SO4 7WG

Forest & Solent · New Forest · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Ward: Forest & Solent
Local authority: New Forest
Constituency: New Forest East
Postcode district: SO4
Postcode sector: SO4 7

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode	Distance
SO42 7WG	88 m
SO42 7WD	89 m
SO42 7WH	93 m
SO42 7WJ	151 m
SO42 7WF	159 m

Complete postcode fields and official codes

Postcode: SO4 7WG
Status: Terminated
Introduced: 1 January 1980
Terminated: 1 December 1985
Postcode area: SO
Postcode district: SO4
Postcode sector: SO4 7
Latitude: 50.806457
Longitude: -1.473422
British National Grid easting: 437,200
British National Grid northing: 100,900

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country: England · E92000001
Region: South East · E12000008
Local authority district: New Forest · E07000091
Electoral ward: Forest & Solent · E05014780
Parish or community: E04004565
Westminster constituency: New Forest East · E14001373
Output area: E00116867
Lower layer super output area: New Forest 017B · E01022999
Middle layer super output area: New Forest 017 · E02004795

Postcode source versions

Ordnance Survey: Code-Point Open Version 2026-08 · Current postcode units in Great Britain · OGL-3.0
Office for National Statistics: ONS Postcode Directory Version 2026-08 · United Kingdom; Northern Ireland excluded pending rights review; Crown Dependencies outside product scope · OGL-3.0 with third-party rights
Ordnance Survey: Boundary-Line Version 2026-05 · Local-authority boundaries in Great Britain · OS OpenData Licence

Explore SO4

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools: 2
Primary: 2
Secondary: 0

Beaulieu Village Primary School

Community school
2.0 km
South Baddesley Church of England Primary School & Nursery

Voluntary controlled school
4.9 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events: 39
Months covered: 12
Latest month: June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

Violence and sexual offences 14
Burglary 12
Anti social behaviour 4
Criminal damage and arson 3
Other theft 2

Nearby transport

Pages Lane

BCT · Beaulieu
0.0 miles
Pages Lane

BCT · Beaulieu
0.0 miles
Post Office & Stores

BCT · East Boldre
0.1 miles
Post Office & Stores

BCT · East Boldre
0.1 miles
Masseys Lane

BCT · Hatchet Gate
0.3 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for New Forest 017B, 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

5 of 10

Overall England rank

14,358 of 33,755

Income: 8 of 10
Employment: 10 of 10
Education and skills: 6 of 10
Health and disability: 10 of 10
Crime: 5 of 10
Housing and services: 1 of 10
Living environment: 1 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

2 open schools are in scope, including 2 primary and 0 secondary schools. Beaulieu Village Primary School is the nearest published school at 1.2 miles.

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

Recorded crime

39 published events cover 12 months, averaging 3.25 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 14 events.

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