SO51 8GH

Romsey Abbey · 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 8

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
SO51 8GG 38 m
SO51 8JJ 62 m
SO51 8GL 75 m
SO51 8GF 76 m
SO51 8HU 114 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
SO51 8GH
Status
Current
Introduced
1 May 2026
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
SO
Postcode district
SO51
Postcode sector
SO51 8
Latitude
50.987469
Longitude
-1.495768
British National Grid easting
435,488
British National Grid northing
121,018

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South East · E12000008
Local authority district
Test Valley · E07000093
Parish or community
E04013318
Output area
E00117624
Lower layer super output area
Test Valley 011B · E01023151
Middle layer super output area
Test Valley 011 · E02004824

Postcode source versions

Explore SO51

1 recorded sale at this postcode
Address Date Price
Edwina Mountbatten House, Broadwater Road, Romsey, SO51 8GH 11 January 2023 £2,300,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
14
Primary
10
Secondary
2
  1. Romsey Abbey Church of England Primary School

    Voluntary aided school

    558 m
  2. The Romsey School

    Academy converter

    784 m
  3. Romsey Primary School & Nursery

    Community school

    990 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
770
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 303
  • Shoplifting 132
  • Anti social behaviour 63
  • Public order 61
  • Other theft 46

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
24

20 female, 4 male

Postcode households
3
Residents per household
8.0
SO51 8 residents
4,868

Age bands in SO51 8

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
11.2%

524 residents

Age 15 to 24
7.3%

345 residents

Age 25 to 44
20.7%

972 residents

Age 45 to 64
24.9%

1,169 residents

Age 65 and over
35.9%

1,689 residents

This postcode contained 0.5% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider SO51 8 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.

GP practices

3

within 5 km

  • ALMA ROAD SURGERY

    ALMA ROAD, ROMSEY, SO51 8ED

    ODS code J82074

    373 m

  • ABBEYWELL SURGERY

    THE ABBEY, ROMSEY, SO51 8EN

    ODS code J82145

    466 m

  • NORTH BADDESLEY SURGERY

    NORTON WELCH CLOSE, FLEMING AVENUE, NORTH BADDESLEY, SOUTHAMPTON, SO52 9EP

    ODS code J82121

    4.4 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

  • Linden Road

    BCT · Romsey

    0.1 miles
  • Linden Road

    BCT · Romsey

    0.1 miles
  • Bus Station

    BCS · Romsey

    0.1 miles
  • Bus Station

    BCS · Romsey

    0.1 miles
  • Bus Station

    BCS · Romsey

    0.1 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Test Valley 011B, 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

13,853 of 33,755

Income
4 of 10
Employment
4 of 10
Education and skills
4 of 10
Health and disability
4 of 10
Crime
4 of 10
Housing and services
9 of 10
Living environment
5 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 £2,300,000 from 1 recorded sale in SO51 8GH. 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

14 open schools are in scope, including 10 primary and 2 secondary schools. Romsey Abbey Church of England Primary School is the nearest published school at 558 m.

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

Recorded crime

770 published events cover 12 months, averaging 64.167 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 303 events.

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