SO40 8AH

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

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Local authority
New Forest
Constituency
New Forest East
Postcode district
SO40
Postcode sector
SO40 8

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
SO40 8AF 21 m
SO40 8AB 354 m
SO40 8XT 417 m
SO40 8GA 447 m
SO40 8AD 464 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
SO40 8AH
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 August 2005
Terminated
1 November 2005
Postcode area
SO
Postcode district
SO40
Postcode sector
SO40 8
Latitude
50.920213
Longitude
-1.527709
British National Grid easting
433,294
British National Grid northing
113,524

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South East · E12000008
Local authority district
New Forest · E07000091
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

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Open schools
22
Primary
16
Secondary
3
  1. Netley Marsh Church of England Infant School

    Voluntary controlled school

    503 m
  2. Hazel Wood Infant School

    Community school

    1.0 km
  3. Calmore Infant School

    Community school

    1.4 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
942
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 493
  • Public order 96
  • Criminal damage and arson 62
  • Anti social behaviour 61
  • Other theft 50

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
SO40 8 residents
8,226

Age bands in SO40 8

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
16.9%

1,373 residents

Age 15 to 24
10.1%

818 residents

Age 25 to 44
25.7%

2,083 residents

Age 45 to 64
29.5%

2,395 residents

Age 65 and over
17.7%

1,438 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

2

within 5 km straight-line

  • NEW HORIZONS MEDICAL PARTNERSHIP

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

    ODS code J82112

    1.0 km

  • TESTVALE SURGERY

    12 SALISBURY ROAD, TOTTON, SOUTHAMPTON, SO40 3PY

    ODS code J82132

    2.7 km

Nearby transport

  • The White Horse

    BCT · Netley Marsh

    0.3 miles
  • Morrisons

    BCT · West Totton

    0.3 miles
  • The White Horse

    BCT · Netley Marsh

    0.4 miles
  • Morrisons

    BCT · West Totton

    0.4 miles
  • Goodies

    BCT · West Totton

    0.4 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

22 open schools are in scope, including 16 primary and 3 secondary schools. Netley Marsh Church of England Infant School is the nearest published school at 503 m.

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

Recorded crime

942 published events cover 12 months, averaging 78.5 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 493 events.

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