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On Rectory Close, in Clayhall & Anglesey
What it's like at PO12 2HT: every home that has sold on Rectory Close since 1995 and who owns them, what's happening down the road, crime on the street, a day in the life, history on the doorstep and what's changing nearby. Moving, buying, selling, improving or investing? Pick a lens above for what matters to you.
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ORR, DfE, police.uk, OS Terrain 50 and Open Greenspace, Forestry Commission, Defra noise maps (England), Xoserve. Every distance: Moving; radon, ground and flood checks: Buying.
1 home on the street extended (energy certificates).
Sales and extensions on Rectory Close; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
None of the 18 homes on the street is owned by a company.
| 1, Rectory CloseDetached | Oct 2010 | £385,000 | 212 m² | £1,816/m² | 2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3, Rectory CloseDetached | Oct 2005 | £332,000 | – | – | 3 |
| 4, Rectory CloseDetached | Jun 2022 | £610,000 | 122 m² | £5,000/m² | 4 |
| 6, Rectory CloseDetached | Sept 2003 | £285,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 10, Rectory CloseDetached | Mar 2025 | £475,000 | 92 m² | £5,163/m² | 2 |
| 12, Rectory CloseDetached | Jul 2024 | £390,000 | 96 m² | £4,063/m² | 1 |
| 13, Rectory CloseDetached | Jan 2021 | £720,000 | 207 m² | £3,478/m² | 2 |
| 15, Rectory CloseDetached | Aug 2008 | £325,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 16, Rectory CloseDetached | Jul 2018 | £510,000 | 151 m² | £3,377/m² | 2 |
| 17, Rectory CloseDetached | Jul 2024 | £557,000 | 122 m² | £4,566/m² | 2 |
| 18, Rectory CloseDetached | Aug 2023 | £594,500 | 133 m² | £4,470/m² | 1 |
| 19, Rectory CloseDetached | Apr 2009 | £310,000 | 184 m² | £1,685/m² | 1 |
| 20, Rectory CloseDetached | Aug 2020 | £507,000 | 173 m² | £2,931/m² | 1 |
| 21, Rectory CloseDetached | Jul 2013 | £325,000 | 118 m² | £2,754/m² | 1 |
| 22, Rectory CloseDetached | Mar 2001 | £180,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 23, Rectory CloseDetached | Mar 2021 | £485,000 | 140 m² | £3,464/m² | 3 |
| 24, Rectory CloseDetached | May 2005 | £310,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 27, Rectory CloseDetached | Aug 2026 | £550,000 | 165 m² | £3,333/m² | 3 |
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
The nearest station is Portsmouth Harbour, a short drive or bike ride (3.0 km), with 2.1m journeys a year; its busiest route is to Havant.
The nearest bus stop is St Marys Avenue, 100 m away, with fewer than one bus an hour on weekdays (route 11); 6 departures an hour from the 8 stops within a 5-minute walk.
Work usually means a journey: the nearest place with 5,000 or more jobs is about 46 minutes away by public transport (29 by car).
The nearest primary school is Alverstoke Community Infant and Pre-School, a few minutes' walk (400 m).
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is King's Academy Bay House, 1.3 km away; Attainment 8: 43.8 · 8.4% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: St Edmund's Catholic School (3.9 km).
Few families with young children: only 14% of residents are under 15.
The nearest supermarket is Waitrose, 1.1 km away, with One Stop closer still (250 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Blossom Health - Gosport (800 m), with Well the closest pharmacy (700 m).
For a haircut, The Beauty Boutique is 200 m away.
The nearest full A&E is Queen Alexandra Hospital, 8.4 km away, rated requires improvement by the CQC.
At its trust, 59% of major A&E patients were seen within 4 hours in September 2026 (the NHS standard is 95%), and 61% of people waiting for planned treatment had waited under 18 weeks (typical wait 14 weeks).
There's a handful of places to eat and drink locally: 2 restaurants and cafés, 8 pubs and bars.
Little Palace is the closest café or restaurant (300 m), and Village Home the nearest pub (300 m).
It's a low-crime area: about 59 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents a year, below most of the country.
There are 65 listed buildings.
It's a mix of homes: 14% flats and 16% detached houses.
The typical home here was built in 1930s.
The nearest park is Crescent Gardens, 500 m away; for exercise, 3rd Gosport Sea Scouts (500 m).
The beach is on your doorstep: Stokes Bay, 1.5 km away, was rated good for water quality in 2025.
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 8.1 µg/m³).
For holidays, Southampton is 24 km away, and London Gatwick, with far more destinations, 78 km.
28 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.
| Building | Grade | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Stables at Rear of Alverstoke Rectory | II | 80 m |
| the Old Rectory Undercroft | II* | 100 m |
| Church of St Mary | II | 140 m |
Grade I and II* are the most important few per cent. Listing means consent is needed for most changes, inside and out. Contains Historic England data © Historic England 2026 (via planning.data.gov.uk), OGL.
Gosport constituency: Dame Caroline Dinenage MP (Conservative), since May 2010. 2024 general election: Con hold, majority 6,054 (13.7%), turnout 60%. Vote shares: Conservative 40%, Labour 27%, Reform UK 18%, Liberal Democrat 9%.
8 new homes, planning permissions and school changes on record within 2 km, plus energy projects, road works, storm overflows and major infrastructure. Everything changing near PO12 2HT →
Neighbours tend to stay put: 43% of households own their home outright.
The nearest university is University of Portsmouth, 3.7 km away (TEF Gold).
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.
Nearest: Southwick House · about 33 min
The most notable of each. Rough times by car in free-flowing traffic, between neighbourhood centres. Check opening times before you travel.
National infrastructure projects and headline schemes only, not local planning applications. See them all on a map.
On this street: 1 of 13 homes with certificates have solar panels, 1 a heat pump, and 1 are heated by something other than mains gas.
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 1.0% | 1.9% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.8% | 1.2% | 1.1% |
| Mains gas | 87.2% | 81.7% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.1% | 0.2% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 11.3% | 16.7% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 0.4% | 0.1% | 2.1% |
From each home's latest energy certificate, so panels or heat pumps fitted since aren't counted and the shares are lower than today's real figures. Compare areas in the data explorer.
Tap a type to see what it covers and how it has changed in Gosport since 2011.
police.uk, 2025-09 to 2026-08. Crimes are mapped to the nearest of a set of anonymised points and labelled with that point's street, so busy roads and junctions collect crimes from nearby; the street has about 18 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.