Watkin Road, Boscombe
- Bedrooms
- 4
- Bathrooms
- 2
Description
This substantial site, an expansive former residential care home, is set on the corner of Watkin Road and Florence Road. It offers a rarely available opportunity to create a sizeable scheme of new houses in an established and popular part of Bournemouth. The development is conveniently situated for local shops and facilities and is just a short walk from the many miles of sandy beaches. Outline planning permission has been sought for the construction of 13 x three storey, four bedroom townhouses with associated off road parking and gardens.
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Notice
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Map Location
Property details
- Tenure
- Freehold
- Council Tax Band
- TBC
- Date Posted
- 2026-01-29
Utilities & Restrictions
Utilities
- Electricity
- Mains
- Water
- Mains
- Heating
- Double Glazing
- Broadband
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- Sewerage
- Mains
Rights & Restrictions
- Public Rights of Way
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- Private Rights of Way
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- Listed Property
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- Restrictions
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Listed status, conservation areas and planning constraints for this location are in the full report.
Property Features
- Accessibility
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- Parking
- Off-Street Parking
- Garden
- Private Garden
Beyond the particulars: planning activity, flood history, heritage and ground risks, checked for this exact spot.
Connectivity
Broadband
Fastest speed available at this postcode
5.5 Gbps
Gigabit full fibre
Suitable for
- 4K streaming on every screen
- Full-time home working
- Online gaming & big downloads
Mobile signal
Predicted 4G and 5G signal; indoor signal depends on building materials.
Ofcom Connected Nations postcode-level predictions. Speeds and signal are modelled, not measured, and vary between addresses and providers.
Signal is the easy part. Planning activity, flood history and protected designations here are in the full report.
Nearest Schools
Primary
- Corpus Christi Catholic Primary School661 metresNo Ofsted rating
- Ages
- 2 to 11
- Pupils
- 459
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Faith
- Roman Catholic
- King's Park Academy945 metresNo Ofsted rating
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Pupils
- 572
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- St Clement's and St John's Church of England Infant School0.6 milesNo Ofsted rating
- Ages
- 5 to 7
- Pupils
- 177
- Type
- Academy converter
- Faith
- Church of England
- Bethany Church of England Junior School0.6 milesOfsted: Good
- Ages
- 7 to 11
- Pupils
- 308
- Type
- Academy converter
- Faith
- Church of England
- Pokesdown Community Primary School0.7 milesOfsted: Good
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Pupils
- 417
- Type
- Academy converter
Secondary
- Avonbourne Girls Academy1.1 milesOfsted: Outstanding *
- Ages
- 11 to 19
- Pupils
- 1,160
- Type
- Academy converter
- Avonbourne Boys' Academy1.1 milesOfsted: Outstanding
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Pupils
- 846
- Type
- Academy converter
- Gender
- Boys
- Livingstone Academy Bournemouth1.4 milesOfsted: Good
- Ages
- 4 to 19
- Pupils
- 1,006
- Type
- Free schools
- The Bishop of Winchester Academy1.8 milesOfsted: Good
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Pupils
- 1,162
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Faith
- Church of England
- St Peter's Catholic Comprehensive School1.9 milesOfsted: Good
- Ages
- 4 to 18
- Pupils
- 1,967
- Type
- Academy converter
- Faith
- Roman Catholic
* Latest graded judgement covers quality of education only; no overall grade was issued under the 2024-25 inspection framework.
Distances are straight-line from the advertised location. Source: the national school registers (DfE, Welsh Government, Scottish Government) and Ofsted.
Schools are just the start: sold prices nearby, planning activity and any flood history are in the full report.
Amenities
Supermarket
GP surgery
Pharmacy
Hospital
Green space
Straight-line distances from the advertised location. Sources: NHS records, Geolytix supermarket locations, OS Open Greenspace and the national trails registers.
The area stacks up? Now check the location itself: planning nearby, protected designations and past flooding.
Getting Around
Nearest station
Nearest bus stop
Typical drive times
Straight-line distances from the advertised location; drive times are typical free-flow times over OpenStreetMap road data, so allow more at peak. Public transport locations from DfT NaPTAN.
Easy to reach matters. So do planning activity, flood history and ground risks: all in the full report.
Flood Risk
Environment Agency open data, checked around the advertised map pin for the listed acreage. Long-term risk counts flood defences; the planning map's flood zones do not. The map pin for this listing marks the postcode area rather than the exact location, so these readings describe the surrounding area. Provided by LandSale, not the listing agent, and not part of the agent's particulars. Risk varies across a holding, so verify before committing.
Rivers and the sea
Planning map: Flood Zone 1.
Surface water
These bandings are the summary. Where this location sits on the flood maps, plus planning activity, heritage and ground risks, is in the full report.
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Briggs House, 26 Commercial Road, Poole, Dorset, BH14 0JR
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