Castle Lane West, Bournemouth house prices are built from 699 sales lodged with HM Land Registry, the oldest in 1995 and the most recent on 22 May 2026. The median price paid across the whole record is £174,500. Across the 10 years from 2016 to 2026 the median moved +127.4% in cash — but once inflation is taken out, the change in 2026 money is +62.9%.
Median price paid
£174,500
Change in cash, 2016–2026
+127.4%
Change in real terms
+62.9%
Median per m²
£2,773
HM Land Registry699 sales192 with floor areaLatest sale 22 May 2026
Section 01
How Castle Lane West, Bournemouth prices moved
The chart tracks the median Castle Lane West, Bournemouth house price for every year with a recorded sale, from 1995 to 2026. The dashed line restates each year in 2026 money, so the two lines separate exactly as much as inflation has eroded the cash figure.
| Decade | Years with sales | Median paid | In today's money |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 5 | £80,000 | £177,638 |
| 2000s | 10 | £181,000 | £329,729 |
| 2010s | 10 | £230,000 | £324,300 |
| 2020s | 7 | £356,250 | £363,995 |
The highest yearly median on record for Castle Lane West, Bournemouth is £412,095 in 2022; the lowest is £63,250 in 1996. Across the full 32-year record the cash median has moved from £64,000 to £398,000.
In 2026 money that first median is worth £142,110, so the real change over the whole record is +180.1% — about +3.38% a year after inflation. Cash growth and real growth are not the same story, and the gap is the part most price reports leave out.
Over the last decade alone the difference is stark: +127.4% in cash against +62.9% once inflation is removed. A buyer who sold at the end of that decade would have needed the real figure, not the headline one, to know whether they had actually gained.
Section 02
The most recent sales
Every row is a completed sale as lodged with HM Land Registry. The right-hand column restates the price in 2026 money, which is the only fair way to compare a sale from the 1990s with one from last year.
| Address | Sold | Type | Price paid | In today's money |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 156 | 22 May 2026 | Detached | £310,000 | £310,000 |
| 161 | 24 Apr 2026 | Detached | £455,000 | £455,000 |
| 2 Cherry Tree Lodge 289 | 23 Feb 2026 | Flat or maisonette | £210,000 | £210,000 |
| 408 | 20 Feb 2026 | Semi-detached | £420,000 | £420,000 |
| 611 | 17 Feb 2026 | Detached | £455,000 | £455,000 |
| 113 | 11 Feb 2026 | Detached | £360,000 | £360,000 |
| 201 | 8 Jan 2026 | Detached | £425,000 | £425,000 |
| 117 | 8 Jan 2026 | Detached | £376,000 | £376,000 |
| 131 | 21 Nov 2025 | Detached | £415,000 | £424,022 |
| 146 | 22 Oct 2025 | Detached | £283,000 | £289,152 |
| 270 | 17 Oct 2025 | Detached | £650,000 | £664,130 |
| 393 | 25 Sep 2025 | Detached | £467,500 | £477,663 |
| 1 Cherry Tree Lodge 289 | 22 Sep 2025 | Flat or maisonette | £176,000 | £179,826 |
| Flat 56 Point 500, 500 | 28 Aug 2025 | Flat or maisonette | £73,500 | £75,098 |
| Flat 27 Point 500, 500 | 24 Jul 2025 | Flat or maisonette | £95,000 | £97,065 |
| Flat 4 96 – 98 | 30 Jun 2025 | Flat or maisonette | £165,000 | £168,587 |
| 95 | 20 May 2025 | Detached | £455,000 | £464,891 |
| 282 | 28 Feb 2025 | Detached | £400,000 | £408,696 |
| 177 | 28 Feb 2025 | Detached | £390,000 | £398,478 |
| 266 | 21 Jan 2025 | Detached | £650,000 | £664,130 |
| 81 | 3 Jan 2025 | Detached | £456,500 | £466,424 |
| 389 | 18 Dec 2024 | Detached | £355,000 | £373,545 |
| 105 | 16 Dec 2024 | Detached | £440,000 | £462,985 |
| Flat 42 Point 500, 500 | 13 Dec 2024 | Flat or maisonette | £110,000 | £115,746 |
| 552 | 29 Nov 2024 | Detached | £231,075 | £243,146 |
Section 03
Homes that sold twice
These addresses appear in the register more than once, so the same bricks are being priced twice. That makes them the strongest evidence of what actually happened to Castle Lane West, Bournemouth values — no mix of property types can flatter the number.
| Address | First recorded sale | Most recent sale | Cash a year | Real a year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 156 Castle Lane West | £72,000 (1996) | £310,000 (2026) | +5.0% | +2.3% |
| 161 Castle Lane West | £104,950 (2000) | £455,000 (2026) | +5.8% | +3.0% |
| 2 CHERRY TREE LODGE 289 Castle Lane West | £148,000 (2012) | £210,000 (2026) | +2.5% | -0.4% |
| 408 Castle Lane West | £91,000 (2000) | £420,000 (2026) | +6.1% | +3.3% |
| 611 Castle Lane West | £83,000 (1997) | £455,000 (2026) | +6.0% | +3.3% |
| 113 Castle Lane West | £285,000 (2017) | £360,000 (2026) | +2.6% | -0.8% |
| 201 Castle Lane West | £237,000 (2006) | £425,000 (2026) | +3.0% | +0.0% |
| 117 Castle Lane West | £267,000 (2010) | £376,000 (2026) | +2.2% | -0.8% |
| 131 Castle Lane West | £83,500 (1997) | £415,000 (2025) | +5.9% | +3.2% |
| 146 Castle Lane West | £205,000 (2003) | £283,000 (2025) | +1.5% | -1.3% |
| 270 Castle Lane West | £107,000 (1997) | £650,000 (2025) | +6.7% | +3.9% |
| 393 Castle Lane West | £260,000 (2013) | £467,500 (2025) | +5.0% | +1.9% |
Section 04
What sells here
The mix of property types explains a large part of any area's median. Castle Lane West, Bournemouth is dominated by the type at the top of this table, so its overall median leans that way.
| Property type | Sales | Share | Median paid | Range |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detached | 422 | 60.4% | £230,000 | £44,500 – £740,000 |
| Flat or maisonette | 196 | 28.0% | £110,000 | £30,000 – £266,000 |
| Semi-detached | 63 | 9.0% | £180,000 | £35,000 – £430,000 |
| Terraced | 18 | 2.6% | £145,000 | £34,075 – £297,500 |
Section 06
Ownership and new build in Castle Lane West, Bournemouth
192 of the sales on record are leasehold and 507 freehold — 27.5% of the market. Tenure is not a detail: a leasehold flat and a freehold house are different assets, and mixing them into one median hides the difference.
The median leasehold sale is £110,000 and the median freehold sale £225,000 — a gap of +104.5%. Most of that gap is property type rather than tenure itself: leasehold here is largely flats, freehold largely houses.
| Category | Sales | Share | Median paid |
|---|---|---|---|
| Leasehold | 192 | 27.5% | £110,000 |
| Freehold | 507 | 72.5% | £225,000 |
| New build | 60 | 8.6% | £101,000 |
| Existing home | 639 | 91.4% | £190,000 |
New builds sold for less than the median existing home — -46.8%. A new-build premium is normal: the buyer gets a warranty and nothing to fix, and the price is set by a developer rather than negotiated between two households.
A further 38 transfers for this area are on the register but are left out of every figure above. HM Land Registry marks them as additional price paid entries: repossessions, buy-to-let portfolio moves, transfers between companies or family, and sales at a discount such as right to buy. They are real records but they are not open-market prices, and including them would drag the median somewhere no buyer ever paid.
Section 07
Living in Castle Lane West, Bournemouth
Every certificate carries an energy efficiency band as well as a floor area. Across Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, 46.2% of 218,144 certificates sit in bands A to C, and 3.7% in F or G — the bands that cost the most to heat and are hardest to mortgage.
| Energy band | Certificates | Share |
|---|---|---|
| A | 737 | 0.3% |
| B | 23,083 | 10.6% |
| C | 76,981 | 35.3% |
| D | 80,336 | 36.8% |
| E | 28,893 | 13.2% |
| F | 6,461 | 3.0% |
| G | 1,653 | 0.8% |
The Office for National Statistics puts the mean private rent in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole at £1,402 a month as of Jun 2026 — £921 for a one-bedroom home and £1,460 for three bedrooms.
Against the median sale of £174,500 here, that rent is a gross yield of 9.64% a year. It is a measured figure rather than an assumption: a real local rent over a real local price, before any cost of ownership.
Police forces publish every recorded street-level crime. Within a mile of the centre of BH8, 295 crimes were recorded in Jun 2026: 79 violent, 15 burglary, 19 vehicle-related and 97 anti-social behaviour. The median postcode district in this archive recorded 167 in the same month, so this one is 1.8 times busier.
Against the 400,196 residents the 2021 census counted in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, that is 0.74 recorded crimes per thousand people in the month. The count covers a mile around the district centre while the population covers the whole council, so read the rate as an order of magnitude rather than a precise figure.
A count is not a rate. A district with shops and a station records more crime than a residential one of the same size, because more people pass through it. Read this next to the median, not on its own.
Section 08
The neighbourhood around Castle Lane West, Bournemouth
The 2021 census counted 400,196 residents in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole across 173,842 households. 63.5% of those households own their home and 36.4% rent — a split the sold record cannot show, because only owners appear in it.
8 state and independent schools have a BH8 postcode: 5 primary, 3 secondary. Catchment areas do not follow postcodes, so treat this as what is nearby rather than what a child would be offered.
| School | Phase | Type | Pupils |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bournemouth School | Secondary | Academy converter | 1,320 |
| Bournemouth School for Girls | Secondary | Academy converter | 1,290 |
| The Bishop of Winchester Academy | Secondary | Academy sponsor led | 1,162 |
| Malmesbury Park Primary School | Primary | Academy converter | 693 |
| Muscliff Primary School | Primary | Academy converter | 528 |
| Queen's Park Academy | Primary | Academy sponsor led | 479 |
| Jewell Academy Bournemouth | Primary | Academy sponsor led | 324 |
| Queen's Park Infant Academy | Primary | Academy converter | 312 |
| Station | Mode | Distance from the district centre |
|---|---|---|
| Bournemouth Rail Station | Rail | 1.9 km |
| Pokesdown Rail Station | Rail | 2.2 km |
| Tea Gardens Ferry Landing | Ferry | 4.7 km |
| Christchurch Rail Station | Rail | 4.8 km |
Section 09
How Castle Lane West, Bournemouth compares
The median across the whole archive is £157,500. Castle Lane West, Bournemouth sits above that national figure — +10.8%.
Within Bournemouth the street ranks 906 of 1504 by median price, and its median is above the town figure of £167,950 (+3.9%).
Where an EPC floor area could be matched to the sale, the median works out at £2,773 per square metre, across 192 of the 699 sales on record. Price per square metre is the only figure that compares a two-bed flat with a four-bed house honestly.
The full range on record runs from £30,000 to £740,000. Extremes usually mean something unusual — a plot sold without a house on it, a transfer between family members, or a very large property — so the median is the number to trust.
Castle Lane West, Bournemouth sits in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, in the South West.
The Office for National Statistics puts the median home in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole at 9.1 times median local earnings of £37,241 a year, measured to Sep 2025. Across England and Wales the same ratio is 7.6. That number, not the price alone, is what decides whether a place is within reach of the people who work in it.
Section 10
Nearby on the record
Streets nearby
- Richmond Park Road£147,000 median
- Wellington Road£118,000 median
- Holdenhurst Road£116,250 median
- Charminster Road£135,500 median
- Stewart Road£140,000 median
- Capstone Road£155,000 median
- Portchester Road£154,000 median
- Malmesbury Park Road£169,725 median
- Shelbourne Road£159,250 median
- Nortoft Road£156,000 median
- Lowther Road£180,000 median
- Milton Road£146,750 median
- Queens Park Avenue£305,000 median
- Queens Park West Drive£101,000 median
- Richmond Wood Road£165,000 median
- Avon Road£115,500 median
Addresses with more than one recorded sale
- FLAT 2, 47 Castle Lane West8 sales
- 76A Castle Lane West7 sales
- FLAT 3, 85 Castle Lane West6 sales
- 270 Castle Lane West5 sales
- 600 Castle Lane West5 sales
- 686 Castle Lane West5 sales
- 163 Castle Lane West5 sales
- 43 Castle Lane West5 sales
- 161 Castle Lane West4 sales
- 552 Castle Lane West4 sales
- 217 Castle Lane West4 sales
- 258 Castle Lane West4 sales
- FLAT 57, POINT 500, 500 Castle Lane West4 sales
- 617 Castle Lane West4 sales
- 654 Castle Lane West4 sales
- 566 Castle Lane West4 sales
- FLAT 49, POINT 500, 500 Castle Lane West4 sales
- 28 Castle Lane West4 sales
- 97 Castle Lane West4 sales
- 305 Castle Lane West4 sales
- 265 Castle Lane West4 sales
- 269A Castle Lane West4 sales
- 309 Castle Lane West4 sales
- 688 Castle Lane West4 sales
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Quick answers
Common questions about this data
What is the average house price in Castle Lane West, Bournemouth?
The median price paid in Castle Lane West, Bournemouth across every sale on the register is £174,500. The median is used rather than the mean because a handful of very large sales would otherwise drag the average away from what a typical buyer paid.
How many homes have sold in Castle Lane West, Bournemouth?
699 sales are on record for Castle Lane West, Bournemouth, the most recent completing on 22 May 2026. Every one is a completed transfer lodged with HM Land Registry, not an asking price or an estimate.
Have Castle Lane West, Bournemouth house prices actually risen?
In cash, the median rose +127.4% between 2016 and 2026. In 2026 money — that is, after inflation — the change is +62.9%. Both numbers are true; only the second one tells you whether buying here preserved value.
When were Castle Lane West, Bournemouth house prices at their highest?
The highest yearly median on record is £412,095, set in 2022. That is the cash figure; measured in 2026 money the peak may fall in a different year, because inflation reshapes the series.
What is the price per square metre in Castle Lane West, Bournemouth?
£2,773 per square metre, from the 192 sales where an EPC floor area could be matched to the address. Price per square metre strips out size, so a flat and a house can be compared on the same basis.
How current is this data?
The latest sale shown here completed on 22 May 2026. HM Land Registry publishes Price Paid Data monthly and a sale can take a month or two to appear after completion, so the most recent weeks are always incomplete.
Cite this page: Sold Price History, “Castle Lane West, Bournemouth house prices”, 2026. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data © Crown copyright and database right, used under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Inflation adjustment: ONS CPIH.