Dilton Dilton, New Forest
14 addresses across 2 postcodes (SO42), about 5.3 km (3.3 miles) long. USRN 26724011.
- Sales: 1 recorded sales since 1995; in 2021 the median was £810,000 across 1 sale.
- Energy: 1 homes have an energy certificate (E: 1).
- Flood: No address on its postcodes is in an area at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers, the sea or surface water.
- Council tax: Most homes around it are in council tax band G; Band D in New Forest costs £2,420 a year in 2026-27.
- Broadband: Gigabit broadband is available to 0% of premises.
- Transport: The nearest railway station is Brockenhurst, about 2.7 km (1.7 miles) away in a straight line.
- Green space: The nearest park or garden is about 2.7 km (1.7 miles) away.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 5.0 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 5.5 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: Its addresses are 14 to 41 m above sea level.
- Noise: 1 of its 14 addresses is modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is New Forest Medical Group, about 2.9 km (1.8 miles) away.
- People: About 750 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 71% of households owned their home and 40% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
Sales on this street
| Year | Sales | Median price | Lowest | Highest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 1 | £810,000 | £810,000 | £810,000 |
| Date | Address | Type | Price | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 Sep 2021 | DILTON GLEN SO42 7QN | Detached | £810,000 |
Energy performance certificates
1 home with a current certificate; median floor area 87 m². Most common: Bungalow, detached (1). Built: 1996-2002 (1). Tenure at assessment: owner-occupied (1).
Council tax
What each band costs in New Forest in 2026-27: Band D £2,420 a year on average, including the police, fire and any county and parish charges.
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £1,613 | £1,882 | £2,151 | £2,420 | £2,957 | £3,495 | £4,033 | £4,840 |
Homes by band in the neighbourhoods around this street: most are in band G (31% of about 1,830 homes).
Planning and heritage
- Conservation area: no postcode centre in this street's postcodes is in one.
- Listed buildings on or by this street: none.
- Article 4 direction (removing permitted development rights): ARTICLE 4 DIRECTION NP NEW FOREST CAMPSITE, ARTICLE 4 DIRECTION NP NEW FOREST RECREATIONAL CAMPSITE, New Forest National Park Boundary, New Forest National Park Boundary.
- Tree preservation orders: none recorded, though not every council has published theirs.
- Green belt: no.
Roadworks
No street works under way, planned or finished in the last three months on this street, in permits up to 30 September 2026.
Flood risk
No address in this street's postcodes is in an area at high, medium or low risk of flooding from rivers, the sea or surface water. The rest are in areas at very low risk: less than a 0.1% (1 in 1,000) chance a year.
Rivers and the sea alone: no home is in an area at risk.
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 on this street is in flood zone 2 or 3.
Height above sea level
The street's 14 addresses are between 14 m and 41 m above sea level (29 m on average); the ground rises about 26 m from the lowest to the highest.
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SO42 7QL | 0% | 0% | 0% | 94% |
| SO42 7QN | 0% | 0% | 0% | 100% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Brockenhurst 986,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 2.7 km (1.7 miles) |
| Beaulieu Road 20,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 5.3 km (3.3 miles) | |
| Lymington Town 242,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 5.7 km (3.5 miles) | |
| Bus stops | None within 800 m (0.5 miles) | |
| Bus or coach station | Ashurst New Forest - Lyndhurst Park Hotel | 8.8 km (5.4 miles) |
| Ferry terminal | Lymington Town Quay | 5.9 km (3.7 miles) |
| Car parks | Tilery Road Car Park | 2.7 km (1.7 miles) |
| EV charging points | Osprey Charging Station | 2.7 km (1.7 miles) |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Southampton Airport SOU | 19.9 km (12 miles) |
| Nearest large airport | London Gatwick Airport LGW | 102 km (63 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | New Forest Medical Group | 2.9 km (1.8 miles) |
| Pharmacies | Day Lewis Pharmacy | 3.1 km (1.9 miles) |
| NHS dentists | Merrygate Dental Surgery | 3 km (1.9 miles) |
| Hospital | Lymington New Forest Hospital Cdc | 4.8 km (3 miles) |
| Police station | Lymington Police Station | 3.8 km (2.3 miles) |
| Cash machines | Asda Lymington - Southampton Road PFS, Southampton Road Cashzone | 4.6 km (2.8 miles) |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | Unnamed 1,350 m² | 2.7 km (1.7 miles) |
| Play area | Unnamed 520 m² | 2.9 km (1.8 miles) |
| Playing field | Unnamed 1.0 ha | 3 km (1.8 miles) |
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Bowl barrow 125m south-west of Stockley Inclosure, a scheduled monument, 930 m (0.6 miles) north-east.
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Bowl barrow 125m south-west of Stockley Inclosure | Scheduled monument | 930 m (0.6 miles) north-east |
| Bowl barrow 820m north-east of Dilton Farm | Scheduled monument | 930 m (0.6 miles) east |
| Three bowl barrows 620m east of Dilton Farm | Scheduled monument | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) south-east |
| Brockenhurst Park | Registered park or garden, Grade II | 1.6 km (1 mile) west |
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Dilton Copse | Wood | 300 m south-west |
| Furze Hill | Hill | 350 m north-east |
| Perrywood Ironshill Inclosure | Wood | 680 m (0.4 miles) north-west |
| Dawkins Bottom | Valley | 2.1 km (1.3 miles) south-west |
| Setley Pond | Lake or reservoir | 3.5 km (2.2 miles) south-west |
| Hincheslea Bog | Wetland | 4.8 km (3 miles) west |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 5.0 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 5.5 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 8.1 | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 65 to 69 | 1 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 13 | 14 |
1 of the street's 14 addresses is modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic, above the WHO guidelines.
Climate, daylight and earthquakes
Monthly temperatures and rainfall, sunrise and sunset through the year, and earthquakes recorded nearby since 1970 are much the same across the area, so they are worked out once for New Forest: see them on the New Forest page.
Nearest schools
No open schools within 2 km (1.2 miles).
Food hygiene ratings nearby
No rated food businesses within 500 m (0.3 miles).
Crime within 250 m
No crimes recorded at anonymised points within 250 m in this period (hampshire).
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 50 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 14% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 25% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 71% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 44% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 0% | 1% |
| Social rented | 1% | 17% |
| Private rented | 28% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 62% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 2% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 25% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | under 1% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 46% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 49% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | under 1% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | under 1% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 5% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 42% | 65% |
| Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away | 11% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 40% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 14% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 5% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 94% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | under 1% | 2% |
Deprivation
The 2 neighbourhoods around this street are in deciles 5 to 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.
What has changed
Nothing new since the change feed started on 30 October 2026. New sales and energy certificates, and hygiene ratings, school inspections and flood figures nearby, will be listed here as the sources update.
Postcodes on this street
All the streets in SO42 and across New Forest.
What this page cannot tell you
- Whether a particular house is at risk of flooding, subsiding or anything else: the flood map is a model of areas and there is no property-level data here.
- What a home is worth now: sales are historic prices for the homes that happened to sell.
- How safe the street is: crime points are moved to anonymised locations and many crimes are never reported.
- Whether you would get a place at a school: distances are straight lines, not catchments.
- Who lives on the street now: census figures describe the small areas around it in March 2021, during a lockdown.
- How long a journey takes or how often anything runs: transport distances are straight lines to the nearest stops.
- Whether a GP practice is taking new patients, or a dentist new NHS patients.
- How loud a home is inside, or noise from industry, neighbours or smaller airfields: noise figures are models of road, rail and air traffic outside.
How each figure on this page is matched to the street and worked out: methodology.