SO40 7WJ

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
Local authority
New Forest
Constituency
New Forest East
Postcode district
SO40
Postcode sector
SO40 7

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
SO40 2PL 115 m
SO40 2NZ 139 m
SO40 2PA 328 m
SO40 2NY 372 m
SO40 2HP 424 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
SO40 7WJ
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 December 1994
Terminated
1 January 1995
Postcode area
SO
Postcode district
SO40
Postcode sector
SO40 7
Latitude
50.925546
Longitude
-1.567407
British National Grid easting
430,500
British National Grid northing
114,100

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South East · E12000008
Local authority district
New Forest · E07000091
Parish or community
E04004562
Westminster constituency
New Forest East · E14001373
Output area
E00116827
Lower layer super output area
New Forest 007A · E01022992
Middle layer super output area
New Forest 007 · E02004785

Postcode source versions

Explore SO40

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

View all nearby schools
Open schools
12
Primary
10
Secondary
0
  1. Bartley Church of England Junior School

    Voluntary controlled school

    728 m
  2. Copythorne CofE Infant School

    Voluntary controlled school

    779 m
  3. New Forest Alternative Provision

    Other independent special school

    1.5 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

View all nearby crime records
Published events
116
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 52
  • Other theft 14
  • Burglary 12
  • Public order 11
  • Criminal damage and arson 10

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
SO40 7 residents
5,086

Age bands in SO40 7

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
13.4%

687 residents

Age 15 to 24
8.5%

434 residents

Age 25 to 44
18.6%

952 residents

Age 45 to 64
31.4%

1,607 residents

Age 65 and over
28%

1,432 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

1

within 5 km straight-line

  • NEW HORIZONS MEDICAL PARTNERSHIP

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

    ODS code J82112

    3.9 km

Nearby transport

  • Soffes Yard

    BCT · Copythorne

    0.0 miles
  • Soffes Yard

    BCT · Copythorne

    0.1 miles
  • Copythorne Crossroads

    BCT · Cadnam

    0.2 miles
  • Copythorne Crossroads

    BCT · Cadnam

    0.2 miles
  • Parish Hall

    BCT · Copythorne

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for New Forest 007A, 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

25,226 of 33,755

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

12 open schools are in scope, including 10 primary and 0 secondary schools. Bartley Church of England Junior School is the nearest published school at 728 m.

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

Recorded crime

116 published events cover 12 months, averaging 9.667 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 52 events.

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