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SP6 2NG

Downlands & Forest North · New Forest · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Fordingbridge
Ward
Downlands & Forest North
Local authority
New Forest
Constituency
New Forest West
Postcode district
SP6
Postcode sector
SP6 2

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
SP6 2NL 45 m
SP6 2NF 55 m
SP6 2NJ 123 m
SP6 2NU 155 m
SP6 2NH 250 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
SP6 2NG
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
SP
Postcode district
SP6
Postcode sector
SP6 2
Latitude
50.972310
Longitude
-1.722358
British National Grid easting
419,590
British National Grid northing
119,248

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South East · E12000008
Local authority district
New Forest · E07000091
Electoral ward
Downlands & Forest North · E05014777
Parish or community
E04004570
Westminster constituency
New Forest West · E14001374
Output area
E00116926
Lower layer super output area
New Forest 001B · E01023012
Middle layer super output area
New Forest 001 · E02004779

Postcode source versions

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Property

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2 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
Jasmine Cottage, Tethering Drove, Hale, Fordingbridge, SP6 2NG 14 November 1996 £170,000
Jasmine Cottage, Tethering Drove, Hale, Fordingbridge, SP6 2NG 23 February 1995 £139,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
5
Primary
4
Secondary
1

  1. Hale Primary School

    Community school

    286 m

  2. Morgan's Vale and Woodfalls Church of England Primary School

    Academy converter

    1.8 km

  3. The Trafalgar School at Downton

    Academy converter

    3.1 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
34
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 10
  • Criminal damage and arson 8
  • Anti social behaviour 7
  • Burglary 5
  • Other theft 2

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
7

4 female, 3 male

Postcode households
2
Residents per household
3.5
SP6 2 residents
2,887

Age bands in SP6 2

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
9.8%

286 residents

Age 15 to 24
7.6%

223 residents

Age 25 to 44
12.9%

377 residents

Age 45 to 64
34.9%

1,022 residents

Age 65 and over
34.9%

1,024 residents

This postcode contained 0.2% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider SP6 2 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.

GP practices

1

within 5 km

  • DOWNTON SURGERY

    MOOT LANE, DOWNTON, SALISBURY, SP5 3JP

    ODS code J83043

    2.5 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 2026-09-03. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • Brook Heath

    BCT · Hatchet Green

    0.1 miles

  • Brook Heath

    BCT · Hatchet Green

    0.1 miles

  • Hale Village Green

    BCT · Hatchet Green

    0.2 miles

  • Woodfalls Cross

    BCT · North Charford

    0.3 miles

  • Woodfalls Cross

    BCT · North Charford

    0.3 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for New Forest 001B, 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

24,166 of 33,755

Income
10 of 10
Employment
10 of 10
Education and skills
9 of 10
Health and disability
10 of 10
Crime
8 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

Schools

5 open schools are in scope, including 4 primary and 1 secondary schools. Hale Primary School is the nearest published school at 286 m.

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

Recorded crime

34 published events cover 12 months, averaging 2.833 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 10 events.

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