SP6 3JF

Downlands & Forest North · New Forest · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Fordingbridge
Local authority
New Forest
Constituency
New Forest West
Postcode district
SP6
Postcode sector
SP6 3

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
SP6 3JD 956 m
SP6 3HT 1.0 km
SP6 3JH 1.2 km
SP6 3JE 1.2 km
SP6 3HS 1.5 km
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
SP6 3JF
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
SP
Postcode district
SP6
Postcode sector
SP6 3
Latitude
50.938035
Longitude
-1.876651
British National Grid easting
408,763
British National Grid northing
115,407

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South East · E12000008
Local authority district
New Forest · E07000091
Parish or community
E04004563
Westminster constituency
New Forest West · E14001374
Output area
E00116924
Lower layer super output area
New Forest 001A · E01023011
Middle layer super output area
New Forest 001 · E02004779

Postcode source versions

Explore SP6

3 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
Stapleton Farm, Damerham, Fordingbridge, SP6 3JF 16 September 2022 £600,000
Stapleton House, Damerham, Fordingbridge, SP6 3JF 10 December 2015 £875,000
Stapleton House, Damerham, Fordingbridge, SP6 3JF 27 April 2012 £725,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
7
Primary
3
Secondary
1
  1. Aurora Boveridge College

    Special post 16 institution

    1.9 km
  2. Aurora Beeches School

    Other independent special school

    2.0 km
  3. Cranborne Middle School

    Community school

    3.5 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
2
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Burglary 2

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
9

6 female, 3 male

Postcode households
2
Residents per household
4.5
SP6 3 residents
4,704

Age bands in SP6 3

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
14.4%

675 residents

Age 15 to 24
8.9%

419 residents

Age 25 to 44
18.3%

857 residents

Age 45 to 64
32.6%

1,530 residents

Age 65 and over
25.8%

1,210 residents

This postcode contained 0.2% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider SP6 3 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

  • THE CRANBORNE PRACTICE

    THE SURGERY, PENNYS LANE, CRANBORNE, WIMBORNE, BH21 5QE

    ODS code J81058

    3.6 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

  • High Street

    BCT · Damerham

    1.1 miles
  • High Street

    BCT · Damerham

    1.1 miles
  • Memorial Chapel

    BCT · Cripplestyle

    1.9 miles
  • Memorial Chapel

    BCT · Cripplestyle

    1.9 miles
  • Middle School

    BCT · Cranborne

    2.2 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.

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
Possible

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 £600,000 from 1 recorded sale in SP6 3JF. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.

The latest UK House Price Index average for New Forest is £380,310 in June 2026, up 1.2% year on year.

Schools

7 open schools are in scope, including 3 primary and 1 secondary schools. Aurora Boveridge College is the nearest published school at 1.2 miles.

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

Recorded crime

2 published events cover 12 months, averaging 0.167 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Burglary with 2 events.

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