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On Melville Close, in Aldermoor & Lordswood
What it's like at SO16 8DE: every home that has sold on Melville 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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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 Melville Close; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
None of the 35 homes on the street is owned by a company.
| 1, Melville CloseTerraced | Jun 2025 | £290,000 | 81 m² | £3,580/m² | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2, Melville CloseTerraced | Sept 2021 | £255,000 | 72 m² | £3,542/m² | 2 |
| 3, Melville CloseTerraced | Oct 2014 | £180,000 | 72 m² | £2,500/m² | 1 |
| 5, Melville CloseTerraced | Oct 2023 | £248,000 | 68 m² | £3,647/m² | 3 |
| 6, Melville CloseTerraced | Feb 2025 | £312,000 | 88 m² | £3,545/m² | 4 |
| 7, Melville CloseTerraced | Feb 2022 | £256,000 | 77 m² | £3,325/m² | 2 |
| 8, Melville CloseTerraced | Mar 2001 | £86,950 | 78 m² | £1,115/m² | 1 |
| 9, Melville CloseTerraced | Jun 2001 | £90,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 10, Melville CloseTerraced | Sept 2021 | £100,000 | 77 m² | £1,299/m² | 1 |
| 11, Melville CloseTerraced | Jul 2016 | £230,500 | 80 m² | £2,881/m² | 2 |
| 12, Melville CloseTerraced | Oct 2007 | £163,500 | 78 m² | £2,096/m² | 3 |
| 13, Melville CloseTerraced | Jun 2011 | £164,000 | 77 m² | £2,130/m² | 2 |
| 14, Melville CloseTerraced | Dec 2020 | £208,000 | 78 m² | £2,667/m² | 3 |
| 15, Melville CloseTerraced | Aug 2011 | £171,500 | 82 m² | £2,091/m² | 2 |
| 16, Melville CloseTerraced | Oct 2010 | £162,000 | 77 m² | £2,104/m² | 2 |
| 17, Melville CloseTerraced | Aug 1998 | £57,000 | 75 m² | £760/m² | 1 |
| 18, Melville CloseTerraced | Mar 2021 | £230,000 | 77 m² | £2,987/m² | 5 |
| 21, Melville CloseTerraced | Feb 2005 | £144,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 22, Melville CloseTerraced | Apr 2020 | £225,000 | 75 m² | £3,000/m² | 2 |
| 23, Melville CloseTerraced | Nov 1999 | £74,950 | – | – | 2 |
| 26, Melville CloseTerraced | Apr 1996 | £50,250 | 77 m² | £653/m² | 1 |
| 27, Melville CloseTerraced | Jan 2014 | £170,000 | 89 m² | £1,910/m² | 2 |
| 28, Melville CloseTerraced | Aug 2002 | £118,000 | 74 m² | £1,595/m² | 1 |
| 29, Melville CloseTerraced | Sept 2022 | £300,000 | 77 m² | £3,896/m² | 1 |
| 30, Melville CloseTerraced | Jul 2026 | £280,000 | 77 m² | £3,636/m² | 3 |
| 32, Melville CloseTerraced | Mar 1997 | £54,500 | 77 m² | £708/m² | 1 |
| 33, Melville CloseTerraced | Jun 2015 | £196,500 | 80 m² | £2,456/m² | 1 |
| 36, Melville CloseTerraced | Jun 2019 | £192,500 | 75 m² | £2,567/m² | 1 |
| 37, Melville CloseTerraced | Apr 1996 | £51,500 | 73 m² | £705/m² | 1 |
| 38, Melville CloseTerraced | Aug 2013 | £178,000 | 76 m² | £2,342/m² | 1 |
| 39, Melville CloseTerraced | Mar 2000 | £80,500 | – | – | 1 |
| 40, Melville CloseTerraced | Mar 2015 | £195,000 | 79 m² | £2,468/m² | 3 |
| 41, Melville CloseTerraced | Oct 2017 | £195,000 | 79 m² | £2,468/m² | 1 |
| 42, Melville CloseTerraced | Sept 2015 | £218,000 | 85 m² | £2,565/m² | 3 |
| 43, Melville CloseTerraced | Jun 2020 | £245,000 | 76 m² | £3,224/m² | 3 |
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
The nearest station is Swaythling, a drive away (3.5 km), with 75k journeys a year; its busiest route is to Eastleigh.
The nearest bus stop is Dunvegan Drive, 100 m away, with fewer than one bus an hour on weekdays (route 21); 2 departures an hour from the 4 stops within a 5-minute walk.
The nearest primary school is Oakwood Primary School, about a 10-minute walk (700 m); 48% met the expected standard.
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is Upper Shirley High School, 1.9 km away; Attainment 8: 47 · 10.9% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: Cantell School (2.7 km) and Saint George Catholic Voluntary Aided College Southampton (3.7 km).
The nearest supermarket is Tesco, 650 m away; Aldermoor Premier Store (600 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Aldermoor Surgery (550 m), with Day Lewis Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (500 m).
For a haircut, Mimmo is 600 m away.
The nearest full A&E is Southampton General Hospital, 1.0 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).
It's quiet in the evenings: only 2 restaurants, cafés and pubs in the neighbourhood itself.
Cafe 153 - King's Church is the closest café or restaurant (550 m), and Malvern Tavern the nearest pub (1.5 km).
Crime is around the national middle: about 69 per 1,000 residents a year.
It's a mix of homes: 18% flats and 12% detached houses.
The typical home here was built in 1973-1982.
The nearest park is Southampton Bike Park, 400 m away; for exercise, Red Lodge Community Pool (1.2 km).
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 9.6 µg/m³).
For holidays, Southampton is 5.6 km away, and London Heathrow, with far more destinations, 90 km.
Most households own their home, 16% rent privately.
The nearest university is University of Southampton, 2.5 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.
12 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%.
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 8DE →
On this street: 0 of 31 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 | 2.5% | 1.8% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.8% | 1.2% | 1.1% |
| Mains gas | 86.7% | 76.5% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.1% | 0.1% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 12.2% | 19.6% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 0.1% | 2.4% | 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 35 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.