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On Ruby Close, in West Totton
What it's like at SO40 2BF: every home that has sold on Ruby 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.
1 home on the street extended (energy certificates).
Sales and extensions on Ruby Close; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
None of the 16 homes on the street is owned by a company.
| 2, Ruby CloseDetached | Aug 2012 | £287,000 | 120 m² | £2,392/m² | 2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4, Ruby CloseDetached | Mar 2007 | £360,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 6, Ruby CloseDetached | Apr 2003 | £299,500 | – | – | 1 |
| 7, Ruby CloseDetached | Jun 2024 | £560,000 | 149 m² | £3,758/m² | 4 |
| 8, Ruby CloseDetached | Nov 2003 | £249,950 | – | – | 2 |
| 9, Ruby CloseSemi-detached | Mar 2018 | £400,000 | 108 m² | £3,704/m² | 3 |
| 10, Ruby CloseDetached | Jun 2016 | £300,000 | 80 m² | £3,750/m² | 4 |
| 11, Ruby CloseDetached | Jan 2008 | £345,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 12, Ruby CloseDetached | Apr 2003 | £203,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 14, Ruby CloseDetached | Jun 2003 | £330,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 15, Ruby CloseDetached | Nov 2013 | £310,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 17, Ruby CloseDetached | Feb 2019 | £405,000 | 116 m² | £3,491/m² | 3 |
| 19, Ruby CloseDetached | Jun 2003 | £310,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 21, Ruby CloseDetached | Jun 2003 | £289,950 | 134 m² | £2,164/m² | 1 |
| 23, Ruby CloseDetached | Jul 2003 | £282,000 | 155 m² | £1,819/m² | 1 |
| 25, Ruby CloseDetached | Mar 2018 | £465,000 | 169 m² | £2,751/m² | 3 |
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
The nearest station is Totton, a drive away (3.1 km), with 216k journeys a year; its busiest route is to Southampton Central.
The nearest bus stop is Amey Gardens, 250 m away, with fewer than one bus an hour on weekdays (route 615); 3 departures an hour from the 2 stops within a 5-minute walk.
Work usually means a journey: the nearest place with 5,000 or more jobs is about 40 minutes away by public transport (18 by car).
This is car country: only 9% of households have no car.
The nearest primary school is Calmore Infant School, about a 10-minute walk (800 m).
The closest top-rated primary is Hazel Wood Infant School (0.8 km).
The nearest secondary is Testwood School, 2.2 km away; Attainment 8: 42.9 · 9.9% of GCSEs at 8–9.
The nearest supermarket is Morrisons, 300 m away; Morrisons Daily Totton (300 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is New Horizons Medical Partnership (1.3 km), with Ar Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (1.3 km).
For a haircut, Hair Talk is 1.3 km away.
The nearest full A&E is Southampton General Hospital, 5.6 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 6 restaurants, cafés and pubs in the neighbourhood itself.
Hanger Farm Arts Centre is the closest café or restaurant (800 m), and the Saxon Also Trading As Juicy Burgers the nearest pub (650 m).
Crime is around the national middle: about 69 per 1,000 residents a year.
Detached houses make up 43% of homes.
The typical home here was built in 1983-1992.
The nearest park is Hanger Farm Park, 900 m away; for exercise, West Totton Centre (1.3 km).
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 7.5 µg/m³).
For holidays, Southampton is 11 km away, and London Heathrow, with far more destinations, 96 km.
Most households own their home, 16% rent privately.
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.
6 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.
New Forest East constituency: Sir Julian Lewis MP (Conservative), since May 1997. 2024 general election: Con hold, majority 8,495 (18.8%), turnout 64%. Vote shares: Conservative 39%, Labour 20%, Reform UK 17%, Liberal Democrat 16%.
5 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 SO40 2BF →
Tap a type to see what it covers and how it has changed in New Forest since 2011.
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 16 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.
On this street: 1 of 8 homes with certificates have solar panels, 1 a heat pump, and 1 are heated by something other than mains gas.
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 0.8% | 1.2% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.7% | 1.2% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 92.7% | 86.1% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.6% | 4.3% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 6.0% | 7.4% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 0.0% | 0.6% | 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.