Upper Toothill Road Test Valley
67 addresses across 3 postcodes (SO16,SO51), about 690 m (0.4 miles) long, classed as a minor road. USRN 40013395.
- Sales: 3 recorded sales since 1995; in 2021 the median was £420,000 across 1 sale.
- Energy: 1 homes have an energy certificate (C: 1).
- Flood: 2 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 D; Band D in Test Valley costs £2,306 a year in 2026-27.
- Broadband: Gigabit broadband is available to 0% of premises.
- Transport: The nearest railway station is Romsey, about 4.2 km (2.6 miles) away in a straight line.
- Green space: The nearest park or garden is about 1.1 km (0.7 miles) away.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 7.7 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 5.9 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: Its addresses are 68 to 85 m above sea level.
- Noise: 24 of its 67 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is North Baddesley Surgery, about 2.1 km (1.3 miles) away.
- People: About 760 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 85% of households owned their home and 29% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
Sales on this street
| Year | Sales | Median price | Lowest | Highest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 1 | £420,000 | £420,000 | £420,000 |
| 2017 | 1 | £800,000 | £800,000 | £800,000 |
| 1996 | 1 | £185,000 | £185,000 | £185,000 |
| Date | Address | Type | Price | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 Feb 2021 | IVYDENE COTTAGE SO16 8AL | Detached | £420,000 | |
| 14 Dec 2017 | AUSTRYWOOD SO16 8AL | Detached | £800,000 | |
| 18 Oct 1996 | THE PADDOCK SO16 8AL | Detached | £185,000 |
Energy performance certificates
1 home with a current certificate; median floor area 90 m². Most common: House, detached (1). Built: 2003-2006 (1). Tenure at assessment: owner-occupied (1).
Council tax
What each band costs in Test Valley in 2026-27: Band D £2,306 a year on average, including the police, fire and any county and parish charges.
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £1,537 | £1,793 | £2,049 | £2,306 | £2,818 | £3,330 | £3,843 | £4,611 |
Homes by band in the neighbourhoods around this street: most are in band D (25% of about 1,680 homes).
Planning and heritage
- Conservation area: no postcode centre in this street's postcodes is in one.
- Listed buildings on or by this street: 2.
- 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
- IVYDENE AND ATTACHED OUTBUILDING, grade II
- UPPER TOOTHILL FARMHOUSE AND ATTACHED RANGE, grade II
Roadworks
Finished in the last three months
- 10 August 2026 to 12 August 2026: SOUTHERN WATER, Utility repair and maintenance works, some carriageway incursion, on the footway (immediate - urgent works)
Flood risk
Rivers, the sea or surface water: in this street's postcodes, 1 address is in areas at high risk, 1 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 on this street is in flood zone 2 or 3.
| Postcode | Planning zone | Addresses at high / medium / low risk | Groundwater |
|---|---|---|---|
| SO16 8AL | not in 2 or 3 | 1 / 1 / 1 | unlikely |
| SO16 8AN | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| SO51 9LN | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
Height above sea level
The street's 67 addresses are between 68 m and 85 m above sea level (73 m on average); the ground rises about 17 m from the lowest to the highest.
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SO16 8AL | 98% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| SO16 8AN | 13% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| SO51 9LN | 31% | 0% | 0% | 15% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Romsey 457,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 4.2 km (2.6 miles) |
| Redbridge 33,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 4.7 km (2.9 miles) | |
| Totton 216,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 5.2 km (3.2 miles) | |
| Bus stops | 0 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 3 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Motorway Bridge Rownhams | 650 m (0.4 miles) |
| Bus or coach station | Bus Station Romsey | 4.1 km (2.5 miles) |
| Ferry terminal | Southampton Vehicle Ferry Terminal Eastern Docks | 8.2 km (5.1 miles) |
| Car parks | Sainsbury's Lords Hill, Southampton Car Park | 2.3 km (1.4 miles) |
| EV charging points | 1 within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Gridserve Charging Station | 890 m (0.6 miles) |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Southampton Airport SOU | 7.2 km (4.5 miles) |
| Nearest large airport | London Heathrow Airport LHR | 89.8 km (56 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | North Baddesley Surgery | 2.1 km (1.3 miles) |
| Pharmacies | Boots | 2.2 km (1.3 miles) |
| NHS dentists | Clover Practice Limited | 2.1 km (1.3 miles) |
| Hospital | Princess Anne Hospital | 3.4 km (2.1 miles) |
| Police station | Romsey Police Station | 3.9 km (2.4 miles) |
| Cash machines | Roadchef - Rownhams Service Area, Rownhams Cashzone | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | Unnamed 2.3 ha | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) |
| Play area | Unnamed 80 m² | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) |
| Playing field | Unnamed 1.3 ha | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) |
| Allotments | Unnamed 2,300 m² | 1.2 km (0.8 miles) |
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Toot Hill camp, a scheduled monument, 450 m (0.3 miles) north. 4 listed buildings are within 1 km (0.6 miles).
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Toot Hill camp | Scheduled monument | 450 m (0.3 miles) north |
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Toothill | Hill | 470 m (0.3 miles) north |
| Greenhill Copse | Wood | 590 m (0.4 miles) east |
| Great Copse | Wood | 600 m (0.4 miles) south-east |
| Longbridge Lake | Lake or reservoir | 2.2 km (1.4 miles) west |
| Emer Bog | Wetland | 3.7 km (2.3 miles) north-east |
| Testwood Lane Stream | Tidal water | 4.3 km (2.7 miles) south |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 7.7 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 5.9 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 9.5 | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 60 to 64 | 2 | 0 |
| 55 to 59 | 22 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 43 | 67 |
24 of the street's 67 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 Test Valley: see them on the Test Valley page.
Nearest schools
| School | Phase | Ages | Distance | Inspection |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rownhams St John's Church of England Primary School | Primary | 4–11 | 1.7 km (1 mile) | Good (May 2023, overall grade under the previous framework) |
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 | 14% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 31% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 85% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 49% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 3% | 1% |
| Social rented | 3% | 17% |
| Private rented | 9% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 52% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 4% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 35% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 4% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 35% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 60% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | under 1% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 2% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 2% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 74% | 65% |
| Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away | 4% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 29% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 18% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 6% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 97% | 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
- SO16 8AL: 63 addresses
- SO16 8AN: 2 addresses of 25 in the postcode
- SO51 9LN: 2 addresses of 28 in the postcode
Nearby streets
All the streets in SO16, SO51 and across Test Valley.
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.