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On Southampton Road, in Lyndhurst & Minstead
What it's like at SO43 7BU: every home that has sold on Southampton 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 Southampton Road; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
2 of the 31 homes on the street are owned by companies.
| 1, Southampton RoadDetached · company-owned | Sept 2011 | £550,000 | – | – | 2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1, Knightwood Lodge, Southampton RoadFlat | Oct 2025 | £236,000 | 64 m² | £3,688/m² | 2 |
| 2, Forest View, Southampton RoadSemi-detached | Oct 2004 | £180,000 | 145 m² | £1,241/m² | 3 |
| 2, Knightwood Lodge, Southampton RoadFlat | Apr 2014 | £226,500 | 61 m² | £3,713/m² | 1 |
| 3, Heather Cottages, Southampton RoadSemi-detached | May 2011 | £215,000 | 62 m² | £3,468/m² | 1 |
| 3, Knightwood Lodge, Southampton RoadFlat | Mar 2023 | £305,000 | 82 m² | £3,720/m² | 5 |
| 4, Knightwood Lodge, Southampton RoadFlat | Nov 2022 | £202,500 | 56 m² | £3,616/m² | 2 |
| 5, Knightwood Lodge, Southampton RoadFlat | Mar 2014 | £290,000 | 92 m² | £3,152/m² | 1 |
| 6, Knightwood Lodge, Southampton RoadFlat | Dec 2024 | £122,000 | 38 m² | £3,211/m² | 2 |
| 7, Knightwood Lodge, Southampton RoadFlat | Sept 2018 | £170,000 | 48 m² | £3,542/m² | 1 |
| Forest View Cottage, Southampton RoadSemi-detached | Jun 2016 | £490,000 | – | – | 1 |
| Heywood, Southampton RoadDetached | Apr 2001 | £285,000 | – | – | 1 |
| Holly Cottage, Southampton RoadSemi-detached | Aug 2007 | £270,000 | 81 m² | £3,333/m² | 1 |
| Northbrook, Southampton RoadDetached | Apr 2017 | £475,000 | 113 m² | £4,204/m² | 3 |
| Rydal, Southampton RoadSemi-detached | Oct 2012 | £250,000 | – | – | 2 |
| Thatched Cottage, Southampton RoadDetached | Mar 2022 | £700,000 | 97 m² | £7,216/m² | 3 |
| Waverley, Southampton RoadDetached | Jan 2014 | £327,000 | 80 m² | £4,088/m² | 1 |
| Whiteladies, Southampton RoadDetached | Oct 2006 | £412,000 | 190 m² | £2,168/m² | 1 |
| Whitemoor House Hotel, Southampton RoadOther | Jan 2022 | £1,100,000 | – | – | 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: 42% of working residents mostly worked from home at the 2021 census.
The nearest station is Ashurst New Forest, a drive away (3.1 km), with 108k journeys a year; its busiest route is to London Waterloo.
The nearest bus stop is Thatched Cottage Park, 50 m away, with fewer than one bus an hour on weekdays (routes 86, 616, 617); 4 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 72 minutes away by public transport (23 by car).
This is car country: only 9% of households have no car.
The nearest primary school is St Michael and All Angels CofE Infant School, about a 10-minute walk (1.0 km).
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
Few families with young children: only 11% of residents are under 15.
The nearest supermarket is Tesco, 800 m away, with St Michael and All Angels Church closer still (700 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Lyndhurst Surgery (900 m), with Carefirst Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (800 m).
For a haircut, Beau Chic is 700 m away.
The nearest full A&E is Southampton General Hospital, 11 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).
Evenings out are on the doorstep: 30 restaurants and cafés and 24 pubs and bars in the neighbourhood.
La Pergola Ristorante is the closest café or restaurant (400 m), and New Forest Golf Club the nearest pub (50 m).
It's a low-crime area: about 68 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents a year, below most of the country.
Much of it is protected: 69% of postcodes sit in a conservation area (Lyndhurst, Forest Central (South)).
There are 115 listed buildings.
Detached houses make up 58% of homes.
The typical home here was built in 1945-1954.
The nearest park is Ashurst Recreation Ground, 4.6 km away; for exercise, West Totton Centre (5.8 km).
The air is clean: background nitrogen dioxide is 5.7 µg/m³, among the lowest in the country.
For holidays, Southampton is 17 km away, and Bristol, with far more destinations, 96 km.
9 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Thatched Cottage | II | 30 m |
| The former police station | II | 90 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%.
9 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 SO43 7BU →
Neighbours tend to stay put: 51% of households own their home outright.
It's an older community: 33% 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" Southampton Road in the last 12 months.
On this street: 1 of 20 homes with certificates have solar panels, 0 a heat pump, and 1 are heated by something other than mains gas.
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 1.3% | 1.2% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 2.7% | 1.2% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 63.7% | 86.1% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 22.5% | 4.3% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 10.2% | 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.