £495,000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | up to £40,000 | £1,624 | £135 | 0.33% |
| B | £40,001–£52,000 | £1,894 | £158 | 0.38% |
| C | £52,001–£68,000 | £2,165 | £180 | 0.44% |
| D | £68,001–£88,000 | £2,436 | £203 | 0.49% |
| E | £88,001–£120,000 | £2,977 | £248 | 0.60% |
| F | £120,001–£160,000 | £3,518 | £293 | 0.71% |
| G | £160,001–£320,000 | £4,059 | £338 | 0.82% |
| H | over £320,000 | £4,871 | £406 | 0.98% |
The last column is the band's annual charge divided by the BH18 median sold price. A comparison of two published figures, not a rate anyone charges. It is not a mapping from price to band: a band records what a home was worth on 1 April 1991 and is set by the Valuation Office Agency, so it cannot be worked out from a 2020s sale price. Look up a specific band on GOV.UK. Instalment counts vary by authority, so the monthly column is simply the year over twelve.
Sources: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data to 28 August 2026. Updated monthly. Median across 250 recorded sales. · Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government. Council Tax levels set by local authorities, Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, 2026-27.
Address by address
Address by address
What individual homes in BH18 sold for
The 24 most recently sold doors of the 236 distinct addresses in the records we hold for BH18. Real recorded transactions: never estimates.
42, ANVIL CRESCENT, BROADSTONE
BH18 9DZ · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£435,000
2026-08-20
135, CLARENDON ROAD, BROADSTONE
BH18 9HU · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£500,000
2026-08-19
28, SORREL GARDENS, BROADSTONE
BH18 9WA · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£589,950
2026-08-13
7, BIRKDALE COURT, BROADSTONE
BH18 9BE · Other · Leasehold · 1 recorded sale
£250,000
2026-08-11
17, GLADELANDS WAY, BROADSTONE
BH18 9JB · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£625,000
2026-08-05
8, SILVERDALE CLOSE, BROADSTONE
BH18 9JD · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£400,000
2026-07-31
9, DOGWOOD ROAD, BROADSTONE
BH18 9PA · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£370,000
2026-07-27
135, TWIN OAKS CLOSE, BROADSTONE
BH18 8JE · Detached · Freehold · 2 recorded sales
£390,000
2026-07-24
32, ROMAN ROAD, BROADSTONE
BH18 9DL · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£499,950
2026-07-23
127, SPRINGDALE ROAD, BROADSTONE
BH18 9BW · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£750,000
2026-07-23
2, VIOLET CLOSE, BROADSTONE
BH18 8FA · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£570,000
2026-07-17
THE LODGE, CORFE LODGE ROAD, BROADSTONE
BH18 9NG · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£540,000
2026-07-15
44, HIGHER BLANDFORD ROAD, BROADSTONE
BH18 9AQ · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£470,000
2026-07-15
48A, CLARENDON ROAD, BROADSTONE
BH18 9HY · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£200,000
2026-07-14
44A, NORTHBROOK ROAD, BROADSTONE
BH18 8HE · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£625,000
2026-07-13
8, GREENSLEEVES AVENUE, BROADSTONE
BH18 8BL · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£642,000
2026-07-13
16, WEST WAY, BROADSTONE
BH18 9LR · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£844,000
2026-07-13
71, CLARENDON ROAD, BROADSTONE
BH18 9HT · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£710,000
2026-07-10
31, ROMAN ROAD, BROADSTONE
BH18 9DF · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£525,000
2026-07-09
12, CHEAM ROAD, BROADSTONE
BH18 9HD · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£715,000
2026-07-09
14, CLARENDON CLOSE, BROADSTONE
BH18 9HR · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£560,000
2026-07-01
9A, GRANGE ROAD, BROADSTONE
BH18 8JY · Detached · Freehold · 2 recorded sales
£750,000
2026-06-30
144, LYTCHETT DRIVE, BROADSTONE
BH18 9NR · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£420,000
2026-06-29
124, LYTCHETT DRIVE, BROADSTONE
BH18 9NR · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£485,000
2026-06-26
Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. HM Land Registry Price Paid Data to 28 August 2026. Updated monthly. Addresses come from recorded sales since 1995, so homes that have never sold do not appear. 0 of these 24 doors resolve to a confident property record and link through; the rest are listed without a link. We match a door to a property record only where the match is certain, never by guessing.
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Postcode districts near BH18
The closest districts to BH18 by straight-line distance between district centres.
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- House prices in BH16 (Poole) 2.5 miles
- House prices in BH15 (Poole) 2.6 miles
- House prices in BH11 (Bournemouth) 3.4 miles
- House prices in BH12 (Poole) 3.5 miles
- House prices in BH14 (Poole) 3.5 miles
- House prices in BH21 (Wimborne) 3.8 miles
- House prices in BH10 (Bournemouth) 4.6 miles
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Data sources
Every BH18 figure is official and dated
Real recorded data from the UK's official registers, never an estimated valuation.
- HM Land RegistrySold prices
- MHCLGCouncil tax & deprivation
- Department for Education · OfstedSchools
- Local planning authoritiesPlanning applications
- Police.UKStreet-level crime
- Environment AgencyFlood risk
- postcodes.io · ONSGeography
Sources: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data · Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government. Council Tax levels set by local authorities · Department for Education: Get Information about Schools, with Ofsted grades · Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government. English Indices of Deprivation 2025 · Local planning authority records via PlanIt · Police.UK · Environment Agency · postcodes.io / ONS. HM Land Registry Price Paid Data to 28 August 2026. Updated monthly. All figures are real, attributed and carry the sample they rest on: never estimates, never a valuation. All sales · Get Free Valuation · About Your Property Check.