BH25 5GU

Ashley, Bashley & Fernhill · New Forest · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
New Milton
Local authority
New Forest
Constituency
New Forest West
Postcode district
BH25
Postcode sector
BH25 5

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
BH25 5GZ 54 m
BH25 5GX 75 m
BH25 5RF 113 m
BH25 5GT 127 m
BH25 5DW 134 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
BH25 5GU
Status
Current
Introduced
1 December 2001
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
BH
Postcode district
BH25
Postcode sector
BH25 5
Latitude
50.763485
Longitude
-1.639955
British National Grid easting
425,489
British National Grid northing
96,051

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South East · E12000008
Local authority district
New Forest · E07000091
Parish or community
E04004581
Westminster constituency
New Forest West · E14001374
Output area
E00171460
Lower layer super output area
New Forest 020A · E01023017
Middle layer super output area
New Forest 020 · E02004798

Postcode source versions

Explore BH25

22 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
8, Vernalls Court, New Milton, BH25 5GU 29 October 2024 £300,000
8, Vernalls Court, New Milton, BH25 5GU 24 April 2015 £247,000
5, Vernalls Court, New Milton, BH25 5GU 4 May 2011 £214,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
14
Primary
10
Secondary
1
  1. Ashley Infant School

    Community school

    743 m
  2. Ashley Junior School

    Foundation school

    861 m
  3. Ballard School

    Other independent school

    1.3 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
598
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 238
  • Shoplifting 67
  • Criminal damage and arson 55
  • Public order 54
  • Anti social behaviour 54

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
26

12 female, 14 male

Postcode households
8
Residents per household
3.3
BH25 5 residents
12,364

Age bands in BH25 5

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
13.5%

1,646 residents

Age 15 to 24
8.8%

1,069 residents

Age 25 to 44
19.2%

2,340 residents

Age 45 to 64
27.6%

3,363 residents

Age 65 and over
30.9%

3,760 residents

This postcode contained 0.2% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider BH25 5 sector, not people in this individual postcode.

Small counts are adjusted for privacy, so totals can differ slightly between Census tables.

Census Day: 21 March 2021. Sources: ONS/Nomis P001-P004 and ONS CT21_0228. Age table version 2024-04-08.

Fixed broadband coverage

Ofcom's predicted availability across all residential and commercial premises in this postcode in January 2026.

Superfast, 30 Mbit/s+
100%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
100%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
100%
Gigabit-capable
100%
Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
0%
Next Generation Access
100%
Decent broadband available from fixed wireless
0%

Predicted coverage, not measured speeds. Check availability for your address with a provider. Postcode-level full-fibre figures are not published in this release.

Source: Ofcom Connected Nations Spring 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

GP practices

1

within 5 km

  • COASTAL MEDICAL PARTNERSHIP

    MILTON MEDICAL CENTRE, AVENUE ROAD, NEW MILTON, BH25 5JP

    ODS code J82007

    1.5 km

Main GP practices only; branch surgeries are excluded. Distances are straight-line. Contact the practice to check registration, services, opening hours and appointments.

Source acquired on 2026-09-05. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • Park Road

    BCT · Ashley

    0.2 miles
  • Park Road

    BCT · Ashley

    0.2 miles
  • St Peters Church

    BCT · New Milton

    0.2 miles
  • St Peters Church

    BCT · New Milton

    0.2 miles
  • Marston Road

    BCT · New Milton

    0.3 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for New Forest 020A, the published LSOA linked to this postcode. Decile 1 contains the most deprived 10% of English LSOAs and decile 10 the least deprived 10%.

Overall IMD decile

5 of 10

Overall England rank

16,284 of 33,755

Income
5 of 10
Employment
4 of 10
Education and skills
3 of 10
Health and disability
7 of 10
Crime
6 of 10
Housing and services
6 of 10
Living environment
10 of 10

These are relative area statistics, not measures of an individual household, affluence or absolute change. They cannot be compared with indices for other UK nations. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, version 2025-v2.

Flood risk

Environment Agency long-term indicators for the area around addresses in this postcode. They are not an assessment of any individual property and do not show current or forecast flooding.

High risk addresses
0
Medium risk addresses
0
Low risk addresses
0
Groundwater flood alert area
Unlikely

Source: Environment Agency flood-risk postcode search tool data, version 2026-06-18. Check the long-term risk for an individual area. © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2025. All rights reserved.

Evidence in context

Property market

The five-year median is £300,000 from 1 recorded sale in BH25 5GU. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.

The latest UK House Price Index average for New Forest is £380,310 in June 2026, up 1.2% year on year.

Schools

14 open schools are in scope, including 10 primary and 1 secondary schools. Ashley Infant School is the nearest published school at 743 m.

Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.

Recorded crime

598 published events cover 12 months, averaging 49.833 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 238 events.

The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.