SO42 7WZ

Forest & Solent · 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
SO42
Postcode sector
SO42 7

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
SO42 7WX 25 m
SO42 7WF 73 m
SO42 7WG 112 m
SO42 7WD 138 m
SO42 7WH 200 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
SO42 7WZ
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 June 2002
Terminated
1 November 2002
Postcode area
SO
Postcode district
SO42
Postcode sector
SO42 7
Latitude
50.808019
Longitude
-1.472709
British National Grid easting
437,249
British National Grid northing
101,074

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South East · E12000008
Local authority district
New Forest · E07000091
Parish or community
E04004565
Westminster constituency
New Forest East · E14001373
Output area
E00116865
Lower layer super output area
New Forest 017B · E01022999
Middle layer super output area
New Forest 017 · E02004795

Postcode source versions

Explore SO42

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
1
Primary
1
Secondary
0
  1. Beaulieu Village Primary School

    Community school

    1.9 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
39
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 14
  • Burglary 13
  • Anti social behaviour 3
  • Criminal damage and arson 3
  • Other theft 2

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
SO42 7 residents
4,864

Age bands in SO42 7

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
13.8%

716 residents

Age 15 to 24
8.1%

418 residents

Age 25 to 44
15.8%

820 residents

Age 45 to 64
30.8%

1,597 residents

Age 65 and over
31.6%

1,637 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.

Nearby transport

  • Pages Lane

    BCT · Beaulieu

    0.1 miles
  • Pages Lane

    BCT · Beaulieu

    0.1 miles
  • Masseys Lane

    BCT · Hatchet Gate

    0.2 miles
  • Masseys Lane

    BCT · Hatchet Gate

    0.2 miles
  • Post Office & Stores

    BCT · East Boldre

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for New Forest 017B, 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

5 of 10

Overall England rank

14,358 of 33,755

Income
8 of 10
Employment
10 of 10
Education and skills
6 of 10
Health and disability
10 of 10
Crime
5 of 10
Housing and services
1 of 10
Living environment
1 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

1 open schools are in scope, including 1 primary and 0 secondary schools. Beaulieu Village Primary School is the nearest published school at 1.1 miles.

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

Recorded crime

39 published events cover 12 months, averaging 3.25 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 14 events.

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