Colden Common

Colden Common is covered by postcode districts SO21 and SO50. It is in the Winchester council area, Hampshire.

Typical price £410,000 Homes sold in Colden Common, last 12 months. ▼ 5.7% on the year before Gigabit broadband 57 of 97 postcodes where every home and business can get it Flooding Some at high risk 6 of 99 postcodes have a home or business in an area at risk; 3 homes and businesses at high or medium risk Schools 1 1 primary school at its postcodes

Every postcode in Colden Common, by flood risk

Map of every postcode in Colden Common, by flood risk Of the 99 postcodes in Colden Common that ONS places, 1 have a home or business at high risk, 5 are at very low risk only and 93 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. Places named: Colden Common. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 250 m. SO21 1AH: not on the flood risk listSO21 1AJ: not on the flood risk listSO21 1AL: not on the flood risk listSO21 1DL: not on the flood risk listSO21 1FA: not on the flood risk listSO21 1FG: not on the flood risk listSO21 1FH: not on the flood risk listSO21 1FN: not on the flood risk listSO21 1FQ: not on the flood risk listSO21 1FW: not on the flood risk listSO21 1FX: not on the flood risk listSO21 1FY: not on the flood risk listSO21 1FZ: not on the flood risk listSO21 1GB: not on the flood risk listSO21 1GD: not on the flood risk listSO21 1GE: not on the flood risk listSO21 1GF: not on the flood risk listSO21 1GG: not on the flood risk listSO21 1GH: not on the flood risk listSO21 1GN: not on the flood risk listSO21 1NG: not on the flood risk listSO21 1RE: not on the flood risk listSO21 1RP: not on the flood risk listSO21 1RR: not on the flood risk listSO21 1RS: not on the flood risk listSO21 1RT: not on the flood risk listSO21 1RU: not on the flood risk listSO21 1RY: not on the flood risk listSO21 1RZ: not on the flood risk listSO21 1SA: not on the flood risk listSO21 1SB: not on the flood risk listSO21 1SD: not on the flood risk listSO21 1SE: not on the flood risk listSO21 1SF: not on the flood risk listSO21 1SG: not on the flood risk listSO21 1SH: not on the flood risk listSO21 1SJ: not on the flood risk listSO21 1SL: not on the flood risk listSO21 1SN: not on the flood risk listSO21 1SP: not on the flood risk listSO21 1SQ: not on the flood risk listSO21 1SR: not on the flood risk listSO21 1SS: not on the flood risk listSO21 1ST: not on the flood risk listSO21 1SU: not on the flood risk listSO21 1SW: not on the flood risk listSO21 1SX: not on the flood risk listSO21 1SY: not on the flood risk listSO21 1SZ: not on the flood risk listSO21 1TA: not on the flood risk listSO21 1TB: not on the flood risk listSO21 1TD: not on the flood risk listSO21 1TE: not on the flood risk listSO21 1TF: not on the flood risk listSO21 1TG: not on the flood risk listSO21 1TJ: not on the flood risk listSO21 1TN: not on the flood risk listSO21 1TP: not on the flood risk listSO21 1TR: not on the flood risk listSO21 1TS: not on the flood risk listSO21 1TT: not on the flood risk listSO21 1TU: not on the flood risk listSO21 1TW: not on the flood risk listSO21 1TX: not on the flood risk listSO21 1TY: not on the flood risk listSO21 1TZ: not on the flood risk listSO21 1UA: not on the flood risk listSO21 1UB: not on the flood risk listSO21 1UD: not on the flood risk listSO21 1UE: not on the flood risk listSO21 1UF: not on the flood risk listSO21 1UG: not on the flood risk listSO21 1UH: not on the flood risk listSO21 1UJ: not on the flood risk listSO21 1UL: not on the flood risk listSO21 1UN: not on the flood risk listSO21 1UP: not on the flood risk listSO21 1UQ: not on the flood risk listSO21 1UR: not on the flood risk listSO21 1US: not on the flood risk listSO21 1UT: not on the flood risk listSO21 1UY: not on the flood risk listSO21 1UZ: not on the flood risk listSO21 1WG: not on the flood risk listSO21 1WL: not on the flood risk listSO21 1WN: not on the flood risk listSO21 1XB: not on the flood risk listSO21 1XD: not on the flood risk listSO21 1XE: not on the flood risk listSO50 6HU: not on the flood risk listSO50 6HW: not on the flood risk listSO50 6HX: not on the flood risk listSO21 1TQ: very low flood risk onlySO21 1UU: very low flood risk onlySO21 1UW: very low flood risk onlySO21 1UX: very low flood risk onlySO21 1WP: very low flood risk onlySO21 1TL: high flood risk Colden Common Map of every postcode in Colden Common, by flood risk Of the 99 postcodes in Colden Common that ONS places, 1 have a home or business at high risk, 5 are at very low risk only and 93 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. Places named: Colden Common. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 250 m. Colden Common
  • A home or business at high risk: 1
  • At medium risk at worst: 0
  • At low risk at worst: 0
  • At very low risk only: 5
  • Not on the at-risk list: 93

Of the 99 postcodes in Colden Common that ONS places, 1 have a home or business at high risk, 5 are at very low risk only and 93 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. Where marks overlap, the one first in the key is drawn; the counts include every postcode.

The middle of its postcodes: latitude 50.9955, longitude -1.3165. 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.

SO21 1TL3 at high risk

What is it like to live in Colden Common?

Homes sold for a typical £410,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, down 5.7% on the 12 months before. At 57 of the 97 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 3 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 6 of its 99 postcodes. It has 1 primary school at its postcodes. The nearest GP practice is Twyford Surgery, 2.7 km from the middle. The nearest railway station is Shawford, 3.1 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 Colden Common?

Homes in Colden Common sold for a typical £410,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 47 sales, down 5.7% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.

£410,000 typical price, the 12 months to August 2026
12 months to August 2025
£435,000
12 months to August 2026
£410,000

▼ down 5.7% on the 12 months before

Detached£483,000 15 sales
Semi-detached£375,000 17 sales
Terraced£315,000 12 sales
Flat or maisonette 3 sales, too few to price

Across the whole SO21 district, Colden Common's main postcode district: a typical £529,000.

Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Colden Common: 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 Colden Common?

8 of the 99 postcodes now in use in Colden Common came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 0 of the 47 homes sold in Colden Common were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the SO21 district, 2%.

The newest postcodes

SO21 1GPsince June 2024SO21 1GDsince April 2021SO21 1GEsince February 2021SO21 1GFsince February 2021SO21 1GHsince August 2020SO21 1GNsince April 2020

A new postcode is often a new street or estate, but Royal Mail also makes new postcodes when it reorganises old ones, so not every one means new homes. Only postcodes still in use are counted.

New homes among the homes sold

PeriodIn Colden CommonAcross the SO21 district
The 12 months to August 2026 0 of 47 (0%) 2 of 190 (1%)
The 12 months to August 2025 0 of 47 (0%) 5 of 231 (2%)

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 Colden Common?

Ofcom reports on 97 of the 99 postcodes in Colden Common. At 57 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband.

Postcodes where every home can get gigabit57 of 97
Postcodes where every home can get superfast91 of 97

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.

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

Is Colden Common at risk of flooding?

6 of the 99 postcodes in Colden Common 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 3 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk.

Homes and businesses in an area at risk, at 6 of 99 postcodes High: 3Very low: 29

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 Colden Common?

The primary schools are at the postcodes in Colden Common. 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 Colden Common?

The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Colden Common is Shawford Rail Station, 3.1 km away in a straight line.

  • Shawford Rail Station Railway station 3.1 kmCycle
  • Eastleigh Rail Station Railway station 3.7 kmCycle
  • Chandlers Ford Rail Station Railway station 5.0 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 Colden Common?

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

Police.uk records 173 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Colden Common 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. 23 September 2025
  2. 9 October 2025
  3. 13 November 2025
  4. 15 December 2025
  5. 17 January 2026
  6. 16 February 2026
  7. 12 March 2026
  8. 17 April 2026
  9. 12 May 2026
  10. 10 June 2026
  11. 8 July 2026
  12. 21 August 2026

By kind, over the 12 months

Violence and sexual offences66 reports
Criminal damage and arson26 reports
Other theft22 reports
Anti-social behaviour19 reports
Public order13 reports
Other crime7 reports
Vehicle crime6 reports
Drugs6 reports

Also: burglary 5, shoplifting 2, bicycle theft 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 Colden Common?

District, borough or city council
Winchester
County council
Hampshire
Parliamentary constituency
Winchester
Police force area
Hampshire
Region
South East
Country
England
MP
Dr Danny Chambers (Liberal Democrat)

All 99 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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Colden Common postcodes

99 postcodes in use in Colden Common, by district:

SO21 postcode district,96 postcodesSO50 postcode district,3 postcodes

Those districts are all in the SO postcode area.

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Places near Colden Common

With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Colden Common's £410,000. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.

Twyford, Winchester2.8 km, £551,250Eastleigh3.4 km, £320,000Chandler's Ford4.8 km, £400,000Horton Heath5.1 km, £370,000West End7.6 km, £325,000Boorley Green7.7 km, £418,500Winchester7.7 km, £505,000Bishop's Waltham8.3 km, £360,000 All places A to Z

Questions about Colden Common

What is it like to live in Colden Common?
Homes sold for a typical £410,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, down 5.7% on the 12 months before. At 57 of the 97 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 3 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 6 of its 99 postcodes. It has 1 primary school at its postcodes. The nearest GP practice is Twyford Surgery, 2.7 km from the middle. The nearest railway station is Shawford, 3.1 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 Colden Common?
Colden Common is covered by postcode districts SO21 and SO50, across 99 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Which council is Colden Common in?
Colden Common is in the Winchester council area, and Hampshire is its county council. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Who is the MP for Colden Common?
Colden Common is in the Winchester parliamentary constituency. Its MP is Dr Danny Chambers (Liberal Democrat), as UK Parliament listed them on 14 October 2026. Constituency: ONS Postcode Directory.
How much are houses in Colden Common?
Homes in Colden Common sold for a typical £410,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 47 sales, down 5.7% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
What schools are in Colden Common?
In Colden Common, primary schools at its postcodes include Colden Common Primary School; the nearest secondary school to the middle of its postcodes is Lakeside School, 3.3 km away in a straight line. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026.
Does Colden Common have a railway station?
The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Colden Common is Shawford, 3.1 km away in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
What broadband can you get in Colden Common?
Ofcom reports on 97 of the 99 postcodes in Colden Common. At 57 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband. Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
Is Colden Common at risk of flooding?
6 of the 99 postcodes in Colden Common 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 3 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 Colden Common?
8 of the 99 postcodes now in use in Colden Common came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 0 of the 47 homes sold in Colden Common were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the SO21 district, 2%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.

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