CheckNear.me

SO40 2BU

Ashurst, Bramshaw, Copythorne & Netley Marsh · New Forest · England

Updated September 2026

Compare this postcode

Location overview

Drag to pan. Use + or - to zoom. Open larger map
Ward
Ashurst, Bramshaw, Copythorne & Netley Marsh
Local authority
New Forest
Constituency
New Forest East
Postcode district
SO40
Postcode sector
SO40 2

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
SO40 2QT 217 m
SO40 2RQ 320 m
SO40 2RX 441 m
SO40 2RS 553 m
SO40 2RW 687 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
SO40 2BU
Status
Current
Introduced
1 June 2026
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
SO
Postcode district
SO40
Postcode sector
SO40 2
Latitude
50.940233
Longitude
-1.519649
British National Grid easting
433,846
British National Grid northing
115,754

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South East · E12000008
Local authority district
New Forest · E07000091
Electoral ward
Ashurst, Bramshaw, Copythorne & Netley Marsh · E05014771
Parish or community
E04004580
Westminster constituency
New Forest East · E14001373
Output area
E00116760
Lower layer super output area
New Forest 006D · E01022980
Middle layer super output area
New Forest 006 · E02004784

Postcode source versions

Explore SO40

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

View all nearby schools
Open schools
30
Primary
21
Secondary
4

  1. Calmore Infant School

    Community school

    1.3 km

  2. Calmore Junior School

    Foundation school

    1.3 km

  3. Oakfield Academy

    Academy sponsor led

    2.2 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

View all nearby crime records
Published events
489
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 237
  • Public order 55
  • Criminal damage and arson 47
  • Anti social behaviour 34
  • Other theft 29

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
SO40 2 residents
8,811

Age bands in SO40 2

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
16.1%

1,375 residents

Age 15 to 24
9.9%

847 residents

Age 25 to 44
22.5%

1,924 residents

Age 45 to 64
28.2%

2,415 residents

Age 65 and over
23.4%

2,004 residents

Small counts are adjusted for privacy, so totals can differ slightly between Census tables.

Census Day: 21 March 2021. Sources: ONS/Nomis P001-P004 and ONS CT21_0228. Age table version 2024-04-08.

GP practices

3

within 5 km

  • NEW HORIZONS MEDICAL PARTNERSHIP

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

    ODS code J82112

    2.6 km

  • TESTVALE SURGERY

    12 SALISBURY ROAD, TOTTON, SOUTHAMPTON, SO40 3PY

    ODS code J82132

    3.1 km

  • LORDSHILL HEALTH CENTRE

    LORDSHILL DISTRICT CENTRE, SOUTHAMPTON, SO16 8HY

    ODS code J82002

    5.0 km

Main GP practices only; branch surgeries are excluded. Distances are straight-line. Contact the practice to check registration, services, opening hours and appointments.

Source acquired on 2026-09-05. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • Hill Street

    BCT · Hillstreet

    0.2 miles

  • Hill Street

    BCT · Hillstreet

    0.2 miles

  • Testwood Stadium

    BCT · Calmore

    0.5 miles

  • Buckland Gardens

    BCT · Calmore

    0.5 miles

  • Testwood Stadium

    BCT · Calmore

    0.6 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for New Forest 006D, 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

20,737 of 33,755

Income
9 of 10
Employment
8 of 10
Education and skills
7 of 10
Health and disability
5 of 10
Crime
4 of 10
Housing and services
2 of 10
Living environment
6 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

30 open schools are in scope, including 21 primary and 4 secondary schools. Calmore Infant School is the nearest published school at 0.8 miles.

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

Recorded crime

489 published events cover 12 months, averaging 40.75 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 237 events.

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