SO42 7YR

Brockenhurst & Denny Lodge · New Forest · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
SO42 7YT 988 m
SO42 7GZ 1.4 km
SO42 7YW 1.4 km
SO42 7YS 1.5 km
SO42 7YL 1.5 km
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
SO42 7YR
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1986
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
SO
Postcode district
SO42
Postcode sector
SO42 7
Latitude
50.833543
Longitude
-1.433045
British National Grid easting
440,022
British National Grid northing
103,933

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South East · E12000008
Local authority district
New Forest · E07000091
Parish or community
E04004564
Westminster constituency
New Forest East · E14001373
Output area
E00116864
Lower layer super output area
New Forest 017B · E01022999
Middle layer super output area
New Forest 017 · E02004795

Postcode source versions

Explore SO42

7 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
Kingswood, Hilltop, Beaulieu, Brockenhurst, SO42 7YR 5 April 2023 £1,110,000
The Royal Oak, Hilltop, Beaulieu, Brockenhurst, SO42 7YR 17 March 2021 £1,043,000
Pine Ridge, Hilltop, Beaulieu, Brockenhurst, SO42 7YR 10 February 2021 £890,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
17
Primary
10
Secondary
3
  1. Beaulieu Village Primary School

    Community school

    2.2 km
  2. Wildground Infant School

    Community school

    2.8 km
  3. Wildground Junior School

    Community school

    2.9 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
7
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 4
  • Other crime 1
  • Public order 1
  • Anti social behaviour 1

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
20

12 female, 8 male

Postcode households
14
Residents per household
1.4
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 0.4% 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+
56.3%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
0%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
0%
Gigabit-capable
0%
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

3

within 5 km

  • FORESTSIDE MEDICAL PRACTICE

    BEAULIEU ROAD, DIBDEN PURLIEU, SOUTHAMPTON, SO45 4JA

    ODS code J82072

    2.4 km

  • RED AND GREEN PRACTICE

    WATERSIDE HEALTH CENTRE, BEAULIEU ROAD, HYTHE, SOUTHAMPTON, SO45 5WX

    ODS code J82056

    3.4 km

  • WATERFRONT AND SOLENT SURGERY

    JONES LANE, HYTHE, SOUTHAMPTON, SO45 6AW

    ODS code J82156

    4.6 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

  • Hill Top Farm

    BCT · Hill Top

    0.2 miles
  • Hill Top Farm

    BCT · Hill Top

    0.2 miles
  • Hill Top Gate

    BCT · Hill Top

    0.4 miles
  • Hill Top Gate

    BCT · Hill Top

    0.4 miles
  • Hill Top Gate

    BCT · Hill Top

    0.4 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 £1,110,000 from 1 recorded sale in SO42 7YR. 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

17 open schools are in scope, including 10 primary and 3 secondary schools. Beaulieu Village Primary School is the nearest published school at 1.4 miles.

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

Recorded crime

7 published events cover 12 months, averaging 0.583 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 4 events.

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