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On Sway Road, in Brockenhurst & Sway
What it's like at SO42 7RX: every home that has sold on Sway 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.
1 home on the street extended (energy certificates).
Sales and extensions on Sway Road; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
3 of the 80 homes on the street are owned by companies.
| 19, Sway RoadDetached | Mar 2006 | £695,000 | – | – | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Acorn Cottage, Sway RoadSemi-detached | Aug 2025 | £968,000 | 154 m² | £6,286/m² | 4 |
| Applewood, Sway RoadDetached | Dec 2021 | £800,000 | 104 m² | £7,692/m² | 1 |
| Bentley Grange, Sway RoadDetached | Apr 2013 | £875,000 | 314 m² | £2,787/m² | 1 |
| Brackenridge, Sway RoadDetached | Oct 2018 | £1,150,000 | 209 m² | £5,502/m² | 3 |
| Bramblings, Sway RoadDetached | Oct 2006 | £840,000 | 231 m² | £3,636/m² | 2 |
| Brookley Farm, Sway RoadOther | May 2017 | £180,000 | – | – | 1 |
| Brookwood, Sway RoadDetached | Mar 2022 | £895,000 | 136 m² | £6,581/m² | 3 |
| Fairlawn, Sway RoadDetached | Feb 2003 | £655,000 | – | – | 2 |
| Five Oaks, Sway RoadDetached | Sept 2025 | £1,390,000 | 218 m² | £6,376/m² | 2 |
| Fox Wood, Sway RoadSemi-detached | Feb 2014 | £500,000 | 147 m² | £3,401/m² | 2 |
| Hunters Lodge, Sway RoadDetached | Sept 2016 | £1,225,000 | 251 m² | £4,880/m² | 1 |
| Kimberley, Sway RoadDetached | Aug 2012 | £775,000 | 175 m² | £4,429/m² | 1 |
| Lawn Cottage, Sway RoadDetached | Apr 1996 | £262,000 | 262 m² | £1,000/m² | 1 |
| Mayfield, Sway RoadDetached | Nov 2021 | £1,275,000 | 191 m² | £6,675/m² | 2 |
| Meadow Bank, Sway RoadDetached | Jan 2026 | £1,280,000 | 404 m² | £3,168/m² | 4 |
| Meadowbank Cottage, Sway RoadDetached | May 2012 | £630,000 | – | – | 1 |
| Oaktree Barn, Sway RoadSemi-detached | Oct 2021 | £800,000 | 149 m² | £5,369/m² | 1 |
| Paston Lodge, Sway RoadDetached | Jan 2019 | £990,000 | 174 m² | £5,690/m² | 3 |
| Pastures New, Sway RoadSemi-detached | Aug 2008 | £685,000 | – | – | 2 |
| Perses, Sway RoadSemi-detached | Jul 2018 | £665,000 | 150 m² | £4,433/m² | 2 |
| Woodcutters Barn, Sway RoadSemi-detached | May 2024 | £1,342,500 | – | – | 2 |
| 1, Woodpeckers CottageDetached | Feb 2017 | £665,000 | – | – | 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 Brockenhurst, a few minutes' walk (450 m), with 986k journeys a year; its busiest route is to Bournemouth.
The nearest bus stop is Brockenhurst Primary School, 150 m away, with fewer than one bus an hour on weekdays (routes 86, 776, 777); 3 departures an hour from the 4 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 Brockenhurst Church of England Primary School & Pre-School, a few minutes' walk (under 50 m); 81% met the expected standard.
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
Few families with young children: only 13% of residents are under 15.
The nearest supermarket is the Co-Op Sway, 4.0 km away, with Day Lewis Pharmacy closer still (500 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is New Forest Medical Group (150 m), with Day Lewis Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (500 m).
For a haircut, Hair Unique is 500 m 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.
Enzee'S is the closest café or restaurant (400 m), and Commoners Wine Bar 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, 5.7 km away; for exercise, Grigg Lane (700 m).
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.
29 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Granary 10 Metres South West of Brookley Farmhouse | II | 150 m |
| Brookley Farmhouse | II | 160 m |
| Barn and Attached Stable 10 Metres West of Brookley Farmhouse | II | 160 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 SO42 7RX →
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.
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 80 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.
On this street: 3 of 61 homes with certificates have solar panels, 2 a heat pump, and 4 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.
The most notable of each. Rough times by car in free-flowing traffic, between neighbourhood centres. Check opening times before you travel.