SP6 3JG

Downlands & Forest North · New Forest · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Local authority
New Forest
Constituency
New Forest West
Postcode district
SP6
Postcode sector
SP6 3

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
SP6 3JF 203 m
SP6 3JH 974 m
SP6 3JD 1.1 km
SP6 3HT 1.1 km
SP6 3JE 1.3 km
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
SP6 3JG
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
1 March 2008
Postcode area
SP
Postcode district
SP6
Postcode sector
SP6 3
Latitude
50.936445
Longitude
-1.878078
British National Grid easting
408,663
British National Grid northing
115,230

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

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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

    1.7 km
  2. Aurora Beeches School

    Other independent special school

    1.8 km
  3. Cranborne Middle School

    Community school

    3.3 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
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%

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

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

1

within 5 km straight-line

  • THE CRANBORNE PRACTICE

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

    ODS code J81058

    3.4 km

Nearby transport

  • High Street

    BCT · Damerham

    1.2 miles
  • High Street

    BCT · Damerham

    1.2 miles
  • Memorial Chapel

    BCT · Cripplestyle

    1.8 miles
  • Memorial Chapel

    BCT · Cripplestyle

    1.8 miles
  • Middle School

    BCT · Cranborne

    2.1 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

7 open schools are in scope, including 3 primary and 1 secondary schools. Aurora Boveridge College is the nearest published school at 1.1 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.