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On Clay Hill, in Lyndhurst & Minstead
What it's like at SO43 7DE: every home that has sold on Clay Hill 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.
Sales and extensions on Clay Hill; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
None of the 14 homes on the street is owned by a company.
| 14, Clay HillDetached | Jun 2004 | £300,000 | – | – | 2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17, Clay HillSemi-detached | Oct 2025 | £507,500 | 113 m² | £4,491/m² | 2 |
| 1, Park Close Cottage, Clay HillSemi-detached | Sept 2020 | £440,000 | – | – | 4 |
| 3, Park Close, Clay HillSemi-detached | Oct 2006 | £335,000 | – | – | 4 |
| 4, Park Close, Clay HillSemi-detached | Apr 2005 | £325,000 | – | – | 3 |
| 5, Park Close, Clay HillSemi-detached | Jun 1995 | £76,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 6, Park Close, Clay HillSemi-detached | Jun 2006 | £250,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 8, Park Close, Clay HillSemi-detached | Sept 1997 | £95,750 | – | – | 1 |
| Clay Hill House, Clay HillDetached | May 2026 | £825,000 | – | – | 2 |
| Foxlease, Clay HillOther · company-owned | Nov 2024 | £4,260,000 | – | – | 1 |
| Knowlsey Cottage, 14, Clay HillDetached | Mar 2019 | £480,000 | – | – | 2 |
| Owl Cottage, Clay HillSemi-detached | Sept 2018 | £705,000 | 127 m² | £5,551/m² | 2 |
| Red Cottage, Clay HillDetached | Oct 2025 | £620,000 | 115 m² | £5,391/m² | 4 |
| Squirrel Cottage, Clay HillDetached | Sept 2011 | £575,000 | 173 m² | £3,324/m² | 1 |
| 3, Park CloseSemi-detached | Oct 2009 | £312,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 6, Park CloseSemi-detached | Sept 2025 | £440,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 8, Park CloseSemi-detached | Sept 2023 | £420,000 | 69 m² | £6,087/m² | 3 |
| 9, Park CloseSemi-detached | Apr 2016 | £325,000 | 79 m² | £4,114/m² | 2 |
| 10, Park CloseSemi-detached | Mar 2025 | £445,000 | 86 m² | £5,174/m² | 3 |
| Baytrees, 7, Park CloseSemi-detached | Aug 2020 | £340,000 | 83 m² | £4,096/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: 42% of working residents mostly worked from home at the 2021 census.
The nearest station is Ashurst New Forest, a drive away (4.5 km), with 108k journeys a year; its busiest route is to London Waterloo.
The nearest bus stop is The Crown Stirrup, 50 m away, with fewer than one bus an hour on weekdays (routes 86, C5); 5 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 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, a short drive or bike ride (1.3 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, 1.2 km away; Lyndhurst Foodbank (1.1 km) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Lyndhurst Surgery (1.2 km), with Carefirst Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (1.2 km).
For a haircut, Beau Chic is 1.2 km 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.
Foxlease Park is the closest café or restaurant (under 50 m), and Crown Stirrup the nearest pub (under 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, 6.0 km away; for exercise, Grigg Lane (4.6 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.
Neighbours tend to stay put: 51% of households own their home outright.
4 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%.
8 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 7DE →
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" Clay Hill in the last 12 months.
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| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 1.3% | 1.2% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 2.7% | 1.2% | 1.1% |
| Mains gas | 63.7% | 86.1% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 22.3% | 4.3% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 10.3% | 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.