Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
BH21 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
£415,000
Range £244,500–£750,500 · 250 real sales
- Real sales
- 250
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 29 Jan 2026 and 27 Aug 2026.
Summary
House prices in BH21: the typical (median) sold price is £415,000, well above the UK average (£272,611) (UK House Price Index, July 2026). BH21 is an active market, with about 36 recorded sales a month. By property type, 55% were detached homes (typically £515,000) and 23% were semi-detached homes (typically £362,500).
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 BH21: steady sales, so price from the evidence
250 sales since January 2026 make BH21 a steady market, and with no dependable year-on-year figure to hand, recent sold homes are a safer guide than any headline.
If you are selling, a spread from £244,500 to £750,500 makes £415,000 a poor guide to any one home, so benchmark against near-identical homes, not the headline; sales arrive at a steady pace, so there is no need to rush to a low price.
Sell houseIf you are buying, on price, BH21 is well above the UK average, so a price above the norm for the area should be earned by the home itself, not assumed.
Our checklist before an offer: what has been applied for nearby (166 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.
Where the numbers are this loose, the free BH21 OfferCheck gives you something firmer to hold: flood, crime, planning and council tax, each with its source.
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At a glance
BH21 in four numbers
The headline figures from the records below, each one real and dated.
Typical price
£415,000
HM Land Registry
Sales a month
36.2
Across 250 sales
Council tax, Band D
£2,436
A year
The data, honestly
House prices in BH21
These 250 sales are what every figure here rests on. The typical price is the middle sale.
By property type
Average house price in BH21 by property type
Detached homes have the highest typical price at £515,000, and flat / maisonette the lowest at £191,500.
See the figures
| Type | Sales | Typical | Range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Detached | 131 | £515,000 | £365,000–£865,000 |
| Semi-detached | 54 | £362,500 | £295,100–£510,000 |
| Terraced | 28 | £322,500 | £258,200–£418,000 |
| Flat / maisonette | 24 | £191,500 | £143,250–£294,250 |
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 29 Jan 2026 and 27 Aug 2026.
24-month trend
Typical price by quarter in BH21
The quarterly typical price rose 18.3%, from £395,000 in Q1 2026 (105 sales) to £467,300 in Q3 2026 (60 sales).
See the figures
| Quarter | Typical price | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Q1 2026 | £395,000 | 105 |
| Q2 2026 | £377,500 | 85 |
| Q3 2026 | £467,300 | 60 |
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 29 Jan 2026 and 27 Aug 2026. Median of each quarter's recorded sales.
Range and mix
The spread of BH21 prices
How far prices run either side of the typical one, who owns what, and homes that have sold twice.
Price range
Where most BH21 homes sold
Eight in ten sales fell between £244,500 and £750,500, around a typical £415,000.
Lower and upper end are the 10th and 90th percentile of recorded sales.
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 29 Jan 2026 and 27 Aug 2026.
Mix of homes
Who is selling in BH21
Detached homes were 55% of recorded sales (131 of 237). 89% of sales were freehold and 11% leasehold.
Property type
- Detached55%
- Semi-detached23%
- Terraced12%
- Flat / maisonette10%
Tenure
- Freehold89%
- Leasehold11%
See the figures
222 freehold (89%) and 28 leasehold (11%) across the 250 most recent recorded sales in BH21. Leasehold is normal for flats; check the remaining lease term before you offer.
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 29 Jan 2026 and 27 Aug 2026.
Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data to 28 August 2026. Updated monthly. Real transactions, never estimates. All sales.
On the map
Where BH21 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 BH21
39, FOXCROFT DRIVE, WIMBORNE
Semi-detached · Freehold · 27 Aug 2026
£126,510
ELGIN, TOWNSEND, WIMBORNE
Semi-detached · Freehold · 24 Aug 2026
£417,000
THREE GABLES, HOLTWOOD, WIMBORNE
Detached · Freehold · 20 Aug 2026
£857,500
24, DERWENTWATER ROAD, WIMBORNE
Semi-detached · Freehold · 18 Aug 2026
£677,500
THE CORNER HOUSE, HOLTWOOD, WIMBORNE
Detached · Freehold · 17 Aug 2026
£810,000
Sources: HM Land Registry · postcodes.io / ONS · OpenStreetMap (© contributors). BH21 includes the Bearwood & Merley ward.
In plain English
What the Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole (BH21) numbers mean
- The headline number blends very different homes: detached homes sold for a typical £515,000 against £191,500 for flats: about 2.7 times as much. Use the figure for your type of home, not the mix.
- Prices here are widely spread: most sales fell between £244,500 and £750,500, so the median says little about any one home.
- This is an active district: about 36 recorded sales a month.
Based on 250 recorded sales between 29 January 2026 and 27 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 BH21
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 BH21
£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 BH21 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 BH21
8
open schools within 3 km, nearest Dumpton School.
All schools
Dumpton School
Independent schools · BH21 7AF
126 m
Not graded
Beaucroft Foundation School
Special schools · BH21 2SS
598 m
Good · 2023
St Michael's Church of England Middle School, Colehill
Secondary · Academies · BH21 7AB
617 m
Good · 2018
Wimborne First School and Nursery
Primary · Academies · BH21 4FW
775 m
Good · 2015
Allenbourn Middle School
Secondary · Academies · BH21 1PL
1.3 km
Outstanding · 2012
St John's Church of England First School, Wimborne
Primary · Academies · BH21 1BX
1.4 km
Good · 2023
Colehill First School
Primary · Academies · BH21 2LZ
1.6 km
Good · 2023
Hayeswood First School
Primary · Academies · BH21 2HN
1.9 km
Good · 2023
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 BH21 district centroid, not from any address.
Source: Department for Education: Get Information about Schools, with Ofsted grades · 8 open schools within 3 km, 7 with a grade on record
Area context
Planning and deprivation near BH21
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 BH21
166
applications within 500 m of the district centre, as last checked 18 October 2026.
Recent applications
DorsetCouncil/P/TRC/2026/04249Permitted
461 m
T1 Ash - Fell to 5 ft. T2 Ash - Fell to 5 ft. T3 Ash - Fell to 5 ft. T4 Ash - Fell to 5 ft.
Received 2026-08-05 · decided 2026-09-03
DorsetCouncil/P/TRC/2026/02181Permitted
379 m
Oak (T0203) - Reduce overall tree structure by 25%. - Reduce limbs growing towards footpath by a further 25%.
Received 2026-04-21 · decided 2026-05-14
DorsetCouncil/P/FUL/2026/01787Undecided
189 m
Proposed External Trade Area including Hardstanding, dining sheds, Festoon Lighting and temporary stretch tent 10x6m
Received 2026-03-30
DorsetCouncil/P/TRT/2026/00144Permitted
133 m
T1 Oak - Fell. T2 Sycamore - Fell.
Received 2026-01-12 · decided 2026-02-06
DorsetCouncil/P/TRC/2025/04615Permitted
285 m
T1 Oak: Reduce lowest branch on East side by 2m to give clearance to Cherry tree. (W3W location sorry.shackles.eating)
Received 2025-08-05 · decided 2025-08-28
DorsetCouncil/P/TRC/2025/02746Permitted
491 m
Lawson Cypress - Remove. Laburnum (dead) - Remove.
Received 2025-05-19 · decided 2025-06-12
Applications are matched within 500 m of the BH21 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 BH21 for the current picture.
Source: Local planning authority records via PlanIt · 166 applications matched within 500 m of the district centre · data to 18 October 2026
Deprivation (IMD)
Area profile for BH21
Decile 9 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 BH21 postcodes, deprivation runs decile 6 to decile 10, with a median of decile 9 of 10: where 1 is among the most deprived 10% of England and 10 the least deprived.
BH21 2JX, the sampled postcode sitting at that median: On the English Indices of Deprivation 2025, this postcode falls in decile 9 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 BH21 spans several. We sampled 12 postcodes in BH21: 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 BH21, band by band
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole's council tax for 2026-27 set against the BH21 median sold price of £415,000 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÷ £415,000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | up to £40,000 | £1,624 | £135 | 0.39% |
| B | £40,001–£52,000 | £1,894 | £158 | 0.46% |
| C | £52,001–£68,000 | £2,165 | £180 | 0.52% |
| D | £68,001–£88,000 | £2,436 | £203 | 0.59% |
| E | £88,001–£120,000 | £2,977 | £248 | 0.72% |
| F | £120,001–£160,000 | £3,518 | £293 | 0.85% |
| G | £160,001–£320,000 | £4,059 | £338 | 0.98% |
| H | over £320,000 | £4,871 | £406 | 1.17% |
The last column is the band's annual charge divided by the BH21 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 BH21 sold for
The 24 most recently sold doors of the 247 distinct addresses in the records we hold for BH21. Real recorded transactions: never estimates.
39, FOXCROFT DRIVE, WIMBORNE
BH21 2JX · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£126,510
2026-08-27
ELGIN, TOWNSEND, WIMBORNE
BH21 4AR · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£417,000
2026-08-24
THREE GABLES, HOLTWOOD, WIMBORNE
BH21 7DR · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£857,500
2026-08-20
24, DERWENTWATER ROAD, WIMBORNE
BH21 1QS · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£677,500
2026-08-18
THE CORNER HOUSE, HOLTWOOD, WIMBORNE
BH21 7DR · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£810,000
2026-08-17
121, LONNEN ROAD, WIMBORNE
BH21 7AU · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£444,000
2026-08-17
14, DULLAR LANE, WIMBORNE
BH21 4AD · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£520,000
2026-08-17
12, COUNTESS CLOSE, WIMBORNE
BH21 1UJ · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£625,000
2026-08-17
HEATHFIELD, SANDY LANE, WIMBORNE
BH21 6RH · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£625,000
2026-08-17
SCHOOL HOUSE, WIMBORNE
BH21 7HE · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£425,000
2026-08-14
91A, WAREHAM ROAD, WIMBORNE
BH21 3JY · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£610,000
2026-08-14
10, VICTORY GARDENS, WIMBORNE
BH21 3DJ · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£333,000
2026-08-12
108, REMPSTONE ROAD, WIMBORNE
BH21 1SX · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£485,000
2026-08-10
MARLBOROUGH COURT, ALLENVIEW ROAD, WIMBORNE
BH21 1UR · Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 3 recorded sales
£120,000
2026-08-07
21, HILLSIDE ROAD, WIMBORNE
BH21 3SA · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£580,000
2026-08-03
20, BROOKSIDE ROAD, WIMBORNE
BH21 2BL · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£530,000
2026-08-03
23, SAXONDALE GARDENS, WIMBORNE
BH21 2GL · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£875,000
2026-08-03
2, LEIGH COMMON, WIMBORNE
BH21 2DE · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£293,000
2026-07-31
DORMERS, BLANDFORD ROAD, WIMBORNE
BH21 4AG · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£480,000
2026-07-31
THE PARADE, 147, WAREHAM ROAD, WIMBORNE
BH21 3LA · Other · Leasehold · 1 recorded sale
£85,000
2026-07-31
BEAUFORT MEWS, GRAMMAR SCHOOL LANE, WIMBORNE
BH21 1PQ · Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 1 recorded sale
£175,000
2026-07-29
59, TOWERS WAY, WIMBORNE
BH21 3UA · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£260,000
2026-07-29
14, OAKLEY HILL, WIMBORNE
BH21 1QH · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£576,000
2026-07-27
HOLLY HOCK COTTAGE, 1, HENBURY HOUSE GARDENS, WIMBORNE
BH21 3TZ · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£282,500
2026-07-24
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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Nearby
Postcode districts near BH21
The closest districts to BH21 by straight-line distance between district centres.
- House prices in BH18 (Broadstone) 3.8 miles
- House prices in BH22 (Ferndown) 3.8 miles
- House prices in BH11 (Bournemouth) 4.1 miles
- House prices in BH17 (Poole) 4.5 miles
- House prices in BH10 (Bournemouth) 5.1 miles
- House prices in BH12 (Poole) 5.6 miles
- House prices in BH16 (Poole) 5.9 miles
- House prices in BH9 (Bournemouth) 6.2 miles
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Data sources
Every BH21 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.