SEVEN of the 10 most expensive streets in the South West are in Poole.

That’s according Lloyds Banking Group which compiled its annual list of the 50 most expensive residential streets in England and Wales based on Land Registry records of transactions made between January 2010 and October 2015.

Sandbanks Road – which stretches from the edges of Poole Park past Whitecliff Harbourside Park through to Lilliput before becoming Shore Road - was listed as the most expensive street in terms of house prices in the South West, with prices averaging £2.49m.

It was followed by Western Avenue, at £2.43m, and Haig Avenue, at £2.2m.

The remaining streets listed were Brudenell Avenue, at £1.92m, Banks Road on the peninsular at £1.71m, Chaddesley Glen at £1.41m, and Whitecliff Road at £1.15m.

Mudeford in Christchurch also made the top ten, with average house prices of £1.81m.

Sandbanks Road put the South West in third place of all the regions across England and Wales, next to London and the South East, where the most expensive streets are Victoria Road in Kensington and Chelsea, and Leys Road in Leatherhead, respectively.

But a Poole councillor has warned people to not be taken in by such statistics, claiming the survey does not accurately reflect the whole of the town.

Cllr Karen Rampton, cabinet member for health and social care, housing and communities, said: “It shows Poole is a place of two halves. The misconception is that Poole is a rich area with high house prices but we have lots of problems and a desperate shortage of homes.

“It’s important for people not to have that misconception because we might lose out on funding because we’re seen as a rich area.

“We don’t all live in very expensive houses,” she added. “We do have to put a lot of resources into finding people homes, as we have some of the highest rental prices around.”

Victoria Road in London saw average house prices of £8.01m.

The Poole road came in higher than Newton Road at Cambridge, at £1.85m, and Castle Hill at Macclesfield, with £1.66m.