Highgrove Close Totton, New Forest
8 addresses across 1 postcode (SO40), about 80 m long, classed as a local road. USRN 26721205.
- Sales: 9 recorded sales since 1995; in 2024 the median was £540,000 across 1 sale.
- Prices and rents: A typical home in New Forest cost £384,564 in August 2026 (-0.2% on a year); private rents averaged £1,249 a month.
- Energy: 5 homes have an energy certificate (C: 1, D: 4).
- Flood: No address on its postcodes is in an area at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers, the sea or surface water.
- Recorded floods: No recorded flood covers the centre of any of its postcodes.
- Storm overflows: 1 storm overflow within 1 km (0.6 miles) spilled 6 times (39 hours) in 2025.
- Traffic: The busiest counted road within 500 m (0.3 miles), the A326, carries 31,165 motor vehicles a day on average (2025).
- Council tax: Most homes around it are in council tax band C; Band D in New Forest costs £2,420 a year in 2026-27.
- Broadband: Gigabit broadband is available to 100% of premises.
- Transport: The nearest railway station is Totton, about 2.1 km (1.3 miles) away in a straight line.
- Green space: The nearest park or garden is about 430 m (0.3 miles) away.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 7.5 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 5.9 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: It is about 9 m above sea level.
- Noise: 7 of its 8 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is New Horizons Medical Partnership, about 1.3 km (0.8 miles) away.
- People: About 280 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 88% of households owned their home and 36% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
- Crime: 7 crimes were recorded within 250 m between September 2025 and August 2026, most often other crime.
- Road safety: 3 collisions in which someone was hurt were reported on and around it in 2021 to 2025, 1 of them fatal or serious.
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House sales on this street
| Year | Sales | Median price | Lowest | Highest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 1 | £540,000 | £540,000 | £540,000 |
| 2022 | 2 | £491,000 | £475,000 | £507,000 |
| 2015 | 1 | £350,000 | £350,000 | £350,000 |
| 2006 | 1 | £335,000 | £335,000 | £335,000 |
| 2001 | 1 | £192,500 | £192,500 | £192,500 |
| 1998 | 1 | £121,000 | £121,000 | £121,000 |
| 1997 | 1 | £110,000 | £110,000 | £110,000 |
| 1996 | 1 | £86,000 | £86,000 | £86,000 |
| Date | Address | Type | Price | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 May 2006 | 3 SO40 7PR | Detached | £335,000 | |
| 15 Nov 2022 | 4 SO40 7PR | Detached | £507,000 | |
| 17 Jan 2024 | 5 SO40 7PR | Detached | £540,000 | |
| 2 Dec 2022 | 6 SO40 7PR | Detached | £475,000 | |
| 20 Feb 2015 | 6 SO40 7PR | Detached | £350,000 | |
| 31 Aug 2001 | 6 SO40 7PR | Detached | £192,500 | |
| 18 Sep 1998 | 6 SO40 7PR | Detached | £121,000 | |
| 17 Mar 1997 | 6 SO40 7PR | Detached | £110,000 | |
| 26 Jan 1996 | 7 SO40 7PR | Detached | £86,000 |
House prices and rents in New Forest
A typical home in New Forest cost £384,564 in August 2026, 0.2% less than a year before. That is 4% more than five years earlier and 23% more than ten years earlier.
| Home | Typical price, Aug 2026 |
|---|---|
| Detached | £584,165 |
| Semi-detached | £370,085 |
| Terraced | £301,061 |
| Flat or maisonette | £195,805 |
| Bought by a first-time buyer | £291,458 |
Private renters in New Forest paid £1,249 a month on average in September 2026, 2% more than a year before. That is 29% more than five years earlier.
| Home | Average rent a month, Sep 2026 |
|---|---|
| One bedroom | £868 |
| Two bedrooms | £1,138 |
| Three bedrooms | £1,398 |
| Four or more bedrooms | £1,997 |
Energy performance certificates
5 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 121 m². Most common: House, detached (5). Built: 1983-1990 (3); 1991-1995 (2). Tenure at assessment: owner-occupied (5).
Each home's certificates and sales (5 addresses)
Gas and electricity use
Homes with gas used 16,774 kWh of it on average in 2024, 63% more than the district's 10,300 kWh, and 3,111 kWh of electricity, 9% less than the district's 3,413 kWh. There are gas meters for about 100% of the homes.
These are all the homes on the 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 SO40.
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 neighbourhood around this street: most are in band C (37% of about 630 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): none recorded, though not every council has published theirs.
- Tree preservation orders: 5 protected trees on or by this street.
- Green belt: no.
Energy projects nearby
1 energy project near the street's postcodes.
| Project | Kind | Size | Stage | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marchwood ERF | Energy from waste (incinerator) | 16 MW | Operational Dec 2004 | 3.7 km (2.3 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
No street works under way, planned or finished in the last three months on this street, in permits up to 31 October 2026.
Flood risk
Rivers, the sea or surface water: in this street's postcodes, 0 addresses are in areas at high risk, 0 at medium risk and 1 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.
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.
Recorded floods
No recorded flood covers the centre of this street's postcodes.
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
1 storm overflow within 1 km (0.6 miles) of the street's postcodes spilled 6 times, for 39 hours in all, in 2025. They discharge into Bartley Water.
| Overflow | Into | Spills | Hours | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ashurst Bridge Ceo Southern Water | Bartley Water | 6 | 39 | 550 m (0.3 miles) |
A storm overflow lets sewage diluted with rainwater into a river, stream or the sea when heavy rain overwhelms the sewers, so the spills here affect the water they run into, not homes. A spill is counted the regulators' way: a first 12 hours, then each 24 hours it goes on.
Coal mining
No postcode centre here is in a coalfield: the Mining Remediation Authority records no coal mining risk here.
Radon
The postcode is in a 1 km square 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
No historic landfill site is within 500 m (0.3 miles) of the street's postcodes.
Height above sea level
The street's addresses are about 9 m above sea level.
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SO40 7PR | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Totton 216,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 2.1 km (1.3 miles) |
| Ashurst New Forest 108,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 2.4 km (1.5 miles) | |
| Redbridge 33,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 2.9 km (1.8 miles) | |
| Bus stops | 9 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 22 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Rockleigh Drive Hounsdown | 110 m |
| Bus or coach station | Ashurst New Forest - Lyndhurst Park Hotel | 2.4 km (1.5 miles) |
| Ferry terminal | Southampton Vehicle Ferry Terminal Eastern Docks | 7.1 km (4.4 miles) |
| Car parks | Asda Totton (Southampton) Car Park | 1.7 km (1.1 miles) |
| EV charging points | Mer | 1.7 km (1 mile) |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Southampton Airport SOU | 11.6 km (7.2 miles) |
| Nearest large airport | London Heathrow Airport LHR | 96.3 km (60 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | 1 practice within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest New Horizons Medical Partnership Good Aug 2016 | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) |
| Pharmacies | 1 pharmacy within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Ar Pharmacy | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) |
| NHS dentists | 2 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Forest Gate Dental Care | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) |
| Hospital | Ashurst Hospital | 2 km (1.2 miles) |
| Care homes | 6 homes within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Jacob's Lodge Good May 2020 | 930 m (0.6 miles) |
| Police station | Totton Police Station | 2 km (1.2 miles) |
| Cash machines | The Southern Co-Operative Ashurst, Ashurst Cashzone | 1.5 km (1 mile) |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | 2 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 8,150 m² | 430 m (0.3 miles) |
| Largest park within 800 m (0.5 miles) | Unnamed 13 ha | 600 m (0.4 miles) |
| Play area | 3 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 400 m² | 170 m |
| Playing field | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 9,630 m² | 160 m |
| Allotments | 2 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 1.5 ha | 210 m |
Within 800 m (0.5 miles): 2 parks and gardens, 13 hectares in all.
Landmarks
1 listed building is within 1 km (0.6 miles).
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Cocklydown Copse | Wood | 350 m east |
| Hunters Inn Hill | Hill | 910 m (0.6 miles) south |
| Wildcolbury Wood | Wood | 1 km (0.6 miles) south |
| Goatee Beach | Beach | 2.1 km (1.3 miles) east |
| Eling Great Marsh | Wetland | 2.3 km (1.4 miles) north-east |
| Langley Pond | Lake or reservoir | 2.6 km (1.6 miles) south-east |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 7.5 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 5.9 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 9.2 | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 60 to 64 | 5 | 0 |
| 55 to 59 | 2 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 1 | 8 |
7 of the street's 8 addresses are 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
| School | Phase | Ages | Distance | Inspection | Exam results |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Foxhills Junior School | Primary | 7–11 | 510 m (0.3 miles) | Good (Mar 2020, overall grade under the previous framework) | 68% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 7% at the higher standard (2025; 76% in 2024 and 71% in 2023) |
| Foxhills Infant School | Primary | 4–7 | 540 m (0.3 miles) | No published inspection | None published |
| Hounsdown School | Secondary | 11–16 | 1 km (0.6 miles) | Good (Jun 2024, overall grade under the previous framework) | GCSE 2026 (provisional): Attainment 8 48.7 (46.1 in 2025 and 46.6 in 2024); 47.6% grade 5+ in English and maths |
| Hazel Wood Infant School | Primary | 4–7 | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) | Outstanding (Dec 2023, overall grade under the previous framework) | None published |
| Abbotswood Junior School | Primary | 7–11 | 1.4 km (0.8 miles) | No published inspection | 60% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 9% at the higher standard (2025; 61% in 2024 and 68% in 2023) |
| Lydlynch Infant School | Primary | 4–7 | 1.5 km (0.9 miles) | No published inspection | None published |
| Eling Infant School and Nursery | Primary | 4–7 | 1.7 km (1.1 miles) | No overall grade (May 2025, graded inspection without an overall judgement): Quality of education: Outstanding; Behaviour and attitudes: Outstanding; Personal development: Outstanding; Leadership and management: Outstanding | None published |
| Netley Marsh Church of England Infant School | Primary | 4–7 | 1.9 km (1.2 miles) | No published inspection | None published |
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
6 nurseries, pre-schools and clubs within 1.5 km (0.9 miles), the nearest 530 m (0.3 miles) from the middle of the street.
| Provider | Kind | Places | Latest inspection | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ashurst Pre-School SO40 7ED | Sessional day care | Good (Jan 2023, overall grade under the previous framework) | 530 m (0.3 miles) | |
| New Forest Child Care Foxhills SO40 7ED | Out-of-school day care | 40 | Not inspected yet | 530 m (0.3 miles) |
| Big Mouth Theatre, Totton SO40 9FT | Sessional day care (over fives) | Not inspected yet | 930 m (0.6 miles) | |
| Squirrels Preschool SO40 8WU | Sessional day care | 40 | Good (Jun 2024, overall grade under the previous framework) | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) |
| New Forest Child Care Abbotswood SO40 8EB | Out-of-school day care | 37 | Not inspected yet | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) |
| Lydlynch Preschool SO40 3DW | Full day care | 28 | Mar 2026: Needs attention in 3 areas, Urgent improvement in 3 | 1.4 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
| Business | Type | Distance | Rating | Rated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| THE HUB SO40 9NA | School/college/university | 350 m | 5 Very good | 1 Nov 2023 |
| COURT HOUSE CATERING LTD/BIG BLUE CAFE SO40 9LA | Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen | 380 m | 5 Very good | 23 Jun 2026 |
Crime within 250 m
| Category | Crimes |
|---|---|
| Other crime | 3 |
| Violence and sexual offences | 2 |
| Vehicle crime | 1 |
| Possession of weapons | 1 |
Most of these are attached to: On or near Birchlands (3); On or near Denbigh Close (2); On or near Rockleigh Drive (1); On or near Cocklydown Lane (1).
Road safety
3 collisions in which someone was hurt were reported on and around the street in 2021 to 2025: 0 fatal, 1 serious and 2 slight, in which 1 person was seriously hurt. 1 involved a motorcyclist. Most were on roads with a 60 mph limit.
| Year | Collisions | Fatal or serious |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 1 | 0 |
| 2022 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 1 | 1 |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025 | 0 | 0 |
| Date | Severity | Who was hurt | Road | Conditions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 Jul 2024 07:29 | Slight | 1 person | A326, 60 mph | Daylight |
| 18 Mar 2023 14:37 | Serious | 1 person: 1 motorcyclist | A326, 60 mph | Wet road |
| 26 May 2021 17:54 | Slight | 1 person | A326, 60 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 A326 between A336 and A35, with 31,165 motor vehicles a day on average in 2025, 190 m from the street's postcodes.
| Road | Between | Vehicles a day | Lorries | Ten years before | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A326 | A336 to A35 | 31,165 estimated; counted 2023 | 4% | +8% since 2015 | 190 m |
| A326 | A35 Hunters Hill to A326 | 12,900 counted 2025 | 3% | -13% since 2015 | 390 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 | 50 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 13% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 20% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 88% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 44% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | under 1% | 1% |
| Social rented | under 1% | 17% |
| Private rented | 11% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 69% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 3% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 26% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | under 1% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 38% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 56% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 0% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 2% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 3% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 51% | 65% |
| Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away | 8% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 36% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 12% | 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 street is in decile 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
- SO40 7PR: 8 addresses
Nearby streets
Highgrove Close · Reynolds Dale · Reynolds Dale · Rockleigh Drive · Chiltern Close · Little Reynolds · Foxhills · Kenmore Close · Knellers Lane · Denbigh Close · Fairmead Way · Birchlands
All the streets in SO40 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; 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.