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Winchester North & Sparsholt
What it's like at SO22 6HS: every home that has sold on the street 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.
Sales and extensions on the street; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
No sales recorded at this postcode since 1995.
Plenty of people here don't commute at all: 49% of working residents mostly worked from home at the 2021 census.
The nearest station is Winchester, a short drive or bike ride (1.7 km), with 4.6m journeys a year; its busiest route is to London Waterloo.
The nearest bus stop is Mountbatten Court, 400 m away, with a bus about every 50 minutes on weekdays (routes 75, 86, 74).
The nearest primary school is Barton Farm Primary Academy, a few minutes' walk (under 50 m).
The nearest secondary is Henry Beaufort School, 550 m away; Attainment 8: 50.5 · 17% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: The Westgate School (1.7 km).
The nearest supermarket is Tesco Express, 750 m away; Sushi Daily (1.3 km) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Friarsgate Practice (1.3 km), with Boots the closest pharmacy (1.3 km).
For a haircut, Rapport is 1.7 km away.
The nearest full A&E is Royal Hampshire County Hospital, 2.4 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, 5 pubs and bars.
The Gurkha Cafe is the closest café or restaurant (750 m), and March Hare the nearest pub (750 m).
It's a low-crime area: about 38 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents a year, below most of the country.
There are 72 listed buildings.
Detached houses make up 43% of homes.
The typical home here was built in 1965-1972.
It's growing: about 484 new homes were completed in 2021–2025.
The nearest park is Hillier's Haven, 1.4 km away; for exercise, Winchester Boxing Club (1.4 km).
The air is clean: background nitrogen dioxide is 6.4 µg/m³, among the lowest in the country.
For holidays, Southampton is 15 km away, and London Heathrow, with far more destinations, 75 km.
Neighbours tend to stay put: 43% of households own their home outright.
It's highly educated: 52% of adults have a degree.
The nearest university is University of Winchester, 2.5 km away (TEF Silver).
7 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%.
32 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 6HS →
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.
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 1.8% | 1.5% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 2.6% | 2.5% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 90.3% | 81.5% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 3.5% | 8.0% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 3.2% | 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.
Nearest: Hillhead · about 40 min
Nearest: Town Quay · 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.
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