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On Merridale Road, in Bitterne South
What it's like at SO19 7AD: every home that has sold on Merridale 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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6 homes on the street extended (energy certificates).
Sales and extensions on Merridale Road; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
2 of the 55 homes on the street are owned by companies.
| 2, Merridale RoadDetached | Jul 2024 | £232,500 | 54 m² | £4,306/m² | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2a, Merridale RoadDetached | Jun 2002 | £145,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 4, Merridale RoadDetached | Oct 2002 | £119,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 10, Merridale RoadSemi-detached | Mar 1995 | £59,995 | – | – | 1 |
| 12, Merridale RoadSemi-detached | Jun 2001 | £102,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 14, Merridale RoadDetached | Jul 2021 | £300,000 | 120 m² | £2,500/m² | 1 |
| 16, Merridale RoadDetached | Mar 2017 | £310,000 | 138 m² | £2,246/m² | 1 |
| 18, Merridale RoadDetached | Mar 2004 | £189,950 | – | – | 2 |
| 22, Merridale RoadDetached | Jan 2012 | £160,000 | 88 m² | £1,818/m² | 1 |
| 24, Merridale RoadDetached | Jan 2014 | £262,500 | 155 m² | £1,694/m² | 1 |
| 26, Merridale RoadDetached | May 1999 | £80,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 28, Merridale RoadDetached | Jun 2013 | £170,000 | 94 m² | £1,809/m² | 3 |
| 36, Merridale RoadDetached | Mar 2023 | £330,000 | 80 m² | £4,125/m² | 4 |
| 38, Merridale RoadDetached | Feb 2023 | £315,000 | 64 m² | £4,922/m² | 2 |
| 40, Merridale RoadDetached | Dec 2022 | £260,000 | 65 m² | £4,000/m² | 2 |
| 44, Merridale RoadDetached | Jan 2005 | £177,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 46, Merridale RoadDetached | Dec 2023 | £255,000 | 69 m² | £3,696/m² | 1 |
| 54, Merridale RoadDetached · company-owned | Nov 2004 | £150,000 | 155 m² | £968/m² | 2 |
| 56, Merridale RoadDetached | Aug 2014 | £300,000 | 160 m² | £1,875/m² | 4 |
| 62, Merridale RoadDetached · company-owned | Jul 2004 | £170,000 | 161 m² | £1,056/m² | 1 |
| 64, Merridale RoadDetached | Dec 2013 | £170,000 | 90 m² | £1,889/m² | 1 |
| 66, Merridale RoadDetached | Aug 2024 | £240,000 | 69 m² | £3,478/m² | 1 |
| 70, Merridale RoadDetached | Jun 2001 | £121,500 | 75 m² | £1,620/m² | 2 |
| 78, Merridale RoadSemi-detached | Feb 2019 | £270,000 | 121 m² | £2,231/m² | 1 |
| 80, Merridale RoadFlat | Aug 2021 | £146,950 | 41 m² | £3,584/m² | 2 |
| 80a, Merridale RoadFlat | Jun 2022 | £126,000 | 50 m² | £2,520/m² | 4 |
The nearest station is Woolston, about a 10-minute walk (950 m), with 180k journeys a year; its busiest route is to Fareham.
The nearest bus stop is Leslie Loader House, 100 m away, with a bus about every 32 minutes on weekdays (routes 6, 632); 11 departures an hour from the 6 stops within a 5-minute walk.
The nearest primary school is Ludlow Junior School, a few minutes' walk (400 m); 66% met the expected standard.
The closest top-rated primary is Mount Pleasant Juniors (2 km).
The nearest secondary is Oasis Academy Sholing, 850 m away; Attainment 8: 43.3 · 7.9% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: St Anne's Catholic School (2.8 km) and Cantell School (3.9 km).
The nearest supermarket is Tesco, 850 m away, with One Stop closer still (100 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Peartree Practice (900 m), with Woolston Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (1.0 km).
For a haircut, Gk Hair Nails & Beauty is 700 m away.
The nearest full A&E is Southampton General Hospital, 5.4 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 4 restaurants, cafés and pubs in the neighbourhood itself.
The Crafty Bug Cafe is the closest café or restaurant (650 m), and Peartree Inn the nearest pub (300 m).
Takeaways are plentiful (13 of them).
Crime is higher than in most places, at about 131 per 1,000 residents a year (busy town centres push this figure up).
It's a mix of homes: 16% flats and 38% detached houses.
It's largely interwar: 74% of homes were built between 1919 and 1939.
The nearest park is Veracity Recreation Ground, 550 m away; for exercise, PureGym (1.2 km).
A swim is a short trip away: Calshot, 12 km away, was rated excellent for water quality in 2025.
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 11.3 µg/m³).
For holidays, Southampton is 4.4 km away, and London Gatwick, with far more destinations, 87 km.
Most households own their home, 18% rent privately.
The nearest university is Solent University, 2.1 km away (TEF Gold).
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.
| Building | Grade | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Peartree House | II | 190 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.
Southampton Itchen constituency: Darren Paffey MP (Labour), since July 2024. 2024 general election: Lab gain from Con, majority 6,105 (16.0%), turnout 56%. Vote shares: Labour 42%, Conservative 25%, Reform UK 18%, Green Party 7%.
21 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 SO19 7AD →
Compared with all 7,264 neighbourhoods in England and Wales (council well-being: all councils). Open a tab below for the detail.
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
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: 0 of 40 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 | 0.9% | 1.8% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.9% | 1.2% | 1.1% |
| Mains gas | 90.3% | 76.5% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.1% | 0.1% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 8.6% | 19.6% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 0.0% | 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.
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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 55 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.