SO5 0LU

Mid Test · Test Valley · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Ward: Mid Test
Local authority: Test Valley
Constituency: Romsey and Southampton North
Postcode district: SO5
Postcode sector: SO5 0

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode	Distance
SP5 1LL	612 m
SP5 1LJ	659 m
SO51 0LU	758 m
SP5 1LQ	1.1 km
SP5 1UT	1.1 km

Complete postcode fields and official codes

Postcode: SO5 0LU
Status: Terminated
Introduced: 1 January 1980
Terminated: 1 December 1985
Postcode area: SO
Postcode district: SO5
Postcode sector: SO5 0
Latitude: 51.055937
Longitude: -1.567618
British National Grid easting: 430,400
British National Grid northing: 128,600

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country: England · E92000001
Region: South East · E12000008
Local authority district: Test Valley · E07000093
Electoral ward: Mid Test · E05012098
Parish or community: E04004607
Westminster constituency: Romsey and Southampton North · E14001449
Output area: E00117765
Lower layer super output area: Test Valley 009C · E01023177
Middle layer super output area: Test Valley 009 · E02004822

Postcode source versions

Ordnance Survey: Code-Point Open Version 2026-08 · Current postcode units in Great Britain · OGL-3.0
Office for National Statistics: ONS Postcode Directory Version 2026-08 · United Kingdom; Northern Ireland excluded pending rights review; Crown Dependencies outside product scope · OGL-3.0 with third-party rights
Ordnance Survey: Boundary-Line Version 2026-05 · Local-authority boundaries in Great Britain · OS OpenData Licence

Explore SO5

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools: 4
Primary: 4
Secondary: 0

Lockerley Church of England Endowed Primary School

Voluntary aided school
2.4 km
West Tytherley Church of England Primary School

Voluntary controlled school
3.3 km
Broughton Primary School

Community school
4.7 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events: 8
Months covered: 12
Latest month: June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

Criminal damage and arson 5
Burglary 2
Vehicle crime 1

Nearby transport

Village Centre

BCT · East Tytherley
0.8 miles
The Star Inn

BCT · Lockerley
0.9 miles
St Johns Church

BCT · Lockerley
1.3 miles
St Johns Church

BCT · Lockerley
1.3 miles
Lockerley Green

BCT · Lockerley
1.4 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Test Valley 009C, 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

16,551 of 33,755

Income: 8 of 10
Employment: 8 of 10
Education and skills: 8 of 10
Health and disability: 10 of 10
Crime: 6 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.

Evidence in context

Schools

4 open schools are in scope, including 4 primary and 0 secondary schools. Lockerley Church of England Endowed Primary School is the nearest published school at 1.5 miles.

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

Recorded crime

8 published events cover 12 months, averaging 0.667 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Criminal damage and arson with 5 events.

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