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On Roman Drive, in Chilworth, Nursling & Rownhams
What it's like at SO16 7HS: every home that has sold on Roman Drive 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.
3 homes on the street extended (energy certificates).
Sales and extensions on Roman Drive; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
None of the 11 homes on the street is owned by a company.
| Brackenwood, Roman DriveDetached | Aug 2002 | £460,000 | – | – | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Briar Ways, Roman DriveDetached | Sept 2005 | £500,000 | – | – | 2 |
| Clannad House, Roman DriveDetached | Apr 2014 | £760,000 | 263 m² | £2,890/m² | 2 |
| Gartref, Roman DriveDetached | Dec 2017 | £850,000 | 197 m² | £4,315/m² | 2 |
| Imlandris, Roman DriveDetached | Jan 2006 | £485,000 | 463 m² | £1,048/m² | 2 |
| Julian House, Roman DriveDetached | Oct 2010 | £630,000 | 303 m² | £2,079/m² | 2 |
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
The nearest station is Swaythling, a short drive or bike ride (2.7 km), with 75k journeys a year; its busiest route is to Eastleigh.
The nearest bus stop is Chilworth Roundabout, 450 m away, with a bus about every 11 minutes on weekdays (routes 1, 28, 566, 28A).
Plenty of jobs are close by: somewhere with 5,000 or more jobs (a town centre, business park or big hospital) is about 14 minutes away by public transport or on foot.
This is car country: only 7% of households have no car.
The nearest primary school is Hollybrook Infant School, a short drive or bike ride (1.9 km).
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is Cantell School, 1.6 km away; Attainment 8: 46.9 · 13.7% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: Saint George Catholic Voluntary Aided College Southampton (4.5 km) and St Anne's Catholic School (4.8 km).
The nearest supermarket is Tesco, 1.7 km away, with Shell Bassett closer still (550 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Aldermoor Surgery (1.7 km), with Day Lewis Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (1.6 km).
For a haircut, Equate Hair and Beauty is 1.4 km away.
The nearest full A&E is Southampton General Hospital, 2.1 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: 23 restaurants and cafés, 9 pubs and bars.
Muni Bar and Restaurant is the closest café or restaurant (500 m), and The Chilworth Arms the nearest pub (1.2 km).
Crime is around the national middle: about 84 per 1,000 residents a year.
There are 36 listed buildings.
Detached houses make up 57% of homes.
The typical home here was built in 1983-1992.
It's growing: about 141 new homes were completed in 2021–2025.
The nearest park is Southampton Bike Park, 1.4 km away; for exercise, Squash Court (1.1 km).
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 10.2 µg/m³).
For holidays, Southampton is 6.3 km away, and London Heathrow, with far more destinations, 90 km.
Neighbours tend to stay put: 44% of households own their home outright.
2 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.
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 7HS →
On this street: 1 of 7 homes with certificates have solar panels, 0 a heat pump, and 1 are heated by something other than mains gas.
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 1.6% | 1.4% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.7% | 2.3% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 90.4% | 76.5% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 2.5% | 13.1% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 5.9% | 7.0% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 0.0% | 0.7% | 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 nearest university is University of Southampton, 2.2 km 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.
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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 11 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.
National infrastructure projects and headline schemes only, not local planning applications. See them all on a map.
Nearest: Calshot · about 32 min
Nearest: Poulner Junior School · about 31 min
The most notable of each. Rough times by car in free-flowing traffic, between neighbourhood centres. Check opening times before you travel.