SO51 6AE

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 6

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
SO51 6GF 407 m
SO51 6ZJ 705 m
SO51 6AF 898 m
SO51 6FA 938 m
SO51 6AS 1.1 km
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
SO51 6AE
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1986
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
SO
Postcode district
SO51
Postcode sector
SO51 6
Latitude
50.957149
Longitude
-1.530992
British National Grid easting
433,037
British National Grid northing
117,630

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South East · E12000008
Local authority district
Test Valley · E07000093
Parish or community
E04013318
Output area
E00117880
Lower layer super output area
Test Valley 013G · E01035452
Middle layer super output area
Test Valley 013 · E02004826

Postcode source versions

Explore SO51

23 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
Embley Lodge, Romsey Road, Ower, Romsey, SO51 6AE 8 September 2023 £255,000
12, Romsey Road, Ower, Romsey, SO51 6AE 10 March 2023 £610,000
Embley View, Romsey Road, Ower, Romsey, SO51 6AE 29 July 2022 £380,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
16
Primary
12
Secondary
2
  1. Wellow Primary School

    Academy converter

    2.7 km
  2. Embley

    Other independent school

    3.3 km
  3. Calmore Infant School

    Community school

    3.4 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
66
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 27
  • Other theft 11
  • Vehicle crime 8
  • Burglary 7
  • Criminal damage and arson 4

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
50

26 female, 24 male

Postcode households
19
Residents per household
2.6
SO51 6 residents
4,716

Age bands in SO51 6

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
13.4%

598 residents

Age 15 to 24
8.9%

399 residents

Age 25 to 44
16.2%

724 residents

Age 45 to 64
30.8%

1,378 residents

Age 65 and over
30.7%

1,375 residents

This postcode contained 1.1% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider SO51 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+
62.5%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
16.7%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
16.7%
Gigabit-capable
16.7%
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

  • ABBEYWELL SURGERY

    THE ABBEY, ROMSEY, SO51 8EN

    ODS code J82145

    4.1 km

  • ALMA ROAD SURGERY

    ALMA ROAD, ROMSEY, SO51 8ED

    ODS code J82074

    4.5 km

  • NEW HORIZONS MEDICAL PARTNERSHIP

    1 HAZEL FARM ROAD, TOTTON, SOUTHAMPTON, SO40 8WU

    ODS code J82112

    4.6 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

  • Vine Inn

    BCT · Wigley

    0.4 miles
  • Vine Inn

    BCT · Wigley

    0.4 miles
  • Shelley Lane

    BCT · Wigley

    0.5 miles
  • Shelley Lane

    BCT · Wigley

    0.6 miles
  • Paultons Park

    BCT · Ower

    0.7 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Test Valley 013G, 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

8 of 10

Overall England rank

26,063 of 33,755

Income
9 of 10
Employment
8 of 10
Education and skills
9 of 10
Health and disability
9 of 10
Crime
4 of 10
Housing and services
4 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
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 £336,500 from 4 recorded sales in SO51 6AE. 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

16 open schools are in scope, including 12 primary and 2 secondary schools. Wellow Primary School is the nearest published school at 1.7 miles.

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

Recorded crime

66 published events cover 12 months, averaging 5.5 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 27 events.

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