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On Westbeams Road, in Brockenhurst & Sway
What it's like at SO41 6AE: every home that has sold on Westbeams 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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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.
2 homes on the street extended (energy certificates).
Sales and extensions on Westbeams Road; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
None of the 22 homes on the street is owned by a company.
| Amberway, Westbeams RoadDetached | Jul 2021 | £695,000 | 124 m² | £5,605/m² | 2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Armitage, Westbeams RoadTerraced | Aug 2024 | £600,000 | 117 m² | £5,128/m² | 5 |
| Arnwood, Westbeams RoadTerraced | Sept 2016 | £480,000 | 117 m² | £4,103/m² | 1 |
| Charter House, Westbeams RoadDetached | Dec 2004 | £250,000 | 96 m² | £2,604/m² | 2 |
| Corbould, Westbeams RoadSemi-detached | Feb 2017 | £425,000 | 117 m² | £3,632/m² | 1 |
| Ellis Cottage, Westbeams RoadDetached | Mar 2017 | £560,000 | – | – | 1 |
| Fairlight, Westbeams RoadDetached | Jul 2002 | £280,000 | – | – | 2 |
| Fernlea, Westbeams RoadDetached | Jun 2012 | £485,000 | 132 m² | £3,674/m² | 2 |
| Flechlea, Westbeams RoadDetached | Jul 2014 | £320,000 | 117 m² | £2,735/m² | 1 |
| Heatherstone, Westbeams RoadDetached | Apr 2017 | £700,000 | 205 m² | £3,415/m² | 1 |
| Hightrees, Westbeams RoadDetached | Jan 2022 | £600,000 | 162 m² | £3,704/m² | 2 |
| Keepers Cottage, Westbeams RoadTerraced | Oct 2025 | £375,000 | 69 m² | £5,435/m² | 3 |
| Pear Tree Lodge, Westbeams RoadDetached | Oct 2020 | £767,500 | 165 m² | £4,652/m² | 1 |
| Ramillies, Westbeams RoadDetached | Dec 2016 | £567,000 | 137 m² | £4,139/m² | 1 |
| Rivendell, Westbeams RoadDetached | Nov 1999 | £194,950 | – | – | 1 |
| Silver Birches, Westbeams RoadDetached | Nov 2001 | £168,000 | – | – | 2 |
| The Withy, Westbeams RoadDetached | Jun 1999 | £157,000 | – | – | 1 |
| Treyarnon, Westbeams RoadDetached | Nov 2009 | £460,000 | 151 m² | £3,046/m² | 2 |
| Villiers, Westbeams RoadDetached | Aug 2020 | £460,000 | 117 m² | £3,932/m² | 2 |
| Wayside Cottage, Westbeams RoadTerraced | May 2020 | £295,000 | 62 m² | £4,758/m² | 1 |
| West Beams, Westbeams RoadDetached | Jul 2013 | £360,000 | 124 m² | £2,903/m² | 1 |
| Willerton, Westbeams RoadDetached | Jul 2017 | £800,000 | 222 m² | £3,604/m² | 3 |
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: 46% of working residents mostly worked from home at the 2021 census.
The nearest station is Sway, a few minutes' walk (300 m), with 81k journeys a year; its busiest route is to Southampton Central.
The nearest bus stop is Westbeams Road, 150 m away, with fewer than one bus an hour on weekdays (route 120); 2 departures an hour from the 8 stops within a 5-minute walk.
Work usually means a journey: the nearest place with 5,000 or more jobs is about 47 minutes away by public transport (34 by car).
This is car country: only 8% of households have no car.
The nearest primary school is St Luke's Church of England Primary School, a few minutes' walk (under 50 m); 82% met the expected standard.
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is Priestlands School, 4.8 km away; Attainment 8: 48.8 · 16.7% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Few families with young children: only 13% of residents are under 15.
The nearest supermarket is the Co-Op Sway, 200 m away; Day Lewis Plc Sway Pharmacy Branch (200 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is New Forest Medical Group (3.9 km), with Day Lewis Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (150 m).
For a haircut, Hair Unique is 4.3 km away.
The nearest full A&E is The Royal Bournemouth Hospital, 17 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: 20 restaurants and cafés, 11 pubs and bars.
the Forest Cafe Sway is the closest café or restaurant (350 m), and the Silver Hind the nearest pub (200 m).
It's a low-crime area: about 38 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents a year, below most of the country.
There are 75 listed buildings.
Detached houses make up 65% of homes.
The typical home here was built in 1955-1964.
The nearest park is Tiptoe Green, 2.2 km away; for exercise, Grigg Lane (4.5 km).
A swim is a short trip away: Milford-on-sea, 8.6 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 18 km away, and Bristol, with far more destinations, 102 km.
16 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Forest Heath Hotel | II | 130 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 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%.
6 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 6AE →
Neighbours tend to stay put: 55% of households own their home outright.
It's an older community: 34% are 65 or over.
It's highly educated: 45% of adults have a degree.
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" Westbeams Road in the last 12 months.
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 16 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 | 2.9% | 1.2% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 1.8% | 1.2% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 86.6% | 86.1% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 4.9% | 4.3% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 6.2% | 7.4% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 0.1% | 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.