Ashurst

Ashurst is covered by postcode district SO40. It is in the New Forest council area, Hampshire.

Typical price £585,000 Homes sold in Ashurst, last 12 months. ▲ 11.4% on the year before Gigabit broadband 10 of 61 postcodes where every home and business can get it Flooding Some at high risk 8 of 61 postcodes have a home or business in an area at risk; 14 homes and businesses at high or medium risk Schools 2 2 primary schools at its postcodes

Every postcode in Ashurst, by flood risk

Map of every postcode in Ashurst, by flood risk Of the 61 postcodes in Ashurst that ONS places, 3 have a home or business at high risk, 3 are at medium risk at worst, 2 are at low risk at worst and 53 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. Places named: Ashurst. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 250 m. A35 SO40 7AB: not on the flood risk listSO40 7AE: not on the flood risk listSO40 7AF: not on the flood risk listSO40 7AG: not on the flood risk listSO40 7AL: not on the flood risk listSO40 7AN: not on the flood risk listSO40 7AR: not on the flood risk listSO40 7AS: not on the flood risk listSO40 7AT: not on the flood risk listSO40 7AX: not on the flood risk listSO40 7AY: not on the flood risk listSO40 7BD: not on the flood risk listSO40 7BE: not on the flood risk listSO40 7BG: not on the flood risk listSO40 7BJ: not on the flood risk listSO40 7BL: not on the flood risk listSO40 7BN: not on the flood risk listSO40 7BP: not on the flood risk listSO40 7BQ: not on the flood risk listSO40 7BR: not on the flood risk listSO40 7BS: not on the flood risk listSO40 7BT: not on the flood risk listSO40 7BU: not on the flood risk listSO40 7BW: not on the flood risk listSO40 7BX: not on the flood risk listSO40 7BY: not on the flood risk listSO40 7BZ: not on the flood risk listSO40 7DA: not on the flood risk listSO40 7DB: not on the flood risk listSO40 7DD: not on the flood risk listSO40 7DE: not on the flood risk listSO40 7DF: not on the flood risk listSO40 7DG: not on the flood risk listSO40 7DH: not on the flood risk listSO40 7DJ: not on the flood risk listSO40 7DL: not on the flood risk listSO40 7DN: not on the flood risk listSO40 7DP: not on the flood risk listSO40 7DQ: not on the flood risk listSO40 7DR: not on the flood risk listSO40 7DS: not on the flood risk listSO40 7DT: not on the flood risk listSO40 7DU: not on the flood risk listSO40 7DW: not on the flood risk listSO40 7ED: not on the flood risk listSO40 7EE: not on the flood risk listSO40 7EF: not on the flood risk listSO40 7ER: not on the flood risk listSO40 7ET: not on the flood risk listSO40 7FB: not on the flood risk listSO40 7FD: not on the flood risk listSO40 7FE: not on the flood risk listSO40 7FF: not on the flood risk listSO40 7AZ: low flood risk at worstSO40 7BA: low flood risk at worstSO40 7AU: medium flood risk at worstSO40 7AW: medium flood risk at worstSO40 7BB: medium flood risk at worstSO40 7AD: high flood riskSO40 7AH: high flood riskSO40 7AJ: high flood risk Ashurst Map of every postcode in Ashurst, by flood risk Of the 61 postcodes in Ashurst that ONS places, 3 have a home or business at high risk, 3 are at medium risk at worst, 2 are at low risk at worst and 53 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. Places named: Ashurst. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 500 m. Ashurst
  • A home or business at high risk: 3
  • At medium risk at worst: 3
  • At low risk at worst: 2
  • At very low risk only: 0
  • Not on the at-risk list: 53

Of the 61 postcodes in Ashurst that ONS places, 3 have a home or business at high risk, 3 are at medium risk at worst, 2 are at low risk at worst and 53 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list.

Each mark is a postcode's centre point as ONS gives it, not a building. Press one to see its postcode and open its page. No boundary is drawn.

The middle of its postcodes: latitude 50.8976, longitude -1.5191. Open this area on OpenStreetMap

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026, the centre point of each postcode; flood risk: Environment Agency, published 6 July 2026; roads, rivers and built-up areas: Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Drawn by us. Street map: Ordnance Survey, OS Open Zoomstack, Open Government Licence v3.0, drawn with MapLibre. How we use them

The postcodes at high risk

Beside each: how many of its homes and businesses the Environment Agency puts at that risk.

SO40 7AH4 at high riskSO40 7AJ3 at high riskSO40 7AD1 at high risk

What is it like to live in Ashurst?

Homes sold for a typical £585,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 11.4% on the 12 months before. At 10 of the 61 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 14 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 8 of its 61 postcodes. It has 2 primary schools at its postcodes. The nearest GP practice is New Horizons Medical Partnership, 2.2 km from the middle. The nearest railway station is Ashurst New Forest, 1.0 km from the middle of its postcodes in a straight line.

We don't rate places; here are the figures so you can judge.

Source: HM Land Registry, Ofcom, the Environment Agency, the Department for Education, NHS England and the Department for Transport, as each section of this page says. See all our data sources

What do homes cost in Ashurst?

Homes in Ashurst sold for a typical £585,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 21 sales, up 11.4% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.

£585,000 typical price, the 12 months to August 2026
£525,000 12 months to August 2025
▲ up 11.4% on the 12 months before
  • Detached £617,500 18 sales
  • Semi-detached 2 sales, too few to price
  • Flat or maisonette 1 sale, too few to price

Across the whole SO40 district, Ashurst's main postcode district: a typical £335,000.

Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Ashurst: standard sales of homes at market value. A typical price is the median, the middle sale. Sales take weeks to be registered, so the last month or two are incomplete. Each postcode page gives the figure for its own postcode sector.

Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2021. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Are new homes being built in Ashurst?

None of the 61 postcodes now in use in Ashurst came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 0 of the 37 homes sold in Ashurst were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the SO40 district, 0%.

New homes among the homes sold

PeriodIn AshurstAcross the SO40 district
The 12 months to August 2026 0 of 21 (0%) 0 of 474 (0%)
The 12 months to August 2025 0 of 37 (0%) 0 of 632 (0%)

Standard sales of homes at market value that HM Land Registry marks as newly built. New homes take longer to be registered than other sales, so the latest 12 months count fewer of them than were sold. A share is given from 5 sales or more.

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026; HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2021, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

What broadband can you get in Ashurst?

Ofcom reports on 61 of the 61 postcodes in Ashurst. At 10 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband.

Postcodes where every home can get gigabit10 of 61
Postcodes where every home can get superfast40 of 61

Ofcom gives each postcode's share of homes and businesses, not how many there are, so these count postcodes. Each postcode page has its own figures. A provider's checker answers for one address.

Check one address on Ofcom's checker

Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026, data for January 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Is Ashurst at risk of flooding?

8 of the 61 postcodes in Ashurst have a home or business in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, the Environment Agency says. At those, it puts 14 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk.

Homes and businesses in an area at risk, at 8 of 61 postcodes High: 8Medium: 6Low: 15

High: 3.3% or more a year (1 in 30). Medium: 1% to 3.3% a year. Low: 0.1% to 1% a year. Very low: under 0.1% a year (1 in 1,000). Each band is the chance of flooding in any one year.

Homes and businesses in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, as the Environment Agency counts them, added up over the postcodes. It is for the land, not each building, and leaves out surface water, groundwater and sewers. Each postcode page has its own figures and its flood warning areas.

Source: Environment Agency, Risk of Flooding from Rivers and Sea (postcodes in areas at risk), published 6 July 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Which schools are in Ashurst?

The primary schools are at the postcodes in Ashurst. There is no secondary school at its postcodes; these are the nearest to its middle. Distances are straight lines from the middle of its postcodes. Distance is not a catchment: each council sets its own admission rules.

Primary

Secondary

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Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. Each school opens its own record there. How we use it

How far is the station from Ashurst?

The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Ashurst is Ashurst New Forest Rail Station, 1.0 km away in a straight line.

  • Ashurst New Forest Rail Station Railway station 1.0 kmWalk
  • Totton Rail Station Railway station 3.4 kmCycle
  • Redbridge (Hants) Rail Station Railway station 4.2 kmCycle

Straight-line distances from the centre point, not routes. Walk: under 1.2 km. Cycle: 1.2 to 5 km. Drive: further.

Straight-line distances from the middle of the postcodes, not routes. Each postcode page lists its own nearest stations and bus stops. The Department for Transport's register does not say how often services run.

Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Which GP surgeries are in Ashurst?

There is no GP practice at the postcodes in Ashurst. These are the nearest to its middle, in a straight line. Each practice sets the area it takes patients from, so check with it before registering.

Find a GP on the NHS website

Source: NHS England, Organisation Data Service (GP practices), read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Is Ashurst safe? Crime recorded around it

Police.uk records 94 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Ashurst over the 12 months from September 2025 to August 2026. August 2026 is the latest month it has published. These are counts, not a rate: we hold no count of the people who live, work or pass through, so we do not say whether a place is safe.

Each month, September 2025 to August 2026

  1. 13 September 2025
  2. 7 October 2025
  3. 13 November 2025
  4. 6 December 2025
  5. 9 January 2026
  6. 5 February 2026
  7. 9 March 2026
  8. 2 April 2026
  9. 6 May 2026
  10. 8 June 2026
  11. 7 July 2026
  12. 9 August 2026

By kind, over the 12 months

Violence and sexual offences31 reports
Burglary15 reports
Criminal damage and arson10 reports
Vehicle crime10 reports
Public order7 reports
Other theft6 reports
Anti-social behaviour4 reports
Other crime3 reports

Also: bicycle theft 2, drugs 2, possession of weapons 2, shoplifting 1, theft from the person 1.

Police.uk says its locations "always represent the approximate location of a crime". Each crime is moved to the nearest of a fixed list of map points, each over a street centre, a public place or a commercial premises, chosen so that every point covers at least eight addresses or none. A mile is a wide circle: in a town it takes in the centre and its shops, where much crime is recorded.

Crime around one postcode

Source: Police.uk (data.police.uk), data to August 2026, from its download of 30 September 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Who runs Ashurst?

District, borough or city council
New Forest
County council
Hampshire
Parliamentary constituency
New Forest East
Police force area
Hampshire
Region
South East
Country
England
MP
Sir Julian Lewis (Conservative)

All 61 postcodes here share these. Wards differ: check a postcode for yours. What council am I in?

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026. The MP: UK Parliament. See all our data sources

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Ashurst postcodes

61 postcodes in use in Ashurst, by district:

SO40 postcode district,61 postcodes

That district is in the SO postcode area.

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Places near Ashurst

With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Ashurst's £585,000. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.

Totton2.7 km, £315,000Lyndhurst4.8 km, £442,500Marchwood4.9 km, £322,000Rownhams6.9 km, £427,500Hythe and Dibden Purlieu8.9 km, £330,000Southampton8.9 km, £260,000Brockenhurst9.7 km, £825,000North Baddesley10.3 km, £360,000 All places A to Z

Questions about Ashurst

What is it like to live in Ashurst?
Homes sold for a typical £585,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 11.4% on the 12 months before. At 10 of the 61 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 14 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 8 of its 61 postcodes. It has 2 primary schools at its postcodes. The nearest GP practice is New Horizons Medical Partnership, 2.2 km from the middle. The nearest railway station is Ashurst New Forest, 1.0 km from the middle of its postcodes in a straight line. We don't rate places; here are the figures so you can judge. Source: HM Land Registry, Ofcom, the Environment Agency, the Department for Education, NHS England and the Department for Transport, as each section of this page says.
What is the postcode for Ashurst?
Ashurst is covered by postcode district SO40, across 61 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Which council is Ashurst in?
Ashurst is in the New Forest council area, and Hampshire is its county council. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Who is the MP for Ashurst?
Ashurst is in the New Forest East parliamentary constituency. Its MP is Sir Julian Lewis (Conservative), as UK Parliament listed them on 14 October 2026. Constituency: ONS Postcode Directory.
How much are houses in Ashurst?
Homes in Ashurst sold for a typical £585,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 21 sales, up 11.4% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
What schools are in Ashurst?
In Ashurst, primary schools at its postcodes include Foxhills Infant School and Foxhills Junior School; the nearest secondary school to the middle of its postcodes is Hounsdown School, 2.1 km away in a straight line. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026.
Does Ashurst have a railway station?
Yes: Ashurst New Forest is 1.0 km from the centre point of the postcodes in Ashurst, in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
What broadband can you get in Ashurst?
Ofcom reports on 61 of the 61 postcodes in Ashurst. At 10 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband. Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
Is Ashurst at risk of flooding?
8 of the 61 postcodes in Ashurst have a home or business in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, the Environment Agency says. At those, it puts 14 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk. This is long-term risk for the land, and leaves out surface water. Source: Environment Agency.
Are new homes being built in Ashurst?
None of the 61 postcodes now in use in Ashurst came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 0 of the 37 homes sold in Ashurst were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the SO40 district, 0%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.

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