SO51 6JW

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 6JT 427 m
SO51 6FH 481 m
SO51 0JU 605 m
SO51 0AS 616 m
SO51 6JU 625 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
SO51 6JW
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1986
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
SO
Postcode district
SO51
Postcode sector
SO51 6
Latitude
51.012467
Longitude
-1.574680
British National Grid easting
429,933
British National Grid northing
123,763

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South East · E12000008
Local authority district
Test Valley · E07000093
Parish or community
E04012857
Output area
E00117683
Lower layer super output area
Test Valley 013A · E01023162
Middle layer super output area
Test Valley 013 · E02004826

Postcode source versions

Explore SO51

5 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
Dulce Domum, Gambledown, Sherfield English, Romsey, SO51 6JW 23 May 2022 £1,238,800
Sunset View, Doctors Hill, Sherfield English, Romsey, SO51 6JW 1 December 2011 £349,500
Dulce Domum, Doctors Hill, Sherfield English, Romsey, SO51 6JW 18 March 2011 £850,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
5
Primary
3
Secondary
0
  1. Awbridge Primary School

    Academy converter

    2.1 km
  2. Lockerley Church of England Endowed Primary School

    Voluntary aided school

    2.5 km
  3. St Edward's School

    Other independent special school

    3.2 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
11
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 5
  • Vehicle crime 2
  • Anti social behaviour 2
  • Burglary 1
  • Public order 1

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
7

3 female, 4 male

Postcode households
4
Residents per household
1.8
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 0.1% 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+
100%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
100%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
100%
Gigabit-capable
100%
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

  • Newtown Road

    BCT · Doctors Hill

    0.7 miles
  • Newtown Road

    BCT · Doctors Hill

    0.7 miles
  • Mill Lane

    BCT · Sherfield English

    1.0 miles
  • Mill Lane

    BCT · Sherfield English

    1.0 miles
  • Graemar Lane

    BCT · Sherfield English

    1.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Test Valley 013A, 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

21,448 of 33,755

Income
9 of 10
Employment
10 of 10
Education and skills
7 of 10
Health and disability
10 of 10
Crime
10 of 10
Housing and services
1 of 10
Living environment
3 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 £1,238,800 from 1 recorded sale in SO51 6JW. 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

5 open schools are in scope, including 3 primary and 0 secondary schools. Awbridge Primary School is the nearest published school at 1.3 miles.

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

Recorded crime

11 published events cover 12 months, averaging 0.917 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 5 events.

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