Down Farm Lane Winchester
39 addresses across 3 postcodes (SO22,SO23), about 2.8 km (1.7 miles) long, classed as a minor road. USRN 44301326.
- Sales: 6 recorded sales since 1995; in 2026 the median was £365,000 across 1 sale.
- Prices and rents: A typical home in Winchester cost £453,188 in August 2026 (+0.1% on a year); private rents averaged £1,514 a month.
- Energy: 10 homes have an energy certificate (A: 1, C: 1, D: 3, E: 4, F: 1).
- Flood: 4 addresses on its postcodes are in areas at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers, the sea or surface water.
- Recorded floods: 1 recorded flood covered 1 of its 3 postcode centres, most recently in November 2000.
- Landfill: 2 historic landfill sites within 500 m (0.3 miles) of its postcodes; the nearest, Alresford Drove, is 80 m away.
- Gas: No gas meters are recorded on its postcodes: it looks to be off the mains gas grid.
- Traffic: The busiest counted road within 500 m (0.3 miles), the A34, carries 52,271 motor vehicles a day on average (2025).
- Council tax: Most homes around it are in council tax band D; Band D in Winchester costs £2,360 a year in 2026-27.
- Broadband: Gigabit broadband is available to 0% of premises.
- Transport: The nearest railway station is Winchester, about 3.1 km (1.9 miles) away in a straight line.
- Green space: The nearest park or garden is about 1.3 km (0.8 miles) away.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 6.8 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 6.1 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: Its addresses are 41 to 94 m above sea level.
- Noise: 16 of its 39 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is Friarsgate Practice, about 2.4 km (1.5 miles) away.
- People: About 960 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 55% of households owned their home and 45% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
- Road safety: 1 collision in which someone was hurt was reported on and around it in 2021 to 2025, and it was serious.
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House sales on this street
| Year | Sales | Median price | Lowest | Highest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1 | £365,000 | £365,000 | £365,000 |
| 2024 | 1 | £660,000 | £660,000 | £660,000 |
| 2014 | 1 | £870,000 | £870,000 | £870,000 |
| 2008 | 1 | £285,000 | £285,000 | £285,000 |
| 2003 | 1 | £538,000 | £538,000 | £538,000 |
| Date | Address | Type | Price | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 Sep 2014 | LITTLE ACRE SO23 7LA | Detached | £870,000 | |
| 11 Dec 2003 | NEW HOUSE SO23 7LA | Detached | £538,000 | |
| 7 Apr 2026 | 1, VOKES COTTAGES SO23 7LA | Semi-detached | £365,000 | |
| 10 Jun 2024 | 2, VOKES COTTAGES SO23 7LA | Semi-detached | £660,000 | |
| 28 Mar 2008 | 2, VOKES COTTAGES SO23 7LA | Semi-detached | £285,000 | |
| 12 Nov 2024 | WHITE COTTAGE SO23 7LA | Other | £950,000 | Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer). |
House prices and rents in Winchester
A typical home in Winchester cost £453,188 in August 2026, 0.1% more than a year before. That is 2% more than five years earlier and 13% more than ten years earlier.
| Home | Typical price, Aug 2026 |
|---|---|
| Detached | £727,365 |
| Semi-detached | £459,291 |
| Terraced | £382,968 |
| Flat or maisonette | £226,292 |
| Bought by a first-time buyer | £337,881 |
Private renters in Winchester paid £1,514 a month on average in September 2026, 4.8% more than a year before. That is 34% more than five years earlier.
| Home | Average rent a month, Sep 2026 |
|---|---|
| One bedroom | £1,021 |
| Two bedrooms | £1,325 |
| Three bedrooms | £1,633 |
| Four or more bedrooms | £2,260 |
Energy performance certificates
10 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 140 m². Most common: Bungalow, detached (3); House, detached (3); House, semi-detached (2). Built: 1900-1929 (3); 1996-2002 (1); 1991-1995 (1). Tenure at assessment: owner-occupied (9).
Each home's certificates and sales (10 addresses)
- 1 Vokes Cottages, Down Farm Lane, Headbourne Worthy
- 2 Vokes Cottages, Down Farm Lane, Headbourne Worthy
- 4 Vokes Cottages, Down Farm Lane, Headbourne Worthy
- 5 Vokes Cottages, Down Farm Lane, Headbourne Worthy
- Down Farm House, Headbourne Worthy
- Little Acre, Down Farm Lane, Headbourne Worthy
- New House, Down Farm Lane
- Paddock Gate, Down Farm Lane, Headbourne Worthy
- The Dog House, Upper Farm, Down Farm Lane, Headbourne Worthy
- White Cottage, Down Farm Lane, Headbourne Worthy
Gas and electricity use
No gas meters are recorded on the street's postcodes, against 19 electricity meters: it looks to be off the mains gas grid, or almost, with heating from electricity, oil, LPG or solid fuel.
| Postcode | Electricity meters | Typical electricity | Gas meters | Typical gas |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SO23 7LA | 12 | 6,817 kWh | none recorded | |
| SO23 7LB | 7 | 7,053 kWh | under 5 |
These are all the homes on each postcode, whatever their size and however many live in them, so they show the kind of homes and heating here rather than what any one home uses. The typical figure is the median: half the homes used less. The district is SO23.
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 neighbourhoods around this street: most are in band D (31% of about 2,210 homes).
Planning and heritage
- Conservation area: no postcode centre in this street's postcodes is in one.
- Listed buildings on or by this street: 3.
- 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
- BARN 15 METRES NORTH WEST OF UPPER FARMHOUSE, grade II
- THE MANOR HOUSE, grade II
- UPPER FARMHOUSE, grade II
Energy projects nearby
1 energy project near the street's postcodes.
| Project | Kind | Size | Stage | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Three Maids Hill Solar Farm Winchester 20/02311/FUL | Solar farm | 25 MW | Operational Jan 2023 | 1.8 km (1.1 miles) |
Planned projects can change or not go ahead; search the planning authority's applications by the reference shown for the plans, conditions and any objections. Construction brings traffic for some months; once built, solar farms and batteries are usually quiet, while turbines and waste plants can be seen or heard further away.
Roadworks
Finished in the last three months
- 28 September 2026 to 5 October 2026: SOUTHERN WATER, Utility repair and maintenance works, multi-way signals, on the carriageway (standard works)
Flood risk
Rivers, the sea or surface water: in this street's postcodes, 2 addresses are in areas at high risk, 2 at medium risk and 2 at low risk. Each address counts once, at the higher of its rivers-and-sea and surface-water risk.
Rivers and the sea alone: of the 15 homes the Environment Agency counts, 2 are in areas at high risk, 2 medium, 1 low and 0 very low.
Groundwater flooding is possible in 1 of these postcodes: 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 on this street is in flood zone 2 or 3.
| Postcode | Planning zone | Addresses at high / medium / low risk | Groundwater |
|---|---|---|---|
| SO23 7LA | not in 2 or 3 | 2 / 2 / 1 | possible |
| SO22 6RG | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| SO23 7LB | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 1 | unlikely |
Recorded floods
1 recorded flood covered 1 of the centres of this street's postcodes, most recently in November 2000 (Nunswalk St, Headbourne Worthy; ephemeral watercourse).
| When | Flood | Source and cause | Postcodes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Nov 2000 | Nunswalk St, Headbourne Worthy | Ephemeral watercourse; groundwater/high water table | SO23 7LA |
Recorded floods are where floodwater was seen or surveyed after a flood. Many floods were never mapped, an outline over a postcode's centre does not mean every home in it flooded, and homes outside one may have. Ask the seller whether the home itself has flooded.
Coastal erosion
No projected coastal erosion zone is within 1 km (0.6 miles) of the street's postcodes.
Storm overflows
No storm overflow outlet is within 1 km (0.6 miles) of the street's postcodes.
Coal mining
No postcode centre on the street is in a coalfield: the Mining Remediation Authority records no coal mining risk here.
Radon
Every 1 km square the street's postcodes are in is in the lowest band of radon potential: fewer than 1 home in 100 is estimated to be at or above the Action Level. It is not a radon Affected Area.
Historic landfill
2 historic landfill sites are within 500 m (0.3 miles) of the street's postcodes, the nearest 80 m away.
| Site | Waste went in | Waste | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alresford Drove Near Winchester, Hampshire | Not recorded | Commercial, household | 80 m |
| Springvale Road Winchester | Not recorded | Not recorded | 120 m |
Closed tips can give off gas (methane and carbon dioxide) and leak into the ground for years. An environmental search, which conveyancers usually order, looks at landfill and contaminated land around the home; the council keeps a register of land it has found to be contaminated.
Height above sea level
The street's 39 addresses are between 41 m and 94 m above sea level (62 m on average); the ground rises about 53 m from the lowest to the highest.
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SO22 6RG | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| SO23 7LA | 88% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| SO23 7LB | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Winchester 4.6 million journeys in 2024–25 | 3.1 km (1.9 miles) |
| Shawford 140,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 8.1 km (5 miles) | |
| Micheldever 132,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 10.7 km (6.7 miles) | |
| Bus stops | 0 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 2 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Flowerdown Barracks Littleton | 770 m (0.5 miles) |
| Bus or coach station | Bus Station Winchester | 3.8 km (2.4 miles) |
| Car parks | Worthy Lane Car Park | 3 km (1.8 miles) |
| EV charging points | 2 within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Be.EV Charging Station | 1.5 km (0.9 miles) |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Southampton Airport SOU | 16.2 km (10 miles) |
| Nearest large airport | London Heathrow Airport LHR | 73.4 km (46 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | Friarsgate Practice Good Jun 2025 | 2.4 km (1.5 miles) |
| Pharmacies | Springvale Pharmacy | 1.9 km (1.2 miles) |
| NHS dentists | 1 practice within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Winchester Dental Centre | 1.2 km (0.7 miles) |
| Hospital | Royal Hampshire County Hospital Good Nov 2025 | 3.7 km (2.3 miles) |
| Care homes | 3 homes within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Westholme Care Home Good Mar 2019 | 1.4 km (0.9 miles) |
| Police station | Hampshire & Isle of Wight Constabulary | 3.5 km (2.2 miles) |
| Cash machines | Tesco Bank ATM | 1.5 km (0.9 miles) |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | Unnamed 6.3 ha | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) |
| Play area | Unnamed 2,190 m² | 1.2 km (0.7 miles) |
| Playing field | Unnamed 1.1 ha | 1.2 km (0.7 miles) |
| Allotments | Unnamed 3,380 m² | 1.6 km (1 mile) |
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Iron Age field system, banjo enclosure and Romano-British villa, 500m east of Woodham Farm., a scheduled monument, 1.4 km (0.9 miles) east.
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Iron Age field system, banjo enclosure and Romano-British villa, 500m east of Woodham Farm. | Scheduled monument | 1.4 km (0.9 miles) east |
| Three round barrows 500m WNW of Flowerdown House | Scheduled monument | 1.8 km (1.1 miles) south-west |
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Smith's Plantation | Wood | 2.5 km (1.5 miles) west |
| Worthy Grove | Wood | 2.5 km (1.6 miles) north-west |
| Chilcott's Plantation | Wood | 2.6 km (1.6 miles) west |
| Tumbling Bay | Lake or reservoir | 3.5 km (2.2 miles) south |
| Moorcourt Hill | Hill | 4.4 km (2.7 miles) south-west |
| Jacob's Bottom | Valley | 4.8 km (3 miles) north-east |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 6.8 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 6.1 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 11.6 | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 75 dB or more | 1 | 0 |
| 65 to 69 | 1 | 1 |
| 60 to 64 | 3 | 0 |
| 55 to 59 | 11 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 23 | 38 |
16 of the street's 39 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic, and 1 from railways, 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 Winchester: see them on the Winchester page.
Nearest schools
| School | Phase | Ages | Distance | Inspection | Exam results |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barton Farm Primary Academy | Primary | 2–11 | 1.5 km (0.9 miles) | Outstanding (May 2023, overall grade under the previous framework) | None published |
| Henry Beaufort School | Secondary | 11–16 | 1.6 km (1 mile) | No published inspection | GCSE 2026 (provisional): Attainment 8 52.4 (50.5 in 2025 and 53.3 in 2024); 60.2% grade 5+ in English and maths |
| Harestock Primary School | Primary | 5–11 | 1.8 km (1.1 miles) | No published inspection | 38% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 4% at the higher standard (2025; 69% in 2024 and 56% in 2023) |
| Kings Worthy Primary School | Primary | 4–11 | 1.9 km (1.2 miles) | No published inspection | 78% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 17% at the higher standard (2025; 63% in 2024 and 63% in 2023) |
Exam results are from the Department for Education's school performance tables (Explore Education Statistics, Open Government Licence), for all pupils at each school. The middle school in England had 63% at the expected standard at the end of primary school (2025), Attainment 8 of 46.0 at GCSE (2026) and an A level average of C+ (2025). Attainment 8 adds up a pupil's grades in eight GCSEs, with English and maths counted twice (90 is the most), averaged over the school's pupils. Progress 8 compares pupils with others who had the same results at the end of primary school; it is not published for GCSEs in 2025 and 2026, as those pupils sat no primary tests during the pandemic. Small year groups swing from year to year, and figures for very small ones are withheld.
Nurseries and childcare
2 nurseries, pre-schools and clubs within 1.5 km (0.9 miles), the nearest 1 km (0.6 miles) from the middle of the street.
| Provider | Kind | Places | Latest inspection | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Woodhams Farm Day Nursery SO23 7LB | Full day care | 116 | Outstanding (Sep 2025, overall grade under the previous framework) | 1 km (0.6 miles) |
| Toast and Tea, Barton Farm SO22 6HS | Out-of-school day care | 60 | Not inspected yet | 1.5 km (0.9 miles) |
Ofsted also registers 720 childminders and 151 home childcarers (nannies) in Hampshire. It does not publish their addresses, so they cannot be shown here; the council's family information service lists those taking children.
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).
Road safety
1 collision in which someone was hurt was reported on and around the street in 2021 to 2025: 0 fatal, 1 serious and 0 slight, in which 1 person was seriously hurt. 1 involved a motorcyclist. Most were on roads with a 30 mph limit.
| Year | Collisions | Fatal or serious |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 0 | 0 |
| Date | Severity | Who was hurt | Road | Conditions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 Aug 2024 14:59 | Serious | 2 people: 2 motorcyclists | Minor road, 30 mph | Daylight |
Only collisions in which someone was hurt and which the police were told about are here: damage-only collisions and near misses are not, and some injuries are never reported. Positions are recorded by the police, usually to within a few metres. Each year's figures are published the following September.
Traffic on nearby roads
The busiest counted road within 500 m (0.3 miles) is the A34 between A33 and A272, with 52,271 motor vehicles a day on average in 2025, 370 m from the street's postcodes.
| Road | Between | Vehicles a day | Lorries | Ten years before | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A34 | A33 to A272 | 52,271 counted 2025 | 11% | +8% since 2015 | 370 m |
Each figure is the annual average daily flow: the motor vehicles passing the count point, both ways, on an average day of the year. A point is counted by hand on a weekday every few years and estimated from the trend on similar roads in between. Lorries are heavy goods vehicles, as a share of all motor vehicles.
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 28 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 21% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 4% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 55% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 15% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 7% | 1% |
| Social rented | 26% | 17% |
| Private rented | 11% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 75% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 3% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 5% | 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 | 30% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 1% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 2% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 20% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 45% | 65% |
| Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away | 31% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 45% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 5% | 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 8 to 10 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
- SO23 7LA: 25 addresses of 27 in the postcode
- SO22 6RG: 13 addresses of 15 in the postcode
- SO23 7LB: 1 address of 31 in the postcode
All the streets in SO22, SO23 and across Winchester.
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; road collisions count only those in which someone was hurt and the police were told.
- 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.