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On Water Lane, in Hythe
What it's like at SO45 4SB: every home that has sold on Water Lane 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 Water Lane; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
| Marlins, Water LaneDetached | Oct 2018 | £720,000 | 237 m² | £3,038/m² | 1 |
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From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
The nearest station is Woolston, a drive away (4.9 km), with 180k journeys a year; its busiest route is to Fareham.
The nearest bus stop is The Mead, 100 m away, with a bus about every 50 minutes on weekdays (routes 8, 626, 625, C7); 11 departures an hour from the 11 stops within a 5-minute walk.
Work usually means a journey: the nearest place with 5,000 or more jobs is about 50 minutes away by public transport (27 by car).
The nearest primary school is Orchard Junior School, a few minutes' walk (under 50 m); 64% met the expected standard.
The closest top-rated primary is Orchard Infant School (0.6 km).
The nearest secondary is Noadswood School, 400 m away; Attainment 8: 45.5 · 10.1% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: St Anne's Catholic School (5.6 km).
Few families with young children: only 13% of residents are under 15.
The nearest supermarket is Tesco, 900 m away, with One Stop closer still (750 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Red And Green Practice (650 m), with Day Lewis Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (650 m).
For a haircut, Hair Affair is 650 m away.
The nearest full A&E is Southampton General Hospital, 7.8 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).
There's a handful of places to eat and drink locally: 14 restaurants and cafés, 9 pubs and bars.
Little Haven Care Home is the closest café or restaurant (700 m), and Planet Kids Cic the nearest pub (950 m).
Takeaways are plentiful (10 of them).
It's a low-crime area: about 54 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents a year, below most of the country.
There are 20 listed buildings.
Detached houses make up 50% of homes.
The typical home here was built in 1965-1972.
Bungalow country: 23% of homes are bungalows.
The nearest park is Noads Way Play Area, 550 m away; for exercise, Clayfields Sports Centre (850 m).
A swim is a short trip away: Calshot, 8.8 km away, was rated excellent for water quality in 2025.
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 7.9 µg/m³).
For holidays, Southampton is 10 km away, and London Gatwick, with far more destinations, 92 km.
12 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 SO45 4SB →
Neighbours tend to stay put: 53% of households own their home outright.
It's an older community: 34% 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" Water Lane in the last 12 months.
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| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 1.1% | 1.2% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.4% | 1.2% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 86.9% | 86.1% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.5% | 4.3% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 9.6% | 7.4% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 2.6% | 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.