SP6 3FN

Downlands & Forest North · New Forest · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Ward: Downlands & Forest North
Local authority: New Forest
Constituency: New Forest West
Postcode district: SP6
Postcode sector: SP6 3

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode	Distance
SP6 3PB	642 m
SP6 3PA	652 m
SP6 3PD	971 m
SP6 3NX	1.2 km
SP6 3PF	1.4 km

Complete postcode fields and official codes

Postcode: SP6 3FN
Status: Current
Introduced: 1 March 2026
Terminated: Not published
Postcode area: SP
Postcode district: SP6
Postcode sector: SP6 3
Latitude: 50.988117
Longitude: -1.855675
British National Grid easting: 410,226
British National Grid northing: 120,979

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: E04004583
Westminster constituency: New Forest West · E14001374
Output area: E00116929
Lower layer super output area: New Forest 001A · E01023011
Middle layer super output area: New Forest 001 · E02004779

Postcode source versions

Ordnance Survey: Code-Point Open Version 2026-08 · Current postcode units in Great Britain · OGL-3.0
Office for National Statistics: ONS Postcode Directory Version 2026-08 · United Kingdom; Northern Ireland excluded pending rights review; Crown Dependencies outside product scope · OGL-3.0 with third-party rights
Ordnance Survey: Boundary-Line Version 2026-05 · Local-authority boundaries in Great Britain · OS OpenData Licence

Explore SP6

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools: 1
Primary: 1
Secondary: 0

Western Downland Church of England Aided Primary School

Voluntary aided school
3.2 km

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents: Not supplied
Postcode households: Not supplied
Residents per household: Not available
SP6 3 residents: 4,704

Age bands in SP6 3

Wider postcode sector

Age 0 to 14: 14.4%
Age 15 to 24: 8.9%
Age 25 to 44: 18.3%
Age 45 to 64: 32.6%
Age 65 and over: 25.8%

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.

Nearby transport

Throope Turn

BCT · Coombe Bissett
1.7 miles
Throope Turn

BCT · Coombe Bissett
1.7 miles
Faulstone Down Farm

BCT · Coombe Bissett
1.8 miles
New Farm

BCT · Coombe Bissett
1.8 miles
Faulstone Down Farm

BCT · Coombe Bissett
1.8 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for New Forest 001A, 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

16,380 of 33,755

Income: 8 of 10
Employment: 9 of 10
Education and skills: 9 of 10
Health and disability: 10 of 10
Crime: 7 of 10
Housing and services: 1 of 10
Living environment: 1 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.

Evidence in context

Schools

1 open schools are in scope, including 1 primary and 0 secondary schools. Western Downland Church of England Aided Primary School is the nearest published school at 2.0 miles.

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