SO4 0BH

Sway · New Forest · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Ward
Sway
Local authority
New Forest
Constituency
New Forest East
Postcode district
SO4
Postcode sector
SO4 0

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
SO41 6BE 62 m
SO41 6BG 119 m
SO41 6BH 157 m
SO41 6DA 176 m
SO41 6HA 182 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
SO4 0BH
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
1 December 1985
Postcode area
SO
Postcode district
SO4
Postcode sector
SO4 0
Latitude
50.780896
Longitude
-1.604204
British National Grid easting
428,000
British National Grid northing
98,000

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South East · E12000008
Local authority district
New Forest · E07000091
Electoral ward
Sway · E05014792
Parish or community
E04004586
Westminster constituency
New Forest East · E14001373
Output area
E00116815
Lower layer super output area
New Forest 015A · E01022989
Middle layer super output area
New Forest 015 · E02004793

Postcode source versions

Explore SO4

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
15
Primary
11
Secondary
1
  1. St Luke's Church of England Primary School

    Voluntary controlled school

    489 m
  2. Tiptoe Primary School

    Community school

    2.5 km
  3. Hordle CofE (VA) Primary School

    Voluntary aided school

    2.9 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
83
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 37
  • Burglary 10
  • Criminal damage and arson 10
  • Anti social behaviour 9
  • Other theft 6

GP practices

4

within 5 km straight-line

  • NEW FOREST MEDICAL GROUP

    SURGERIES AT SWAY & BROCKENHURST, HIGHWOOD ROAD, BROCKENHURST, SO42 7RY

    ODS code J82129

    4.2 km

  • WISTARIA & MILFORD SURGERIES

    WISTARIA SURGERY, WISTARIA CT, 18 AVENUE RD, LYMINGTON, SO41 9GJ

    ODS code J82139

    4.6 km

  • COASTAL MEDICAL PARTNERSHIP

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

    ODS code J82007

    4.7 km

  • CHAWTON HOUSE SURGERY

    43-45 ST. THOMAS STREET, LYMINGTON, SO41 9ND

    ODS code J82075

    4.9 km

Nearby transport

  • Westbeams Road

    BCT · Sway

    0.2 miles
  • Westbeams Road

    BCT · Sway

    0.2 miles
  • Set Thorns Road

    BCT · Sway

    0.3 miles
  • Set Thorns Road

    BCT · Sway

    0.3 miles
  • Sway Station

    BCT · Sway

    0.3 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for New Forest 015A, 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

26,194 of 33,755

Income
8 of 10
Employment
8 of 10
Education and skills
8 of 10
Health and disability
9 of 10
Crime
8 of 10
Housing and services
2 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.

Evidence in context

Schools

15 open schools are in scope, including 11 primary and 1 secondary schools. St Luke's Church of England Primary School is the nearest published school at 489 m.

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

Recorded crime

83 published events cover 12 months, averaging 6.917 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 37 events.

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