Forestside Forestside, Chichester
39 addresses across 3 postcodes (PO9), about 1.0 km long, classed as a minor road. USRN 7200411.
30 recorded sales since 1995; in 2016 the median was £857,500 across 1 sale. 17 homes have an energy certificate (C: 1, D: 6, E: 8, F: 2). No address on its postcodes is in an area at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers, the sea or surface water. Most homes around it are in council tax band G; Band D in Chichester costs £2,470 a year in 2026-27. Gigabit broadband is available to 0% to 100% of premises. The nearest railway station is Rowlands Castle, about 3.1 km away in a straight line. The nearest park or garden, The Walled Garden, is about 2.5 km away. Background air pollution in 2024 was 6.1 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 6.0 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits. Its addresses are 88 to 116 m above sea level. The nearest GP surgery is Rowlands Castle Surgery, about 3.2 km away. About 310 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 61% of households owned their home and 45% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification. 3 crimes were recorded within 250 m between September 2025 and August 2026, most often anti-social behaviour.
Sales on this street
| Year | Sales | Median price | Lowest | Highest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 1 | £857,500 | £857,500 | £857,500 |
| 2012 | 1 | £659,000 | £659,000 | £659,000 |
| 2010 | 2 | £520,000 | £445,000 | £595,000 |
| 2007 | 3 | £704,000 | £480,000 | £875,000 |
| 2006 | 3 | £360,000 | £270,000 | £490,000 |
| 2005 | 2 | £415,000 | £310,000 | £520,000 |
| 2004 | 2 | £395,000 | £380,000 | £410,000 |
| 2003 | 2 | £342,500 | £280,000 | £405,000 |
| 2002 | 3 | £425,000 | £275,000 | £545,000 |
| 2001 | 1 | £144,500 | £144,500 | £144,500 |
| 1999 | 3 | £285,503 | £250,000 | £500,000 |
| 1998 | 2 | £181,500 | £173,000 | £190,000 |
| Date | Address | Type | Price | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 Dec 2016 | CLAYPOT COTTAGE, 30 PO9 6ED | Semi-detached | £857,500 | |
| 5 Oct 2012 | 1, MERRY TREE COTTAGES PO9 6EB | Semi-detached | £659,000 | |
| 10 Sep 2010 | LAVENDERS PO9 6EB | Detached | £595,000 | |
| 5 Mar 2010 | YEWCROFT PO9 6EQ | Detached | £445,000 | |
| 20 Jun 2007 | VIRGINIA COTTAGE PO9 6ED | Semi-detached | £480,000 | |
| 25 May 2007 | BEECHWOOD COTTAGE PO9 6EQ | Detached | £875,000 | |
| 12 Jan 2007 | HIGH COPSE PO9 6ED | Detached | £704,000 | |
| 20 Oct 2006 | THE WILLOWS PO9 6ED | Detached | £490,000 | |
| 10 Apr 2006 | WOODS END PO9 6ED | Semi-detached | £270,000 | |
| 24 Mar 2006 | MARKWELLS COTTAGE PO9 6EB | Detached | £360,000 | |
| 24 Jun 2005 | WEAVER HOUSE PO9 6EQ | Semi-detached | £310,000 | |
| 17 Jun 2005 | CLAYPOT COTTAGE, 30 PO9 6ED | Semi-detached | £520,000 | |
| 30 Jul 2004 | LAVENDERS PO9 6EB | Detached | £380,000 | |
| 9 Jul 2004 | LONG MEADOWS PO9 6ED | Detached | £410,000 | |
| 21 Nov 2003 | 31 PO9 6ED | Semi-detached | £405,000 | |
| 2 Jun 2003 | IVY COTTAGE PO9 6ED | Detached | £280,000 | |
| 4 Dec 2002 | 4, FIRPIECE PO9 6ED | Semi-detached | £275,000 | |
| 15 Nov 2002 | BARNFIELD OAK PO9 6ED | Detached | £545,000 | |
| 11 Nov 2002 | CLAYPOT COTTAGE, 30 PO9 6ED | Semi-detached | £425,000 | |
| 12 Jan 2001 | WOODS END PO9 6ED | Semi-detached | £144,500 | |
| 29 Oct 1999 | BEECHWOOD COTTAGE PO9 6EQ | Detached | £500,000 | |
| 8 Oct 1999 | BARNFIELD OAK PO9 6ED | Detached | £285,503 | |
| 22 Jan 1999 | APPLEDOWN PO9 6ED | Detached | £250,000 | |
| 4 Jun 1998 | IVY COTTAGE PO9 6ED | Detached | £173,000 | |
| 24 Mar 1998 | APPLEDOWN PO9 6ED | Detached | £190,000 | |
| 25 Sep 1997 | ROBIN HOOD COTTAGE PO9 6ED | Detached | £230,000 | |
| 10 Jul 1997 | WOODCUT PO9 6EQ | Detached | £198,000 | |
| 29 Mar 1996 | LONG MEADOWS PO9 6ED | Detached | £120,000 | |
| 30 Jun 1995 | GREEN LANES PO9 6EB | Detached | £305,000 | |
| 10 Mar 1995 | IVY COTTAGE PO9 6ED | Detached | £112,000 |
Energy performance certificates
17 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 154 m². Most common: House, detached (9); House, semi-detached (7); Bungalow, detached (1). Built: before 1900 (5); 1900-1929 (4); 1930-1949 (3). Tenure at assessment: owner-occupied (14); rented (private) (1).
Council tax
What each band costs in Chichester in 2026-27: Band D £2,470 a year on average, including the police, fire and any county and parish charges.
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £1,646 | £1,921 | £2,195 | £2,470 | £3,018 | £3,567 | £4,116 | £4,939 |
Homes by band in the neighbourhood around this street: most are in band G (26% of about 690 homes).
Planning and heritage
- Conservation area: no postcode centre in this street's postcodes is in one.
- Listed buildings on or by this street: 1.
- 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
- BUCKLEYS, grade II
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 39 addresses are between 88 m and 116 m above sea level (110 m on average); the ground rises about 29 m from the lowest to the highest.
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PO9 6EB | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| PO9 6ED | 17% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| PO9 6EQ | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Rowlands Castle 133,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 3.1 km |
| Emsworth 362,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 6.4 km | |
| Southbourne 229,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 6.7 km | |
| Bus stops | 2 stops within 400 m, 2 within 800 m; nearest Broad Walk Forestside | 140 m |
| Bus or coach station | Southbourne Post Office | 7.1 km |
| Ferry terminal | Bosham Hoe Ferry Landing | 11.3 km |
| EV charging points | 1 within 1.6 km; nearest 2 Nore Down Way | 1.6 km |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Southampton Airport SOU | 30.9 km |
| Nearest large airport | London Gatwick Airport LGW | 58.2 km |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | Rowlands Castle Surgery | 3.2 km |
| Pharmacies | Rowlands Castle Pharmacy | 3.2 km |
| NHS dentists | Dental Surgery | 6.3 km |
| Hospital | Emsworth Hospital | 6.7 km |
| Police station | Havant Police Station | 7.2 km |
| Cash machines | Shell Whichers Gate Cashzone | 4.2 km |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | The Walled Garden 4.6 ha | 2.5 km |
| Play area | Unnamed 1,090 m² | 2.5 km |
| Playing field | Unnamed 3.2 ha | 2.2 km |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 6.1 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 6.0 | 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
Noise figures are still being loaded.
Nearest schools
No open schools within 2.0 km.
Food hygiene ratings nearby
No rated food businesses within 500 m.
Crime within 250 m
| Category | Crimes |
|---|---|
| Anti-social behaviour | 1 |
| Vehicle crime | 1 |
| Public order | 1 |
Most of these are attached to: On or near Forestside (3).
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 54 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 11% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 28% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 61% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 44% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | under 1% | 1% |
| Social rented | 5% | 17% |
| Private rented | 34% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 56% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 3% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 28% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 2% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 39% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 52% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 3% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 3% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 5% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km of home (of those who travel to work) | 37% | 65% |
| Work 30 km or more away | 15% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 45% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 7% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 6% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 100% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | 0% | 2% |
Deprivation
The neighbourhood around this street is in decile 4 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
- PO9 6ED: 31 addresses of 37 in the postcode
- PO9 6EB: 7 addresses of 21 in the postcode
- PO9 6EQ: 1 address of 18 in the postcode
Nearby streets
All the streets in PO9 and across Chichester.
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 aircraft, industry or neighbours: noise figures are models of road and rail traffic outside, in England only.
How each figure on this page is matched to the street and worked out: methodology.