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On Brewery Lane, in Romsey Town
What it's like at SO51 8JX: every home that has sold on Brewery 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.
4 homes on the street extended (energy certificates).
Sales and extensions on Brewery Lane; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
4 of the 54 homes on the street are owned by companies (1 overseas).
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
The nearest station is Romsey, a few minutes' walk (400 m), with 457k journeys a year; its busiest route is to Southampton Central.
The nearest bus stop is Malthouse Close, 100 m away, with fewer than one bus an hour on weekdays (route 634); 1 departures an hour from the 7 stops within a 5-minute walk.
The nearest primary school is Romsey Abbey Church of England Primary School, a few minutes' walk (350 m); 61% met the expected standard.
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is The Romsey School, 200 m away; Attainment 8: 46.8 · 10.4% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Few families with young children: only 11% of residents are under 15.
The nearest supermarket is Waitrose, 350 m away; Oasis Christian Centre (300 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Alma Road Surgery (450 m), with Superdrug Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (450 m).
For a haircut, Mayaju Nails & Beauty is 300 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.
King John's House Tea Room is the closest café or restaurant (300 m), and The Star the nearest pub (200 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 North Garth, 350 m away; for exercise, Curves (400 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.
53 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 |
|---|---|---|
| the Brew House | II | 10 m |
| 63-67, Cherville Street | II | 90 m |
| 59 and 61, Cherville Street | II | 100 m |
| 57, Cherville Street | II | 100 m |
| 55, Cherville Street | II | 110 m |
| Hamilton House | II | 120 m |
| St Clements | II | 130 m |
| 47 and 49, Cherville Street | II | 130 m |
| the Vine Inn | II | 130 m |
| 45, Cherville Street | II | 140 m |
| Nursery Garden Entrance Portico | II | 160 m |
| Clive House | II | 170 m |
Nearest 12 shown. 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.
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%.
3 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 8JX →
Nearest 8 shown. Plaques recorded by Open Plaques (openplaques.org), a volunteer project; its data is public domain. Not every plaque is recorded.
On this street: 0 of 46 homes with certificates have solar panels, 0 a heat pump, and 2 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.
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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 54 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.