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On Cottagers Lane, in Hordle & Bashley
What it's like at SO41 0FE: every home that has sold on Cottagers Lane 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.
3 homes on the street extended (energy certificates).
Sales and extensions on Cottagers Lane; 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.
| Beech Farm, Cottagers LaneDetached | Apr 2010 | £830,000 | 230 m² | £3,609/m² | 2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Escallonia, Cottagers LaneDetached | Nov 2013 | £410,000 | – | – | 5 |
| Evergreen Cottage, Cottagers LaneDetached | Dec 2025 | £385,000 | 83 m² | £4,639/m² | 2 |
| Ferns Lodge, Cottagers LaneDetached | Jun 1999 | £220,000 | 89 m² | £2,472/m² | 1 |
| Fox Gloves, Cottagers LaneDetached | May 1998 | £110,000 | – | – | 1 |
| Haysham Lodge, Cottagers LaneDetached | Feb 2025 | £1,110,000 | 255 m² | £4,353/m² | 3 |
| Hazelford, Cottagers LaneDetached | Apr 2015 | £431,000 | 112 m² | £3,848/m² | 2 |
| Little Holme, Cottagers LaneDetached | Mar 2024 | £699,950 | 124 m² | £5,645/m² | 1 |
| Lyndale, Cottagers LaneDetached | Mar 2015 | £282,000 | 159 m² | £1,774/m² | 1 |
| Merridale, Cottagers LaneDetached | Jun 2016 | £615,000 | 153 m² | £4,020/m² | 1 |
| Oak House, Cottagers LaneDetached | Dec 2019 | £600,000 | – | – | 1 |
| Pine Trees House, Cottagers LaneDetached | Jan 2020 | £1,100,000 | 250 m² | £4,400/m² | 2 |
| Silvaley, Cottagers LaneDetached | Aug 2018 | £415,000 | 93 m² | £4,462/m² | 4 |
| Silver Birches, Cottagers LaneDetached | Jun 2026 | £500,000 | – | – | 2 |
| The Colt House, Cottagers LaneDetached | Oct 2019 | £620,000 | 137 m² | £4,526/m² | 3 |
| The Ferns, Cottagers LaneSemi-detached | Apr 2022 | £941,000 | 248 m² | £3,794/m² | 2 |
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
The nearest station is Sway, a short drive or bike ride (3.0 km), with 81k journeys a year; its busiest route is to Southampton Central.
The nearest bus stop is Cottagers Lane, 250 m away, with fewer than one bus an hour on weekdays (routes C20, 119); 3 departures an hour from the 6 stops within a 5-minute walk.
Work usually means a journey: the nearest place with 5,000 or more jobs is about 68 minutes away by public transport (32 by car).
This is car country: only 8% of households have no car.
The nearest primary school is Hordle CofE (VA) Primary School, a few minutes' walk (300 m); 76% met the expected standard.
The nearest secondary is The Arnewood School, 3.6 km away; Attainment 8: 37.6 · 3.5% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Few families with young children: only 12% of residents are under 15.
The nearest supermarket is Aldi Foodstores, 2.3 km away, with Hordle Garage closer still (500 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is New Milton Medical Center (2.9 km), with Hordle Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (850 m).
For a haircut, Ora Beauty is 2.9 km away.
The nearest full A&E is The Royal Bournemouth Hospital, 13 km away, rated good by the CQC.
At its trust, 65% of major A&E patients were seen within 4 hours in September 2026 (the NHS standard is 95%), and 66% 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: 6 restaurants and cafés, 7 pubs and bars.
Pop-Up-Cafe is the closest café or restaurant (1.4 km), and Lymington (New Forest Hordle) Premier Inn the nearest pub (500 m).
It's a low-crime area: about 29 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents a year, below most of the country.
There are 45 listed buildings.
Detached houses make up 63% of homes.
The typical home here was built in 1965-1972.
Bungalow country: 40% of homes are bungalows.
The nearest park is Dudley Avenue Recreation Ground, 850 m away; for exercise, The Amethyst Cave (3.3 km).
A swim is a short trip away: Christchurch Bay, 3.6 km away, was rated excellent for water quality in 2025.
The air is clean: background nitrogen dioxide is 5.2 µg/m³, among the lowest in the country.
For holidays, Bournemouth is 15 km away, and Bristol, with far more destinations, 103 km.
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.
| Building | Grade | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Box Cottage | II | 170 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.
New Forest West constituency: Sir Desmond Swayne MP (Conservative), since May 1997. 2024 general election: Con hold, majority 5,600 (12.1%), turnout 68%. Vote shares: Conservative 35%, Labour 23%, Liberal Democrat 18%, Reform UK 16%.
7 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 SO41 0FE →
Neighbours tend to stay put: 59% of households own their home outright.
It's an older community: 37% are 65 or over.
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" Cottagers Lane in the last 12 months.
Nearest: Hythe Pier · about 35 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 12 homes with certificates have solar panels, 0 a heat pump, and 2 are heated by something other than mains gas.
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 1.5% | 1.2% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.9% | 1.2% | 1.1% |
| Mains gas | 93.7% | 86.1% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 3.1% | 4.3% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 2.1% | 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.