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Thinking of living at SO40 2PB? Who your neighbours would be, how far the schools, station, shops, GP and parks are from the postcode itself, which schools are near and how they do, what there is to do at the weekend, and a day in the life here.
You'll mostly drive: the nearest station, supermarket, GP are all over 1 km away.
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Working out the fit…
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| School | Stage | Distance | Latest results |
|---|---|---|---|
| Copythorne CofE Infant School | Primary | 0 m | – |
| Bartley Church of England Junior School | Primary | 1.1 km | 62% met the expected standard |
| Netley Marsh Church of England Infant School | Primary | 2.8 km | – |
| Calmore Infant School | Primary | 3.6 km | – |
| Calmore Junior School | Primary | 3.6 km | 58% met the expected standard |
| New Forest Alternative Provision | Independent | 1.8 km | – |
Every primary near SO40 2PB, ranked → · Every secondary → Ranked on results, with Ofsted and SEN; each school's page says how hard it is to get in.
No state primary within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
| Sport | Nearest | Distance | Places |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cricket | Paultons Cricket Club | 1.7 km | 5 |
| Tennis | Totton And Eling Tennis Centre | 3.3 km | 3 |
| Golf | Paultons Golf Centre | 2.6 km | 2 |
| Squash | West Totton Community Centre | 3.8 km | 2 |
| Football | AFC Totton | 3.8 km | 2 |
| Swimming | Totton Health And Leisure | 4.0 km | 2 |
| Sailing | Grampy Rabbit's Sailing Club Station | 2.4 km | 1 |
| Shooting | Ower Shooting Ground | 3.8 km | 1 |
| Bmx | Bartley Park BMX Track | 4.4 km | 1 |
| Cycling | Bartley Park | 4.5 km | 1 |
Named clubs, pitches and centres mapped in OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL) and facilities registered with Sport England Active Places (Contains Data © Sport England, CC BY 4.0). Neither list is complete, so a club not shown may still exist.
Plenty of people here don't commute at all: 42% of working residents mostly worked from home at the 2021 census.
The nearest station is Ashurst New Forest, a drive away (5.2 km), with 108k journeys a year; its busiest route is to London Waterloo.
Work usually means a journey: the nearest place with 5,000 or more jobs is about 72 minutes away by public transport (23 by car).
This is car country: only 9% of households have no car.
The nearest primary school is Copythorne CofE Infant School, a few minutes' walk (under 50 m).
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
Few families with young children: only 11% of residents are under 15.
The nearest supermarket is Morrisons, 2.9 km away, with Alford Butchers closer still (800 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is New Horizons Medical Partnership (3.8 km), with Forest Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (1.4 km).
For a haircut, Cadnam Hair & Beauty is 1.3 km away.
The nearest full A&E is Southampton General Hospital, 11 km away, rated good by the CQC.
At its trust, 68% of major A&E patients were seen within 4 hours in September 2026 (the NHS standard is 95%), and 64% of people waiting for planned treatment had waited under 18 weeks (typical wait 13 weeks).
Evenings out are on the doorstep: 30 restaurants and cafés and 24 pubs and bars in the neighbourhood.
Le Chateau is the closest café or restaurant (600 m), and Empress of Blandings the nearest pub (under 50 m).
It's a low-crime area: about 68 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents a year, below most of the country.
Much of it is protected: 69% of postcodes sit in a conservation area (Lyndhurst, Forest Central (South)).
There are 115 listed buildings.
Detached houses make up 58% of homes.
The typical home here was built in 1945-1954.
The nearest park is Hanger Farm Park, 3.4 km away; for exercise, Water Kingdom (2.1 km).
The air is clean: background nitrogen dioxide is 5.7 µg/m³, among the lowest in the country.
For holidays, Southampton is 17 km away, and Bristol, with far more destinations, 96 km.
Neighbours tend to stay put: 51% of households own their home outright.
7 places on this map are within about a 10-minute walk.
Walking times are estimates from straight-line distance. Food businesses from the FSA food hygiene register; schools from the DfE register; nurseries from Ofsted's childcare register; care homes from the Care Quality Commission; pools, sports halls, tennis and golf from Sport England Active Places (contains data © Sport England); everything else © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Map © OpenFreeMap, OpenMapTiles, OpenStreetMap contributors.
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It's an older community: 33% are 65 or over.
Written from the figures on this page: Census 2021, DfT journey times (2019), NaPTAN/ORR, Ofsted, CQC, FSA, police.uk and planning registers. Figures describe the neighbourhood around the street.