SO51 0AE

Blackwater · Test Valley · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Romsey
Local authority
Test Valley
Postcode district
SO51
Postcode sector
SO51 0

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
SO51 0LB 88 m
SO51 0NX 340 m
SO51 0LD 633 m
SO51 0LE 701 m
SO51 0LN 948 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
SO51 0AE
Status
Current
Introduced
1 October 2008
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
SO
Postcode district
SO51
Postcode sector
SO51 0
Latitude
51.032937
Longitude
-1.524137
British National Grid easting
433,464
British National Grid northing
126,061

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South East · E12000008
Local authority district
Test Valley · E07000093
Parish or community
E04004624
Output area
E00117808
Lower layer super output area
Test Valley 009D · E01023184
Middle layer super output area
Test Valley 009 · E02004822

Postcode source versions

Explore SO51

4 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
The Grange, 440, Romsey Road, Michelmersh, Romsey, SO51 0AE 21 December 2022 £230,000
The Grange, 450, Romsey Road, Michelmersh, Romsey, SO51 0AE 4 October 2021 £279,000
The Grange, 300, Romsey Road, Michelmersh, Romsey, SO51 0AE 22 July 2021 £1,045,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
7
Primary
6
Secondary
1
  1. Awbridge Primary School

    Academy converter

    2.4 km
  2. Lockerley Church of England Endowed Primary School

    Voluntary aided school

    3.3 km
  3. Braishfield Primary School

    Community school

    4.3 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
35
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 14
  • Other crime 8
  • Burglary 4
  • Other theft 4
  • Criminal damage and arson 2

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
SO51 0 residents
7,237

Age bands in SO51 0

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
18.5%

1,316 residents

Age 15 to 24
8.8%

625 residents

Age 25 to 44
25.8%

1,841 residents

Age 45 to 64
27.6%

1,968 residents

Age 65 and over
19.4%

1,382 residents

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+
0%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
0%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
0%
Gigabit-capable
0%
Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
6.3%
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.

Nearby transport

  • Bear and Ragged Staff

    BCT · Kimbridge

    0.2 miles
  • Bear and Ragged Staff

    BCT · Kimbridge

    0.2 miles
  • Mottisfont Lane

    BCT · Stonymarsh

    0.3 miles
  • Mottisfont Lane

    BCT · Stonymarsh

    0.3 miles
  • Mottisfont Abbey Car Park

    BCT · Mottisfont

    0.6 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Test Valley 009D, 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

23,063 of 33,755

Income
10 of 10
Employment
10 of 10
Education and skills
9 of 10
Health and disability
10 of 10
Crime
9 of 10
Housing and services
1 of 10
Living environment
2 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 £254,500 from 2 recorded sales in SO51 0AE. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.

The latest UK House Price Index average for Test Valley is £372,348 in June 2026, down 0.2% year on year.

Schools

7 open schools are in scope, including 6 primary and 1 secondary schools. Awbridge 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

35 published events cover 12 months, averaging 2.917 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 14 events.

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