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BH25 5QU

Ashley, Bashley & Fernhill · New Forest · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
New Milton
Ward
Ashley, Bashley & Fernhill
Local authority
New Forest
Constituency
New Forest West
Postcode district
BH25
Postcode sector
BH25 5

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
BH25 5PE 283 m
BH25 5PU 350 m
BH25 5RR 411 m
BH25 5QW 419 m
BH25 5RS 446 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
BH25 5QU
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
BH
Postcode district
BH25
Postcode sector
BH25 5
Latitude
50.771454
Longitude
-1.643340
British National Grid easting
425,246
British National Grid northing
96,936

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South East · E12000008
Local authority district
New Forest · E07000091
Electoral ward
Ashley, Bashley & Fernhill · E05014770
Parish or community
E04004581
Westminster constituency
New Forest West · E14001374
Output area
E00116783
Lower layer super output area
New Forest 018A · E01022984
Middle layer super output area
New Forest 018 · E02004796

Postcode source versions

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Property

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6 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
Brockhills House, Sway Road, New Milton, BH25 5QU 22 December 2020 £795,000
Maesbury, Sway Road, New Milton, BH25 5QU 25 November 2020 £720,000
The Lodge, Sway Road, New Milton, BH25 5QU 13 March 2007 £500,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
11
Primary
7
Secondary
1

  1. Tiptoe Primary School

    Community school

    991 m

  2. Ballard School

    Other independent school

    1.5 km

  3. Ashley Infant School

    Community school

    1.7 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
222
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 110
  • Criminal damage and arson 22
  • Public order 19
  • Anti social behaviour 18
  • Burglary 16

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
15

8 female, 7 male

Postcode households
7
Residents per household
2.1
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 0.1% 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

    2.0 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

  • Hollands Wood Drive

    BCT · Ashley

    0.1 miles

  • Hollands Wood Drive

    BCT · Ashley

    0.1 miles

  • Badgers Copse

    BCT · New Milton

    0.2 miles

  • Badgers Copse

    BCT · New Milton

    0.2 miles

  • Hoburne Park

    BCT · Bashley Park

    0.3 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for New Forest 018A, 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

8 of 10

Overall England rank

25,461 of 33,755

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

Schools

11 open schools are in scope, including 7 primary and 1 secondary schools. Tiptoe Primary School is the nearest published school at 991 m.

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

Recorded crime

222 published events cover 12 months, averaging 18.5 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 110 events.

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