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On Merryfield, in Chineham
What it's like at RG24 8XW: every home that has sold on Merryfield 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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Compared with all 7,264 neighbourhoods in England and Wales (council well-being: all councils). Open a tab below for the detail.
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.
Sales and extensions on Merryfield; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
None of the 25 homes on the street is owned by a company.
| 1, MerryfieldDetached | Feb 2011 | £236,000 | 69 m² | £3,420/m² | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2, MerryfieldTerraced | Aug 2003 | £205,000 | – | – | 4 |
| 3, MerryfieldTerraced | Nov 2001 | £159,950 | – | – | 1 |
| 5, MerryfieldSemi-detached | Jun 2024 | £380,000 | 69 m² | £5,507/m² | 1 |
| 6, MerryfieldSemi-detached | Dec 2015 | £310,000 | 73 m² | £4,247/m² | 3 |
| 7, MerryfieldDetached | Oct 2025 | £390,000 | 76 m² | £5,132/m² | 6 |
| 8, MerryfieldSemi-detached | Oct 2005 | £192,000 | 84 m² | £2,286/m² | 1 |
| 9, MerryfieldSemi-detached | May 2021 | £325,750 | 71 m² | £4,588/m² | 5 |
| 10, MerryfieldDetached | Nov 2021 | £322,000 | 66 m² | £4,879/m² | 7 |
| 11, MerryfieldTerraced | Jul 2004 | £189,950 | 67 m² | £2,835/m² | 2 |
| 12, MerryfieldTerraced | Jul 2021 | £255,000 | 56 m² | £4,554/m² | 4 |
| 14, MerryfieldTerraced | Jun 2008 | £162,000 | 57 m² | £2,842/m² | 4 |
| 15, MerryfieldTerraced | Jul 2015 | £229,950 | 57 m² | £4,034/m² | 4 |
| 16, MerryfieldTerraced | Feb 2024 | £266,000 | 60 m² | £4,433/m² | 7 |
| 17, MerryfieldTerraced | Nov 2006 | £164,000 | 57 m² | £2,877/m² | 4 |
| 18, MerryfieldTerraced | Aug 2004 | £162,000 | 57 m² | £2,842/m² | 3 |
| 19, MerryfieldTerraced | Jul 2014 | £250,000 | 69 m² | £3,623/m² | 1 |
| 20, MerryfieldSemi-detached | Jun 1997 | £90,500 | – | – | 1 |
| 21, MerryfieldTerraced | Jun 2019 | £305,000 | 68 m² | £4,485/m² | 3 |
| 22, MerryfieldTerraced | Dec 2000 | £101,000 | 54 m² | £1,870/m² | 1 |
| 23, MerryfieldTerraced | Jun 2018 | £260,000 | 58 m² | £4,483/m² | 7 |
| 24, MerryfieldTerraced | Mar 2024 | £267,500 | 55 m² | £4,864/m² | 6 |
| 25, MerryfieldSemi-detached | Mar 2025 | £295,000 | 57 m² | £5,175/m² | 4 |
| 26, MerryfieldTerraced | Feb 2018 | £305,000 | 67 m² | £4,552/m² | 3 |
| 27, MerryfieldTerraced | May 2021 | £332,500 | 78 m² | £4,263/m² | 2 |
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
Plenty of people here don't commute at all: 50% of working residents mostly worked from home at the 2021 census.
The nearest station is Basingstoke, a drive away (3.1 km), with 4.8m journeys a year; its busiest route is to London Waterloo.
The nearest bus stop is Southlands, 50 m away, with a bus about every 17 minutes on weekdays (routes 7, 607, 655, 657); 21 departures an hour from the 6 stops within a 5-minute walk.
Central London is 68 km away as the crow flies.
This is car country: only 7% of households have no car.
The nearest primary school is Four Lanes Infant School, a few minutes' walk (450 m).
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is Everest Community Academy, 2.5 km away; Attainment 8: 34.2 · 1.5% of GCSEs at 8–9.
The nearest supermarket is Marks & Spencer Simply Foods, 900 m away; One Stop (850 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Chineham Medical Practice (500 m), with Chineham Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (850 m).
For a haircut, Hair Art is 700 m away.
The nearest full A&E is Basingstoke and North Hampshire Hospital, 4.3 km away, rated requires improvement by the CQC.
At its trust, 48% 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).
It's quiet in the evenings: only 3 restaurants, cafés and pubs in the neighbourhood itself.
M&S At Gist is the closest café or restaurant (350 m), and Chineham Village Club the nearest pub (650 m).
It's a low-crime area: about 35 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents a year, below most of the country.
It's a mix of homes: 9% flats and 39% detached houses.
The typical home here was built in 1983-1992.
The nearest park is Chineham Park, 1.4 km away; for exercise, Fitness First (400 m).
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 7.8 µg/m³).
For holidays, Southampton is 44 km away, and London Heathrow, with far more destinations, 46 km.
Most households own their home, 20% rent privately.
It's highly educated: 44% of adults have a degree.
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.
19 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.
Basingstoke constituency: Luke Murphy MP (Labour), since July 2024. 2024 general election: Lab gain from Con, majority 6,484 (13.2%), turnout 62%. Vote shares: Labour 43%, Conservative 30%, Reform UK 13%, Green Party 7%.
11 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 RG24 8XW →
On this street: 1 of 22 homes with certificates have solar panels, 0 a heat pump, and 0 are heated by something other than mains gas.
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 0.9% | 1.2% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.6% | 1.5% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 97.7% | 82.8% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.2% | 6.6% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 1.3% | 8.2% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 0.0% | 0.2% | 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.
Nearest: Hillhead · about 52 min
Nearest: Coral Reef Waterworld · about 31 min
Nearest: Legoland Hill Train · about 40 min
The most notable of each. Rough times by car in free-flowing traffic, between neighbourhood centres. Check opening times before you travel.
Tap a type to see what it covers and how it has changed in Basingstoke and Deane 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 25 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.