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On Alum Green View, in Lyndhurst & Minstead
What it's like at SO43 7FD: every home that has sold on Alum Green View 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 Alum Green View; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
| 2, Bank CottagesSemi-detached | Jul 2010 | £500,000 | 150 m² | £3,333/m² | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Annesley Coach HouseDetached | Jan 1996 | £300,000 | – | – | 1 |
| Annesley GladeDetached | May 2022 | £1,750,000 | 378 m² | £4,630/m² | 1 |
| Flat 3, Annesley HouseFlat | May 2009 | £335,000 | 126 m² | £2,659/m² | 5 |
| Flat 4, Annesley HouseFlat | Mar 2016 | £375,000 | 101 m² | £3,713/m² | 4 |
| Flat 5, Annesley HouseFlat | Jun 2017 | £370,000 | 117 m² | £3,162/m² | 4 |
| Flat 8, Annesley HouseFlat | Dec 2020 | £250,000 | 77 m² | £3,247/m² | 5 |
| Flat 2, Annesley HouseFlat | Feb 2026 | £320,000 | 97 m² | £3,299/m² | 2 |
| Flat 10, Annesley HouseFlat | Aug 2026 | £237,500 | 96 m² | £2,474/m² | 3 |
| Flat 7, Annesley HouseFlat | Aug 2015 | £230,000 | 78 m² | £2,949/m² | 2 |
| Flat 9, Annesley HouseFlat | Mar 2024 | £255,000 | 79 m² | £3,228/m² | 3 |
| Flat 1, Annesley HouseFlat | Apr 2026 | £440,000 | 114 m² | £3,860/m² | 2 |
| Bee GardenDetached | Oct 2006 | £415,000 | 112 m² | £3,705/m² | 2 |
| Beech HouseDetached | Aug 2013 | £770,000 | 251 m² | £3,068/m² | 1 |
| Coombe CottageDetached | Aug 2023 | £1,025,000 | 149 m² | £6,879/m² | 3 |
| Dell CottageDetached | Jan 2022 | £1,385,000 | 159 m² | £8,711/m² | 1 |
| Forest Green HouseDetached | Jun 1996 | £272,500 | 436 m² | £625/m² | 1 |
| HayfieldDetached | Jun 2009 | £375,000 | – | – | 1 |
| Hill ViewDetached | Oct 2005 | £465,000 | – | – | 1 |
| HollybrookDetached | Jul 2000 | £200,000 | 79 m² | £2,532/m² | 1 |
| Huntley HouseDetached | Aug 2010 | £825,000 | 401 m² | £2,057/m² | 4 |
| Japonica CottageDetached | Nov 2006 | £690,000 | 140 m² | £4,929/m² | 1 |
| Lane EndDetached | Jan 2022 | £1,200,000 | 360 m² | £3,333/m² | 3 |
| Lilac CottageDetached | Nov 2001 | £305,000 | – | – | 2 |
| Rose CottageDetached | Jan 1995 | £203,500 | – | – | 1 |
| ShalfordDetached | Aug 2016 | £820,000 | 153 m² | £5,359/m² | 1 |
| Springwood CottageDetached | Jul 2015 | £730,000 | 119 m² | £6,134/m² | 2 |
| The CottageOther | Jan 2018 | £25,000 | – | – | 1 |
| The Old CottageDetached | Mar 2011 | £710,000 | 187 m² | £3,797/m² | 1 |
| The White CottageDetached | Dec 2017 | £682,000 | – | – | 1 |
| WestonsDetached | Jun 2006 | £1,400,000 | – | – | 1 |
| Willow CottageDetached | Aug 2010 | £700,000 | 148 m² | £4,730/m² | 1 |
| Yew Tree CottageDetached | Nov 2025 | £1,055,000 | 156 m² | £6,763/m² | 1 |
| 1, Alum Green ViewSemi-detached | May 2025 | £560,000 | 79 m² | £7,089/m² | 4 |
| 2, Alum Green ViewSemi-detached | Jun 2021 | £595,000 | 77 m² | £7,727/m² | 1 |
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 Brockenhurst, a drive away (5.2 km), with 986k journeys a year; its busiest route is to Bournemouth.
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 (1.8 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, 2.0 km away, with Forest Edge Roasting Co closer still (1.8 km) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Lyndhurst Surgery (1.9 km), with Carefirst Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (2.0 km).
For a haircut, Nail N.V is 1.9 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 (1.7 km), and Oak Inn 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 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.
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.
1 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Olde Cottage | II | 150 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%.
1 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 7FD →
No crimes recorded "on or near" Alum Green View in the last 12 months.
| 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.
The most notable of each. Rough times by car in free-flowing traffic, between neighbourhood centres. Check opening times before you travel.