Fordingbridge

Fordingbridge is covered by postcode district SP6. It is in the New Forest council area, Hampshire.

Typical price £340,000 Homes sold in Fordingbridge, last 12 months. 0% on the year before Gigabit broadband 107 of 144 postcodes where every home and business can get it Flooding Some at high risk 27 of 148 postcodes have a home or business in an area at risk; 118 homes and businesses at high or medium risk Schools 3 2 primary schools and 1 secondary school at its postcodes

Every postcode in Fordingbridge, by flood risk

Map of every postcode in Fordingbridge, by flood risk Of the 148 postcodes in Fordingbridge that ONS places, 17 have a home or business at high risk, 5 are at medium risk at worst, 5 are at low risk at worst and 121 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. Places named: Fordingbridge. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 500 m. A338 SP6 1AA: not on the flood risk listSP6 1AB: not on the flood risk listSP6 1AE: not on the flood risk listSP6 1AL: not on the flood risk listSP6 1AQ: not on the flood risk listSP6 1AU: not on the flood risk listSP6 1AX: not on the flood risk listSP6 1AZ: not on the flood risk listSP6 1BE: not on the flood risk listSP6 1BF: not on the flood risk listSP6 1BG: not on the flood risk listSP6 1BH: not on the flood risk listSP6 1BJ: not on the flood risk listSP6 1BP: not on the flood risk listSP6 1BS: not on the flood risk listSP6 1BW: not on the flood risk listSP6 1EG: not on the flood risk listSP6 1EH: not on the flood risk listSP6 1EJ: not on the flood risk listSP6 1EL: not on the flood risk listSP6 1EN: not on the flood risk listSP6 1EP: not on the flood risk listSP6 1EQ: not on the flood risk listSP6 1ER: not on the flood risk listSP6 1ES: not on the flood risk listSP6 1ET: not on the flood risk listSP6 1EU: not on the flood risk listSP6 1EW: not on the flood risk listSP6 1EX: not on the flood risk listSP6 1EY: not on the flood risk listSP6 1EZ: not on the flood risk listSP6 1FB: not on the flood risk listSP6 1FE: not on the flood risk listSP6 1FF: not on the flood risk listSP6 1FH: not on the flood risk listSP6 1FL: not on the flood risk listSP6 1FN: not on the flood risk listSP6 1FP: not on the flood risk listSP6 1FS: not on the flood risk listSP6 1FT: not on the flood risk listSP6 1FU: not on the flood risk listSP6 1FX: not on the flood risk listSP6 1GD: not on the flood risk listSP6 1GE: not on the flood risk listSP6 1HA: not on the flood risk listSP6 1HB: not on the flood risk listSP6 1HD: not on the flood risk listSP6 1HE: not on the flood risk listSP6 1HF: not on the flood risk listSP6 1HG: not on the flood risk listSP6 1HH: not on the flood risk listSP6 1HJ: not on the flood risk listSP6 1HL: not on the flood risk listSP6 1HN: not on the flood risk listSP6 1HP: not on the flood risk listSP6 1HQ: not on the flood risk listSP6 1HS: not on the flood risk listSP6 1HT: not on the flood risk listSP6 1HY: not on the flood risk listSP6 1HZ: not on the flood risk listSP6 1JA: not on the flood risk listSP6 1JB: not on the flood risk listSP6 1JD: not on the flood risk listSP6 1JE: not on the flood risk listSP6 1JF: not on the flood risk listSP6 1JJ: not on the flood risk listSP6 1JQ: not on the flood risk listSP6 1JR: not on the flood risk listSP6 1JS: not on the flood risk listSP6 1JT: not on the flood risk listSP6 1JU: not on the flood risk listSP6 1JX: not on the flood risk listSP6 1JZ: not on the flood risk listSP6 1LA: not on the flood risk listSP6 1LD: not on the flood risk listSP6 1LE: not on the flood risk listSP6 1LF: not on the flood risk listSP6 1LG: not on the flood risk listSP6 1LJ: not on the flood risk listSP6 1LL: not on the flood risk listSP6 1LN: not on the flood risk listSP6 1LP: not on the flood risk listSP6 1LQ: not on the flood risk listSP6 1LR: not on the flood risk listSP6 1LS: not on the flood risk listSP6 1LW: not on the flood risk listSP6 1LX: not on the flood risk listSP6 1ND: not on the flood risk listSP6 1NE: not on the flood risk listSP6 1NG: not on the flood risk listSP6 1NJ: not on the flood risk listSP6 1NL: not on the flood risk listSP6 1NN: not on the flood risk listSP6 1NP: not on the flood risk listSP6 1NQ: not on the flood risk listSP6 1NR: not on the flood risk listSP6 1NW: not on the flood risk listSP6 1NZ: not on the flood risk listSP6 1PE: not on the flood risk listSP6 1QJ: not on the flood risk listSP6 1QL: not on the flood risk listSP6 1QP: not on the flood risk listSP6 1QR: not on the flood risk listSP6 1QS: not on the flood risk listSP6 1QT: not on the flood risk listSP6 1QU: not on the flood risk listSP6 1QX: not on the flood risk listSP6 1QY: not on the flood risk listSP6 1QZ: not on the flood risk listSP6 1RB: not on the flood risk listSP6 1RD: not on the flood risk listSP6 1RE: not on the flood risk listSP6 1RF: not on the flood risk listSP6 1RH: not on the flood risk listSP6 1RJ: not on the flood risk listSP6 1RP: not on the flood risk listSP6 1RQ: not on the flood risk listSP6 1RS: not on the flood risk listSP6 1AF: low flood risk at worstSP6 1FQ: low flood risk at worstSP6 1GH: low flood risk at worstSP6 1RL: low flood risk at worstSP6 1RR: low flood risk at worstSP6 1AH: medium flood risk at worstSP6 1AP: medium flood risk at worstSP6 1AR: medium flood risk at worstSP6 1AW: medium flood risk at worstSP6 1BN: medium flood risk at worstSP6 1AN: high flood riskSP6 1AS: high flood riskSP6 1AY: high flood riskSP6 1BB: high flood riskSP6 1BL: high flood riskSP6 1BQ: high flood riskSP6 1BT: high flood riskSP6 1HU: high flood riskSP6 1JG: high flood riskSP6 1JH: high flood riskSP6 1JN: high flood riskSP6 1JY: high flood riskSP6 1LB: high flood riskSP6 1LH: high flood riskSP6 1RG: high flood riskSP6 1RN: high flood riskSP6 1RT: high flood risk Fordingbridge Map of every postcode in Fordingbridge, by flood risk Of the 148 postcodes in Fordingbridge that ONS places, 17 have a home or business at high risk, 5 are at medium risk at worst, 5 are at low risk at worst and 121 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. Places named: Fordingbridge. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 500 m. Fordingbridge
  • A home or business at high risk: 17
  • At medium risk at worst: 5
  • At low risk at worst: 5
  • At very low risk only: 0
  • Not on the at-risk list: 121

Of the 148 postcodes in Fordingbridge that ONS places, 17 have a home or business at high risk, 5 are at medium risk at worst, 5 are at low risk at worst and 121 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 50.9309, longitude -1.7926. 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

17 postcodes here have a home or business at high risk. These are the 12 with the most homes and businesses at that risk.

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

SP6 1JH16 at high riskSP6 1AS9 at high riskSP6 1AY9 at high riskSP6 1BQ9 at high riskSP6 1JY5 at high riskSP6 1RT5 at high riskSP6 1BL3 at high riskSP6 1JG3 at high riskSP6 1HU2 at high riskSP6 1JN2 at high riskSP6 1RG2 at high riskSP6 1RN2 at high risk

What is it like to live in Fordingbridge?

Homes sold for a typical £340,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, no change on the 12 months before. At 107 of the 144 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 118 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 27 of its 148 postcodes. It has 2 primary schools and 1 secondary school at its postcodes. One GP practice is at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Salisbury, 15.6 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 Fordingbridge?

Homes in Fordingbridge sold for a typical £340,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 67 sales, no change on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.

£340,000 typical price, the 12 months to August 2026
£340,000 12 months to August 2025
■ no change on the 12 months before
  • Detached £418,750 24 sales
  • Semi-detached £317,500 18 sales
  • Terraced £321,250 14 sales
  • Flat or maisonette £162,000 11 sales

Each bar is that kind's typical price, against the most expensive kind here.

Across the whole SP6 district, Fordingbridge's main postcode district: a typical £397,000.

Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Fordingbridge: 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 Fordingbridge?

7 of the 148 postcodes now in use in Fordingbridge came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 9 of the 101 homes sold in Fordingbridge were newly built (9%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the SP6 district, 14%.

The newest postcodes

SP6 1FXsince February 2026SP6 9BTsince October 2024SP6 1FTsince November 2023SP6 1FUsince November 2023SP6 1PEsince November 2023SP6 1FSsince March 2023

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 FordingbridgeAcross the SP6 district
The 12 months to August 2026 1 of 67 (1%) 5 of 147 (3%)
The 12 months to August 2025 9 of 101 (9%) 34 of 241 (14%)

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 Fordingbridge?

Ofcom reports on 144 of the 148 postcodes in Fordingbridge. At 107 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband.

Postcodes where every home can get gigabit107 of 144
Postcodes where every home can get superfast137 of 144

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 Fordingbridge at risk of flooding?

27 of the 148 postcodes in Fordingbridge 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 118 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk.

Homes and businesses in an area at risk, at 27 of 148 postcodes High: 72Medium: 46Low: 155Very low: 1

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 Fordingbridge?

The open schools at the postcodes in Fordingbridge. A school for ages 4 to 18 is listed under both. 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 Fordingbridge?

The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Fordingbridge is Salisbury Rail Station, 15.6 km away in a straight line.

  • Salisbury Rail Station Railway station 15.6 kmDrive
  • Dean Rail Station Railway station 16.6 kmDrive
  • Ashurst New Forest Rail Station Railway station 19.2 kmDrive

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 Fordingbridge?

The GP practices at the postcodes in Fordingbridge. 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 Fordingbridge safe? Crime recorded around it

Police.uk records 427 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Fordingbridge 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. 28 September 2025
  2. 38 October 2025
  3. 38 November 2025
  4. 27 December 2025
  5. 21 January 2026
  6. 41 February 2026
  7. 47 March 2026
  8. 29 April 2026
  9. 36 May 2026
  10. 30 June 2026
  11. 53 July 2026
  12. 39 August 2026

By kind, over the 12 months

Violence and sexual offences133 reports
Anti-social behaviour85 reports
Public order44 reports
Criminal damage and arson41 reports
Shoplifting36 reports
Other theft28 reports
Vehicle crime19 reports
Burglary18 reports

Also: drugs 7, other crime 7, possession of weapons 5, robbery 2, theft from the person 1, 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 Fordingbridge?

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

All 148 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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Fordingbridge postcodes

148 postcodes in use in Fordingbridge, by district:

SP6 postcode district,148 postcodes

That district is in the SP postcode area.

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Places near Fordingbridge

With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Fordingbridge's £340,000. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.

Sandleheath1.6 km, £510,000Alderholt3.4 km, £370,000Downton7.4 km, £360,000Redlynch7.9 km, £450,000Verwood8.3 km, £395,000Ringwood9.2 km, £395,000Three Legged Cross10.8 km, £450,000Ashley Heath11.2 km, £632,500 All places A to Z

Questions about Fordingbridge

What is it like to live in Fordingbridge?
Homes sold for a typical £340,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, no change on the 12 months before. At 107 of the 144 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 118 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 27 of its 148 postcodes. It has 2 primary schools and 1 secondary school at its postcodes. One GP practice is at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Salisbury, 15.6 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 Fordingbridge?
Fordingbridge is covered by postcode district SP6, across 148 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Which council is Fordingbridge in?
Fordingbridge is in the New Forest council area, and Hampshire is its county council. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Who is the MP for Fordingbridge?
Fordingbridge is in the New Forest West parliamentary constituency. Its MP is Sir Desmond Swayne (Conservative), as UK Parliament listed them on 14 October 2026. Constituency: ONS Postcode Directory.
How much are houses in Fordingbridge?
Homes in Fordingbridge sold for a typical £340,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 67 sales, no change on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
What schools are in Fordingbridge?
In Fordingbridge, primary schools at its postcodes include Fordingbridge Infant School and Fordingbridge Junior School; secondary schools at its postcodes include The Burgate School and Sixth Form. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026.
Does Fordingbridge have a railway station?
The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Fordingbridge is Salisbury, 15.6 km away in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
What broadband can you get in Fordingbridge?
Ofcom reports on 144 of the 148 postcodes in Fordingbridge. At 107 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband. Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
Is Fordingbridge at risk of flooding?
27 of the 148 postcodes in Fordingbridge 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 118 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 Fordingbridge?
7 of the 148 postcodes now in use in Fordingbridge came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 9 of the 101 homes sold in Fordingbridge were newly built (9%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the SP6 district, 14%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.

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