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SO4 8LP

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 8

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
SO41 8LP 102 m
SO41 8LL 328 m
SO41 8LQ 335 m
SO41 8LJ 364 m
SO41 8JD 386 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
SO4 8LP
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
1 December 1985
Postcode area
SO
Postcode district
SO4
Postcode sector
SO4 8
Latitude
50.770010
Longitude
-1.577352
British National Grid easting
429,900
British National Grid northing
96,800

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
E00116818
Lower layer super output area
New Forest 015B · E01022991
Middle layer super output area
New Forest 015 · E02004793

Postcode source versions

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Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
15
Primary
11
Secondary
1

  1. Our Lady and St Joseph Catholic Primary School - the Learning Federation Partnership of Schools

    Voluntary aided school

    1.2 km

  2. Lymington Junior School

    Community school

    2.2 km

  3. Hill House School

    Other independent special school

    2.2 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
62
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 29
  • Burglary 8
  • Other theft 5
  • Anti social behaviour 5
  • Criminal damage and arson 4

GP practices

3

within 5 km straight-line

  • WISTARIA & MILFORD SURGERIES

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

    ODS code J82139

    2.4 km

  • CHAWTON HOUSE SURGERY

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

    ODS code J82075

    2.6 km

  • NEW FOREST MEDICAL GROUP

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

    ODS code J82129

    5.0 km

Nearby transport

  • The New Wheel Inn

    BCT · Bowling Green

    0.1 miles

  • The New Wheel Inn

    BCT · Bowling Green

    0.1 miles

  • The New Wheel Inn

    BCT · Bowling Green

    0.1 miles

  • The New Wheel Inn

    BCT · Bowling Green

    0.2 miles

  • Ramley House

    BCT · Bowling Green

    0.4 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for New Forest 015B, 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

9 of 10

Overall England rank

27,560 of 33,755

Income
10 of 10
Employment
10 of 10
Education and skills
10 of 10
Health and disability
10 of 10
Crime
8 of 10
Housing and services
1 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

15 open schools are in scope, including 11 primary and 1 secondary schools. Our Lady and St Joseph Catholic Primary School - the Learning Federation Partnership of Schools is the nearest published school at 0.8 miles.

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

Recorded crime

62 published events cover 12 months, averaging 5.167 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 29 events.

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