SO41 6EX

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 6GA 47 m
SO41 6EB 73 m
SO41 6EU 100 m
SO41 6BZ 104 m
SO41 6DU 141 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
SO41 6EX
Status
Current
Introduced
1 December 2001
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
SO
Postcode district
SO41
Postcode sector
SO41 6
Latitude
50.790362
Longitude
-1.611402
British National Grid easting
427,487
British National Grid northing
99,050

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
E00116813
Lower layer super output area
New Forest 015A · E01022989
Middle layer super output area
New Forest 015 · E02004793

Postcode source versions

Explore SO41

6 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
1, Forest Edge Close, Sway, Lymington, SO41 6EX 19 August 2004 £230,000
2, Forest Edge Close, Sway, Lymington, SO41 6EX 21 October 2002 £213,000
1, Forest Edge Close, Sway, Lymington, SO41 6EX 1 February 2002 £169,950

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
10
Primary
7
Secondary
0
  1. St Luke's Church of England Primary School

    Voluntary controlled school

    726 m
  2. Tiptoe Primary School

    Community school

    2.3 km
  3. Brockenhurst Church of England Primary School & Pre-School

    Voluntary controlled school

    3.7 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
69
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 31
  • Criminal damage and arson 10
  • Anti social behaviour 9
  • Burglary 6
  • Other theft 5

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
10

5 female, 5 male

Postcode households
5
Residents per household
2.0
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 0.3% 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+
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

1

within 5 km

  • NEW FOREST MEDICAL GROUP

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

    ODS code J82129

    3.7 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 2026-09-03. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • Gilpin Hill

    BCT · Sway

    0.1 miles
  • Gilpin Hill

    BCT · Sway

    0.1 miles
  • Durrant Way

    BCT · Sway

    0.2 miles
  • Durrant Way

    BCT · Sway

    0.2 miles
  • Anderwood Drive

    BCT · Sway

    0.3 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

Schools

10 open schools are in scope, including 7 primary and 0 secondary schools. St Luke's Church of England Primary School is the nearest published school at 726 m.

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

Recorded crime

69 published events cover 12 months, averaging 5.75 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 31 events.

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