Forest Road, Poole house prices are built from 177 sales lodged with HM Land Registry, the oldest in 1997 and the most recent on 18 May 2026. The median price paid across the whole record is £470,000. Across the 10 years from 2015 to 2025 the median moved +12.3% in cash — but once inflation is taken out, the change in 2026 money is -18.6%.
Median price paid
£470,000
Change in cash, 2015–2025
+12.3%
Change in real terms
-18.6%
Median per m²
£3,815
HM Land Registry177 sales50 with floor areaLatest sale 18 May 2026
Section 01
How Forest Road, Poole prices moved
The chart tracks the median Forest Road, Poole house price for every year with a recorded sale, from 1997 to 2025. 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 | 1 | £90,000 | £199,843 |
| 2000s | 7 | £369,500 | £673,120 |
| 2010s | 6 | £534,000 | £752,940 |
| 2020s | 2 | £760,000 | £776,522 |
The highest yearly median on record for Forest Road, Poole is £775,000 in 2019; the lowest is £90,000 in 1997. Across the full 29-year record the cash median has moved from £90,000 to £760,000.
In 2026 money that first median is worth £190,827, so the real change over the whole record is +306.9% — about +5.14% 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: +12.3% in cash against -18.6% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 the Dene, 17 | 18 May 2026 | Flat or maisonette | £420,000 | £420,000 |
| 7 Silwood, 5 | 10 Apr 2026 | Semi-detached | £755,000 | £755,000 |
| Lutyens, 18 Baillie Park, 7 – 9 | 25 Nov 2025 | Semi-detached | £880,000 | £899,130 |
| 27a | 13 Nov 2025 | Detached | £960,000 | £980,870 |
| Flat 5 the Gables, 19 | 13 Nov 2025 | Flat or maisonette | £166,000 | £169,609 |
| 4 the Dene, 17 | 24 Oct 2025 | Flat or maisonette | £415,000 | £424,022 |
| 1 Oyster Mews, 1 – 3 | 10 Oct 2025 | Semi-detached | £815,000 | £832,717 |
| Scott House, 16 Baillie Park, 7 – 9 | 30 Jun 2025 | Terraced | £685,000 | £699,891 |
| 3 the Grove, 25 | 24 Apr 2025 | Semi-detached | £760,000 | £776,522 |
| Devey, 7 Baillie Park, 7 – 9 | 4 Mar 2025 | Terraced | £720,000 | £735,652 |
| 2 the Grove, 25 | 31 Jan 2025 | Semi-detached | £792,500 | £809,728 |
| 3 Oyster Mews, 1 – 3 | 21 Aug 2024 | Semi-detached | £750,000 | £789,179 |
| 3 the Dene, 17 | 17 Nov 2023 | Flat or maisonette | £420,000 | £453,793 |
| 8 the Dene, 17 | 20 Sep 2023 | Flat or maisonette | £380,000 | £410,575 |
| 6 Silwood, 5 | 18 Jan 2023 | Semi-detached | £804,166 | £868,869 |
| 26 | 28 Nov 2022 | Detached | £1,130,000 | £1,309,203 |
| 9 the Dene, 17 | 24 Nov 2022 | Flat or maisonette | £358,000 | £414,774 |
| 10 Oyster Mews, 1 – 3 | 27 Aug 2022 | Terraced | £755,000 | £874,733 |
| 1 the Grove, 25 | 23 Sep 2021 | Detached | £865,000 | £1,092,876 |
| Prior Cottage, 2 Baillie Park, 7 – 9 | 29 Jun 2021 | Terraced | £685,000 | £865,457 |
| Unwin, 20 Baillie Park, 7 – 9 | 25 Jun 2021 | Flat or maisonette | £795,000 | £1,004,435 |
| 15 the Dene, 17 | 19 May 2021 | Semi-detached | £600,000 | £758,065 |
| 27a | 11 Dec 2020 | Detached | £804,000 | £1,040,992 |
| 3 the Dene, 17 | 2 Oct 2020 | Flat or maisonette | £355,000 | £459,642 |
| 27c | 1 Oct 2020 | Semi-detached | £780,000 | £1,009,917 |
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 Forest Road, Poole values — no mix of property types can flatter the number.
| Address | First recorded sale | Most recent sale | Cash a year | Real a year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 the DENE, 17 Forest Road | £260,000 (2005) | £420,000 (2026) | +2.3% | -0.6% |
| 7 SILWOOD, 5 Forest Road | £500,000 (2012) | £755,000 (2026) | +3.0% | +0.1% |
| LUTYENS, 18 BAILLIE PARK, 7 – 9 Forest Road | £652,500 (2013) | £880,000 (2025) | +2.5% | -0.5% |
| 27A Forest Road | £804,000 (2020) | £960,000 (2025) | +3.6% | -1.2% |
| 4 the DENE, 17 Forest Road | £315,000 (2005) | £415,000 (2025) | +1.4% | -1.5% |
| 1 OYSTER MEWS, 1 – 3 Forest Road | £487,000 (2011) | £815,000 (2025) | +3.7% | +0.8% |
| SCOTT HOUSE, 16 BAILLIE PARK, 7 – 9 Forest Road | £575,000 (2007) | £685,000 (2025) | +1.0% | -2.0% |
| 3 the GROVE, 25 Forest Road | £760,000 (2017) | £760,000 (2025) | 0.0% | -3.5% |
| DEVEY, 7 BAILLIE PARK, 7 – 9 Forest Road | £550,000 (2007) | £720,000 (2025) | +1.5% | -1.4% |
| 2 the GROVE, 25 Forest Road | £805,000 (2016) | £792,500 (2025) | -0.2% | -3.6% |
| 3 OYSTER MEWS, 1 – 3 Forest Road | £475,000 (2011) | £750,000 (2024) | +3.6% | +0.6% |
| 3 the DENE, 17 Forest Road | £300,000 (2004) | £420,000 (2023) | +1.8% | -1.1% |
Section 04
What sells here
The mix of property types explains a large part of any area's median. Forest Road, Poole 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flat or maisonette | 66 | 37.3% | £290,000 | £37,250 – £795,000 |
| Semi-detached | 43 | 24.3% | £575,000 | £300,000 – £880,000 |
| Detached | 40 | 22.6% | £610,000 | £75,000 – £3,700,000 |
| Terraced | 28 | 15.8% | £543,000 | £410,000 – £755,000 |
Section 06
Ownership and new build in Forest Road, Poole
65 of the sales on record are leasehold and 112 freehold — 36.7% 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 £289,000 and the median freehold sale £575,000 — a gap of +99.0%. 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 | 65 | 36.7% | £289,000 |
| Freehold | 112 | 63.3% | £575,000 |
| New build | 57 | 32.2% | £450,000 |
| Existing home | 120 | 67.8% | £493,500 |
New builds sold for less than the median existing home — -8.8%. 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 5 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 09
How Forest Road, Poole compares
The median across the whole archive is £157,500. Forest Road, Poole sits above that national figure — +198.4%.
Within Poole the street ranks 123 of 1269 by median price, and its median is above the town figure of £191,500 (+145.4%).
Where an EPC floor area could be matched to the sale, the median works out at £3,815 per square metre, across 50 of the 177 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 £37,250 to £3,700,000. 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.
Section 10
Nearby on the record
Streets nearby
- The Avenue£249,950 median
- Lindsay Road£185,000 median
- Western Road£250,000 median
- Banks Road£390,000 median
- Canford Cliffs Road£314,950 median
- Tower Road£315,000 median
- Haven Road£344,250 median
- Burton Road£250,000 median
- Panorama Road£620,000 median
- Chaddesley Glen£655,000 median
- Balcombe Road£475,000 median
- Cliff Drive£542,500 median
- Nairn Road£685,000 median
- Westminster Road£697,500 median
- Wilderton Road£207,000 median
- Pinewood Road£249,950 median
Addresses with more than one recorded sale
- 3, the DENE, 17 Forest Road6 sales
- 3, OYSTER MEWS, 1 – 3 Forest Road5 sales
- FLAT 1, 22 Forest Road5 sales
- FLAT 4, 22 Forest Road4 sales
- 6 Forest Road4 sales
- SCOTT HOUSE, 16, BAILLIE PARK, 7 – 9 Forest Road3 sales
- UNWIN, 20, BAILLIE PARK, 7 – 9 Forest Road3 sales
- 15, the DENE, 17 Forest Road3 sales
- 17, BAILLIE PARK, 7 – 9 Forest Road3 sales
- 8 Forest Road3 sales
- 14, BAILLIE PARK, 7 – 9 Forest Road3 sales
- 10, the DENE, 17 Forest Road2 sales
- 7, SILWOOD, 5 Forest Road2 sales
- LUTYENS, 18, BAILLIE PARK, 7 – 9 Forest Road2 sales
- 27A Forest Road2 sales
- 4, the DENE, 17 Forest Road2 sales
- 1, OYSTER MEWS, 1 – 3 Forest Road2 sales
- 3, the GROVE, 25 Forest Road2 sales
- DEVEY, 7, BAILLIE PARK, 7 – 9 Forest Road2 sales
- 2, the GROVE, 25 Forest Road2 sales
- 8, the DENE, 17 Forest Road2 sales
- 6, SILWOOD, 5 Forest Road2 sales
- 26 Forest Road2 sales
- 9, the DENE, 17 Forest Road2 sales
Back to Poole house prices.
Quick answers
Common questions about this data
What is the average house price in Forest Road, Poole?
The median price paid in Forest Road, Poole across every sale on the register is £470,000. 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 Forest Road, Poole?
177 sales are on record for Forest Road, Poole, the most recent completing on 18 May 2026. Every one is a completed transfer lodged with HM Land Registry, not an asking price or an estimate.
Have Forest Road, Poole house prices actually risen?
In cash, the median rose +12.3% between 2015 and 2025. In 2026 money — that is, after inflation — the change is -18.6%. Both numbers are true; only the second one tells you whether buying here preserved value.
When were Forest Road, Poole house prices at their highest?
The highest yearly median on record is £775,000, set in 2019. 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 Forest Road, Poole?
£3,815 per square metre, from the 50 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 18 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, “Forest Road, Poole 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.