SO40 4DA

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 4WW 445 m
SO40 4WU 539 m
SO45 5TF 564 m
SO45 5TG 610 m
SO45 5TE 681 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
SO40 4DA
Status
Current
Introduced
1 June 1998
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
SO
Postcode district
SO40
Postcode sector
SO40 4
Latitude
50.881046
Longitude
-1.445192
British National Grid easting
439,127
British National Grid northing
109,209

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
E00117117
Lower layer super output area
New Forest 008F · E01023050
Middle layer super output area
New Forest 008 · E02004786

Postcode source versions

Explore SO40

1 recorded sale at this postcode
Address Date Price
The Priory Hospital, Marchwood Park, Marchwood, Southampton, SO40 4DA 25 June 2021 £19,805,708

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
33
Primary
19
Secondary
6
  1. Marchwood Church of England Infant School

    Voluntary controlled school

    908 m
  2. Marchwood Junior School

    Community school

    1.2 km
  3. Bower Lodge School

    Other independent special school

    1.2 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
209
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 113
  • Anti social behaviour 21
  • Other theft 20
  • Criminal damage and arson 15
  • Burglary 12

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
9

3 female, 6 male

Postcode households
3
Residents per household
3.0
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 0.2% 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+
25%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
0%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
0%
Gigabit-capable
0%
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

12

within 5 km

  • WATERFRONT AND SOLENT SURGERY

    JONES LANE, HYTHE, SOUTHAMPTON, SO45 6AW

    ODS code J82156

    3.2 km

  • RED AND GREEN PRACTICE

    WATERSIDE HEALTH CENTRE, BEAULIEU ROAD, HYTHE, SOUTHAMPTON, SO45 5WX

    ODS code J82056

    3.8 km

  • FORESTSIDE MEDICAL PRACTICE

    BEAULIEU ROAD, DIBDEN PURLIEU, SOUTHAMPTON, SO45 4JA

    ODS code J82072

    3.8 km

  • ATHERLEY HOUSE SURGERY

    143-145 SHIRLEY ROAD, SOUTHAMPTON, SO15 3FH

    ODS code J82115

    4.0 km

  • SOUTHAMPTON SEA CITY PARTNERSHIP

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

    ODS code J82081

    4.3 km

  • HILL LANE SURGERY

    162 HILL LANE, SOUTHAMPTON, SO15 5DD

    ODS code J82207

    4.4 km

  • THE SHIRLEY HEALTH PARTNERSHIP

    355 SHIRLEY ROAD, SHIRLEY, SOUTHAMPTON, SO15 3JD

    ODS code J82088

    4.4 km

  • BROOK HOUSE SURGERY

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

    ODS code J82213

    4.5 km

  • CHEVIOT ROAD SURGERY

    1 SHIRLEY AVENUE, SOUTHAMPTON, SO15 5RP

    ODS code J82062

    4.6 km

  • RAYMOND ROAD SURGERY

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

    ODS code J82126

    4.6 km

  • WALNUT TREE SURGERY

    14 CARLTON ROAD, SOUTHAMPTON, SO15 2HQ

    ODS code J82605

    4.7 km

  • SOLENT GP SURGERY

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

    ODS code J82024

    4.9 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

  • Veal's Lane

    BCT · Marchwood

    0.1 miles
  • Veal's Lane

    BCT · Marchwood

    0.1 miles
  • North Lodge

    BCT · Marchwood

    0.1 miles
  • North Lodge

    BCT · Marchwood

    0.1 miles
  • The Pilgrim Inn

    BCT · Marchwood

    0.4 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for New Forest 008F, 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

23,424 of 33,755

Income
6 of 10
Employment
7 of 10
Education and skills
7 of 10
Health and disability
8 of 10
Crime
7 of 10
Housing and services
4 of 10
Living environment
8 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
1
Medium risk addresses
1
Low risk addresses
0
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

Schools

33 open schools are in scope, including 19 primary and 6 secondary schools. Marchwood Church of England Infant School is the nearest published school at 908 m.

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

Recorded crime

209 published events cover 12 months, averaging 17.417 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 113 events.

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