Romsey

Romsey is covered by postcode district SO51. It is in the Test Valley council area, Hampshire.

Typical price £365,000 Homes sold in Romsey, last 12 months. ▼ 6.4% on the year before Gigabit broadband 399 of 516 postcodes where every home and business can get it Flooding Some at high risk 86 of 541 postcodes have a home or business in an area at risk; 466 homes and businesses at high or medium risk Schools 7 5 primary schools and 2 secondary schools at its postcodes

Every postcode in Romsey, by flood risk

Map of every postcode in Romsey, by flood risk Of the 541 postcodes in Romsey that ONS places, 40 have a home or business at high risk, 14 are at medium risk at worst, 28 are at low risk at worst, 4 are at very low risk only and 455 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. 2 groups of postcodes at high or medium risk are outlined: 30 postcodes at high or medium risk; 8 postcodes at high or medium risk. Places named: Romsey. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 500 m. A27 SO51 0AA: not on the flood risk listSO51 0AD: not on the flood risk listSO51 0AN: not on the flood risk listSO51 0AP: not on the flood risk listSO51 0AQ: not on the flood risk listSO51 0AR: not on the flood risk listSO51 0AT: not on the flood risk listSO51 0AU: not on the flood risk listSO51 0AW: not on the flood risk listSO51 0AX: not on the flood risk listSO51 0AY: not on the flood risk listSO51 0AZ: not on the flood risk listSO51 0BA: not on the flood risk listSO51 0BB: not on the flood risk listSO51 0BD: not on the flood risk listSO51 0BE: not on the flood risk listSO51 0BF: not on the flood risk listSO51 0BG: not on the flood risk listSO51 0BH: not on the flood risk listSO51 0BJ: not on the flood risk listSO51 0BL: not on the flood risk listSO51 0BN: not on the flood risk listSO51 0BP: not on the flood risk listSO51 0BU: not on the flood risk listSO51 0BW: not on the flood risk listSO51 0BX: not on the flood risk listSO51 0BZ: not on the flood risk listSO51 0DA: not on the flood risk listSO51 0DB: not on the flood risk listSO51 0DD: not on the flood risk listSO51 0DF: not on the flood risk listSO51 0DG: not on the flood risk listSO51 0DH: not on the flood risk listSO51 0DJ: not on the flood risk listSO51 0DL: not on the flood risk listSO51 0DN: not on the flood risk listSO51 0DP: not on the flood risk listSO51 0DQ: not on the flood risk listSO51 0DT: not on the flood risk listSO51 0DU: not on the flood risk listSO51 0EE: not on the flood risk listSO51 0EQ: not on the flood risk listSO51 0ER: not on the flood risk listSO51 0ES: not on the flood risk listSO51 0GS: not on the flood risk listSO51 0GT: not on the flood risk listSO51 0GU: not on the flood risk listSO51 0GW: not on the flood risk listSO51 0HT: not on the flood risk listSO51 0PA: not on the flood risk listSO51 0PB: not on the flood risk listSO51 0PY: not on the flood risk listSO51 5AB: not on the flood risk listSO51 5AD: not on the flood risk listSO51 5AE: not on the flood risk listSO51 5AW: not on the flood risk listSO51 5AX: not on the flood risk listSO51 5AY: not on the flood risk listSO51 5BB: not on the flood risk listSO51 5BE: not on the flood risk listSO51 5BF: not on the flood risk listSO51 5BG: not on the flood risk listSO51 5BH: not on the flood risk listSO51 5BJ: not on the flood risk listSO51 5BL: not on the flood risk listSO51 5EH: not on the flood risk listSO51 5FY: not on the flood risk listSO51 5FZ: not on the flood risk listSO51 5GX: not on the flood risk listSO51 5HS: not on the flood risk listSO51 5HW: not on the flood risk listSO51 5HZ: not on the flood risk listSO51 5PF: not on the flood risk listSO51 5PG: not on the flood risk listSO51 5PH: not on the flood risk listSO51 5PL: not on the flood risk listSO51 5PP: not on the flood risk listSO51 5PQ: not on the flood risk listSO51 5PR: not on the flood risk listSO51 5PS: not on the flood risk listSO51 5PT: not on the flood risk listSO51 5PU: not on the flood risk listSO51 5PW: not on the flood risk listSO51 5PX: not on the flood risk listSO51 5PY: not on the flood risk listSO51 5PZ: not on the flood risk listSO51 5QA: not on the flood risk listSO51 5QB: not on the flood risk listSO51 5QD: not on the flood risk listSO51 5QF: not on the flood risk listSO51 5QG: not on the flood risk listSO51 5QP: not on the flood risk listSO51 5QR: not on the flood risk listSO51 5QW: not on the flood risk listSO51 5QX: not on the flood risk listSO51 5QY: not on the flood risk listSO51 5QZ: not on the flood risk listSO51 5RA: not on the flood risk listSO51 5RB: not on the flood risk listSO51 5RD: not on the flood risk listSO51 5RE: not on the flood risk listSO51 5RF: not on the flood risk listSO51 5RG: not on the flood risk listSO51 5RH: not on the flood risk listSO51 5RJ: not on the flood risk listSO51 5RL: not on the flood risk listSO51 5RN: not on the flood risk listSO51 5RP: not on the flood risk listSO51 5RQ: not on the flood risk listSO51 5RR: not on the flood risk listSO51 5RS: not on the flood risk listSO51 5RT: not on the flood risk listSO51 5RU: not on the flood risk listSO51 5RW: not on the flood risk listSO51 5RX: not on the flood risk listSO51 5RY: not on the flood risk listSO51 5RZ: not on the flood risk listSO51 5SA: not on the flood risk listSO51 5SB: not on the flood risk listSO51 5SD: not on the flood risk listSO51 5SE: not on the flood risk listSO51 5SF: not on the flood risk listSO51 5SG: not on the flood risk listSO51 5SH: not on the flood risk listSO51 5SJ: not on the flood risk listSO51 5SL: not on the flood risk listSO51 5SN: not on the flood risk listSO51 5SP: not on the flood risk listSO51 5SQ: not on the flood risk listSO51 5SR: not on the flood risk listSO51 5SS: not on the flood risk listSO51 5ST: not on the flood risk listSO51 5SU: not on the flood risk listSO51 5SW: not on the flood risk listSO51 5SX: not on the flood risk listSO51 5SY: not on the flood risk listSO51 5SZ: not on the flood risk listSO51 5UU: not on the flood risk listSO51 5UW: not on the flood risk listSO51 5UX: not on the flood risk listSO51 5UY: not on the flood risk listSO51 7AB: not on the flood risk listSO51 7AE: not on the flood risk listSO51 7AH: not on the flood risk listSO51 7AJ: not on the flood risk listSO51 7AL: not on the flood risk listSO51 7AN: not on the flood risk listSO51 7AP: not on the flood risk listSO51 7DA: not on the flood risk listSO51 7DB: not on the flood risk listSO51 7DD: not on the flood risk listSO51 7DE: not on the flood risk listSO51 7HA: not on the flood risk listSO51 7HT: not on the flood risk listSO51 7HU: not on the flood risk listSO51 7HX: not on the flood risk listSO51 7JA: not on the flood risk listSO51 7JB: not on the flood risk listSO51 7JD: not on the flood risk listSO51 7JH: not on the flood risk listSO51 7JJ: not on the flood risk listSO51 7JL: not on the flood risk listSO51 7JN: not on the flood risk listSO51 7JP: not on the flood risk listSO51 7JQ: not on the flood risk listSO51 7JR: not on the flood risk listSO51 7JS: not on the flood risk listSO51 7JT: not on the flood risk listSO51 7JU: not on the flood risk listSO51 7JW: not on the flood risk listSO51 7JX: not on the flood risk listSO51 7JY: not on the flood risk listSO51 7JZ: not on the flood risk listSO51 7LA: not on the flood risk listSO51 7LB: not on the flood risk listSO51 7LD: not on the flood risk listSO51 7LF: not on the flood risk listSO51 7LG: not on the flood risk listSO51 7LH: not on the flood risk listSO51 7LJ: not on the flood risk listSO51 7LL: not on the flood risk listSO51 7LN: not on the flood risk listSO51 7LQ: not on the flood risk listSO51 7LR: not on the flood risk listSO51 7LS: not on the flood risk listSO51 7LT: not on the flood risk listSO51 7LU: not on the flood risk listSO51 7LW: not on the flood risk listSO51 7LY: not on the flood risk listSO51 7NA: not on the flood risk listSO51 7NB: not on the flood risk listSO51 7NE: not on the flood risk listSO51 7NF: not on the flood risk listSO51 7NG: not on the flood risk listSO51 7NH: not on the flood risk listSO51 7NJ: not on the flood risk listSO51 7NL: not on the flood risk listSO51 7NN: not on the flood risk listSO51 7NP: not on the flood risk listSO51 7NQ: not on the flood risk listSO51 7NR: not on the flood risk listSO51 7NS: not on the flood risk listSO51 7NT: not on the flood risk listSO51 7NU: not on the flood risk listSO51 7NW: not on the flood risk listSO51 7NX: not on the flood risk listSO51 7NY: not on the flood risk listSO51 7NZ: not on the flood risk listSO51 7PA: not on the flood risk listSO51 7PB: not on the flood risk listSO51 7PD: not on the flood risk listSO51 7PE: not on the flood risk listSO51 7PG: not on the flood risk listSO51 7PH: not on the flood risk listSO51 7PL: not on the flood risk listSO51 7PN: not on the flood risk listSO51 7QE: not on the flood risk listSO51 7QH: not on the flood risk listSO51 7QJ: not on the flood risk listSO51 7QP: not on the flood risk listSO51 7RA: not on the flood risk listSO51 7RB: not on the flood risk listSO51 7RD: not on the flood risk listSO51 7RE: not on the flood risk listSO51 7RF: not on the flood risk listSO51 7RG: not on the flood risk listSO51 7RH: not on the flood risk listSO51 7RJ: not on the flood risk listSO51 7RL: not on the flood risk listSO51 7RN: not on the flood risk listSO51 7RP: not on the flood risk listSO51 7RQ: not on the flood risk listSO51 7RR: not on the flood risk listSO51 7RS: not on the flood risk listSO51 7RT: not on the flood risk listSO51 7RU: not on the flood risk listSO51 7RW: not on the flood risk listSO51 7RX: not on the flood risk listSO51 7RZ: not on the flood risk listSO51 7SB: not on the flood risk listSO51 7SD: not on the flood risk listSO51 7TA: not on the flood risk listSO51 7TB: not on the flood risk listSO51 7TD: not on the flood risk listSO51 7TE: not on the flood risk listSO51 7TF: not on the flood risk listSO51 7TG: not on the flood risk listSO51 7TH: not on the flood risk listSO51 7TJ: not on the flood risk listSO51 7TL: not on the flood risk listSO51 7TN: not on the flood risk listSO51 7TP: not on the flood risk listSO51 7TQ: not on the flood risk listSO51 7TR: not on the flood risk listSO51 7TS: not on the flood risk listSO51 7TT: not on the flood risk listSO51 7TU: not on the flood risk listSO51 7TW: not on the flood risk listSO51 7TX: not on the flood risk listSO51 7TY: not on the flood risk listSO51 7UA: not on the flood risk listSO51 7UB: not on the flood risk listSO51 7UD: not on the flood risk listSO51 7UE: not on the flood risk listSO51 7UF: not on the flood risk listSO51 7UG: not on the flood risk listSO51 7UH: not on the flood risk listSO51 7UJ: not on the flood risk listSO51 7UL: not on the flood risk listSO51 7UN: not on the flood risk listSO51 7UP: not on the flood risk listSO51 7UQ: not on the flood risk listSO51 7UR: not on the flood risk listSO51 7US: not on the flood risk listSO51 7UT: not on the flood risk listSO51 7WA: not on the flood risk listSO51 7WB: not on the flood risk listSO51 7WD: not on the flood risk listSO51 7WE: not on the flood risk listSO51 7WF: not on the flood risk listSO51 7WG: not on the flood risk listSO51 7WH: not on the flood risk listSO51 7YD: not on the flood risk listSO51 7YY: not on the flood risk listSO51 7ZA: not on the flood risk listSO51 8AG: not on the flood risk listSO51 8AH: not on the flood risk listSO51 8AL: not on the flood risk listSO51 8AN: not on the flood risk listSO51 8AP: not on the flood risk listSO51 8AQ: not on the flood risk listSO51 8AS: not on the flood risk listSO51 8BF: not on the flood risk listSO51 8BR: not on the flood risk listSO51 8BS: not on the flood risk listSO51 8BT: not on the flood risk listSO51 8BU: not on the flood risk listSO51 8BW: not on the flood risk listSO51 8DA: not on the flood risk listSO51 8DB: not on the flood risk listSO51 8DD: not on the flood risk listSO51 8DE: not on the flood risk listSO51 8DF: not on the flood risk listSO51 8DH: not on the flood risk listSO51 8DJ: not on the flood risk listSO51 8DL: not on the flood risk listSO51 8DN: not on the flood risk listSO51 8DP: not on the flood risk listSO51 8DQ: not on the flood risk listSO51 8DR: not on the flood risk listSO51 8DS: not on the flood risk listSO51 8DT: not on the flood risk listSO51 8DU: not on the flood risk listSO51 8DW: not on the flood risk listSO51 8DX: not on the flood risk listSO51 8DZ: not on the flood risk listSO51 8EA: not on the flood risk listSO51 8EB: not on the flood risk listSO51 8ED: not on the flood risk listSO51 8EE: not on the flood risk listSO51 8EF: not on the flood risk listSO51 8EH: not on the flood risk listSO51 8EJ: not on the flood risk listSO51 8EL: not on the flood risk listSO51 8EN: not on the flood risk listSO51 8EP: not on the flood risk listSO51 8ET: not on the flood risk listSO51 8EU: not on the flood risk listSO51 8EW: not on the flood risk listSO51 8EX: not on the flood risk listSO51 8EY: not on the flood risk listSO51 8EZ: not on the flood risk listSO51 8FB: not on the flood risk listSO51 8FD: not on the flood risk listSO51 8FE: not on the flood risk listSO51 8FF: not on the flood risk listSO51 8FG: not on the flood risk listSO51 8FJ: not on the flood risk listSO51 8FL: not on the flood risk listSO51 8FN: not on the flood risk listSO51 8FP: not on the flood risk listSO51 8FQ: not on the flood risk listSO51 8FR: not on the flood risk listSO51 8FS: not on the flood risk listSO51 8FT: not on the flood risk listSO51 8FU: not on the flood risk listSO51 8FW: not on the flood risk listSO51 8FX: not on the flood risk listSO51 8FY: not on the flood risk listSO51 8FZ: not on the flood risk listSO51 8GA: not on the flood risk listSO51 8GB: not on the flood risk listSO51 8GJ: not on the flood risk listSO51 8GL: not on the flood risk listSO51 8GN: not on the flood risk listSO51 8GR: not on the flood risk listSO51 8GT: not on the flood risk listSO51 8GW: not on the flood risk listSO51 8GY: not on the flood risk listSO51 8GZ: not on the flood risk listSO51 8HA: not on the flood risk listSO51 8HS: not on the flood risk listSO51 8HU: not on the flood risk listSO51 8HY: not on the flood risk listSO51 8JG: not on the flood risk listSO51 8JH: not on the flood risk listSO51 8JJ: not on the flood risk listSO51 8JN: not on the flood risk listSO51 8JQ: not on the flood risk listSO51 8JR: not on the flood risk listSO51 8JS: not on the flood risk listSO51 8JT: not on the flood risk listSO51 8JU: not on the flood risk listSO51 8JW: not on the flood risk listSO51 8JX: not on the flood risk listSO51 8JY: not on the flood risk listSO51 8JZ: not on the flood risk listSO51 8LA: not on the flood risk listSO51 8LB: not on the flood risk listSO51 8LD: not on the flood risk listSO51 8LE: not on the flood risk listSO51 8LF: not on the flood risk listSO51 8LH: not on the flood risk listSO51 8LL: not on the flood risk listSO51 8LQ: not on the flood risk listSO51 8LR: not on the flood risk listSO51 8NA: not on the flood risk listSO51 8NB: not on the flood risk listSO51 8NE: not on the flood risk listSO51 8NG: not on the flood risk listSO51 8PA: not on the flood risk listSO51 8PB: not on the flood risk listSO51 8PJ: not on the flood risk listSO51 8PN: not on the flood risk listSO51 8QQ: not on the flood risk listSO51 8TA: not on the flood risk listSO51 8TB: not on the flood risk listSO51 8WH: not on the flood risk listSO51 8XF: not on the flood risk listSO51 8YB: not on the flood risk listSO51 8YF: not on the flood risk listSO51 8YZ: not on the flood risk listSO51 8ZB: not on the flood risk listSO51 8ZE: not on the flood risk listSO51 9AB: not on the flood risk listSO51 9AE: not on the flood risk listSO51 9AF: not on the flood risk listSO51 9AH: not on the flood risk listSO51 9AL: not on the flood risk listSO51 9AP: not on the flood risk listSO51 9AQ: not on the flood risk listSO51 9AX: not on the flood risk listSO51 9BA: not on the flood risk listSO51 9BB: not on the flood risk listSO51 9DF: not on the flood risk listSO51 9DG: not on the flood risk listSO51 9DH: not on the flood risk listSO51 9DJ: not on the flood risk listSO51 9DL: not on the flood risk listSO51 9DN: not on the flood risk listSO51 9DQ: not on the flood risk listSO51 9LP: not on the flood risk listSO51 7LP: very low flood risk onlySO51 7RY: very low flood risk onlySO51 7SA: very low flood risk onlySO51 8GU: very low flood risk onlySO51 0GX: low flood risk at worstSO51 5AJ: low flood risk at worstSO51 5AU: low flood risk at worstSO51 5BA: low flood risk at worstSO51 5BD: low flood risk at worstSO51 5TA: low flood risk at worstSO51 5UZ: low flood risk at worstSO51 6BA: low flood risk at worstSO51 7AD: low flood risk at worstSO51 7JG: low flood risk at worstSO51 7LX: low flood risk at worstSO51 7QN: low flood risk at worstSO51 7QT: low flood risk at worstSO51 7QU: low flood risk at worstSO51 8AE: low flood risk at worstSO51 8DY: low flood risk at worstSO51 8FH: low flood risk at worstSO51 8GD: low flood risk at worstSO51 8GP: low flood risk at worstSO51 8GX: low flood risk at worstSO51 8HB: low flood risk at worstSO51 8HD: low flood risk at worstSO51 8HJ: low flood risk at worstSO51 8HN: low flood risk at worstSO51 8HQ: low flood risk at worstSO51 8HR: low flood risk at worstSO51 8HT: low flood risk at worstSO51 9AJ: low flood risk at worstSO51 0AJ: medium flood risk at worstSO51 5AL: medium flood risk at worstSO51 5AN: medium flood risk at worstSO51 8AD: medium flood risk at worstSO51 8AF: medium flood risk at worstSO51 8GH: medium flood risk at worstSO51 8HE: medium flood risk at worstSO51 8HG: medium flood risk at worstSO51 8HH: medium flood risk at worstSO51 8HL: medium flood risk at worstSO51 8HP: medium flood risk at worstSO51 8LG: medium flood risk at worstSO51 8LJ: medium flood risk at worstSO51 8QL: medium flood risk at worstSO51 0EZ: high flood riskSO51 0HA: high flood riskSO51 0HR: high flood riskSO51 5AG: high flood riskSO51 5AH: high flood riskSO51 5AP: high flood riskSO51 5AR: high flood riskSO51 5AS: high flood riskSO51 5AT: high flood riskSO51 5AZ: high flood riskSO51 5BN: high flood riskSO51 5BP: high flood riskSO51 5BQ: high flood riskSO51 5EG: high flood riskSO51 8AA: high flood riskSO51 8AB: high flood riskSO51 8AJ: high flood riskSO51 8BX: high flood riskSO51 8BY: high flood riskSO51 8BZ: high flood riskSO51 8EQ: high flood riskSO51 8ER: high flood riskSO51 8ES: high flood riskSO51 8GE: high flood riskSO51 8GF: high flood riskSO51 8GG: high flood riskSO51 8GQ: high flood riskSO51 8HF: high flood riskSO51 8JA: high flood riskSO51 8JB: high flood riskSO51 8JD: high flood riskSO51 8JE: high flood riskSO51 8JF: high flood riskSO51 8JL: high flood riskSO51 8LZ: high flood riskSO51 8PD: high flood riskSO51 8PE: high flood riskSO51 8WJ: high flood riskSO51 9AN: high flood riskSO51 9LA: high flood risk Romsey 30 postcodes at high or medium risk, outlined: this goes to SO51 8JA, the one with most homes and businesses at high risk30 postcodes at high or medium risk8 postcodes at high or medium risk, outlined: this goes to SO51 8LZ, the one with most homes and businesses at high risk8 postcodes at high or medium risk Map of every postcode in Romsey, by flood risk Of the 541 postcodes in Romsey that ONS places, 40 have a home or business at high risk, 14 are at medium risk at worst, 28 are at low risk at worst, 4 are at very low risk only and 455 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. 2 groups of postcodes at high or medium risk are outlined: 30 postcodes at high or medium risk; 8 postcodes at high or medium risk. Places named: Romsey. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 1 km. Romsey
  • A home or business at high risk: 40
  • At medium risk at worst: 14
  • At low risk at worst: 28
  • At very low risk only: 4
  • Not on the at-risk list: 455
  • Outline: where 5 or more postcodes at high or medium risk lie together

Of the 541 postcodes in Romsey that ONS places, 40 have a home or business at high risk, 14 are at medium risk at worst, 28 are at low risk at worst, 4 are at very low risk only and 455 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 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 50.9931, longitude -1.4847. 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

40 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.

SO51 8LZ35 at high riskSO51 8JA22 at high riskSO51 5BQ20 at high riskSO51 8JD16 at high riskSO51 8JB15 at high riskSO51 8BZ13 at high riskSO51 0EZ12 at high riskSO51 8AA11 at high riskSO51 5AP11 at high riskSO51 8GG10 at high riskSO51 0HA9 at high riskSO51 5BP9 at high risk

Where the postcodes at high or medium risk lie together

  • 30 postcodes at high or medium risk, outlined on the map. SO51 8JA, is the one with most homes and businesses at high risk.
  • 8 postcodes at high or medium risk, outlined on the map. SO51 8LZ, is the one with most homes and businesses at high risk.

What is it like to live in Romsey?

Homes sold for a typical £365,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, down 6.4% on the 12 months before. At 399 of the 516 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 466 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 86 of its 541 postcodes. It has 5 primary schools and 2 secondary schools at its postcodes. 2 GP practices are at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Romsey, 600 metres 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 Romsey?

Homes in Romsey sold for a typical £365,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 289 sales, down 6.4% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.

£365,000 typical price, the 12 months to August 2026
12 months to August 2025
£390,000
12 months to August 2026
£365,000

▼ down 6.4% on the 12 months before

Detached£605,000 65 sales
Semi-detached£395,000 71 sales
Terraced£320,000 101 sales
Flat or maisonette£213,500 52 sales

Across the whole SO51 district, Romsey's main postcode district: a typical £410,000.

Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Romsey: 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 Romsey?

32 of the 541 postcodes now in use in Romsey came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 31 of the 399 homes sold in Romsey were newly built (8%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the SO51 district, 6%.

The newest postcodes

SO51 8GHsince May 2026SO51 7PGsince February 2025SO51 7UTsince December 2024SO51 0BWsince November 2024SO51 0BAsince October 2024SO51 0AAsince August 2024

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 RomseyAcross the SO51 district
The 12 months to August 2026 4 of 289 (1%) 5 of 379 (1%)
The 12 months to August 2025 31 of 399 (8%) 32 of 509 (6%)

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 Romsey?

Ofcom reports on 516 of the 541 postcodes in Romsey. At 399 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband.

Postcodes where every home can get gigabit399 of 516
Postcodes where every home can get superfast487 of 516

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 Romsey at risk of flooding?

86 of the 541 postcodes in Romsey 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 466 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk.

Homes and businesses in an area at risk, at 86 of 541 postcodes High: 271Medium: 195Low: 589Very low: 42

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 Romsey?

The open schools at the postcodes in Romsey. 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 Romsey?

The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Romsey is Romsey Rail Station, 600 m away in a straight line.

  • Romsey Rail Station Railway station 600 mWalk
  • Mottisfont & Dunbridge Rail Station Railway station 6.3 kmDrive
  • Chandlers Ford Rail Station Railway station 7.0 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 Romsey?

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

Police.uk records 1,034 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Romsey 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. 78 September 2025
  2. 69 October 2025
  3. 81 November 2025
  4. 83 December 2025
  5. 80 January 2026
  6. 53 February 2026
  7. 96 March 2026
  8. 78 April 2026
  9. 101 May 2026
  10. 91 June 2026
  11. 121 July 2026
  12. 103 August 2026

By kind, over the 12 months

Violence and sexual offences354 reports
Shoplifting151 reports
Anti-social behaviour120 reports
Public order84 reports
Burglary64 reports
Other theft61 reports
Criminal damage and arson59 reports
Vehicle crime55 reports

Also: other crime 25, drugs 20, robbery 18, possession of weapons 13, bicycle theft 7, theft from the person 3.

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 Romsey?

District, borough or city council
Test Valley
County council
Hampshire
Parliamentary constituency
Romsey and Southampton North
Police force area
Hampshire
Region
South East
Country
England
MP
Caroline Nokes (Conservative)

All 541 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

Moving to Romsey

Who to tell and what to sort out in your first week.

Who to tell when moving house: the full list Moving house checklist

Romsey postcodes

541 postcodes in use in Romsey, by district:

SO51 postcode district,541 postcodes

That district is in the SO postcode area.

Check a Romsey postcode

Enter a full postcode to see its ward, its flood risk, house prices in its sector and its nearest schools.

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Places near Romsey

With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Romsey's £365,000. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.

North Baddesley3.3 km, £360,000Rownhams5.4 km, £427,500Chandler's Ford7.1 km, £400,000Totton8.2 km, £315,000Eastleigh10.2 km, £320,000Southampton10.4 km, £260,000Ashurst10.9 km, £585,000Marchwood11.4 km, £322,000 All places A to Z

Questions about Romsey

What is it like to live in Romsey?
Homes sold for a typical £365,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, down 6.4% on the 12 months before. At 399 of the 516 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 466 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 86 of its 541 postcodes. It has 5 primary schools and 2 secondary schools at its postcodes. 2 GP practices are at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Romsey, 600 metres 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 Romsey?
Romsey is covered by postcode district SO51, across 541 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Which council is Romsey in?
Romsey is in the Test Valley council area, and Hampshire is its county council. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Who is the MP for Romsey?
Romsey is in the Romsey and Southampton North parliamentary constituency. Its MP is Caroline Nokes (Conservative), as UK Parliament listed them on 14 October 2026. Constituency: ONS Postcode Directory.
How much are houses in Romsey?
Homes in Romsey sold for a typical £365,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 289 sales, down 6.4% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
What schools are in Romsey?
In Romsey, primary schools at its postcodes include Romsey Primary School & Nursery, Cupernham Infant School and Cupernham Junior School; secondary schools at its postcodes include The Romsey School and The Mountbatten School. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026.
Does Romsey have a railway station?
Yes: Romsey is 600 metres from the centre point of the postcodes in Romsey, in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
What broadband can you get in Romsey?
Ofcom reports on 516 of the 541 postcodes in Romsey. At 399 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband. Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
Is Romsey at risk of flooding?
86 of the 541 postcodes in Romsey 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 466 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 Romsey?
32 of the 541 postcodes now in use in Romsey came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 31 of the 399 homes sold in Romsey were newly built (8%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the SO51 district, 6%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.

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