# SO41 8QJ: area report for a postcode in New Forest

SO41 8QJ is a postcode in New Forest.

A postcode has no figures of its own: each layer is published for whole councils, neighbourhoods or exact points. The figures below are for the whole of New Forest. Open the map at SO41 8QJ for neighbourhoods and points.

In: [New Forest](https://openindex.co.uk/new-forest) › [SO41](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/so41) › [SO41 8](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/so41-8)

## Around this postcode

- **7 crimes within 500 m**: August, up 133% on July. New Forest 019A: 27 a year per 1,000 people. (Map point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/street-crime?around=-1.5516,50.7688,SO418QJ
- **Lymington Town, 1.3 km**: About 17 minutes on foot. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/stations?around=-1.5516,50.7688,SO418QJ
- **No schools within 800 m**: Nearest is 810 m away. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/schools?around=-1.5516,50.7688,SO418QJ
- **No property in SO41 8QJ listed at risk of flooding**: From rivers or the sea, with flood defences, in the Environment Agency's assessment. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/flood-risk-by-postcode?around=-1.5516,50.7688,SO418QJ
- **England’s least deprived 30%**: This neighbourhood, New Forest 019A. (Neighbourhood) https://openindex.co.uk/map/deprivation-england?around=-1.5516,50.7688,SO418QJ
- **£384,977 average price**: For the whole of New Forest, July 2026. (Council) https://openindex.co.uk/map/house-prices?around=-1.5516,50.7688,SO418QJ
- **No GP practices within 1 km**: Nearest is 1 km away. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/gp-practices?around=-1.5516,50.7688,SO418QJ
- **1 supermarket within 1 km**: Nearest is 310 m away. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/supermarkets?around=-1.5516,50.7688,SO418QJ
- **Gigabit broadband for every home and business at SO41 8QJ**: Superfast for 100%. What can be ordered, January 2026. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/broadband-by-postcode?around=-1.5516,50.7688,SO418QJ
- **Moderate road and rail noise at SO41 8QJ**: Road 55 dB, rail under 40 dB or not modelled (Lden, modelled for 2021) (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/noise-by-postcode?around=-1.5516,50.7688,SO418QJ
- **Not in a radon Affected Area**: Under 1% of homes in this 1 km square are estimated to be at or above the radon Action Level. (1 km grid) https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon?around=-1.5516,50.7688,SO418QJ
- **7.4 µg/m³ nitrogen dioxide**: Modelled yearly average for this 1 km square, 2025. (1 km grid) https://openindex.co.uk/map/nitrogen-dioxide?around=-1.5516,50.7688,SO418QJ

## Nearest schools

| School | Phase | Distance | Ofsted | Results |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Lymington Junior School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/lymington-junior-school-e116051) | Primary | 810 m (10 minutes on foot) | School remains Good, June 2023 | 81% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Lymington Church of England Infant School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/lymington-church-of-england-infant-school-e116365) | Primary | 910 m (11 minutes on foot) | Outstanding (overall), March 2024 | – |
| [Southlands School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/southlands-school-e116564) | Special | 1.1 km (13 minutes on foot) | No outcome in Ofsted's file | – |
| [Walhampton School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/walhampton-school-e116525) | Independent | 1.4 km (18 minutes on foot) | Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file | – |
| [Hill House School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/hill-house-school-e116565) | Special | 1.5 km (19 minutes on foot) | No outcome in Ofsted's file | – |
| [Pennington Church of England Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/pennington-church-of-england-primary-school-e116307) | Primary | 1.6 km (20 minutes on foot) | Good (overall), January 2024 | 48% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Our Lady and St Joseph Catholic Primary School - the Learning Federation Partnership of Schools](https://openindex.co.uk/school/our-lady-and-st-joseph-catholic-primary-school-the-learning-federation-partnership-of-schools-e116378) | Primary | 1.7 km (21 minutes on foot) | Outstanding (overall), November 2022 | 93% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Priestlands School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/priestlands-school-e137129) | Secondary | 1.7 km (22 minutes on foot) | School remains Good, February 2023 | Attainment 8 of 51.3 (2025/26, provisional) |

## Recent sales nearby

| Month | Price | Home | Distance |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| March 2025 | £626,500 | Detached, established, freehold | 10 m |
| March 2026 | £565,000 | Detached, established, freehold | 40 m |
| April 2026 | £460,000 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 80 m |
| February 2025 | £353,000 | Terraced, established, freehold | 100 m |
| September 2025 | £375,000 | Terraced, established, freehold | 120 m |
| April 2026 | £875,000 | Detached, established, freehold | 140 m |
| October 2025 | £660,000 | Detached, established, freehold | 150 m |
| June 2024 | £356,800 | Detached, established, freehold | 150 m |

## Within 1 km

- Supermarkets: Asda Lymington Express Petrol (310 m, Asda)

## Key figures

- **Average house price: £384,977** (July 2026). New Forest’s average house price was £384,977 in July 2026 (HM Land Registry). No change in a year. Source: UK House Price Index, July 2026. Published 16 September 2026.
- **Median full-time pay: £38,571** (2025). Full-time workers living in New Forest earned a median of £38,571 in 2025 (ONS earnings survey). 173rd highest paid of 348. Source: Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings, 2025. Published 23 October 2025.
- **House price to pay: 10.0×** (2025). A home in New Forest costs 10.0 times local full-time pay. Joint 54th least affordable of 348. Source: Worked out by Open Index from the UK House Price Index and the ONS earnings survey. Published 16 September 2026.
- **Deprivation score: 12.9** (2025). New Forest has a deprivation score of 12.9 in the English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG). 61st least deprived of 296. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, 2025. Published 30 October 2025.

## New Forest 019A (Neighbourhood)

- **Deprivation score: 8.9** (2025). New Forest 019A has a deprivation score of 8.9 in the English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG). Joint 7,365th least deprived of 33,755. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, 2025. Published 30 October 2025.
- **Median sale price: £355,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in New Forest 019A was £355,000 in 2025. Joint 11,304th most expensive of 31,750. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026.
- **Population: 2,031** (2021). New Forest 019A had 2,031 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). Joint 4,837th most populated of 46,844. Source: Census 2021, England and Wales and Scotland's Census 2022 and Census 2021, Northern Ireland, 2021. Published 21 July 2026.
- **Gigabit broadband coverage: 93.4%** (January 2026). In New Forest 019A, 93.4% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026 (Ofcom). UK 87.8%. Source: Connected Nations (Ofcom), January 2026. Published 13 May 2026.

## SO41 (Postcode district)

- **Median sale price: £482,780** (2025). The median price paid for a home in SO41 was £482,780 in 2025. 322nd most expensive of 2,235. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026.
- **Population: 32,001** (2021). SO41 had 32,001 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 810th most populated of 2,756. Source: Census 2021, England and Wales and Scotland's Census 2022 and Census 2021, Northern Ireland, 2021. Published 21 July 2026.
- **People in radon Affected Area squares: 67%** (2022). About 67% of people in SO41 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area. UK 44%. Source: Worked out by Open Index from the UKHSA and BGS radon atlas and census output areas. Published 1 December 2022.
- **Gigabit broadband coverage: 77.5%** (January 2026). In SO41, 77.5% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026 (Ofcom). UK 87.8%. Source: Connected Nations (Ofcom), January 2026. Published 13 May 2026.

## About

- Type: Postcode
- Council: [New Forest](https://openindex.co.uk/new-forest)
- Centre: 50.7688, -1.5516

Council: [New Forest](https://openindex.co.uk/new-forest) (District, 100%).

## Your MP

- [New Forest West](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/new-forest-west): Sir Desmond Swayne (Conservative), MP since July 2024.

As of 18 October 2026. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.

## Sources

- [Street-level crime](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/street-crime), August 2026 (Map point)
- [Rail and Tube stations](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/stations), 2024/25 (Exact point)
- [Schools](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/schools) (Exact point)
- [Flood risk by postcode](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/flood-risk-by-postcode), June 2026 (Postcode)
- [English Indices of Deprivation 2025](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/deprivation-england), 2025 (Neighbourhood)
- [Average house price](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/house-prices), July 2026 (Council)
- [GP practices](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/gp-practices) (Postcode)
- [Supermarkets](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/supermarkets) (Exact point)
- [Broadband by postcode](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/broadband-by-postcode), January 2026 (Postcode)
- [Road and rail noise by postcode](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/noise-by-postcode), 2021 (Postcode)
- [Radon potential](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/radon) (1 km grid)
- [Nitrogen dioxide (NO2)](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/nitrogen-dioxide), 2025 (1 km grid)

On the map: https://openindex.co.uk/map/sold-prices?around=-1.5516,50.7688,SO418QJ

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