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SO16 8AZ

Chilworth, Nursling & Rownhams · Test Valley · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Southampton
Ward
Chilworth, Nursling & Rownhams
Local authority
Test Valley
Constituency
Romsey and Southampton North
Postcode district
SO16
Postcode sector
SO16 8

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
SO16 8DN 46 m
SO16 8DS 104 m
SO16 8LT 134 m
SO16 8AY 145 m
SO16 8DJ 166 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
SO16 8AZ
Status
Current
Introduced
1 December 1994
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
SO
Postcode district
SO16
Postcode sector
SO16 8
Latitude
50.947009
Longitude
-1.458968
British National Grid easting
438,104
British National Grid northing
116,537

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South East · E12000008
Local authority district
Test Valley · E07000093
Electoral ward
Chilworth, Nursling & Rownhams · E05012936
Parish or community
E04004629
Westminster constituency
Romsey and Southampton North · E14001449
Output area
E00117744
Lower layer super output area
Test Valley 015D · E01023173
Middle layer super output area
Test Valley 015 · E02004828

Postcode source versions

Explore SO16

Property

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8 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
4, Horsebridge Way, Rownhams, Southampton, SO16 8AZ 7 December 2018 £385,000
23, Horsebridge Way, Rownhams, Southampton, SO16 8AZ 13 November 2015 £237,500
21, Horsebridge Way, Rownhams, Southampton, SO16 8AZ 10 April 2015 £229,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
57
Primary
34
Secondary
7

  1. Rownhams St John's Church of England Primary School

    Voluntary controlled school

    230 m

  2. The Cedar School

    Community special school

    528 m

  3. Nursling Church of England Primary School

    Voluntary controlled school

    724 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
1,420
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 515
  • Anti social behaviour 153
  • Criminal damage and arson 145
  • Vehicle crime 132
  • Shoplifting 118

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
39

17 female, 22 male

Postcode households
16
Residents per household
2.4
SO16 8 residents
12,073

Age bands in SO16 8

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
15.6%

1,875 residents

Age 15 to 24
10.1%

1,220 residents

Age 25 to 44
22.8%

2,748 residents

Age 45 to 64
27.1%

3,266 residents

Age 65 and over
24.3%

2,921 residents

This postcode contained 0.3% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider SO16 8 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

13

within 5 km

  • LORDSHILL HEALTH CENTRE

    LORDSHILL DISTRICT CENTRE, SOUTHAMPTON, SO16 8HY

    ODS code J82002

    993 m

  • ALDERMOOR SURGERY

    ALDERMOOR CLOSE, SOUTHAMPTON, SO16 5ST

    ODS code J82092

    2.3 km

  • SOLENT GP SURGERY

    ADELAIDE HEALTH CENTRE, WILLIAM MACLEOD WAY, SOUTHAMPTON, SO16 4XE

    ODS code J82024

    2.6 km

  • BROOK HOUSE SURGERY

    98 OAKLEY ROAD, SHIRLEY PARK, SOUTHAMPTON, SO16 4NZ

    ODS code J82213

    3.0 km

  • NORTH BADDESLEY SURGERY

    NORTON WELCH CLOSE, FLEMING AVENUE, NORTH BADDESLEY, SOUTHAMPTON, SO52 9EP

    ODS code J82121

    3.5 km

  • CHEVIOT ROAD SURGERY

    1 SHIRLEY AVENUE, SOUTHAMPTON, SO15 5RP

    ODS code J82062

    3.5 km

  • THE SHIRLEY HEALTH PARTNERSHIP

    355 SHIRLEY ROAD, SHIRLEY, SOUTHAMPTON, SO15 3JD

    ODS code J82088

    3.7 km

  • TESTVALE SURGERY

    12 SALISBURY ROAD, TOTTON, SOUTHAMPTON, SO40 3PY

    ODS code J82132

    3.8 km

  • RAYMOND ROAD SURGERY

    34 RAYMOND ROAD, UPPER SHIRLEY, SOUTHAMPTON, SO15 5AL

    ODS code J82126

    4.1 km

  • ATHERLEY HOUSE SURGERY

    143-145 SHIRLEY ROAD, SOUTHAMPTON, SO15 3FH

    ODS code J82115

    4.6 km

  • HILL LANE SURGERY

    162 HILL LANE, SOUTHAMPTON, SO15 5DD

    ODS code J82207

    4.6 km

  • UNIVERSITY HEALTH SERVICE SOUTHAMPTON

    BUILDING 48, UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON, SOUTHAMPTON, SO17 1BJ

    ODS code J82080

    4.7 km

  • ALMA ROAD SURGERY

    THE SURGERY, 68 ALMA ROAD, PORTSWOOD, SOUTHAMPTON, SO14 6UX

    ODS code J82122

    5.0 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 2026-09-03. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • Nutshalling Avenue

    BCT · Rownhams

    0.1 miles

  • Rownhams Way

    BCT · Rownhams

    0.1 miles

  • The Balmoral

    BCT · Rownhams

    0.2 miles

  • West Ways Close

    BCT · Rownhams

    0.2 miles

  • The Balmoral

    BCT · Rownhams

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Test Valley 015D, 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

10 of 10

Overall England rank

33,481 of 33,755

Income
10 of 10
Employment
10 of 10
Education and skills
9 of 10
Health and disability
9 of 10
Crime
10 of 10
Housing and services
9 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

Schools

57 open schools are in scope, including 34 primary and 7 secondary schools. Rownhams St John's Church of England Primary School is the nearest published school at 230 m.

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

Recorded crime

1,420 published events cover 12 months, averaging 118.333 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 515 events.

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