SO40 4AL

Marchwood & Eling · New Forest · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Southampton
Local authority
New Forest
Constituency
New Forest East
Postcode district
SO40
Postcode sector
SO40 4

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
SO40 4AX 109 m
SO40 4BF 109 m
SO40 4AJ 114 m
SO40 4AN 132 m
SO40 4AD 137 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
SO40 4AL
Status
Current
Introduced
1 December 1999
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
SO
Postcode district
SO40
Postcode sector
SO40 4
Latitude
50.901554
Longitude
-1.444322
British National Grid easting
439,171
British National Grid northing
111,490

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South East · E12000008
Local authority district
New Forest · E07000091
Parish or community
E04004576
Westminster constituency
New Forest East · E14001373
Output area
E00117124
Lower layer super output area
New Forest 008E · E01023049
Middle layer super output area
New Forest 008 · E02004786

Postcode source versions

Explore SO40

76 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
23, Portside Close, Marchwood, Southampton, SO40 4AL 30 August 2024 £250,000
1, Portside Close, Marchwood, Southampton, SO40 4AL 10 May 2024 £518,000
17, Portside Close, Marchwood, Southampton, SO40 4AL 22 November 2023 £270,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
67
Primary
38
Secondary
8
  1. Marchwood Junior School

    Community school

    1.2 km
  2. Freemantle Church of England Community Academy

    Academy converter

    1.7 km
  3. Tanners Brook Primary School

    Academy sponsor led

    1.9 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
709
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 334
  • Public order 65
  • Other theft 59
  • Anti social behaviour 56
  • Criminal damage and arson 47

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
48

25 female, 23 male

Postcode households
27
Residents per household
1.8
SO40 4 residents
5,966

Age bands in SO40 4

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
18.2%

1,054 residents

Age 15 to 24
9.7%

560 residents

Age 25 to 44
26.4%

1,524 residents

Age 45 to 64
27.5%

1,590 residents

Age 65 and over
18.2%

1,049 residents

This postcode contained 0.8% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider SO40 4 sector, not people in this individual postcode.

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.

Fixed broadband coverage

Ofcom's predicted availability across all residential and commercial premises in this postcode in January 2026.

Superfast, 30 Mbit/s+
100%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
100%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
100%
Gigabit-capable
100%
Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
0%
Next Generation Access
100%
Decent broadband available from fixed wireless
0%

Predicted coverage, not measured speeds. Check availability for your address with a provider. Postcode-level full-fibre figures are not published in this release.

Source: Ofcom Connected Nations Spring 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

GP practices

16

within 5 km

  • ATHERLEY HOUSE SURGERY

    143-145 SHIRLEY ROAD, SOUTHAMPTON, SO15 3FH

    ODS code J82115

    2.1 km

  • THE SHIRLEY HEALTH PARTNERSHIP

    355 SHIRLEY ROAD, SHIRLEY, SOUTHAMPTON, SO15 3JD

    ODS code J82088

    2.3 km

  • BROOK HOUSE SURGERY

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

    ODS code J82213

    2.3 km

  • CHEVIOT ROAD SURGERY

    1 SHIRLEY AVENUE, SOUTHAMPTON, SO15 5RP

    ODS code J82062

    2.4 km

  • HILL LANE SURGERY

    162 HILL LANE, SOUTHAMPTON, SO15 5DD

    ODS code J82207

    2.6 km

  • SOLENT GP SURGERY

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

    ODS code J82024

    2.6 km

  • RAYMOND ROAD SURGERY

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

    ODS code J82126

    2.6 km

  • WALNUT TREE SURGERY

    14 CARLTON ROAD, SOUTHAMPTON, SO15 2HQ

    ODS code J82605

    3.1 km

  • SOUTHAMPTON SEA CITY PARTNERSHIP

    ST MARY'S SURGERY, 1 JOHNSON STREET, SOUTHAMPTON, SO14 1LT

    ODS code J82081

    3.3 km

  • HOMELESS HEALTHCARE TEAM

    30 CRANBURY AVENUE, SOUTHAMPTON, SO14 0LT

    ODS code J82217

    3.7 km

  • TESTVALE SURGERY

    12 SALISBURY ROAD, TOTTON, SOUTHAMPTON, SO40 3PY

    ODS code J82132

    3.8 km

  • ALMA ROAD SURGERY

    THE SURGERY, 68 ALMA ROAD, PORTSWOOD, SOUTHAMPTON, SO14 6UX

    ODS code J82122

    3.8 km

  • LORDSHILL HEALTH CENTRE

    LORDSHILL DISTRICT CENTRE, SOUTHAMPTON, SO16 8HY

    ODS code J82002

    4.4 km

  • ALDERMOOR SURGERY

    ALDERMOOR CLOSE, SOUTHAMPTON, SO16 5ST

    ODS code J82092

    4.5 km

  • WATERFRONT AND SOLENT SURGERY

    JONES LANE, HYTHE, SOUTHAMPTON, SO45 6AW

    ODS code J82156

    4.5 km

  • UNIVERSITY HEALTH SERVICE SOUTHAMPTON

    BUILDING 48, UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON, SOUTHAMPTON, SO17 1BJ

    ODS code J82080

    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

  • Ordnance Way

    BCT · Marchwood

    0.2 miles
  • Construction & Marine Tech Centr SCH

    BCT · Marchwood

    0.3 miles
  • Construction & Marine Tech Centr SCH

    BCT · Marchwood

    0.3 miles
  • Shorefield Road

    BCT · Marchwood

    0.4 miles
  • Shorefield Road

    BCT · Marchwood

    0.4 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for New Forest 008E, 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

25,320 of 33,755

Income
7 of 10
Employment
8 of 10
Education and skills
6 of 10
Health and disability
8 of 10
Crime
9 of 10
Housing and services
3 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.

Flood risk

Environment Agency long-term indicators for the area around addresses in this postcode. They are not an assessment of any individual property and do not show current or forecast flooding.

High risk addresses
0
Medium risk addresses
20
Low risk addresses
11
Groundwater flood alert area
Unlikely

Source: Environment Agency flood-risk postcode search tool data, version 2026-06-18. Check the long-term risk for an individual area. © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2025. All rights reserved.

Evidence in context

Property market

The five-year median is £350,000 from 7 recorded sales in SO40 4AL. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.

The latest UK House Price Index average for New Forest is £380,310 in June 2026, up 1.2% year on year.

Schools

67 open schools are in scope, including 38 primary and 8 secondary schools. Marchwood Junior 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

709 published events cover 12 months, averaging 59.083 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 334 events.

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