Bournemouth has 237 listed buildings, 3 of them Grade I, and 20 conservation areas. About 12.5% of homes are in a conservation area, compared with 2.4% in the typical area of England and Wales.
Listed buildings and scheduled monuments are counted where their map point falls; one list entry can cover a terrace or group. Per 1,000 homes uses Census 2021 households. © Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Source: planning.data.gov.uk, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we calculate this
All house prices in BournemouthA bit more likely than in most places: about 12.5% of homes in Bournemouth are in a conservation area, compared with 8.8% across Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole and 2.4% in the typical area of England and Wales.
| Area | Share of homes |
|---|---|
| BournemouthThis area | 12.5% |
| Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole | 8.8% |
| Typical area in England and Wales | 2.4% |
In a conservation area you usually need planning permission for work that would be allowed elsewhere, such as cladding, side extensions, some roof changes and demolishing most buildings, and you must give the council six weeks' notice before cutting back or felling most trees. Some areas have extra Article 4 rules, for example on replacing windows or doors. Check with the council before you buy.
A listed home needs listed building consent for any work that affects its character, inside or out, and doing that work without consent is a criminal offence. Grade I buildings are of exceptional interest (about 2.5% of listed buildings), Grade II* are particularly important (about 5.8%), and most, about 92%, are Grade II. One list entry can cover a whole terrace.
This page shows how common listed buildings are in Bournemouth. To check a specific address, search the official list entry or ask the council.
Bournemouth has 3 Grade I listed buildings, the highest grade.
| Building | Listed |
|---|---|
| CHURCH OF ST CLEMENT | 1952 |
| CHURCH OF ST PETER | 1952 |
| CHURCH OF ST STEPHEN | 1952 |
Each name links to its official list entry.
Bournemouth has 20 conservation areas. East Cliff has the most homes, about 2,416, and was designated in 1987.
| Conservation area | Designated | Homes inside |
|---|---|---|
| East Cliff | 1987 | 2,416 |
| Meyrick Park/Talbot Woods | 1988 | 1,999 |
| West Cliff and Poole Hill | 1989 | 1,300 |
| Westbourne | 1993 | 784 |
| Dean Park | 1993 | 719 |
| Boscombe Spa | 1994 | 632 |
| Old Christchurch Road | 1993 | 599 |
| Boscombe Manor | 1993 | 537 |
| Portchester Road | 1993 | 377 |
| The Saints | 1987 | 247 |
| Churchill Gardens | 1993 | 217 |
| West Overcliff Drive | 1987 | 217 |
| Throop & Muccleshell Village | 1975 | 202 |
| Southbourne Grove | 1993 | 107 |
| Undercliff Road | 1990 | 60 |
| Holdenhurst | 1974 | 41 |
| Wick Village | 1985 | 38 |
| Knole Road | 1993 | 33 |
| Talbot Village | 1975 | 25 |
| Muscliff Lane | 1992 | 23 |
Homes inside are Census 2021 households in postcodes whose centre is in the area.
Yes, Bournemouth has 3 scheduled monuments: nationally important sites such as earthworks, ruins and ancient buildings, protected from unauthorised change.
More quick answers on house prices, sales, areas, green space, crime, air quality and listed buildings in Bournemouth.
Price information is from HM Land Registry, location boundaries are from OpenStreetMap, and households and population are from Nomis Census 2021 postcode estimates (21 March 2021). Parks and green space are from OS Open Greenspace. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Crime is from police.uk street-level data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: police.uk. Listed buildings and scheduled monuments are from Historic England and Cadw, and conservation areas from planning.data.gov.uk. © Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Source: planning.data.gov.uk, Open Government Licence v3.0. Air quality is from Defra modelled background pollution maps. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: Defra modelled background pollution, 2025.
Last updated 11 November 2026 at 01:32 with the latest Land Registry data (September 2026). The Bournemouth dataset covers 7,287 postcodes.
Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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