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On Burgess Road, in Highfield & University
What it's like at SO16 7PP: 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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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.
6 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).
| 70, Burgess RoadDetached | Oct 2004 | £248,330 | 146 m² | £1,701/m² | 2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 72a, Burgess RoadDetached | Sept 2022 | £375,000 | 89 m² | £4,213/m² | 2 |
| 72b, Burgess RoadDetached | Jan 2018 | £335,000 | 110 m² | £3,045/m² | 2 |
| 74, Burgess RoadSemi-detached · company-owned | Dec 2023 | £360,000 | 189 m² | £1,905/m² | 1 |
| 76, Burgess RoadSemi-detached | Nov 1999 | £85,000 | 80 m² | £1,063/m² | 2 |
| 76a, Burgess RoadDetached | Mar 2020 | £355,000 | 132 m² | £2,689/m² | 4 |
| 78, Burgess RoadDetached | Jun 2015 | £293,000 | 124 m² | £2,363/m² | 1 |
| 78a, Burgess RoadDetached | Jan 2025 | £510,000 | 124 m² | £4,113/m² | 2 |
| 80, Burgess RoadDetached | Oct 2014 | £352,500 | 156 m² | £2,260/m² | 2 |
| 80a, Burgess RoadDetached | Oct 2012 | £295,000 | 129 m² | £2,287/m² | 2 |
| 82, Burgess RoadDetached | Mar 2019 | £439,500 | 153 m² | £2,873/m² | 3 |
| 82a, Burgess RoadDetached | Apr 2012 | £450,000 | 208 m² | £2,163/m² | 1 |
| 82b, Burgess RoadDetached | Jul 2023 | £421,000 | 104 m² | £4,048/m² | 1 |
Plenty of people here don't commute at all: 44% of working residents mostly worked from home at the 2021 census.
The nearest station is Swaythling, a short drive or bike ride (1.9 km), with 75k journeys a year; its busiest route is to Eastleigh.
The nearest bus stop is Global Technology Centre, 50 m away, with a bus about every 8 minutes on weekdays (routes U6C, U2B, U2, 28); 80 departures an hour from the 10 stops within a 5-minute walk.
Plenty of jobs are close by: somewhere with 5,000 or more jobs (a town centre, business park or big hospital) is about 9 minutes away by public transport or on foot.
The nearest primary school is Highfield Church of England Primary School, a few minutes' walk (500 m); 78% met the expected standard.
The closest top-rated primary is Portswood Primary School (0.6 km), with 3 rated strongly by Ofsted within 2 km.
The nearest secondary is Cantell School, 550 m away; Attainment 8: 46.9 · 13.7% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: St Anne's Catholic School (1.7 km) and Saint George Catholic Voluntary Aided College Southampton (2 km).
Few families with young children: only 12% of residents are under 15.
The nearest supermarket is Sainsbury's, 800 m away, with Londis - Hampton Park closer still (350 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is University Health Service (250 m), with Highfield Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (650 m).
For a haircut, Equate Hair and Beauty is 700 m away.
The nearest full A&E is Southampton General Hospital, 2.8 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, 6 pubs and bars.
Centenary Restaurant is the closest café or restaurant (300 m), and The Crown Inn the nearest pub (550 m).
It's a low-crime area: about 62 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents a year, below most of the country.
It's a mix of homes: 47% flats and 19% detached houses.
The typical home here was built in 1930s.
The nearest park is Engineering Square, 600 m away; for exercise, Jubilee Sports Complex (550 m).
A swim is a short trip away: Calshot, 14 km away, was rated excellent for water quality in 2025.
40 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.
Southampton Test constituency: Satvir Kaur MP (Labour), since July 2024. 2024 general election: Lab hold, majority 9,333 (26.1%), turnout 55%. Vote shares: Labour 45%, Conservative 19%, Reform UK 15%, Green Party 10%.
12 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 7PP →
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 11.8 µg/m³).
For holidays, Southampton is 3.6 km away, and London Gatwick, with far more destinations, 88 km.
Many neighbours rent: 43% of households rent privately and 7% socially.
It's young: 38% of residents are aged 15–29.
It's highly educated: 49% of adults have a degree.
This is a student area: 32% of adults were full-time students at the 2021 census, so expect shared houses, busy term times and quiet summers.
The nearest university is University of Southampton, 550 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.
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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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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 | 0.8% | 1.8% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.2% | 1.2% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 76.7% | 76.5% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.1% | 0.1% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 23.0% | 19.6% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 0.1% | 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.
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