Pentons Hill Hyde, New Forest
18 addresses across 2 postcodes (SP6), about 640 m (0.4 miles) long, classed as a minor road. USRN 26720287.
- Sales: 17 recorded sales since 1995; in 2024 the median was £850,000 across 1 sale.
- Energy: 10 homes have an energy certificate (C: 1, D: 3, E: 5, F: 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 F; 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 Ashurst New Forest, about 16.8 km (10 miles) away in a straight line.
- Green space: The nearest park or garden, Hyde Common, is about 70 m away.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 4.5 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 5.5 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: Its addresses are 43 to 64 m above sea level.
- Noise: 7 of its 18 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is Fordingbridge Surgery, about 2.8 km (1.8 miles) away.
- People: About 300 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 93% of households owned their home and 50% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
- Crime: 1 crimes were recorded within 250 m between September 2025 and August 2026, most often public order.
Sales on this street
| Year | Sales | Median price | Lowest | Highest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 1 | £850,000 | £850,000 | £850,000 |
| 2018 | 1 | £720,000 | £720,000 | £720,000 |
| 2014 | 1 | £499,950 | £499,950 | £499,950 |
| 2012 | 2 | £445,000 | £305,000 | £585,000 |
| 2010 | 2 | £510,000 | £450,000 | £570,000 |
| 2006 | 1 | £400,000 | £400,000 | £400,000 |
| 2003 | 1 | £305,000 | £305,000 | £305,000 |
| 2002 | 1 | £250,000 | £250,000 | £250,000 |
| 2001 | 1 | £375,000 | £375,000 | £375,000 |
| 2000 | 2 | £275,288 | £155,576 | £395,000 |
| 1998 | 1 | £230,000 | £230,000 | £230,000 |
| 1997 | 2 | £230,000 | £215,000 | £245,000 |
| Date | Address | Type | Price | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 Jan 2024 | CORNWALL HOUSE SP6 2HL | Detached | £850,000 | |
| 2 Feb 2018 | HANNINGTON SP6 2HL | Detached | £720,000 | |
| 21 Nov 2014 | FAIRVIEW COTTAGE SP6 2HL | Detached | £499,950 | |
| 1 Nov 2012 | HANNINGTON SP6 2HL | Detached | £585,000 | |
| 17 Aug 2012 | KITTS COTTAGE SP6 2HL | Detached | £305,000 | |
| 27 Aug 2010 | CIDER COTTAGE SP6 2HL | Detached | £450,000 | |
| 22 Feb 2010 | CORNWALL HOUSE SP6 2HL | Detached | £570,000 | |
| 6 Oct 2006 | CIDER COTTAGE SP6 2HL | Detached | £400,000 | |
| 16 Oct 2003 | HOP GARDEN COTTAGE SP6 2HL | Detached | £305,000 | |
| 19 Apr 2002 | CIDER COTTAGE SP6 2HL | Detached | £250,000 | |
| 23 Jul 2001 | CORNWALL HOUSE SP6 2HL | Detached | £375,000 | |
| 14 Apr 2000 | CORNWALL HOUSE SP6 2HL | Detached | £155,576 | |
| 2 Feb 2000 | BADGERS LEA SP6 2HL | Detached | £395,000 | |
| 3 Jun 1998 | MIDDLE HILL SP6 2HL | Detached | £230,000 | |
| 30 Sep 1997 | HANNINGTON SP6 2HL | Detached | £215,000 | |
| 18 Apr 1997 | BADGERS LEA SP6 2HL | Detached | £245,000 | |
| 4 Oct 1995 | FAIRVIEW COTTAGE SP6 2HL | Detached | £185,000 |
Energy performance certificates
10 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 135 m². Most common: House, detached (7); Bungalow, detached (3). Built: before 1900 (4); 1950-1966 (2); 1900-1929 (2). Tenure at assessment: owner-occupied (5).
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 F (26% of about 660 homes).
Planning and heritage
- Conservation area: yes, Western Escarpment (council page). Extensions, demolition, some windows and doors, and work on trees need consent.
- Listed buildings on or by this street: 4.
- 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.
Listed buildings
- CHURCH OF THE HOLY ASCENSION, grade II
- DETACHED COTTAGE 10 METRES EAST OF SUNNYVIEW, grade II
- SUNNYVIEW, grade II
- THE WEECOTT IN GARDEN OF WAYSIDE, grade II
Brownfield land registered for housing within 1 km (0.6 miles)
- Coles Yard, Stuckton Road, Stuckton: up to 9 homes, permissioned (1 km (0.6 miles))
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 18 addresses are between 43 m and 64 m above sea level (54 m on average); the ground rises about 21 m from the lowest to the highest.
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SP6 2HL | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| SP6 2HW | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway station | Ashurst New Forest 108,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 16.8 km (10 miles) |
| Bus stops | 1 stop within 400 m (0.2 miles), 2 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Hyde DRT | 230 m |
| EV charging points | Be.EV Charging Station | 2.7 km (1.7 miles) |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Bournemouth Airport BOH | 15.6 km (9.7 miles) |
| Nearest large airport | Bristol Airport BRS | 84.8 km (53 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | Fordingbridge Surgery | 2.8 km (1.8 miles) |
| Pharmacies | Fordingbridge Chemist | 2.6 km (1.6 miles) |
| NHS dentists | Highfield House (Dental Surgery) | 2.8 km (1.7 miles) |
| Hospital | Fordingbridge Hospital | 2.8 km (1.7 miles) |
| Police station | Hampshire & Isle of Wight Constabulary | 2.7 km (1.7 miles) |
| Cash machines | The Cooperative Food Fordingbridge | 2.6 km (1.6 miles) |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Hyde Common 53 ha | 70 m |
| Play area | Unnamed 570 m² | 2.4 km (1.5 miles) |
| Playing field | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 2.2 ha | 0 m |
| Allotments | Unnamed 320 m² | 2.9 km (1.8 miles) |
Within 800 m (0.5 miles): 1 park or garden, 53 hectares in all.
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Bowl barrow on Ibsley Common, 670m east of Gorley Vale Farm, a scheduled monument, 1.4 km (0.9 miles) south-east. 18 listed buildings are within 1 km (0.6 miles).
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Bowl barrow on Ibsley Common, 670m east of Gorley Vale Farm | Scheduled monument | 1.4 km (0.9 miles) south-east |
| Bowl barrow on Ibsley Common, 820m south east of Broomy | Scheduled monument | 1.8 km (1.1 miles) south-east |
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Hungerford Copse | Wood | 390 m south-west |
| Hyde Copse | Wood | 430 m (0.3 miles) west |
| Holland Bottom | Valley | 760 m (0.5 miles) south-east |
| Frogham Hill | Hill | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) east |
| Hucklesbrook Lake | Lake or reservoir | 2.2 km (1.4 miles) south-west |
| Linwood Bog | Wetland | 2.8 km (1.8 miles) south-east |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 4.5 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 5.5 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 8.5 | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 55 to 59 | 7 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 11 | 18 |
7 of the street's 18 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hyde Church of England Primary School | Primary | 4–11 | 160 m | Good (Nov 2023, overall grade under the previous framework) |
Food hygiene ratings nearby
| Business | Type | Distance | Rating | Rated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HYDE C OF E PRIMARY SCHOOL SP6 2QH | School/college/university | 170 m | 5 Very good | 12 Jan 2026 |
| HYDE PRE-SCHOOL SP6 2QH | Hospitals/Childcare/Caring Premises | 170 m | 5 Very good | 26 Mar 2025 |
| HYDE COUNTRY STORES SP6 2QB | Retailers - other | 390 m | 5 Very good | 12 Nov 2025 |
| THE POTTING SHED SP6 2QB | Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen | 460 m (0.3 miles) | 5 Very good | 10 Feb 2024 |
Crime within 250 m
| Category | Crimes |
|---|---|
| Public order | 1 |
Most of these are attached to: On or near Hungerford Hill (1).
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 58 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 10% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 33% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 93% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 59% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 0% | 1% |
| Social rented | under 1% | 17% |
| Private rented | 7% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 54% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 0% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 37% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | under 1% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 54% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 43% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 0% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 0% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 2% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 24% | 65% |
| Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away | 22% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 50% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 10% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 3% | 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 7 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
Nearby streets
Blissford Hill · Hungerford Hill · Hungerford Hill · Fernside Cottages
All the streets in SP6 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.