What are the areas of Poole, Dorset?
Poole's Census wards include Poole Town, Hamworthy, Parkstone, Penn Hill, Canford Cliffs, Broadstone, Creekmoor, Oakdale and Canford Heath. Sandbanks is part of Poole too, though not a ward of its own. BCP Council's permit pages name smaller residential areas inside the Poole area, such as Old Town, Sterte, Heckford Park, Baiter Park and Wallisdown.
Sandbanks has its own access shape. The council's 2009 appraisal describes a peninsula about 600 metres wide, joined to the mainland by a narrow arm at Banks Road. Moving there? Show the surveyor how the van reaches your door, and see what a Sandbanks move needs.
Moving near Poole Quay, or on a main road with yellow lines? The Quay closure and the few parking rules that apply have their own page.
How it works
One booking route for every town on this page
The same three steps from Studland to Scotland. The postcodes come first.
- Both postcodes
- Survey, home or video
- Written quote
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Send both postcodes
Give both postcodes, the size of the move and a phone number.
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Lead the surveyor out to the van
In person or on a video call, room by room, then the way out to where the van can stand.
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Both addresses on the quote
It should carry the date, both addresses and anything to be packed or taken apart.
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Ten towns covered, nearest first
Each is within about 10 miles of Poole in a straight line. Moving between two of them, or from one into Poole, is covered the same way.
- Lytchett Matravers, about 5 miles
- Bournemouth, about 5 miles
- Studland, about 5 miles
- Wareham, about 6 miles
- Wimborne, about 6 miles
- Corfe Castle, about 6 miles
- Ferndown, about 7 miles
- Swanage, about 8 miles
- West Moors, about 9 miles
- Christchurch, about 9 miles
The Sandbanks ferry is the short way across to Studland and Swanage. On days it is not running, the road goes round through Wareham.
Further than 10 miles? Moves anywhere in Great Britain are taken
Moves run to or from anywhere in Great Britain, so a move out of Broadstone to Scotland, or into Canford Heath from London, is booked the same way.
Further moves can run over two days; ask the surveyor.
Moving from a flat or a house? That matters more than the area name
It changes the job more than the area's name does, and the 2021 Census shows how far the mix varies across Poole.
- Over half are flats in Canford Cliffs and Poole Town wards, shown in amber.
- About a third in Parkstone.
- Fewer than one in ten in Broadstone and Creekmoor, where most homes are houses.
Detached, semi or flat? What the homes are like, ward by ward
- Canford Cliffs55% flats, 33% detached. Check the floor and the lift at the block.
- Poole Town51% flats, 20% terraced, 11% detached. The most flats of the nine by count.
- Parkstone35% flats, 33% detached, and 6% in converted or shared houses.
- HamworthyA spread: 29% semi-detached, 24% detached, 23% flats, 22% terraced.
- Penn Hill48% detached, 22% flats, and the highest share in converted or shared houses, 8%.
- Canford Heath38% detached, 24% semi-detached, 22% terraced, 15% flats.
- Oakdale53% detached, 25% semi-detached, 12% flats.
- Broadstone81% detached, the highest of the nine. Think loft, garage and shed.
- Creekmoor37% semi-detached, 36% detached, 19% terraced, 6% flats.
In Parkstone the mix changes street by street. The council's 2024 draft plan names Belle Vue Road for its postwar flats, and describes denser Victorian to interwar housing around Ashley Cross. Parkstone moves, street by street.
Questions
Not sure your area counts? Quick answers
Rather ring?
My area isn't named here. Is it still covered?
If it is within about 10 miles of Poole, yes. Moves to or from anywhere in Great Britain are taken too, so ring or send the form with both postcodes.
Does the area change the price?
It can, through distance and access. The survey looks at what you are moving, the access at each end and how far it goes, and the written price comes before you agree anything.
Where do the figures on this page come from?
The ward shares are worked out from the Office for National Statistics' Census 2021 household counts. Sandbanks is not a Census ward, so it has no figure. The miles are straight-line distances from the centre of Poole, rounded to the nearest mile, not road miles.
Were the reviewed moves in Poole?
The reviews do not say where each move took place, so this page makes no claim about it.
Sources for this page, read in November 2026:
- Office for National Statistics: Census 2021, accommodation type by ward (TS044), via the Nomis bulk download
- BCP Council: Poole permit eligibility list, zone names and maps
- BCP Council: Poole Quay consultation, reference P116 and M109
- BCP Council: Local Plan consultation draft, Parkstone (March 2024)
- BCP Council: Sandbanks Conservation Area appraisal (2009)
Moving to, from or around Poole?
Start with both postcodes on the form, or ring. Anywhere in Great Britain is taken.