SO45 6AB

Hythe Central · 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 6

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
SO45 6AD 50 m
SO45 6AE 50 m
SO45 6DX 89 m
SO45 6BY 95 m
SO45 6AZ 125 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
SO45 6AB
Status
Current
Introduced
1 December 1994
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
SO
Postcode district
SO45
Postcode sector
SO45 6
Latitude
50.872911
Longitude
-1.403802
British National Grid easting
442,046
British National Grid northing
108,327

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South East · E12000008
Local authority district
New Forest · E07000091
Parish or community
E04004573
Westminster constituency
New Forest East · E14001373
Output area
E00116920
Lower layer super output area
New Forest 009A · E01023008
Middle layer super output area
New Forest 009 · E02004787

Postcode source versions

Explore SO45

94 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
72, Waterside, Hythe, Southampton, SO45 6AB 18 March 2026 £148,000
Spinnaker House, 24, Waterside, Hythe, Southampton, SO45 6AB 11 November 2025 £137,500
50, Waterside, Hythe, Southampton, SO45 6AB 2 May 2025 £130,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
43
Primary
28
Secondary
7
  1. Hythe Primary School

    Community school

    452 m
  2. Waterside Primary School

    Community school

    1.2 km
  3. Orchard Infant School

    Academy converter

    1.5 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
472
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 211
  • Shoplifting 49
  • Anti social behaviour 41
  • Criminal damage and arson 39
  • Public order 37

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
55

25 female, 30 male

Postcode households
45
Residents per household
1.2
SO45 6 residents
3,388

Age bands in SO45 6

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
11.8%

416 residents

Age 15 to 24
8.1%

287 residents

Age 25 to 44
17.3%

613 residents

Age 45 to 64
26.3%

930 residents

Age 65 and over
36.5%

1,290 residents

This postcode contained 1.6% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider SO45 6 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+
91.5%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
91.5%
Gigabit-capable
91.5%
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

13

within 5 km

  • WATERFRONT AND SOLENT SURGERY

    JONES LANE, HYTHE, SOUTHAMPTON, SO45 6AW

    ODS code J82156

    325 m

  • RED AND GREEN PRACTICE

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

    ODS code J82056

    1.6 km

  • FORESTSIDE MEDICAL PRACTICE

    BEAULIEU ROAD, DIBDEN PURLIEU, SOUTHAMPTON, SO45 4JA

    ODS code J82072

    2.5 km

  • LIVING WELL PARTNERSHIP

    WESTON LANE CTR HLTHY LVG, WESTON LANE, WESTON, SOUTHAMPTON, SO19 9GH

    ODS code J82622

    2.9 km

  • WOOLSTON AND CHARTWELL PARTNERSHIP

    THE WOOLSTON LODGE SURGERY, 66 PORTSMOUTH ROAD, WESTON, SOUTHAMPTON, SO19 9AL

    ODS code J82076

    3.5 km

  • SPCL SURGERY

    49 PORTSMOUTH ROAD, WOOLSTON, SOUTHAMPTON, SO19 9RL

    ODS code Y07819

    3.5 km

  • ST. PETERS SURGERY

    49-55 PORTSMOUTH ROAD, WOOLSTON, SOUTHAMPTON, SO19 9RL

    ODS code J82208

    3.5 km

  • OLD FIRE STATION SURGERY

    68A PORTSMOUTH ROAD, WESTON, SOUTHAMPTON, SO19 9AN

    ODS code J82128

    3.5 km

  • SOUTHAMPTON SEA CITY PARTNERSHIP

    ST MARY'S SURGERY, 1 JOHNSON STREET, SOUTHAMPTON, SO14 1LT

    ODS code J82081

    3.7 km

  • HOMELESS HEALTHCARE TEAM

    30 CRANBURY AVENUE, SOUTHAMPTON, SO14 0LT

    ODS code J82217

    4.6 km

  • ATHERLEY HOUSE SURGERY

    143-145 SHIRLEY ROAD, SOUTHAMPTON, SO15 3FH

    ODS code J82115

    4.7 km

  • WALNUT TREE SURGERY

    14 CARLTON ROAD, SOUTHAMPTON, SO15 2HQ

    ODS code J82605

    4.7 km

  • HILL LANE SURGERY

    162 HILL LANE, SOUTHAMPTON, SO15 5DD

    ODS code J82207

    4.8 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

  • Ewart Court

    BCT · Hythe

    0.2 miles
  • Pier

    BCT · Hythe

    0.2 miles
  • Hythe (Hants) Ferry Terminal

    FTD · Hythe

    0.2 miles
  • Hythe (Hants) Ferry Terminal

    FER · Hythe

    0.2 miles
  • Jones Lane

    BCT · Hythe

    0.3 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for New Forest 009A, 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

21,883 of 33,755

Income
6 of 10
Employment
5 of 10
Education and skills
8 of 10
Health and disability
5 of 10
Crime
5 of 10
Housing and services
8 of 10
Living environment
7 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
1
Medium risk addresses
1
Low risk addresses
1
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 £137,500 from 7 recorded sales in SO45 6AB. 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

43 open schools are in scope, including 28 primary and 7 secondary schools. Hythe Primary School is the nearest published school at 452 m.

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

Recorded crime

472 published events cover 12 months, averaging 39.333 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 211 events.

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