Knowle

Knowle is covered by postcode district PO17. It is in the Winchester council area, Hampshire.

Typical price £251,250 Homes sold in Knowle, last 12 months. ▲ 2.6% on the year before Gigabit broadband 22 of 65 postcodes where every home and business can get it Flooding Not on the at-risk list No postcode here has a home or business in an area at risk from rivers or the sea Nearest school Orchard Lea Infant School 1.9 km from the middle, in a straight line

Every postcode in Knowle, by flood risk

Map of every postcode in Knowle, by flood risk Of the 70 postcodes in Knowle that ONS places, 70 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. Places named: Knowle. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 250 m. PO17 5AG: not on the flood risk listPO17 5AQ: not on the flood risk listPO17 5BE: not on the flood risk listPO17 5BF: not on the flood risk listPO17 5BG: not on the flood risk listPO17 5DA: not on the flood risk listPO17 5DG: not on the flood risk listPO17 5DQ: not on the flood risk listPO17 5DS: not on the flood risk listPO17 5DT: not on the flood risk listPO17 5DU: not on the flood risk listPO17 5DY: not on the flood risk listPO17 5DZ: not on the flood risk listPO17 5FA: not on the flood risk listPO17 5FB: not on the flood risk listPO17 5FD: not on the flood risk listPO17 5FE: not on the flood risk listPO17 5FF: not on the flood risk listPO17 5FG: not on the flood risk listPO17 5FH: not on the flood risk listPO17 5FL: not on the flood risk listPO17 5FP: not on the flood risk listPO17 5FQ: not on the flood risk listPO17 5FR: not on the flood risk listPO17 5FS: not on the flood risk listPO17 5FT: not on the flood risk listPO17 5FU: not on the flood risk listPO17 5FW: not on the flood risk listPO17 5FX: not on the flood risk listPO17 5FY: not on the flood risk listPO17 5FZ: not on the flood risk listPO17 5GA: not on the flood risk listPO17 5GB: not on the flood risk listPO17 5GD: not on the flood risk listPO17 5GE: not on the flood risk listPO17 5GF: not on the flood risk listPO17 5GG: not on the flood risk listPO17 5GH: not on the flood risk listPO17 5GJ: not on the flood risk listPO17 5GL: not on the flood risk listPO17 5GN: not on the flood risk listPO17 5GP: not on the flood risk listPO17 5GQ: not on the flood risk listPO17 5GR: not on the flood risk listPO17 5GY: not on the flood risk listPO17 5JX: not on the flood risk listPO17 5LE: not on the flood risk listPO17 5LF: not on the flood risk listPO17 5LG: not on the flood risk listPO17 5LJ: not on the flood risk listPO17 5LQ: not on the flood risk listPO17 5LR: not on the flood risk listPO17 5LS: not on the flood risk listPO17 5LT: not on the flood risk listPO17 5LU: not on the flood risk listPO17 5LY: not on the flood risk listPO17 5LZ: not on the flood risk listPO17 5NA: not on the flood risk listPO17 5NG: not on the flood risk listPO17 5NQ: not on the flood risk listPO17 5NR: not on the flood risk listPO17 5PE: not on the flood risk listPO17 5PN: not on the flood risk listPO17 5PW: not on the flood risk listPO17 5PY: not on the flood risk listPO17 5PZ: not on the flood risk listPO17 5QB: not on the flood risk listPO17 5QD: not on the flood risk listPO17 5QE: not on the flood risk listPO17 5QF: not on the flood risk list Knowle Map of every postcode in Knowle, by flood risk Of the 70 postcodes in Knowle that ONS places, 70 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. Places named: Knowle. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 250 m. Knowle
  • A home or business at high risk: 0
  • At medium risk at worst: 0
  • At low risk at worst: 0
  • At very low risk only: 0
  • Not on the at-risk list: 70

Of the 70 postcodes in Knowle that ONS places, 70 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 50.8813, longitude -1.2045. 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

What is it like to live in Knowle?

Homes sold for a typical £251,250 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 2.6% on the 12 months before. At 22 of the 65 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. None of its 70 postcodes is on the Environment Agency's list of those with a home or business at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea. The nearest school is Orchard Lea Infant School, 1.9 km from the middle of its postcodes. The nearest GP practice is Meon Health Practice, 2.4 km from the middle. The nearest railway station is Fareham, 3.3 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 Knowle?

Homes in Knowle sold for a typical £251,250 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 42 sales, up 2.6% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.

£251,250 typical price, the 12 months to August 2026
12 months to August 2025
£245,000
12 months to August 2026
£251,250

▲ up 2.6% on the 12 months before

Detached 2 sales, too few to price
Semi-detached 3 sales, too few to price
Terraced£293,000 12 sales
Flat or maisonette£214,000 25 sales

Across the whole PO17 district, Knowle's main postcode district: a typical £293,000.

Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Knowle: 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 Knowle?

None of the 70 postcodes now in use in Knowle came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 0 of the 37 homes sold in Knowle were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the PO17 district, 10%.

New homes among the homes sold

PeriodIn KnowleAcross the PO17 district
The 12 months to August 2026 0 of 42 (0%) 0 of 76 (0%)
The 12 months to August 2025 0 of 37 (0%) 10 of 102 (10%)

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 Knowle?

Ofcom reports on 65 of the 70 postcodes in Knowle. At 22 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband, and at 1 some cannot get decent broadband (10 Mbit/s).

Postcodes where every home can get gigabit22 of 65
Postcodes where every home can get superfast57 of 65
Postcodes where some cannot get decent broadband1 of 65

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 Knowle at risk of flooding?

None of the 70 postcodes in Knowle is on the Environment Agency's list of postcodes with a home or business in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea.

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 Knowle?

There is no primary school at the postcodes in Knowle; these are the nearest to its middle. 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 Knowle?

The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Knowle is Fareham Rail Station, 3.3 km away in a straight line.

  • Fareham Rail Station Railway station 3.3 kmCycle
  • Swanwick Rail Station Railway station 4.4 kmCycle
  • Botley Rail Station Railway station 5.5 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 Knowle?

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

Police.uk records 172 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Knowle 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. 33 September 2025
  2. 21 October 2025
  3. 17 November 2025
  4. 11 December 2025
  5. 12 January 2026
  6. 11 February 2026
  7. 11 March 2026
  8. 10 April 2026
  9. 10 May 2026
  10. 10 June 2026
  11. 13 July 2026
  12. 13 August 2026

By kind, over the 12 months

Violence and sexual offences100 reports
Public order20 reports
Anti-social behaviour18 reports
Other theft13 reports
Criminal damage and arson8 reports
Burglary5 reports
Vehicle crime4 reports
Other crime2 reports

Also: theft from the person 1, drugs 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 Knowle?

District, borough or city council
Winchester
County council
Hampshire
Parliamentary constituency
Fareham and Waterlooville
Police force area
Hampshire
Region
South East
Country
England
MP
Suella Braverman (Reform UK)

All 70 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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Knowle postcodes

70 postcodes in use in Knowle, by district:

PO17 postcode district,70 postcodes

That district is in the PO postcode area.

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Places near Knowle

With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Knowle's £251,250. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.

Wickham2.3 km, £315,000Fareham3.2 km, £315,000Whiteley3.5 km, £345,000Locks Heath5.2 km, £375,000Waltham Chase5.9 km, £435,000Botley6.4 km, £336,000Swanmore6.9 km, £590,000Lee-on-the-Solent7.3 km, £360,000 All places A to Z

Questions about Knowle

What is it like to live in Knowle?
Homes sold for a typical £251,250 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 2.6% on the 12 months before. At 22 of the 65 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. None of its 70 postcodes is on the Environment Agency's list of those with a home or business at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea. The nearest school is Orchard Lea Infant School, 1.9 km from the middle of its postcodes. The nearest GP practice is Meon Health Practice, 2.4 km from the middle. The nearest railway station is Fareham, 3.3 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 Knowle?
Knowle is covered by postcode district PO17, across 70 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Which council is Knowle in?
Knowle is in the Winchester council area, and Hampshire is its county council. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Who is the MP for Knowle?
Knowle is in the Fareham and Waterlooville parliamentary constituency. Its MP is Suella Braverman (Reform UK), as UK Parliament listed them on 14 October 2026. Constituency: ONS Postcode Directory.
How much are houses in Knowle?
Homes in Knowle sold for a typical £251,250 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 42 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 Knowle?
In Knowle, the nearest primary school to the middle of its postcodes is Orchard Lea Infant School, 1.9 km away in a straight line; the nearest secondary school to the middle of its postcodes is Boundary Oak School, 2.2 km away in a straight line. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026.
Does Knowle have a railway station?
The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Knowle is Fareham, 3.3 km away in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
What broadband can you get in Knowle?
Ofcom reports on 65 of the 70 postcodes in Knowle. At 22 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband, and at 1 some cannot get decent broadband (10 Mbit/s). Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
Is Knowle at risk of flooding?
None of the 70 postcodes in Knowle is on the Environment Agency's list of postcodes with a home or business in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea. This is long-term risk for the land, and leaves out surface water. Source: Environment Agency.
Are new homes being built in Knowle?
None of the 70 postcodes now in use in Knowle came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 0 of the 37 homes sold in Knowle were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the PO17 district, 10%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.

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