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On May Crescent, in Holbury South
What it's like at SO45 2GS: every home that has sold on May Crescent 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 May Crescent; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
None of the 24 homes on the street is owned by a company.
| 1, May CrescentDetached | Jul 2006 | £212,000 | 110 m² | £1,927/m² | 2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3, May CrescentTerraced | Mar 2003 | £194,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 5, May CrescentDetached | Jul 2009 | £210,000 | 92 m² | £2,283/m² | 1 |
| 6, May CrescentDetached | Dec 2011 | £220,000 | 62 m² | £3,548/m² | 1 |
| 7, May CrescentDetached | Apr 2024 | £320,000 | 74 m² | £4,324/m² | 1 |
| 8, May CrescentDetached | Nov 2004 | £185,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 9, May CrescentDetached | Mar 2020 | £292,000 | 89 m² | £3,281/m² | 4 |
| 10, May CrescentDetached | May 2016 | £250,000 | 82 m² | £3,049/m² | 3 |
| 12, May CrescentDetached | Jul 2025 | £416,500 | 129 m² | £3,229/m² | 3 |
| 14, May CrescentDetached | Oct 2024 | £325,000 | 58 m² | £5,603/m² | 3 |
| 15, May CrescentDetached | Oct 2004 | £213,500 | – | – | 2 |
| 18, May CrescentSemi-detached | Apr 2002 | £116,950 | – | – | 1 |
| 22, May CrescentSemi-detached | Mar 2024 | £295,000 | 99 m² | £2,980/m² | 1 |
| 23, May CrescentDetached | Nov 1997 | £86,950 | 84 m² | £1,035/m² | 1 |
| 24, May CrescentDetached | Jun 1998 | £75,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 25, May CrescentDetached | Oct 2011 | £222,500 | 89 m² | £2,500/m² | 4 |
| 26, May CrescentSemi-detached | Oct 2006 | £157,000 | – | – | 3 |
| 28, May CrescentSemi-detached | Apr 2026 | £285,000 | 79 m² | £3,608/m² | 4 |
| 30, May CrescentSemi-detached | Jun 2014 | £168,000 | 82 m² | £2,049/m² | 2 |
| 31, May CrescentDetached | Sept 2009 | £202,000 | 76 m² | £2,658/m² | 2 |
| 33, May CrescentDetached | Jun 1997 | £90,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 35, May CrescentSemi-detached | Sept 2000 | £138,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 36, May CrescentSemi-detached | Feb 2000 | £81,950 | 77 m² | £1,064/m² | 1 |
| 39, May CrescentDetached | Aug 2015 | £257,000 | 92 m² | £2,793/m² | 1 |
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
The nearest station is Netley, a drive away (6.1 km), with 82k journeys a year; its busiest route is to Southampton Central.
The nearest bus stop is Bethany Gospel Hall, 250 m away, with a bus about every 22 minutes on weekdays (routes 9, C4); 6 departures an hour from the 5 stops within a 5-minute walk.
Work usually means a journey: the nearest place with 5,000 or more jobs is about 60 minutes away by public transport (31 by car).
The nearest primary school is Cadland Primary School, a few minutes' walk (450 m); 73% met the expected standard.
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is Lift New Forest, 1.0 km away; Attainment 8: 38.5 · 7.4% of GCSEs at 8–9.
It's a family area: 20% of residents are under 15.
The nearest supermarket is the Southern Co-Operative, 600 m away; Tiny Treats (700 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Forestside Medical Practice (3.8 km), with Boots the closest pharmacy (850 m).
For a haircut, Salon 65 is 650 m away.
The nearest full A&E is Southampton General Hospital, 13 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).
It's quiet in the evenings: only 2 restaurants, cafés and pubs in the neighbourhood itself.
Line Out Shack is the closest café or restaurant (550 m), and Blackfield and Langley Football Club the nearest pub (600 m).
It's a low-crime area: about 65 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents a year, below most of the country.
It's a mix of homes: 7% flats and 28% detached houses.
The typical home here was built in 1965-1972.
Bungalow country: 23% of homes are bungalows.
The nearest park is Holbury Manor Park, 1.1 km away; for exercise, Gang Warily (600 m).
A swim is a short trip away: Calshot, 4.8 km away, was rated excellent for water quality in 2025.
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 7.3 µg/m³).
For holidays, Southampton is 14 km away, and London Gatwick, with far more destinations, 91 km.
Most households own their home, 10% rent privately.
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.
16 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%.
4 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 SO45 2GS →
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 24 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.
On this street: 1 of 16 homes with certificates have solar panels, 0 a heat pump, and 0 are heated by something other than mains gas.
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 2.6% | 1.2% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.5% | 1.2% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 96.1% | 86.1% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.6% | 4.3% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 2.7% | 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.