SO21 3SP postcode in Basingstoke and Deane, Hampshire

SO21 3SP is a postcode in Basingstoke and Deane, in the Oakley & The Candovers ward. It is in the East Hampshire parliamentary constituency and the Hampshire police force area, and has been in use since January 1992.

Flooding Not on the at-risk list The Environment Agency lists no home or business here in an area at risk from rivers or the sea Gigabit broadband 0% of homes and businesses at SO21 3SP can get it Across Basingstoke and Deane: 81% Typical price £542,500 Homes sold in SO21 3, last 12 months. ▼ 7.3% on the year before Nearest station Micheldever 2.3 km in a straight line

Where SO21 3SP is, and what is near it

Map of SO21 3SP and what is near it Map of SO21 3SP: its centre point, with the 242 other postcodes in the SO21 3 sector, 2 schools (2 beyond the edge, shown by arrows), 2 railway stations (1 beyond the edge, shown by arrows) and 2 GP practices (2 beyond the edge, shown by arrows). North is up; the scale bar is 1 km. SO21 3AL: also in SO21 3SO21 3AN: also in SO21 3SO21 3AP: also in SO21 3SO21 3AR: also in SO21 3SO21 3AS: also in SO21 3SO21 3AT: also in SO21 3SO21 3AU: also in SO21 3SO21 3AW: also in SO21 3SO21 3AX: also in SO21 3SO21 3AY: also in SO21 3SO21 3BB: also in SO21 3SO21 3BD: also in SO21 3SO21 3BE: also in SO21 3SO21 3BG: also in SO21 3SO21 3BH: also in SO21 3SO21 3BJ: also in SO21 3SO21 3BL: also in SO21 3SO21 3BN: also in SO21 3SO21 3BQ: also in SO21 3SO21 3BX: also in SO21 3SO21 3BY: also in SO21 3SO21 3BZ: also in SO21 3SO21 3FA: also in SO21 3SO21 3FB: also in SO21 3SO21 3FL: also in SO21 3SO21 3FP: also in SO21 3SO21 3FX: also in SO21 3SO21 3LX: also in SO21 3 School 3.3 kmSchool 5.4 kmOverton station 7.1 kmGratton Surgery 8.4 kmWhitchurch Surgery 8.6 kmWonston and Micheldever SO21 3SP Map of SO21 3SP and what is near it Map of SO21 3SP: its centre point, with the 242 other postcodes in the SO21 3 sector, 2 schools (2 beyond the edge, shown by arrows), 2 railway stations (1 beyond the edge, shown by arrows) and 2 GP practices (2 beyond the edge, shown by arrows). North is up; the scale bar is 1 km. School 3.3 kmSchool 5.4 kmWhitchurch Surgery 8.6 kmWonston and Micheldever SO21 3SP
  • SO21 3SP
  • Other postcodes in SO21 3: press one for its page
  • 2 schools
  • 2 railway stations
  • 2 GP practices
  • Further out, with the distance

Points are centre points, not buildings, and nothing drawn is a boundary. Names in italics are council wards: we hold no town or village names here. Open this area on OpenStreetMap (latitude 51.1931, longitude -1.2324)

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026; schools: Department for Education; stations and bus stops: Department for Transport; GP practices: NHS England; street map: Ordnance Survey, OS Open Zoomstack, Open Government Licence v3.0, drawn with MapLibre. How we use them

Who looks after SO21 3SP?

ONS places a whole postcode in one council, one ward and one constituency, from a single point. A few postcodes cross a boundary, so an address at the edge can belong to the one next door. Your council tax bill or your poll card settles it for your address.

Council, police force area and constituency: ONS Postcode Directory, August 2026. What each council does: GOV.UK. The MP: UK Parliament, read 14 October 2026.

What broadband can you get at SO21 3SP?

None of the homes and businesses at SO21 3SP can get superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s or more) from a line, Ofcom says.

Share of homes and businesses that can get it

Gigabit (1,000 Mbit/s)

SO21 3SP 0% Basingstoke and Deane 81%

Superfast (30 Mbit/s or more)

SO21 3SP 0% Basingstoke and Deane 97%
Check one address, and mobile coverage, on Ofcom's checker Compare broadband at another postcode

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

When are the bins collected at SO21 3SP?

BinDayBuddy has not read Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council's days for SO21 3SP today. It reads them from the council's own system when you ask.

Check the bin days for SO21 3SP on BinDayBuddy

Source: BinDayBuddy, built from councils' own collection systems and public data. BinDayBuddy is run by Towpath Digital, which also runs this site. How we use it

Is SO21 3SP at risk of flooding?

From rivers and the sea, long term

The Environment Agency's list of postcodes with a home or business in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea does not include SO21 3SP.

Rivers and the sea only, for the land around buildings, not each building. GOV.UK's checker answers for one address, surface water included.

Source: Environment Agency, Risk of Flooding from Rivers and Sea (postcodes in areas at risk), published 6 July 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0.

From surface water, across Basingstoke and Deane

The Environment Agency publishes this for the whole council, not for SO21 3SP: 2,029 properties in Basingstoke and Deane are at high risk (2.1% of all its properties). All the figures for Basingstoke and Deane

Source: Environment Agency, Risk of Flooding from Surface Water, properties at risk by local authority, version 2025-09, listed 18 September 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Flood warnings

The centre of SO21 3SP is not in any of the Environment Agency's flood warning or alert areas. Part of the postcode may still be, so check your own address when you sign up.

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Source: Environment Agency, flood warning areas read 17 October 2026. Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use these

What do homes sell for near SO21 3SP?

Homes in SO21 3 sold for a typical £542,500 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 56 sales, down 7.3% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.

£542,500 typical price, the 12 months to August 2026
£585,000 12 months to August 2025
▼ down 7.3% on the 12 months before
  • Detached £630,000 29 sales
  • Semi-detached £425,000 14 sales
  • Terraced £410,000 10 sales
  • Flat or maisonette 3 sales, too few to price

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

Across the whole SO21 district: a typical £529,000 from 190 sales.

How we work this out: house prices by postcode

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

Homes sold in SO21 3SP

HM Land Registry records no standard sales of homes in SO21 3SP from January 2024 to August 2026. The prices above are for the homes around it.

Sales at market value to a private buyer; the latest months are not complete. Own or live in a home listed here and would rather it were not? Ask us to take it off.

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

Food hygiene ratings at SO21 3SP

The Food Standards Agency lists one food business at SO21 3SP. Each opens the agency's own page for it, with what the council's inspector found.

Ratings run from 5, very good, to 0, urgent improvement necessary. A rating comes from the business's last inspection, and can change at the next.

Food hygiene ratings, from the Food Standards Agency

Source: Food Standards Agency, food hygiene ratings as published on 22 October 2026. Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

What council tax band are homes near SO21 3SP?

The Valuation Office Agency counts about 2,080 homes in the neighbourhood around SO21 3SP. The largest share of them, 28%, are in council tax band D. More were built in 2020 or later than in any other period (58%). A home's own band is set for that home: check it on GOV.UK.

Council tax bands, and a year's council tax

Council tax bands of the homes around SO21 3SP

Band D in Basingstoke and Deane for 2026‑27: £2,255. For the bands the homes here are in, a year's council tax runs from £1,503 (band A) to £4,510 (band H); band D, the most common, is £2,255.

BandHomes around hereA year
Band Aabout 10 (under 1%)£1,503
Band Babout 410 (20%)£1,754
Band Cabout 310 (15%)£2,005
Band Dabout 590 (28%)£2,255
Band Eabout 370 (18%)£2,756
Band Fabout 250 (12%)£3,258
Band Gabout 130 (6%)£3,759
Band Habout 10 (under 1%)£4,510

When the homes were built

  1. 7% Before 1900
  2. 0% 1900 to 1918
  3. 1% 1919 to 1939
  4. 4% 1945 to 1964
  5. 7% 1965 to 1982
  6. 4% 1983 to 1999
  7. 1% 2000 to 2009
  8. 16% 2010 to 2019
  9. 58% 2020 or later

Averages for Basingstoke and Deane before discounts, not any one home's bill.

Council tax: Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, Council Tax levels set by local authorities in England 2026 to 2027, Table 10, published 25 March 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Counts for the neighbourhood the centre of SO21 3SP is in (ONS area E01022532), rounded by the VOA.

Check one home's band on GOV.UK

Source: Valuation Office Agency, Council Tax: stock of properties, at 31 March 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Which schools are near SO21 3SP?

The nearest open schools to SO21 3SP, in a straight line. Distance is not a catchment.

Primary

Find and compare schools in England, on GOV.UK More schools near SO21 3SP, and how we find them

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

Where is the nearest station to SO21 3SP?

The nearest railway station to the centre of SO21 3SP is Micheldever Rail Station, 2.3 km away in a straight line.

  • Micheldever Rail Station Railway station 2.3 kmCycle
  • Overton Rail Station Railway station 7.1 kmDrive

Straight-line distances from the centre point, not routes. Walk: under 1.2 km. Cycle: 1.2 to 5 km. Drive: further.

No bus stop within 400 metres in the Department for Transport's register.

More stations near SO21 3SP, and how we find them

Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Which GP surgeries are near SO21 3SP?

The nearest GP practices to the centre of SO21 3SP, in a straight line. Each sets the area it takes patients from. In England, each opens its page at the Care Quality Commission, which inspects and rates it.

Find a GP on the NHS website

Source: NHS England, Organisation Data Service (GP practices), read 17 October 2026; ratings: Care Quality Commission, 1 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Where can I charge an electric car near SO21 3SP?

OpenStreetMap maps no public charging point within 3 km of the centre of SO21 3SP on the map as of 20 October 2026. It does not have every charger: Open Charge Map's own map, linked below, may show more.

See more chargers on Open Charge Map

Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors, Open Database Licence, map as of 20 October 2026. How we use it

Which dentists are near SO21 3SP?

The nearest to the centre of SO21 3SP, in a straight line. Those in England open their page at the Care Quality Commission, which inspects them. It gives few dentists a rating.

Source: Care Quality Commission (directory of 14 October 2026), Open Government Licence v3.0. This uses Care Quality Commission information. How we use it

Which hospitals are nearest to SO21 3SP?

The nearest NHS and private hospitals and clinics in England, in a straight line, with the Care Quality Commission's latest overall rating. One in Wales or Scotland may be nearer.

Not every hospital has an accident and emergency department. In an emergency, call 999.

Source: Care Quality Commission (directory of 14 October 2026, ratings of 1 October 2026), Open Government Licence v3.0. This uses Care Quality Commission information. How we use it

Which vets are near SO21 3SP?

The nearest vets to the centre of SO21 3SP on OpenStreetMap, in a straight line. Each opens its entry on the map, with its opening hours and website where they are mapped.

OpenStreetMap may not have every vet. Out of hours, ring your own vet’s number first: the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons says vets in practice must arrange round-the-clock emergency first aid and pain relief, themselves or through another service.

Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors, Open Database Licence, map as of 20 October 2026. How we use it

Is SO21 3SP in a conservation area?

The centre of SO21 3SP is not in any conservation area, listed building, tree preservation area, green belt or protected landscape that planning.data.gov.uk holds. Not every council has sent all its data, so check with the council before relying on it.

Source: planning.data.gov.uk, asked at the postcode's centre point. Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

How much crime is there near SO21 3SP?

Police.uk records no crimes within a mile of the centre of SO21 3SP in the latest month it has published.

Your local policing team on Police.uk How we work this out: crime by postcode, with the last 12 months

Source: data.police.uk, from its download of 30 September 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

The official record for SO21 3SP

Ward
Oakley & The Candovers
Parish
Popham
Region
South East
Country
England
Rural or urban
Smaller rural, nearer to a major town or city
In use since
January 1992

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026. See all our data sources

Around SO21 3SP

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SO21 3 sector SO21 district SO postcode area

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Nearby postcodes

The nearest postcodes in use, measured in a straight line between centre points.

SO21 3BE60 mSO21 3BD1.0 kmRG25 3BL1.6 kmSO21 3BQ1.7 kmSO21 3FX1.7 kmSO21 3BG1.8 km
All of SO21

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026, the centre point of each postcode. How we use it

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