SO21 2LH Winchester
Live postcode, introduced January 1980. Ward: Badger Farm and Oliver's Battery. Region: South East.
Streets
Council tax
What each band costs in Winchester in 2026-27: Band D £2,360 a year on average, including the police, fire and any county and parish charges.
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £1,573 | £1,835 | £2,098 | £2,360 | £2,884 | £3,409 | £3,933 | £4,720 |
Homes by band in the neighbourhood around this postcode: most are in band G (28% of about 880 homes).
Planning and heritage
- Conservation area: no postcode centre in this postcode is in one.
- Listed buildings within 100 m of this postcode: 8.
- Article 4 direction (removing permitted development rights): none recorded, though not every council has published theirs.
- Tree preservation orders: none recorded, though not every council has published theirs.
- Green belt: no.
Listed buildings
- 52-54, PORT LANE, grade II
- 57-59, COLLINS LANE, grade II
- 79, A3090, grade II
- HURSLEY POST OFFICE, grade II
- K6 telephone kiosk, grade II
- KING'S HEAD PUBLIC HOUSE, grade II
- P R PRATT, BUTCHERS, grade II
- THE OLD AUDIT HOUSE, grade II
Flood risk
Rivers, the sea or surface water: in this postcode, 3 addresses are in areas at high risk, 0 at medium risk and 4 at low risk. Each address counts once, at the higher of its rivers-and-sea and surface-water risk.
Rivers and the sea alone: no home is in an area at risk.
Groundwater flooding is possible in this postcode: an address there is in a groundwater flood alert area.
High: 3.3% (1 in 30) or more chance of flooding a year. Medium: 1% to 3.3%. Low: 0.1% to 1%. Very low: under 0.1%. The rivers and sea figures allow for flood defences. Counts cover whole postcodes, which can include other streets.
Flood zone for planning: no postcode centre is in flood zone 2 or 3.
Height above sea level
The postcode's 23 addresses are between 49 m and 52 m above sea level (51 m on average).
Broadband
Superfast 100%, ultrafast 100%, gigabit 100% of premises; 0% cannot get 10 Mbit/s. Ofcom Connected Nations, data as at January 2026.
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Shawford 140,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 4.3 km |
| Chandlers Ford 158,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 4.7 km | |
| Winchester 4.6 million journeys in 2024–25 | 6.7 km | |
| Bus stops | 2 stops within 400 m, 6 within 800 m; nearest The Kings Head Hursley | 130 m |
| Bus or coach station | Bus Station Eastleigh | 6.7 km |
| Ferry terminal | Southampton Vehicle Ferry Terminal Eastern Docks | 14.5 km |
| EV charging points | bp pulse Charging Station | 3.8 km |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Southampton Airport SOU | 8.7 km |
| Nearest large airport | London Heathrow Airport LHR | 81.6 km |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | The Fryern Surgery | 4.5 km |
| Pharmacies | Day Lewis Pharmacy | 3.2 km |
| NHS dentists | 1 practices within 1.6 km; nearest Periosouth | 1.0 km |
| Hospital | Nuffield Health Wessex Hospital | 3.9 km |
| Police station | Hampshire Constabulary | 6.6 km |
| Cash machines | Tesco Bank ATM | 2.9 km |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | Hocombe Mead 8.4 ha | 2.5 km |
| Play area | 1 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 1,410 m² | 170 m |
| Playing field | 2 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 1.4 ha | 180 m |
| Allotments | 1 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 2,230 m² | 110 m |
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Church of All Saints, a listed building (Grade II*), 170 m south-west. 45 listed buildings are within 1.0 km, 2 of them Grade II*.
| Name | What it is | From the postcode's centre |
|---|---|---|
| Church of All Saints | Listed building, Grade II* | 170 m south-west |
| Hursley House | Listed building, Grade II* | 680 m west |
| Merdon Castle | Scheduled monument | 1.4 km north-west |
| Park pale to the north, west and south west of Hursley Park | Scheduled monument | 1.6 km south-west |
| Cranbury Park | Registered park or garden, Grade II* | 2.8 km south-east |
| Name | What it is | From the postcode's centre |
|---|---|---|
| Brooks Copse | Wood | 1.1 km south |
| Waterloo Plantation | Wood | 1.3 km west |
| Blacklands Copse | Wood | 1.3 km south-east |
| Nan Trodd's Hill | Hill | 1.7 km north-east |
| Great Pond | Lake or reservoir | 2.4 km south-east |
| Emer Bog | Wetland | 5.0 km south-west |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 6.5 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 5.9 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 9.9 | 40 | 15 |
All three are within the UK legal limits; PM2.5 is above the WHO guideline, as in most towns and cities.
Road and rail noise
| Level | Road traffic | Railways |
|---|---|---|
| 55 to 59 | 1 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 22 | 23 |
1 of the postcode's 23 addresses is modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic, above the WHO guidelines.
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 51 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 15% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 31% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 57% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 30% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 0% | 1% |
| Social rented | 28% | 17% |
| Private rented | 15% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 54% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 4% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 34% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 2% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 46% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 48% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 0% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 1% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 5% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km of home (of those who travel to work) | 62% | 65% |
| Work 30 km or more away | 13% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 43% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 16% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 7% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 99% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | 0% | 2% |
Deprivation
The neighbourhood around this postcode is in decile 9 of 10 on the English Indices of Deprivation 2025, where 1 is the most deprived tenth of England's 33,755 neighbourhoods and 10 the least.