SO41 6DA

Sway · New Forest · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Lymington
Ward
Sway
Local authority
New Forest
Constituency
New Forest East
Postcode district
SO41
Postcode sector
SO41 6

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
SO41 6BG 152 m
SO41 6BE 173 m
SO41 6HA 212 m
SO41 6BH 325 m
SO41 6BD 381 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
SO41 6DA
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1986
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
SO
Postcode district
SO41
Postcode sector
SO41 6
Latitude
50.779904
Longitude
-1.606142
British National Grid easting
427,864
British National Grid northing
97,889

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South East · E12000008
Local authority district
New Forest · E07000091
Electoral ward
Sway · E05014792
Parish or community
E04004586
Westminster constituency
New Forest East · E14001373
Output area
E00116815
Lower layer super output area
New Forest 015A · E01022989
Middle layer super output area
New Forest 015 · E02004793

Postcode source versions

Explore SO41

38 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
Eastwood Cottage, Arnewood Bridge Road, Sway, Lymington, SO41 6DA 28 March 2025 £515,000
Lyndale, Arnewood Bridge Road, Sway, Lymington, SO41 6DA 30 September 2024 £1,240,000
Claywood House, Arnewood Bridge Road, Sway, Lymington, SO41 6DA 12 April 2024 £3,953,516

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
15
Primary
11
Secondary
1
  1. St Luke's Church of England Primary School

    Voluntary controlled school

    601 m
  2. Tiptoe Primary School

    Community school

    2.3 km
  3. Hordle CofE (VA) Primary School

    Voluntary aided school

    2.8 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
88
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 40
  • Burglary 10
  • Criminal damage and arson 10
  • Anti social behaviour 9
  • Other theft 6

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
52

25 female, 27 male

Postcode households
24
Residents per household
2.2
SO41 6 residents
3,558

Age bands in SO41 6

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
12.4%

447 residents

Age 15 to 24
7.9%

286 residents

Age 25 to 44
13.9%

504 residents

Age 45 to 64
30.1%

1,089 residents

Age 65 and over
35.7%

1,289 residents

This postcode contained 1.5% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider SO41 6 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+
48.3%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
48.3%
Gigabit-capable
48.3%
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

4

within 5 km

  • NEW FOREST MEDICAL GROUP

    SURGERIES AT SWAY & BROCKENHURST, HIGHWOOD ROAD, BROCKENHURST, SO42 7RY

    ODS code J82129

    4.4 km

  • COASTAL MEDICAL PARTNERSHIP

    MILTON MEDICAL CENTRE, AVENUE ROAD, NEW MILTON, BH25 5JP

    ODS code J82007

    4.5 km

  • WISTARIA & MILFORD SURGERIES

    WISTARIA SURGERY, WISTARIA CT, 18 AVENUE RD, LYMINGTON, SO41 9GJ

    ODS code J82139

    4.7 km

  • CHAWTON HOUSE SURGERY

    43-45 ST. THOMAS STREET, LYMINGTON, SO41 9ND

    ODS code J82075

    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

  • Westbeams Road

    BCT · Sway

    0.3 miles
  • Westbeams Road

    BCT · Sway

    0.3 miles
  • Sway Station

    BCT · Sway

    0.4 miles
  • Sway Rail Station

    RLY · Sway

    0.4 miles
  • Sway Rail Station

    RSE · Sway

    0.4 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for New Forest 015A, 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

26,194 of 33,755

Income
8 of 10
Employment
8 of 10
Education and skills
8 of 10
Health and disability
9 of 10
Crime
8 of 10
Housing and services
2 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
0
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

Property market

The five-year median is £1,150,000 from 7 recorded sales in SO41 6DA. 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

15 open schools are in scope, including 11 primary and 1 secondary schools. St Luke's Church of England Primary School is the nearest published school at 601 m.

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

Recorded crime

88 published events cover 12 months, averaging 7.333 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 40 events.

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