SO3 2QF

Central Meon Valley · Winchester · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Local authority
Winchester
Constituency
Winchester
Postcode district
SO3
Postcode sector
SO3 2

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
SO32 2NX 138 m
SO32 2QF 267 m
PO17 5BA 524 m
SO32 3QH 544 m
PO17 6LA 576 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
SO3 2QF
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
1 December 1994
Postcode area
SO
Postcode district
SO3
Postcode sector
SO3 2
Latitude
50.926803
Longitude
-1.150522
British National Grid easting
459,798
British National Grid northing
114,494

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South East · E12000008
Local authority district
Winchester · E07000094
Parish or community
E04004683
Westminster constituency
Winchester · E14001587
Output area
E00118252
Lower layer super output area
Winchester 011D · E01023277
Middle layer super output area
Winchester 011 · E02004839

Postcode source versions

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Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
7
Primary
6
Secondary
1
  1. Newtown Soberton Infant School

    Community school

    2.3 km
  2. Swanmore Church of England Aided Primary School

    Voluntary aided school

    2.9 km
  3. Swanmore College

    Community school

    3.0 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
27
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 15
  • Other theft 3
  • Anti social behaviour 3
  • Burglary 2
  • Other crime 1

GP practices

1

within 5 km straight-line

  • WICKHAM SURGERY

    HOUGHTON WAY, WICKHAM, FAREHAM, PO17 5GU

    ODS code J82034

    3.6 km

Nearby transport

  • Bold Forester

    BCT · Soberton Heath

    0.4 miles
  • Post Box

    BCT · Soberton Heath

    0.4 miles
  • Post Box

    BCT · Soberton Heath

    0.4 miles
  • Chapel Pond

    BCT · Soberton Heath

    0.5 miles
  • Kingsmead

    BCT · Mislingford

    0.6 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Winchester 011D, 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

7 of 10

Overall England rank

21,389 of 33,755

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

Evidence in context

Schools

7 open schools are in scope, including 6 primary and 1 secondary schools. Newtown Soberton Infant School is the nearest published school at 1.4 miles.

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

Recorded crime

27 published events cover 12 months, averaging 2.25 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 15 events.

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