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SO42 7ZB

Brockenhurst & Denny Lodge · New Forest · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Ward
Brockenhurst & Denny Lodge
Local authority
New Forest
Constituency
New Forest East
Postcode district
SO42
Postcode sector
SO42 7

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
SO42 7TS 149 m
SO42 7TR 329 m
SO42 7TP 432 m
SO42 7TQ 447 m
SO42 7TT 545 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
SO42 7ZB
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1986
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
SO
Postcode district
SO42
Postcode sector
SO42 7
Latitude
50.827849
Longitude
-1.569291
British National Grid easting
430,431
British National Grid northing
103,235

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South East · E12000008
Local authority district
New Forest · E07000091
Electoral ward
Brockenhurst & Denny Lodge · E05014775
Parish or community
E04004560
Westminster constituency
New Forest East · E14001373
Output area
E00116859
Lower layer super output area
New Forest 015C · E01022998
Middle layer super output area
New Forest 015 · E02004793

Postcode source versions

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Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
4
Primary
1
Secondary
0

  1. Brockenhurst College

    Further education

    713 m

  2. Brockenhurst Church of England Primary School & Pre-School

    Voluntary controlled school

    1.4 km

  3. Coxlease School

    Other independent special school

    3.5 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
123
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 47
  • Shoplifting 15
  • Anti social behaviour 14
  • Criminal damage and arson 13
  • Burglary 9

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
6

0 female, 6 male

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

This postcode contained 0.1% 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+
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

2

within 5 km

  • NEW FOREST MEDICAL GROUP

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

    ODS code J82129

    1.6 km

  • LYNDHURST SURGERY

    2 CHURCH LANE, LYNDHURST, SO43 7EW

    ODS code J82146

    5.0 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

  • Balmer Lawn Hotel

    BCT · Balmer Lawn

    0.1 miles

  • Balmer Lawn Hotel

    BCT · Balmer Lawn

    0.1 miles

  • Brockenhurst College

    BCT · Brockenhurst

    0.4 miles

  • Brockenhurst College

    BCT · Brockenhurst

    0.4 miles

  • Brockenhurst College

    BCT · Brockenhurst

    0.5 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for New Forest 015C, 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

29,946 of 33,755

Income
10 of 10
Employment
10 of 10
Education and skills
10 of 10
Health and disability
10 of 10
Crime
7 of 10
Housing and services
3 of 10
Living environment
6 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

4 open schools are in scope, including 1 primary and 0 secondary schools. Brockenhurst College is the nearest published school at 713 m.

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

Recorded crime

123 published events cover 12 months, averaging 10.25 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 47 events.

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