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On Petty Close, in Romsey Town
What it's like at SO51 5UY: every home that has sold on Petty Close 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 Petty Close; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
None of the 17 homes on the street is owned by a company.
| 3, Petty CloseSemi-detached | Jul 2006 | £208,000 | – | – | 2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5, Petty CloseSemi-detached | Jul 1998 | £92,000 | 75 m² | £1,227/m² | 1 |
| 6, Petty CloseDetached | Aug 2024 | £400,000 | 78 m² | £5,128/m² | 3 |
| 7, Petty CloseSemi-detached | Mar 2023 | £402,500 | 59 m² | £6,822/m² | 4 |
| 8, Petty CloseSemi-detached | Dec 2014 | £250,000 | 74 m² | £3,378/m² | 3 |
| 9, Petty CloseSemi-detached | Sept 2013 | £250,000 | 83 m² | £3,012/m² | 4 |
| 10, Petty CloseSemi-detached | Jun 1999 | £92,000 | 81 m² | £1,136/m² | 1 |
| 11, Petty CloseSemi-detached | Feb 2010 | £235,000 | 75 m² | £3,133/m² | 2 |
| 14, Petty CloseSemi-detached | Mar 2021 | £318,000 | 69 m² | £4,609/m² | 3 |
| 19, Petty CloseSemi-detached | Nov 2005 | £205,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 20, Petty CloseSemi-detached | Sept 1996 | £71,500 | – | – | 1 |
| 22, Petty CloseDetached | Aug 2006 | £250,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 25, Petty CloseDetached | Jul 2002 | £194,500 | 82 m² | £2,372/m² | 1 |
| 26, Petty CloseSemi-detached | Nov 2007 | £250,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 27, Petty CloseSemi-detached | Sept 2002 | £183,500 | – | – | 2 |
| 28, Petty CloseDetached | May 2002 | £182,500 | 69 m² | £2,645/m² | 2 |
| 29, Petty CloseDetached | Sept 2023 | £450,000 | 83 m² | £5,422/m² | 2 |
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
The nearest station is Romsey, about a 10-minute walk (800 m), with 457k journeys a year; its busiest route is to Southampton Central.
The nearest bus stop is Petty Close, 50 m away, with fewer than one bus an hour on weekdays (route 35); 9 departures an hour from the 7 stops within a 5-minute walk.
The nearest primary school is Romsey Primary School & Nursery, about a 10-minute walk (850 m); 50% met the expected standard.
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is The Mountbatten School, 1.2 km away; Attainment 8: 51.2 · 12.4% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Few families with young children: only 11% of residents are under 15.
The nearest supermarket is The Southern Co-operative, 200 m away; Jazzy Food & Wine (450 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Abbeywell Surgery - Nightingale Site (600 m), with Romsey Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (600 m).
For a haircut, Barber Shop is 450 m away.
The nearest full A&E is Southampton General Hospital, 7.6 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: 29 restaurants and cafés and 13 pubs and bars in the neighbourhood.
Costa Coffee is the closest café or restaurant (300 m), and Romsey Town Football Club the nearest pub (300 m).
Takeaways are plentiful (10 of them).
Crime is around the national middle: about 100 per 1,000 residents a year.
Much of it is protected: 42% of postcodes sit in a conservation area (Romsey).
There are 197 listed buildings.
It's a mix of homes: 34% flats and 14% detached houses.
The typical home here was built in 1965-1972.
The nearest park is Botley Road Park, 500 m away; for exercise, Romsey Rapids Sports Complex (250 m).
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 7.7 µg/m³).
For holidays, Southampton is 11 km away, and London Heathrow, with far more destinations, 90 km.
Neighbours tend to stay put: 46% of households own their home outright.
It's an older community: 36% 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.
30 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.
Romsey and Southampton North constituency: Caroline Nokes MP (Conservative), since May 2010. 2024 general election: Con hold, majority 2,191 (4.4%), turnout 70%. Vote shares: Conservative 40%, Liberal Democrat 35%, Reform UK 11%, Labour 9%.
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 SO51 5UY →
Tap a type to see what it covers and how it has changed in Test Valley 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 17 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.
On this street: 0 of 11 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 | 0.8% | 1.4% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.7% | 2.3% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 73.6% | 76.5% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.1% | 13.1% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 19.1% | 7.0% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 6.3% | 0.7% | 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.