SO4 4HU

Marchwood & Eling · New Forest · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Local authority
New Forest
Constituency
New Forest East
Postcode district
SO4
Postcode sector
SO4 4

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
SO40 9HU 7 m
SO40 9HW 36 m
SO40 9HT 85 m
SO40 9HR 86 m
SO40 9HZ 90 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
SO4 4HU
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
1 December 1994
Postcode area
SO
Postcode district
SO4
Postcode sector
SO4 4
Latitude
50.913676
Longitude
-1.485201
British National Grid easting
436,287
British National Grid northing
112,817

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South East · E12000008
Local authority district
New Forest · E07000091
Parish or community
E04004587
Westminster constituency
New Forest East · E14001373
Output area
E00117304
Lower layer super output area
New Forest 004E · E01023085
Middle layer super output area
New Forest 004 · E02004782

Postcode source versions

Explore SO4

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
47
Primary
31
Secondary
6
  1. Eling Infant School and Nursery

    Community school

    76 m
  2. GLADE School

    Other independent special school

    458 m
  3. Forest Park School

    Community special school

    920 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
1,119
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 512
  • Public order 112
  • Anti social behaviour 104
  • Criminal damage and arson 85
  • Other theft 60

GP practices

10

within 5 km straight-line

  • TESTVALE SURGERY

    12 SALISBURY ROAD, TOTTON, SOUTHAMPTON, SO40 3PY

    ODS code J82132

    717 m

  • NEW HORIZONS MEDICAL PARTNERSHIP

    1 HAZEL FARM ROAD, TOTTON, SOUTHAMPTON, SO40 8WU

    ODS code J82112

    2.1 km

  • SOLENT GP SURGERY

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

    ODS code J82024

    2.9 km

  • BROOK HOUSE SURGERY

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

    ODS code J82213

    2.9 km

  • CHEVIOT ROAD SURGERY

    1 SHIRLEY AVENUE, SOUTHAMPTON, SO15 5RP

    ODS code J82062

    3.9 km

  • LORDSHILL HEALTH CENTRE

    LORDSHILL DISTRICT CENTRE, SOUTHAMPTON, SO16 8HY

    ODS code J82002

    4.0 km

  • THE SHIRLEY HEALTH PARTNERSHIP

    355 SHIRLEY ROAD, SHIRLEY, SOUTHAMPTON, SO15 3JD

    ODS code J82088

    4.0 km

  • ATHERLEY HOUSE SURGERY

    143-145 SHIRLEY ROAD, SOUTHAMPTON, SO15 3FH

    ODS code J82115

    4.5 km

  • RAYMOND ROAD SURGERY

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

    ODS code J82126

    4.6 km

  • HILL LANE SURGERY

    162 HILL LANE, SOUTHAMPTON, SO15 5DD

    ODS code J82207

    4.9 km

Nearby transport

  • Bartram Road

    BCT · Rushington

    0.1 miles
  • Batts Corner

    BCT · Totton

    0.1 miles
  • Brokenford Lane

    BCT · Totton

    0.2 miles
  • Batts Corner

    BCT · Totton

    0.2 miles
  • Rushington Roundabout

    BCT · Totton

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for New Forest 004E, 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

4 of 10

Overall England rank

11,009 of 33,755

Income
4 of 10
Employment
3 of 10
Education and skills
3 of 10
Health and disability
3 of 10
Crime
4 of 10
Housing and services
7 of 10
Living environment
5 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

47 open schools are in scope, including 31 primary and 6 secondary schools. Eling Infant School and Nursery is the nearest published school at 76 m.

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

Recorded crime

1,119 published events cover 12 months, averaging 93.25 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 512 events.

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