SO43 postcode area guide — New Forest
House prices, crime, broadband speeds, mobile signal, schools and demographics for the SO43 postcode district in New Forest — every official dataset on one page.
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Broadband & internet speeds in SO43
Strong coverage
Superfast (30Mb+)
87.2%
Ultrafast (300Mb+)
46%
Gigabit-capable
46%
Below USO (10Mb)
2%
Broadband availability in the SO43 postcode district (New Forest) is Strong — superfast is near-universal and gigabit is rolling out. Across the 138 postcodes Ofcom measures in SO43, superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s or faster) reaches 87.2% of premises and gigabit-capable lines are available to 46%.
Around 2% of premises in SO43 fall below the Universal Service Obligation (a minimum of 10 Mbit/s download and 1 Mbit/s upload), so the overwhelming majority of homes and businesses here can already order a decent fixed line. For a business that depends on its connection, the figures that matter most are gigabit and full-fibre availability — the symmetric, low-contention services we quote leased lines and FTTP against.
Sample postcodes in SO43
| Postcode | Superfast | Gigabit |
|---|---|---|
| SO43 7AA | 100% | 91.7% |
| SO43 7AB | 100% | 76.7% |
| SO43 7AD | 100% | 87.5% |
| SO43 7AE | 100% | 0% |
| SO43 7AF | 100% | 100% |
| SO43 7AG | 100% | 14.3% |
| SO43 7AH | 100% | 14.3% |
| SO43 7AJ | 100% | 0% |
| SO43 7AL | 100% | 100% |
| SO43 7AN | 100% | 0% |
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Mobile signal around New Forest
Ofcom's coverage model for the wider New Forest district (88,786 premises):
4G indoors — all networks
84.1%
4G outdoors — all networks
98.8%
5G outdoors — all networks
37.6%
Voice indoors — all networks
90.7%
Signal varies street by street — use the mobile coverage checker to compare EE, O2, Three and Vodafone at an exact postcode.
Crime in SO43
Police recorded 2 incidents within about a mile of the centre of SO43 in May 2026 (latest published street-level data). The breakdown:
| Category | Incidents | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Other theft | 1 | 50.0% |
| Violence & sexual offences | 1 | 50.0% |
Raw counts favour busy town centres — a high street with shops and nightlife records more incidents than a residential cul-de-sac. Source: police.uk open data (point sample around the district centroid).
House prices in SO43
Based on 46 sales registered with HM Land Registry in the last 12 months, the median sold price in SO43 is £480,000, up 3.2% on the previous year (£465,000).
Detached
£840,000
20 sales
Semi-detached
£425,000
15 sales
Terraced
£372,500
4 sales
Flat / maisonette
£305,000
4 sales
Latest recorded sales in SO43
| Date | Price | Type | Street | Postcode |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 May 2026 | £477,500 | Detached | The Meadows | SO43 7EJ |
| 8 May 2026 | £825,000 | Detached | Clay Hill | SO43 7DE |
| 30 Apr 2026 | £410,000 | Semi-detached | Northerwood Avenue | SO43 7DU |
| 10 Apr 2026 | £450,000 | Terraced | Queens Road | SO43 7BR |
| 10 Apr 2026 | £440,000 | Flat | SO43 7FD | |
| 1 Apr 2026 | £4,000,000 | Detached | SO43 7HJ | |
| 31 Mar 2026 | £500,000 | Semi-detached | Princes Crescent | SO43 7BS |
| 26 Mar 2026 | £515,000 | Detached | Shrubbs Hill Gardens | SO43 7DL |
| 20 Mar 2026 | £1,410,000 | Other | SO43 7GJ | |
| 20 Mar 2026 | £995,000 | Detached | SO43 7FX |
Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Who lives here? New Forest demographics
Census 2021 figures for the wider New Forest district (175,785 residents, 77,567 households):
| Age profile | |
|---|---|
| Under 15 | 15.4% |
| 15–29 | 16.9% |
| 30–44 | 15.9% |
| 45–64 | 22.5% |
| 65+ | 29.4% |
| Housing tenure | |
|---|---|
| Owner-occupied | 74.2% |
| Private rented | 14.4% |
| Social rented | 4.4% |
Source: ONS Census 2021 (district level — the finest openly licensed cut we republish). © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.
Schools in and around SO43
| School | Phase | Ages | Pupils | Postcode |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coxlease School | Not applicable | 5–19 | 104 | SO43 7DE |
| New Forest Small School Ltd | Not applicable | 3–17 | 64 | SO43 7BU |
| St Michael and All Angels CofE Infant School | Primary | 4–7 | 56 | SO43 7BB |
| Clay Hill School | Not applicable | 5–19 | 52 | SO43 7DE |
| Minstead Training Project | Not applicable | 16–99 | — | SO43 7FT |
Source: DfE Get Information about Schools (England & Wales). Check Ofsted report cards for inspection detail — headline one-word grades were retired in 2024.
Food hygiene ratings in SO43
86 rated food businesses operate in SO43. 62 hold the top rating of 5, 14 are rated 4, and none are currently rated 2 or below.
Among the 5-rated: ACRES DOWN FARM SHOP, ANGELS FARM HOUSE, ASPRIS CHILDREN'S SERVICES LTD, AVALON HOUSE B&B, BENCHWOOD.
Source: Food Standards Agency, food hygiene ratings (FHRS) open data.
Energy performance (EPC) in SO43
From a sample of 187 Energy Performance Certificates across 12 SO43 postcodes, the most common rating is band D (average band D). 24% of sampled homes are rated C or better.
Band B
2%
Band C
22%
Band D
44%
Band E
20%
Band F
9%
Band G
3%
Source: MHCLG Energy Performance of Buildings Data (England & Wales), sampled at postcode level and refreshed monthly. Individual certificates are on each postcode’s page.
Phone area codes for New Forest
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Sources: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, police.uk street-level crime, Ofcom Connected Nations, ONS Census 2021, DfE Get Information about Schools, Food Standards Agency FHRS — all © Crown copyright, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Figures are area aggregates; individual addresses vary. Energy performance (EPC) data will be added when our Open Data Communities registration is approved.