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SO42 7XD

Forest & Solent · New Forest · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Brockenhurst
Ward
Forest & Solent
Local authority
New Forest
Constituency
New Forest East
Postcode district
SO42
Postcode sector
SO42 7

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
SO42 7XB 570 m
SO42 7XE 667 m
SO45 1AG 944 m
SO42 7XG 1.3 km
SO45 1AF 1.3 km
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
SO42 7XD
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1986
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
SO
Postcode district
SO42
Postcode sector
SO42 7
Latitude
50.794889
Longitude
-1.415961
British National Grid easting
441,259
British National Grid northing
99,644

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South East · E12000008
Local authority district
New Forest · E07000091
Electoral ward
Forest & Solent · E05014780
Parish or community
E04004555
Westminster constituency
New Forest East · E14001373
Output area
E00116852
Lower layer super output area
New Forest 017B · E01022999
Middle layer super output area
New Forest 017 · E02004795

Postcode source versions

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Property

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5 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
Wildwood House, Bucklers Hard, Beaulieu, Brockenhurst, SO42 7XD 21 May 2026 £1,900,000
Mallards, Bucklers Hard, Beaulieu, Brockenhurst, SO42 7XD 19 November 2020 £8,500,000
Puffins, Bucklers Hard, Beaulieu, Brockenhurst, SO42 7XD 31 January 2020 £1,575,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
4
Primary
4
Secondary
0

  1. Beaulieu Village Primary School

    Community school

    3.6 km

  2. Blackfield Primary and Nursery School

    Academy converter

    4.0 km

  3. Cadland Primary School

    Community school

    4.2 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
24
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Other theft 12
  • Vehicle crime 6
  • Burglary 3
  • Criminal damage and arson 2
  • Public order 1

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
11

5 female, 6 male

Postcode households
7
Residents per household
1.6
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

This postcode contained 0.2% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider SO42 7 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+
44.4%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
44.4%
Gigabit-capable
44.4%
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.

Nearby transport

  • Visitor Car Park

    BCT · Bucklers Hard

    0.2 miles

  • Exbury Gardens

    BCT · Exbury

    0.9 miles

  • Gins Lane

    BCT · Bucklers Hard

    1.0 miles

  • Gins Lane

    BCT · Bucklers Hard

    1.0 miles

  • Dock Lane

    BCT · Beaulieu

    2.2 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.

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 £1,900,000 from 1 recorded sale in SO42 7XD. 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

4 open schools are in scope, including 4 primary and 0 secondary schools. Beaulieu Village Primary School is the nearest published school at 2.2 miles.

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

Recorded crime

24 published events cover 12 months, averaging 2 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Other theft with 12 events.

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