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SP6 3NW

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 3NN 53 m
SP6 3NH 190 m
SP6 3NL 197 m
SP6 3NJ 245 m
SP6 3NP 292 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
SP6 3NW
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
SP
Postcode district
SP6
Postcode sector
SP6 3
Latitude
50.964740
Longitude
-1.837491
British National Grid easting
411,508
British National Grid northing
118,382

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
E00116928
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
6
Primary
4
Secondary
1

  1. Western Downland Church of England Aided Primary School

    Voluntary aided school

    269 m

  2. Forres Sandle Manor School

    Other independent school

    4.1 km

  3. Breamore Church of England Primary School

    Voluntary controlled school

    4.4 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
20
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 9
  • Burglary 5
  • Other theft 3
  • Vehicle crime 2
  • Anti social behaviour 1

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
3

2 female, 1 male

Postcode households
2
Residents per household
1.5
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 0.1% 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.

Nearby transport

  • Rockbourne DRT

    BCT · Rockbourne

    0.1 miles

  • The Cartwheel Inn

    BCT · Whitsbury

    0.9 miles

  • The Cartwheel Inn

    BCT · Whitsbury

    0.9 miles

  • The Lodge

    BCT · Whitsbury

    1.2 miles

  • The Lodge

    BCT · Whitsbury

    1.2 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

Schools

6 open schools are in scope, including 4 primary and 1 secondary schools. Western Downland Church of England Aided Primary School is the nearest published school at 269 m.

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

Recorded crime

20 published events cover 12 months, averaging 1.667 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 9 events.

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