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On Brighton Road, in Brockenhurst & Sway
What it's like at SO41 6EA: every home that has sold on Brighton 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 Brighton Road; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
None of the 43 homes on the street is owned by a company.
| Applegarth, Brighton RoadDetached | Nov 2011 | £427,500 | 110 m² | £3,886/m² | 3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Archers Lawn, Brighton RoadDetached | Sept 1997 | £136,000 | – | – | 1 |
| Barrow Cottage, Brighton RoadSemi-detached | Sept 2021 | £620,000 | 122 m² | £5,082/m² | 2 |
| Beverley, Brighton RoadDetached | Nov 2019 | £772,000 | 151 m² | £5,113/m² | 1 |
| Boveridge, Brighton RoadDetached | May 2000 | £234,000 | – | – | 2 |
| Brook Cottage, Brighton RoadDetached | Aug 2020 | £650,000 | 135 m² | £4,815/m² | 3 |
| Fair Gallop, Brighton RoadSemi-detached | Nov 2012 | £570,000 | 162 m² | £3,519/m² | 1 |
| Forest Way, Brighton RoadDetached | Aug 2023 | £869,000 | 154 m² | £5,643/m² | 3 |
| Glendale, Brighton RoadDetached | Nov 2020 | £566,000 | 70 m² | £8,086/m² | 1 |
| Glenrosa, Brighton RoadDetached | Jan 2004 | £290,000 | 142 m² | £2,042/m² | 3 |
| Highbury, Brighton RoadDetached | Jan 2021 | £745,000 | 140 m² | £5,321/m² | 2 |
| Knowle Lodge, Brighton RoadDetached | Nov 2008 | £495,000 | – | – | 2 |
| Marryatt Cottage, Brighton RoadSemi-detached | Jan 2020 | £499,950 | 122 m² | £4,098/m² | 2 |
| Pastures Mead, Brighton RoadDetached | Jul 2012 | £380,000 | 111 m² | £3,423/m² | 2 |
| Priors Croft, Brighton RoadDetached | Mar 2024 | £950,000 | 132 m² | £7,197/m² | 2 |
| Rushmere, Brighton RoadDetached | Mar 2020 | £890,000 | 203 m² | £4,384/m² | 4 |
| Sunnyside, Brighton RoadDetached | Mar 2019 | £500,000 | 84 m² | £5,952/m² | 2 |
| The Towers, Brighton RoadDetached | Feb 2009 | £840,000 | – | – | 1 |
| Zacky, Brighton RoadDetached | Jul 2011 | £410,000 | 109 m² | £3,761/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: 46% of working residents mostly worked from home at the 2021 census.
The nearest station is Sway, a few minutes' walk (450 m), with 81k journeys a year; its busiest route is to Southampton Central.
The nearest bus stop is Gilpin Hill, 50 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, about a 5-minute walk (550 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, 5.4 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, 500 m away, with Sway Butchers closer still (250 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is New Forest Medical Group (3.8 km), with Day Lewis Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (500 m).
For a haircut, Hair Unique is 4.1 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 (200 m), and the Silver Hind the nearest pub (500 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, 2.1 km away; for exercise, Grigg Lane (4.4 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.
13 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 SO41 6EA →
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" Brighton Road in the last 12 months.
On this street: 0 of 32 homes with certificates have solar panels, 1 a heat pump, and 3 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% | 1.1% |
| Mains gas | 86.6% | 86.1% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 4.9% | 4.3% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 6.1% | 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.
The most notable of each. Rough times by car in free-flowing traffic, between neighbourhood centres. Check opening times before you travel.