Ipley New Forest
21 addresses across 3 postcodes (SO40,SO42), about 3.7 km (2.3 miles) long. USRN 26719983.
- Sales: 4 recorded sales since 1995; in 2020 the median was £2,000,000 across 1 sale.
- Flood: 4 addresses on its postcodes are in areas 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 E; 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 Beaulieu Road, about 850 m (0.5 miles) away in a straight line.
- Green space: The nearest park or garden is about 2.9 km (1.8 miles) away.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 5.6 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 5.5 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: Its addresses are 7 to 29 m above sea level.
- Noise: 2 of its 21 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is Forestside Medical Practice, about 5.4 km (3.4 miles) away.
- People: About 590 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 65% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 1 | £2,000,000 | £2,000,000 | £2,000,000 |
| 2007 | 1 | £640,000 | £640,000 | £640,000 |
| 2001 | 1 | £300,000 | £300,000 | £300,000 |
| Date | Address | Type | Price | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 Aug 2020 | ALDERMOOR LODGE SO40 4UR | Detached | £2,000,000 | |
| 20 May 2016 | ALDERMOOR LODGE SO40 4UR | Detached | £770,000 | Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer). |
| 1 Jun 2007 | RIVER COTTAGE SO40 4UR | Detached | £640,000 | |
| 26 Jan 2001 | IPLEY MANOR FARM HOUSE SO40 4UR | Detached | £300,000 |
Energy performance certificates
No certificates found for addresses on this street.
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 E (18% of about 1,050 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
Rivers, the sea or surface water: in this street's postcodes, 2 addresses are in areas at high risk, 2 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: of the 21 homes the Environment Agency counts, 2 are in areas at high risk, 2 medium, 1 low and 0 very low.
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: at least one postcode centre is in flood zone 2. Zone 2 is between 0.1% and 1% a year from rivers (0.1% and 0.5% from the sea), ignoring defences.
| Postcode | Planning zone | Addresses at high / medium / low risk | Groundwater |
|---|---|---|---|
| SO42 7YQ | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| SO40 4UR | zone 2 | 2 / 2 / 1 | unlikely |
| SO42 7YP | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
Height above sea level
The street's 21 addresses are between 7 m and 29 m above sea level (16 m on average); the ground rises about 22 m from the lowest to the highest.
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SO40 4UR | 0% | 0% | 0% | 80% |
| SO42 7YP | 0% | 0% | 0% | 36% |
| SO42 7YQ | 0% | 0% | 0% | 100% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Beaulieu Road 20,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 850 m (0.5 miles) |
| Ashurst New Forest 108,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 4.7 km (2.9 miles) | |
| Brockenhurst 986,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 7 km (4.3 miles) | |
| Bus stops | None within 800 m (0.5 miles) | |
| Bus or coach station | Ashurst New Forest - Lyndhurst Park Hotel | 4.8 km (3 miles) |
| Ferry terminal | Hythe (Hants) Ferry Terminal | 6.9 km (4.3 miles) |
| EV charging points | 1 within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest bp pulse Charging Station | 780 m (0.5 miles) |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Southampton Airport SOU | 14.4 km (9 miles) |
| Nearest large airport | London Gatwick Airport LGW | 97.5 km (61 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | Forestside Medical Practice | 5.4 km (3.4 miles) |
| Pharmacies | Day Lewis Pharmacy | 5.1 km (3.2 miles) |
| NHS dentists | Marchwood Dental Practice | 4.6 km (2.9 miles) |
| Hospital | Ashurst Hospital | 4.8 km (3 miles) |
| Police station | Lyndhurst Police Station | 6.5 km (4.1 miles) |
| Cash machines | The Southern Co-Operative Ashurst, Ashurst Cashzone | 5 km (3.1 miles) |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | Unnamed 2,020 m² | 2.9 km (1.8 miles) |
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Bowl barrow on northern edge of Stephill Bottom, a scheduled monument, 100 m south.
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Bowl barrow on northern edge of Stephill Bottom | Scheduled monument | 100 m south |
| Bowl barrow at Stephill Bottom | Scheduled monument | 380 m south |
| Two bowl barrows on Yew Tree Heath | Scheduled monument | 490 m (0.3 miles) north |
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Stephill Bottom | Valley | 660 m (0.4 miles) south-west |
| Shatterford Bottom | Valley | 930 m (0.6 miles) west |
| Pig Bush | Wood | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) south |
| Rowbarrow Pond | Lake or reservoir | 1.6 km (1 mile) south |
| Withycombe Shade | Wood | 1.7 km (1.1 miles) north-west |
| Honey Hill | Hill | 1.7 km (1.1 miles) south-east |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 5.6 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 5.5 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 8.0 | 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 |
| 55 to 59 | 1 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 19 | 21 |
2 of the street's 21 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
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 | 53 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 13% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 28% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 65% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 45% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 0% | 1% |
| Social rented | 1% | 17% |
| Private rented | 34% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 55% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 3% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 31% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 1% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 39% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 55% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | under 1% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | under 1% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 4% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 36% | 65% |
| Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away | 12% | 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) | 98% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | 0% | 2% |
Deprivation
The neighbourhood around this street is in decile 5 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
- SO42 7YQ: 14 addresses of 59 in the postcode
- SO40 4UR: 6 addresses of 32 in the postcode
- SO42 7YP: 1 address of 45 in the postcode
All the streets in SO40, 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.