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On Burgess Road, in Swaythling
What it's like at SO16 3BE: every home that has sold on Burgess Road 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.
12 homes on the street extended (energy certificates). 7 homes have a new energy certificate in the last 6 months and no sale since: often a sign of a sale or let coming.
Sales and extensions on Burgess Road; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
46 of the 272 homes on the street are owned by companies (1 overseas).
| 264, Burgess RoadDetached · company-owned | Nov 2021 | £352,000 | 82 m² | £4,293/m² | 2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 266, Burgess RoadDetached | Dec 2020 | £320,000 | 106 m² | £3,019/m² | 4 |
| 268, Burgess RoadDetached | Aug 2011 | £190,000 | 110 m² | £1,727/m² | 1 |
| 270, Burgess RoadDetached | Jul 2016 | £260,000 | 108 m² | £2,407/m² | 2 |
| 272, Burgess RoadDetached | Jan 2014 | £245,000 | 110 m² | £2,227/m² | 3 |
| 274, Burgess RoadSemi-detached · company-owned | Apr 2017 | £280,000 | 113 m² | £2,478/m² | 4 |
| 276, Burgess RoadSemi-detached · company-owned | May 2022 | £340,000 | 108 m² | £3,148/m² | 4 |
| 282, Burgess RoadOther | Jun 2021 | £1,100,000 | 91 m² | £12,088/m² | 1 |
| 292, Burgess RoadDetached | Oct 1999 | £106,950 | 123 m² | £870/m² | 2 |
| 294, Burgess RoadDetached · company-owned | Sept 2023 | £375,000 | 141 m² | £2,660/m² | 3 |
| Top Flat, 296, Burgess RoadTerraced | Jun 1998 | £63,000 | – | – | 2 |
The nearest station is Swaythling, about a 10-minute walk (700 m), with 75k journeys a year; its busiest route is to Eastleigh.
The nearest bus stop is Aster Road, 50 m away, with a bus about every 5 minutes on weekdays (routes U1C, U6H, 28A, 566); 106 departures an hour from the 14 stops within a 5-minute walk.
The nearest primary school is Swaythling Primary School, a few minutes' walk (450 m); 66% met the expected standard.
The closest top-rated primary is Portswood Primary School (0.8 km).
The nearest secondary is Saint George Catholic Voluntary Aided College Southampton, 800 m away; Attainment 8: 60 · 25.8% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: Cantell School (0.9 km) and St Anne's Catholic School (2.9 km).
The nearest supermarket is Tesco, under 50 m away; Worldwide Grocery (100 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Burgess Road Surgery (50 m), with Burgess Road Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (50 m).
For a haircut, Fades Hair Style is 350 m away.
The nearest full A&E is Southampton General Hospital, 3.5 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).
There's a handful of places to eat and drink locally: 14 restaurants and cafés, 1 pubs and bars.
Burger King is the closest café or restaurant (250 m), and Swaythling Working Mens Club the nearest pub (400 m).
Takeaways are plentiful (13 of them).
Crime is around the national middle: about 83 per 1,000 residents a year.
It's a mix of homes: 21% flats and 6% detached houses.
It's largely interwar: 66% of homes were built between 1919 and 1939.
The nearest park is Daisy Dip Park, 250 m away; for exercise, Focused PT (550 m).
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 12.4 µg/m³).
For holidays, Southampton is 2.4 km away, and London Gatwick, with far more destinations, 87 km.
Many neighbours rent: 44% of households rent privately and 23% socially.
It's young: 40% of residents are aged 15–29.
This is a student area: 37% of adults were full-time students at the 2021 census, so expect shared houses, busy term times and quiet summers.
45 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Swaythling Methodist Church Including Church Hall, Workshops and Manse | II | 40 m |
| Church of St Alban and Church Hall | II | 160 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.
Romsey and Southampton North constituency: Caroline Nokes MP (Conservative), since May 2010. 2024 general election: Con hold, majority 2,191 (4.4%), turnout 70%. Vote shares: Conservative 40%, Liberal Democrat 35%, Reform UK 11%, Labour 9%.
6 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 SO16 3BE →
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
The nearest university is University of Southampton, 850 m away (TEF Silver).
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.
On this street: 3 of 219 homes with certificates have solar panels, 0 a heat pump, and 4 are heated by something other than mains gas.
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 1.1% | 1.8% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.2% | 1.2% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 95.5% | 76.5% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.0% | 0.1% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 4.3% | 19.6% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 0.0% | 2.5% | 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.
The most notable of each. Rough times by car in free-flowing traffic, between neighbourhood centres. Check opening times before you travel.
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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 272 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.
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