BH25 6RQ

Milton · New Forest · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Ward
Milton
Local authority
New Forest
Constituency
New Forest West
Postcode district
BH25
Postcode sector
BH25 6

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
BH25 6RG 40 m
BH25 6TQ 62 m
BH25 6RJ 88 m
BH25 6RH 94 m
BH25 6SJ 110 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
BH25 6RQ
Status
Current
Introduced
1 February 1990
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
BH
Postcode district
BH25
Postcode sector
BH25 6
Latitude
50.752018
Longitude
-1.670038
British National Grid easting
423,373
British National Grid northing
94,766

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South East · E12000008
Local authority district
New Forest · E07000091
Electoral ward
Milton · E05014788
Parish or community
E04004581
Westminster constituency
New Forest West · E14001374
Output area
E00117165
Lower layer super output area
New Forest 020D · E01023055
Middle layer super output area
New Forest 020 · E02004798

Postcode source versions

Explore BH25

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
12
Primary
7
Secondary
2
  1. The Eaglewood School

    Free schools alternative provision

    214 m
  2. The Arnewood School

    Academy converter

    470 m
  3. New Milton Junior School

    Community school

    779 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
1,046
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 427
  • Criminal damage and arson 108
  • Shoplifting 91
  • Public order 84
  • Anti social behaviour 80

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
2

1 female, 1 male

Postcode households
2
Residents per household
1.0
BH25 6 residents
6,644

Age bands in BH25 6

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
12.6%

876 residents

Age 15 to 24
8.2%

569 residents

Age 25 to 44
19%

1,325 residents

Age 45 to 64
24.4%

1,699 residents

Age 65 and over
35.9%

2,504 residents

This postcode contained 0% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider BH25 6 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+
0%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
0%
Gigabit-capable
0%
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

2

within 5 km

  • COASTAL MEDICAL PARTNERSHIP

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

    ODS code J82007

    982 m

  • HIGHCLIFFE MEDICAL CENTRE

    248 LYMINGTON ROAD, HIGHCLIFFE, CHRISTCHURCH, BH23 5ET

    ODS code J81028

    2.5 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

  • Stem Lane

    BCT · New Milton

    0.1 miles
  • Milton Mead

    BCT · Gore

    0.2 miles
  • Milton Mead

    BCT · Gore

    0.2 miles
  • Stem Lane

    BCT · New Milton

    0.2 miles
  • Brownsea Close

    BCT · New Milton

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for New Forest 020D, 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

3 of 10

Overall England rank

6,984 of 33,755

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

12 open schools are in scope, including 7 primary and 2 secondary schools. The Eaglewood School is the nearest published school at 214 m.

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

Recorded crime

1,046 published events cover 12 months, averaging 87.167 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 427 events.

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