SO45 2FE

Hardley, Holbury & North Blackfield · New Forest · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Southampton
Local authority
New Forest
Constituency
New Forest East
Postcode district
SO45
Postcode sector
SO45 2

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
SO45 2FB 29 m
SO45 2FF 46 m
SO45 2FT 74 m
SO45 2FS 92 m
SO45 2FH 100 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
SO45 2FE
Status
Current
Introduced
1 December 1994
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
SO
Postcode district
SO45
Postcode sector
SO45 2
Latitude
50.826926
Longitude
-1.392262
British National Grid easting
442,900
British National Grid northing
103,220

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South East · E12000008
Local authority district
New Forest · E07000091
Parish or community
E04004568
Westminster constituency
New Forest East · E14001373
Output area
E00117034
Lower layer super output area
New Forest 013B · E01023030
Middle layer super output area
New Forest 013 · E02004791

Postcode source versions

Explore SO45

25 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
5, Foxcroft Drive, Holbury, Southampton, SO45 2FE 30 September 2022 £327,500
19, Foxcroft Drive, Holbury, Southampton, SO45 2FE 3 August 2022 £327,500
7, Foxcroft Drive, Holbury, Southampton, SO45 2FE 8 June 2018 £210,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
17
Primary
11
Secondary
3
  1. Cadland Primary School

    Community school

    429 m
  2. Manor Church of England Infant School

    Voluntary controlled school

    752 m
  3. Lift New Forest

    Academy sponsor led

    1.1 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
402
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 234
  • Anti social behaviour 49
  • Criminal damage and arson 25
  • Public order 24
  • Burglary 16

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
33

19 female, 14 male

Postcode households
14
Residents per household
2.4
SO45 2 residents
6,575

Age bands in SO45 2

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
16.9%

1,095 residents

Age 15 to 24
9.4%

607 residents

Age 25 to 44
22%

1,426 residents

Age 45 to 64
27.2%

1,766 residents

Age 65 and over
24.6%

1,597 residents

This postcode contained 0.5% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider SO45 2 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+
78.6%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
78.6%
Gigabit-capable
78.6%
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

    3.3 km

  • RED AND GREEN PRACTICE

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

    ODS code J82056

    3.6 km

  • WATERFRONT AND SOLENT SURGERY

    JONES LANE, HYTHE, SOUTHAMPTON, SO45 6AW

    ODS code J82156

    4.9 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

  • Great Elms Close

    BCT · Holbury

    0.0 miles
  • Moat Close

    BCT · Holbury

    0.1 miles
  • Whitefield Road

    BCT · Holbury

    0.2 miles
  • Whitefield Road

    BCT · Holbury

    0.2 miles
  • Holbury Drove Shops

    BCT · Holbury

    0.3 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for New Forest 013B, 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

7 of 10

Overall England rank

20,696 of 33,755

Income
7 of 10
Employment
7 of 10
Education and skills
7 of 10
Health and disability
6 of 10
Crime
5 of 10
Housing and services
2 of 10
Living environment
8 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 £327,500 from 2 recorded sales in SO45 2FE. 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 11 primary and 3 secondary schools. Cadland Primary School is the nearest published school at 429 m.

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

Recorded crime

402 published events cover 12 months, averaging 33.5 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 234 events.

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