SO41 8FU

Pennington · New Forest · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Lymington
Local authority
New Forest
Constituency
New Forest West
Postcode district
SO41
Postcode sector
SO41 8

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
SO41 8AX 102 m
SO41 8EY 105 m
SO41 8FS 108 m
SO41 8DS 136 m
SO41 8LY 139 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
SO41 8FU
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1986
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
SO
Postcode district
SO41
Postcode sector
SO41 8
Latitude
50.748874
Longitude
-1.552411
British National Grid easting
431,673
British National Grid northing
94,460

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South East · E12000008
Local authority district
New Forest · E07000091
Parish or community
E04004574
Westminster constituency
New Forest West · E14001374
Output area
E00117187
Lower layer super output area
New Forest 023E · E01023059
Middle layer super output area
New Forest 023 · E02004801

Postcode source versions

Explore SO41

22 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
Gainsborough Court, 4, Lower Pennington Lane, Pennington, Lymington, SO41 8FU 5 September 2023 £445,000
Fern House, Lower Pennington Lane, Pennington, Lymington, SO41 8FU 16 August 2022 £1,140,000
Ridgeway Court, 3, Lower Pennington Lane, Pennington, Lymington, SO41 8FU 7 March 2022 £315,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
12
Primary
8
Secondary
1
  1. Priestlands School

    Academy converter

    485 m
  2. Pennington Church of England Primary School

    Voluntary controlled school

    743 m
  3. Lymington Church of England Infant School

    Voluntary aided school

    1.4 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
739
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 302
  • Shoplifting 86
  • Anti social behaviour 72
  • Public order 68
  • Criminal damage and arson 64

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
43

21 female, 22 male

Postcode households
22
Residents per household
2.0
SO41 8 residents
7,226

Age bands in SO41 8

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
14.4%

1,021 residents

Age 15 to 24
9%

641 residents

Age 25 to 44
18.5%

1,313 residents

Age 45 to 64
29.1%

2,071 residents

Age 65 and over
29.1%

2,068 residents

This postcode contained 0.6% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider SO41 8 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+
22.7%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
22.7%
Gigabit-capable
22.7%
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

2

within 5 km

  • CHAWTON HOUSE SURGERY

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

    ODS code J82075

    1.1 km

  • WISTARIA & MILFORD SURGERIES

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

    ODS code J82139

    1.3 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

  • Pennington Cross

    BCT · Pennington

    0.2 miles
  • Pennington Cross

    BCT · Pennington

    0.2 miles
  • South Street

    BCT · Pennington

    0.2 miles
  • South Street

    BCT · Pennington

    0.2 miles
  • Milford Road

    BCT · Pennington

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for New Forest 023E, 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

9 of 10

Overall England rank

28,779 of 33,755

Income
8 of 10
Employment
8 of 10
Education and skills
8 of 10
Health and disability
9 of 10
Crime
7 of 10
Housing and services
6 of 10
Living environment
9 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 £476,000 from 4 recorded sales in SO41 8FU. 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

12 open schools are in scope, including 8 primary and 1 secondary schools. Priestlands School is the nearest published school at 485 m.

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

Recorded crime

739 published events cover 12 months, averaging 61.583 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 302 events.

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