SO51 6AW

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 6AU 36 m
SO51 6AY 122 m
SO51 6BN 122 m
SO51 6AX 131 m
SO51 6AZ 143 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
SO51 6AW
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1986
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
SO
Postcode district
SO51
Postcode sector
SO51 6
Latitude
50.965466
Longitude
-1.565740
British National Grid easting
430,591
British National Grid northing
118,540

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South East · E12000008
Local authority district
Test Valley · E07000093
Parish or community
E04012862
Output area
E00117689
Lower layer super output area
Test Valley 013B · E01023163
Middle layer super output area
Test Valley 013 · E02004826

Postcode source versions

Explore SO51

6 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
1, Plant Close, East Wellow, Romsey, SO51 6AW 6 December 2016 £405,000
4, Plant Close, East Wellow, Romsey, SO51 6AW 7 June 2013 £392,000
3, Plant Close, East Wellow, Romsey, SO51 6AW 4 September 2009 £410,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
3
Primary
2
Secondary
0
  1. Wellow Primary School

    Academy converter

    912 m
  2. Embley

    Other independent school

    2.8 km
  3. Copythorne CofE Infant School

    Voluntary controlled school

    3.7 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
64
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 28
  • Criminal damage and arson 11
  • Other theft 8
  • Burglary 6
  • Anti social behaviour 3

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
9

4 female, 5 male

Postcode households
3
Residents per household
3.0
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 0.2% 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+
100%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
0%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
0%
Gigabit-capable
0%
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.

Nearby transport

  • Whinwhistle Corner

    BCT · West Wellow

    0.2 miles
  • Whinwhistle Corner

    BCT · West Wellow

    0.2 miles
  • Blackhill Road

    BCT · Blackhill

    0.2 miles
  • Blackhill Road

    BCT · Blackhill

    0.2 miles
  • Whinwhistle Corner

    BCT · West Wellow

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Test Valley 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

9 of 10

Overall England rank

28,223 of 33,755

Income
10 of 10
Employment
10 of 10
Education and skills
9 of 10
Health and disability
10 of 10
Crime
10 of 10
Housing and services
1 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
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

Schools

3 open schools are in scope, including 2 primary and 0 secondary schools. Wellow Primary School is the nearest published school at 912 m.

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

Recorded crime

64 published events cover 12 months, averaging 5.333 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 28 events.

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