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On Austen Avenue, in Oliver's Battery and Hursley
What it's like at SO22 4HP: every home that has sold on Austen Avenue 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 Austen Avenue; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
None of the 12 homes on the street is owned by a company.
| 1, Austen AvenueDetached | Aug 2007 | £390,000 | – | – | 2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2, Austen AvenueDetached | Nov 2007 | £392,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 2a, Austen AvenueDetached | Aug 1996 | £104,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 2b, Austen AvenueDetached | Apr 2006 | £249,950 | – | – | 1 |
| 3, Austen AvenueDetached | Jun 2024 | £695,000 | 120 m² | £5,792/m² | 1 |
| 7, Austen AvenueDetached | Jul 2014 | £550,000 | 140 m² | £3,929/m² | 2 |
| 8, Austen AvenueDetached | Aug 2001 | £249,950 | 169 m² | £1,479/m² | 1 |
| 11, Austen AvenueDetached | Sept 2008 | £269,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 13, Austen AvenueDetached | Jan 2013 | £410,000 | 115 m² | £3,565/m² | 2 |
| 15, Austen AvenueDetached | Jun 2022 | £656,252 | 121 m² | £5,424/m² | 1 |
| 17, Austen AvenueDetached | Jan 2022 | £512,500 | 82 m² | £6,250/m² | 1 |
| 19, Austen AvenueDetached | Oct 2025 | £640,000 | 82 m² | £7,805/m² | 2 |
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
Plenty of people here don't commute at all: 48% of working residents mostly worked from home at the 2021 census.
The nearest station is Shawford, a short drive or bike ride (2.9 km), with 140k journeys a year; its busiest route is to London Waterloo.
The nearest bus stop is Sainsburys, 300 m away, with a bus about every 13 minutes on weekdays (routes 5, 623).
This is car country: only 10% of households have no car.
The nearest primary school is Oliver's Battery Primary and Nursery School, a few minutes' walk (under 50 m); 55% met the expected standard.
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is Kings' School, 1.5 km away; Attainment 8: 57.8 · 29.9% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: The Westgate School (3.4 km) and Thornden School (5.3 km).
The nearest supermarket is Sainsbury's Badger Farm, 400 m away; New Forest Family Butchers (350 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Badger Farm Surgery (450 m), with Badger Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (350 m).
For a haircut, Nirvana is 350 m away.
The nearest full A&E is Royal Hampshire County Hospital, 2.8 km away, rated good by the CQC.
At its trust, 48% 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: 8 restaurants and cafés, 2 pubs and bars.
Starbucks is the closest café or restaurant (400 m), and Romsey Comrades Club the nearest pub (450 m).
It's a low-crime area: about 43 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents a year, below most of the country.
There are 138 listed buildings.
Detached houses make up 51% of homes.
The typical home here was built in 1973-1982.
The nearest park is Oliver Cromwell's Battery, 350 m away; for exercise, Sarah Crudgington Fitness and Sports Massage (1.5 km).
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 7.0 µg/m³).
For holidays, Southampton is 10 km away, and London Heathrow, with far more destinations, 79 km.
Neighbours tend to stay put: 42% of households own their home outright.
It's highly educated: 53% of adults have a degree.
22 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.
Winchester constituency: Dr Danny Chambers MP (Liberal Democrat), since July 2024. 2024 general election: LD gain from Con, majority 13,821 (24.2%), turnout 73%. Vote shares: Liberal Democrat 53%, Conservative 28%, Reform UK 8%, Labour 5%.
4 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 SO22 4HP →
The nearest university is University of Winchester, 2.1 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.
No crimes recorded "on or near" Austen Avenue in the last 12 months.
Nearest: Hillhead · about 33 min
The most notable of each. Rough times by car in free-flowing traffic, between neighbourhood centres. Check opening times before you travel.
On this street: 0 of 7 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 | 1.7% | 1.5% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 1.9% | 2.5% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 90.3% | 81.5% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 2.8% | 8.0% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 4.9% | 7.1% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 0.0% | 0.4% | 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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