Botley

Botley is covered by postcode districts SO30 and SO32. It is mostly in the Eastleigh council area: 74 of its 76 postcodes. The others are in Winchester.

Typical price £336,000 Homes sold in Botley, last 12 months. ▲ 2.6% on the year before Gigabit broadband 44 of 75 postcodes where every home and business can get it Flooding Some at high risk 9 of 76 postcodes have a home or business in an area at risk; 18 homes and businesses at high or medium risk Schools 1 1 primary school at its postcodes

Every postcode in Botley, by flood risk

Map of every postcode in Botley, by flood risk Of the 76 postcodes in Botley that ONS places, 5 have a home or business at high risk, 1 are at medium risk at worst, 3 are at low risk at worst and 67 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. One group of postcodes at high or medium risk is outlined: 5 postcodes at high or medium risk. Places named: Botley. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 250 m. SO30 2AA: not on the flood risk listSO30 2AB: not on the flood risk listSO30 2AY: not on the flood risk listSO30 2BA: not on the flood risk listSO30 2BF: not on the flood risk listSO30 2BZ: not on the flood risk listSO30 2DL: not on the flood risk listSO30 2DZ: not on the flood risk listSO30 2EA: not on the flood risk listSO30 2EB: not on the flood risk listSO30 2ED: not on the flood risk listSO30 2EG: not on the flood risk listSO30 2EH: not on the flood risk listSO30 2EJ: not on the flood risk listSO30 2EL: not on the flood risk listSO30 2EN: not on the flood risk listSO30 2EP: not on the flood risk listSO30 2ER: not on the flood risk listSO30 2ES: not on the flood risk listSO30 2EW: not on the flood risk listSO30 2EX: not on the flood risk listSO30 2FR: not on the flood risk listSO30 2FS: not on the flood risk listSO30 2FT: not on the flood risk listSO30 2FU: not on the flood risk listSO30 2FW: not on the flood risk listSO30 2GD: not on the flood risk listSO30 2GF: not on the flood risk listSO30 2GS: not on the flood risk listSO30 2GT: not on the flood risk listSO30 2GU: not on the flood risk listSO30 2GW: not on the flood risk listSO30 2JQ: not on the flood risk listSO30 2LA: not on the flood risk listSO30 2LH: not on the flood risk listSO30 2NS: not on the flood risk listSO30 2NT: not on the flood risk listSO30 2NU: not on the flood risk listSO30 2NW: not on the flood risk listSO30 2NX: not on the flood risk listSO30 2NY: not on the flood risk listSO30 2NZ: not on the flood risk listSO30 2RG: not on the flood risk listSO30 2RJ: not on the flood risk listSO30 2RQ: not on the flood risk listSO30 2SG: not on the flood risk listSO30 2SH: not on the flood risk listSO30 2SJ: not on the flood risk listSO30 2SL: not on the flood risk listSO30 2SN: not on the flood risk listSO30 2SP: not on the flood risk listSO30 2SQ: not on the flood risk listSO30 2SR: not on the flood risk listSO30 2SS: not on the flood risk listSO30 2SU: not on the flood risk listSO30 2SW: not on the flood risk listSO30 2SX: not on the flood risk listSO30 2SY: not on the flood risk listSO30 2TN: not on the flood risk listSO30 2TP: not on the flood risk listSO30 2TW: not on the flood risk listSO30 2TX: not on the flood risk listSO30 2UA: not on the flood risk listSO30 2UP: not on the flood risk listSO30 2UQ: not on the flood risk listSO30 2UU: not on the flood risk listSO32 2UG: not on the flood risk listSO30 2DX: low flood risk at worstSO30 2ET: low flood risk at worstSO30 2EY: low flood risk at worstSO30 2GX: medium flood risk at worstSO30 2EU: high flood riskSO30 2GB: high flood riskSO30 2GY: high flood riskSO30 2UE: high flood riskSO30 2UG: high flood risk Botley 5 postcodes at high or medium risk, outlined: this goes to SO30 2GY, the one with most homes and businesses at high risk5 postcodes at high or medium risk Map of every postcode in Botley, by flood risk Of the 76 postcodes in Botley that ONS places, 5 have a home or business at high risk, 1 are at medium risk at worst, 3 are at low risk at worst and 67 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. One group of postcodes at high or medium risk is outlined: 5 postcodes at high or medium risk. Places named: Botley. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 500 m. Botley
  • A home or business at high risk: 5
  • At medium risk at worst: 1
  • At low risk at worst: 3
  • At very low risk only: 0
  • Not on the at-risk list: 67
  • Outline: where 5 or more postcodes at high or medium risk lie together

Of the 76 postcodes in Botley that ONS places, 5 have a home or business at high risk, 1 are at medium risk at worst, 3 are at low risk at worst and 67 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. A dashed outline shows where 5 or more lie within 160 metres of each other. It is not a boundary, and no boundary is drawn.

The middle of its postcodes: latitude 50.9144, longitude -1.2792. 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.

SO30 2GY6 at high riskSO30 2UE5 at high riskSO30 2EU2 at high riskSO30 2GB2 at high riskSO30 2UG1 at high risk

Where the postcodes at high or medium risk lie together

  • 5 postcodes at high or medium risk, outlined on the map. SO30 2GY, is the one with most homes and businesses at high risk.

What is it like to live in Botley?

Homes sold for a typical £336,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 2.6% on the 12 months before. At 44 of the 75 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 18 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 9 of its 76 postcodes. It has 1 primary school at its postcodes. The nearest GP practice is The Peartree Practice, 4.5 km from the middle. The nearest railway station is Botley, 1.4 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 Botley?

Homes in Botley sold for a typical £336,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 36 sales, up 2.6% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.

£336,000 typical price, the 12 months to August 2026
12 months to August 2025
£327,500
12 months to August 2026
£336,000

▲ up 2.6% on the 12 months before

Detached£530,000 10 sales
Semi-detached£345,000 13 sales
Terraced£277,500 12 sales
Flat or maisonette 1 sale, too few to price

Across the whole SO30 district, Botley's main postcode district: a typical £348,000.

Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Botley: 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 Botley?

None of the 76 postcodes now in use in Botley came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 0 of the 42 homes sold in Botley were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the SO30 district, 11%.

New homes among the homes sold

PeriodIn BotleyAcross the SO30 district
The 12 months to August 2026 0 of 36 (0%) 21 of 449 (5%)
The 12 months to August 2025 0 of 42 (0%) 64 of 599 (11%)

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 Botley?

Ofcom reports on 75 of the 76 postcodes in Botley. At 44 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband.

Postcodes where every home can get gigabit44 of 75
Postcodes where every home can get superfast68 of 75

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 Botley at risk of flooding?

9 of the 76 postcodes in Botley 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 18 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk.

Homes and businesses in an area at risk, at 9 of 76 postcodes High: 16Medium: 2Low: 24Very low: 2

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 Botley?

The primary schools are at the postcodes in Botley. 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 Botley?

The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Botley is Botley Rail Station, 1.4 km away in a straight line.

  • Botley Rail Station Railway station 1.4 kmCycle
  • Hedge End Rail Station Railway station 2.3 kmCycle
  • Bursledon Rail Station Railway station 3.9 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 Botley?

There is no GP practice at the postcodes in Botley. 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 Botley safe? Crime recorded around it

Police.uk records 421 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Botley 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. 42 September 2025
  2. 33 October 2025
  3. 25 November 2025
  4. 39 December 2025
  5. 30 January 2026
  6. 29 February 2026
  7. 37 March 2026
  8. 27 April 2026
  9. 32 May 2026
  10. 34 June 2026
  11. 59 July 2026
  12. 34 August 2026

By kind, over the 12 months

Violence and sexual offences166 reports
Anti-social behaviour65 reports
Other theft51 reports
Public order34 reports
Criminal damage and arson25 reports
Vehicle crime23 reports
Burglary17 reports
Other crime17 reports

Also: shoplifting 12, drugs 3, theft from the person 2, bicycle theft 2, robbery 2, possession of weapons 2.

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 Botley?

Councils
Eastleigh (74) and Winchester (2)
County council
Hampshire
Parliamentary constituency
Hamble Valley
Police force area
Hampshire
Region
South East
Country
England
MP
Paul Holmes (Conservative)

Where the place crosses a boundary, a row lists each side with its number of postcodes. Check a postcode for its own. 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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Botley postcodes

76 postcodes in use in Botley, by district:

SO30 postcode district,75 postcodesSO32 postcode district,1 postcode

Those districts are all in the SO postcode area.

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Places near Botley

With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Botley's £336,000. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.

Hedge End1.7 km, £350,000Boorley Green1.8 km, £418,500Whiteley3.8 km, £345,000Bursledon3.9 km, £335,500Horton Heath4.3 km, £370,000West End4.5 km, £325,000Locks Heath5.9 km, £375,000Waltham Chase5.9 km, £435,000 All places A to Z

Questions about Botley

What is it like to live in Botley?
Homes sold for a typical £336,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 2.6% on the 12 months before. At 44 of the 75 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 18 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 9 of its 76 postcodes. It has 1 primary school at its postcodes. The nearest GP practice is The Peartree Practice, 4.5 km from the middle. The nearest railway station is Botley, 1.4 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 Botley?
Botley is covered by postcode districts SO30 and SO32, across 76 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Who is the MP for Botley?
Botley is in the Hamble Valley parliamentary constituency. Its MP is Paul Holmes (Conservative), as UK Parliament listed them on 14 October 2026. Constituency: ONS Postcode Directory.
How much are houses in Botley?
Homes in Botley sold for a typical £336,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 36 sales, up 2.6% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
What schools are in Botley?
In Botley, primary schools at its postcodes include Botley Church of England Controlled Primary School; the nearest secondary school to the middle of its postcodes is Deer Park School, 1.3 km away in a straight line. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026.
Does Botley have a railway station?
Yes: Botley is 1.4 km from the centre point of the postcodes in Botley, in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
What broadband can you get in Botley?
Ofcom reports on 75 of the 76 postcodes in Botley. At 44 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband. Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
Is Botley at risk of flooding?
9 of the 76 postcodes in Botley 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 18 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 Botley?
None of the 76 postcodes now in use in Botley came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 0 of the 42 homes sold in Botley were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the SO30 district, 11%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.

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