BH1 — Bournemouth
Bournemouth's BH1 postcode sits in Bournemouth. The board behind it is assembled from 18,393 sales over 32 years of actual sales in 8 areas.
Across the recorded period the typical BH1 sale went from £43,000 in 1995 to £200,000 in 2026 — 4.7× growth. If you could time-travel once, aim for just before 2003 — prices moved +30.3% that year. The one to avoid was 2016: the median moved -10.3%, the roughest year in the local record.
Median sold price in BH1
| Year | Median sold price | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | £43,000 | 493 |
| 2000 | £75,000 | 821 |
| 2005 | £155,000 | 676 |
| 2010 | £167,500 | 285 |
| 2015 | £173,000 | 631 |
| 2020 | £194,050 | 464 |
| 2025 | £214,000 | 342 |
| 2026 | £200,000 | 59 |
The areas on the board
8 areas make up the board, weighted by sales activity:
- Bournemouth (BH1 3) (34% of local sales) — busiest streets: Manor Road, Christchurch Road, Knyveton Road
- Bournemouth (BH1 4) (34% of local sales) — busiest streets: Christchurch Road, Windham Road, Drummond Road
- Bournemouth (BH1 1) (20% of local sales) — busiest streets: Cavendish Road, Lansdowne Road, Dean Park Road
- Bournemouth (BH1 2) (8% of local sales) — busiest streets: Bath Road, St Peters Road, Hinton Road
- Boscombe (2% of local sales) — busiest streets: Palmerston Road, Hamilton Road, St Clements Road
- Springbourne (2% of local sales) — busiest streets: Spring Road, Victoria Road, Wilson Road
- East Cliff (0% of local sales) — busiest streets: Derby Road
- Hampton Lane (0% of local sales)
Reading about 2003 is easy; surviving 2016 is the game. Play the BH1 board.
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Prices are medians of real Land Registry sales. Street lists show street names only — never individual addresses. New to the game? Start with how to play.