Locks Heath
Locks Heath is covered by postcode districts PO14, PO15 and SO31. It is mostly in the Fareham council area: 966 of its 974 postcodes. The others are in Winchester.
Every postcode in Locks Heath, and which are new since 2020
- New since 2020: 44
- In use before 2020: 930
- Outline: where 5 or more new postcodes since 2020 lie together
Of the 974 postcodes in Locks Heath that ONS places, 44 are new since 2020 and 930 were in use before 2020.
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. New since 2020 means it came into use in January 2020 or later. A dashed outline shows where 5 or more lie within 150 metres of each other. It is not a boundary, and 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 50.8614, longitude -1.2708. 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; when each came into use: the same directory; 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 5 newest postcodes
Where the new postcodes lie together
- 18 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. SO31 9ET, is the newest of them.
What is it like to live in Locks Heath?
Homes sold for a typical £375,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, no change on the 12 months before. At 867 of the 943 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 147 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 32 of its 974 postcodes. It has at least 8 primary schools and 2 secondary schools at its postcodes. 3 GP practices are at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Swanwick, 1.6 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 Locks Heath?
Homes in Locks Heath sold for a typical £375,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 518 sales, no change on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.
- Detached £526,250 222 sales
- Semi-detached £358,500 121 sales
- Terraced £297,975 112 sales
- Flat or maisonette £200,000 63 sales
Each bar is that kind's typical price, against the most expensive kind here.
Across the whole SO31 district, Locks Heath's main postcode district: a typical £375,000.
Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Locks Heath: 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 Locks Heath?
44 of the 974 postcodes now in use in Locks Heath came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 92 of the 677 homes sold in Locks Heath were newly built (14%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the SO31 district, 14%.
The newest postcodes
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
| Period | In Locks Heath | Across the SO31 district |
|---|---|---|
| The 12 months to August 2026 | 12 of 518 (2%) | 19 of 662 (3%) |
| The 12 months to August 2025 | 92 of 677 (14%) | 115 of 828 (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 Locks Heath?
Ofcom reports on 943 of the 974 postcodes in Locks Heath. At 867 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband, and at 1 some cannot get decent broadband (10 Mbit/s).
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 checkerSource: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026, data for January 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Is Locks Heath at risk of flooding?
32 of the 974 postcodes in Locks Heath 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 147 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk.
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 Locks Heath?
The open schools at the postcodes in Locks Heath (the first 8 primaries by distance from its middle). 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
- Locks Heath Infant & Nursery School750 m 277 pupils, 300 places
- Locks Heath Junior School750 m 418 pupils, 512 places
- St John the Baptist Church of England Primary School900 m 339 pupils, 420 places
- Park Gate Primary School950 m 404 pupils, 420 places
- St Anthony's Catholic Primary School1.4 km 215 pupils, 222 places
- Sarisbury Infant School1.4 km 261 pupils, 270 places
- Sarisbury Church of England Junior School1.6 km 367 pupils, 360 places
- Hook-With-Warsash Church of England Academy2.0 km 421 pupils, 420 places
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 Locks Heath?
The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Locks Heath is Swanwick Rail Station, 1.6 km away in a straight line.
- Swanwick Rail Station Railway station 1.6 kmCycle
- Bursledon Rail Station Railway station 3.5 kmCycle
- Hamble 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 Locks Heath?
The GP practices at the postcodes in Locks Heath. Each practice sets the area it takes patients from, so check with it before registering.
- Lockswood Surgery Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report September 2026 · Phone 01489 576708 400 mWalk
- Brook Lane Surgery Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report July 2026 · Phone 01489 575191 1.1 kmWalk
- Phl Sas Service Phone 0333 321 8827 1.4 kmCycle
Source: NHS England, Organisation Data Service (GP practices), read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Is Locks Heath safe? Crime recorded around it
Police.uk records 1,281 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Locks Heath 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
- 104 September 2025
- 89 October 2025
- 84 November 2025
- 73 December 2025
- 102 January 2026
- 113 February 2026
- 92 March 2026
- 104 April 2026
- 135 May 2026
- 125 June 2026
- 158 July 2026
- 102 August 2026
By kind, over the 12 months
Also: drugs 34, other crime 30, bicycle theft 14, robbery 14, possession of weapons 12, theft from the person 6.
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 postcodeSource: 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 Locks Heath?
- Councils
- Fareham (966) and Winchester (8)
- 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
Moving to Locks Heath
Who to tell and what to sort out in your first week. Most of Locks Heath is in Fareham; near its edge, check which council a postcode is in.
- Tell Fareham about council tax Council tax, on fareham.gov.uk
- Register to vote at the new address Register to vote on GOV.UK
- Register with a GP practice The GP practices in Locks Heath
- Take meter readings on the day you move in
- Power cut? Call 105. It is free. About 105, the power cut number
- Find out your bin day Check your bin day on BinDayBuddy, which reads the council's own collection system
Locks Heath postcodes
974 postcodes in use in Locks Heath, by district:
Those districts are in the SO postcode area and PO postcode area.
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Places near Locks Heath
With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Locks Heath's £375,000. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.
Questions about Locks Heath
- What is it like to live in Locks Heath?
- Homes sold for a typical £375,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, no change on the 12 months before. At 867 of the 943 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 147 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 32 of its 974 postcodes. It has at least 8 primary schools and 2 secondary schools at its postcodes. 3 GP practices are at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Swanwick, 1.6 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 Locks Heath?
- Locks Heath is covered by postcode districts PO14, PO15 and SO31, across 974 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
- Who is the MP for Locks Heath?
- Locks Heath 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 Locks Heath?
- Homes in Locks Heath sold for a typical £375,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 518 sales, no change on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
- What schools are in Locks Heath?
- In Locks Heath, primary schools at its postcodes include Locks Heath Infant & Nursery School, Locks Heath Junior School and St John the Baptist Church of England Primary School; secondary schools at its postcodes include Brookfield Community School and King's Academy Lord Wilson. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026.
- Does Locks Heath have a railway station?
- The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Locks Heath is Swanwick, 1.6 km away in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
- What broadband can you get in Locks Heath?
- Ofcom reports on 943 of the 974 postcodes in Locks Heath. At 867 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 Locks Heath at risk of flooding?
- 32 of the 974 postcodes in Locks Heath 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 147 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 Locks Heath?
- 44 of the 974 postcodes now in use in Locks Heath came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 92 of the 677 homes sold in Locks Heath were newly built (14%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the SO31 district, 14%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.
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