New Forest
SO41 house prices in New Forest
Sold prices, council tax, schools, deprivation and planning for New Forest, from official UK data in one place.
Typical sold price
£485,000
Range £250,000–£895,000 · 250 real sales
- Real sales
- 250
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 23 Jan 2026 and 25 Aug 2026.
Summary
House prices in SO41: the typical (median) sold price is £485,000, well above the UK average (£272,611) (UK House Price Index, July 2026). SO41 is an active market, with about 36 recorded sales a month. By property type, 48% were detached homes (typically £675,000) and 21% were semi-detached homes (typically £410,000).
Data from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, up to 28 August 2026.
Council tax on a Band D home there is £2,420 a year: New Forest's published charge for 2026-27.
Source: Council tax: Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government. Council Tax levels set by local authorities, New Forest, 2026-27.
Our take · opinion, not advice
Our take on SO41: steady sales, so price from the evidence
At around 36 sales a month, SO41 ticks along steadily, and with no dependable year-on-year figure to hand, recent sold homes are a safer guide than any headline.
If you are thinking of selling, with detached homes at £675,000 and flats at £250,000, the £250,000 to £895,000 spread is really several markets, so price from sold homes that match yours in type and size; buyers can compare homes at this pace but are not spoilt for choice.
Sell houseIf you are looking to buy, on price, SO41 is well above the UK average, so a premium over the average needs a reason you can see in the sold homes of the same type.
On any SO41 home we would check what has been applied for nearby (503 applications on record within 500 m), whether the home is at risk of flooding and council tax (Band D is £2,420 a year), and ask a conveyancer to read the title.
Where the numbers are this loose, the free SO41 OfferCheck gives you something firmer to hold: flood, crime, planning and council tax, each with its source.
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At a glance
SO41 in four numbers
The headline figures from the records below, each one real and dated.
Typical price
£485,000
HM Land Registry
Sales a month
35.6
Across 250 sales
Council tax, Band D
£2,420
A year
The data, honestly
House prices in SO41
These 250 sales are what every figure here rests on. The typical price is the middle sale.
By property type
Average house price in SO41 by property type
Detached homes have the highest typical price at £675,000, and flat / maisonette the lowest at £250,000.
See the figures
| Type | Sales | Typical | Range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Detached | 116 | £675,000 | £412,500–£1,162,500 |
| Semi-detached | 51 | £410,000 | £315,000–£650,000 |
| Terraced | 48 | £356,000 | £250,000–£596,500 |
| Flat / maisonette | 29 | £250,000 | £108,000–£408,300 |
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 23 Jan 2026 and 25 Aug 2026.
24-month trend
Typical price by quarter in SO41
The quarterly typical price rose 1.1%, from £475,000 in Q1 2026 (101 sales) to £480,000 in Q3 2026 (41 sales).
See the figures
| Quarter | Typical price | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Q1 2026 | £475,000 | 101 |
| Q2 2026 | £490,000 | 108 |
| Q3 2026 | £480,000 | 41 |
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 23 Jan 2026 and 25 Aug 2026. Median of each quarter's recorded sales.
Range and mix
The spread of SO41 prices
How far prices run either side of the typical one, who owns what, and homes that have sold twice.
Price range
Where most SO41 homes sold
Eight in ten sales fell between £250,000 and £895,000, around a typical £485,000.
Lower and upper end are the 10th and 90th percentile of recorded sales.
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 23 Jan 2026 and 25 Aug 2026.
Mix of homes
Who is selling in SO41
Detached homes were 48% of recorded sales (116 of 244). 88% of sales were freehold and 12% leasehold.
Property type
- Detached48%
- Semi-detached21%
- Terraced20%
- Flat / maisonette12%
Tenure
- Freehold88%
- Leasehold12%
See the figures
220 freehold (88%) and 30 leasehold (12%) across the 250 most recent recorded sales in SO41. Leasehold is normal for flats; check the remaining lease term before you offer.
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 23 Jan 2026 and 25 Aug 2026.
Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data to 28 August 2026. Updated monthly. Real transactions, never estimates. All sales.
On the map
Where SO41 sits in New Forest
The pins are the 5 most recent recorded sales: real prices on real streets, not a valuation.
Latest sales
The most recent sales in SO41
WEST END COTTAGE, WEST LANE, LYMINGTON
Terraced · Freehold · 25 Aug 2026
£545,000
91, ALMANSA WAY, LYMINGTON
Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 17 Aug 2026
£417,500
2, THE ORCHARD, LYMINGTON
Detached · Freehold · 13 Aug 2026
£725,000
4, FOREST WAY, LYMINGTON
Detached · Freehold · 13 Aug 2026
£480,000
6, BRADLEY ROAD, LYMINGTON
Detached · Freehold · 13 Aug 2026
£815,000
Sources: HM Land Registry · postcodes.io / ONS · OpenStreetMap (© contributors). SO41 includes the Barton & Becton ward.
In plain English
What the New Forest (SO41) numbers mean
- The headline number blends very different homes: detached homes sold for a typical £675,000 against £250,000 for flats: about 2.7 times as much. Use the figure for your type of home, not the mix.
- Prices here are widely spread: most sales fell between £250,000 and £895,000, so the median says little about any one home.
- This is an active district: about 36 recorded sales a month.
Based on 250 recorded sales between 23 January 2026 and 25 August 2026. HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, to 28 August 2026; page data refreshed 7 October 2026. Compared with the UK House Price Index. Written by Your Property Check (Check Labs Ltd, Birmingham) from this data. How we read the data · spotted a mistake? Tell us. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right. UK House Price Index licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Area data
What else the records hold on SO41
Council tax and schools, each from the body that publishes it, with the sample it rests on stated beside it.
Council tax
What council tax costs in SO41
£2,420
Band D a year in New Forest, 2026-27: the benchmark band every English authority is compared on.
All bands
| Band | 1991 value | A year |
|---|---|---|
| A | up to £40,000 | £1,613 |
| B | £40,001–£52,000 | £1,882 |
| C | £52,001–£68,000 | £2,151 |
| D | £68,001–£88,000 | £2,420 |
| E | £88,001–£120,000 | £2,957 |
| F | £120,001–£160,000 | £3,495 |
| G | £160,001–£320,000 | £4,033 |
| H | over £320,000 | £4,840 |
These are New Forest's charges for 2026-27, the authority SO41 falls in, not an estimate for any individual home. A property's band is set by the Valuation Office Agency and we never guess it; look up a band on GOV.UK and read your row. Bands reflect what a home was worth on 1 April 1991, not today.
Source: Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government. Council Tax levels set by local authorities · 8 of 8 bands published for New Forest · data to 2026-27 financial year
Schools
Schools near SO41
8
open schools within 3 km, nearest Our Lady and St Joseph Catholic Primary School - the Learning Federation Partnership of Schools.
All schools
Our Lady and St Joseph Catholic Primary School - the Learning Federation Partnership of Schools
Primary · Local authority maintained schools · SO41 8GY
580 m
Outstanding · 2022
Priestlands School
Middle deemed secondary · Academies · SO41 8FZ
627 m
Good · 2012
Pennington Church of England Primary School
Primary · Local authority maintained schools · SO41 8HX
673 m
Good · 2024
Lymington Junior School
Primary · Local authority maintained schools · SO41 9GP
1.5 km
Good · 2014
Lymington Church of England Infant School
Primary · Local authority maintained schools · SO41 9GP
1.5 km
Outstanding · 2024
East Street Farm
Special schools · SO41 6BX
2.6 km
Not graded
Milford-on-Sea Church of England Primary School
Primary · Academies · SO41 0RF
2.7 km
Outstanding · 2011
Walhampton School
Independent schools · SO41 5ZG
2.9 km
Not graded
School data from the Department for Education “Get Information about Schools” (GIAS) and Ofsted inspection outcomes. Open Government Licence v3.0. The Ofsted grade shown is the last single overall grade on record (single grades were withdrawn in September 2024). Shows nearest schools by distance, not legal catchment areas. Distances are from the SO41 district centroid, not from any address.
Source: Department for Education: Get Information about Schools, with Ofsted grades · 8 open schools within 3 km, 6 with a grade on record
Area context
Planning and deprivation near SO41
What is being built nearby and how the area ranks, as context for the neighbourhood and never a judgement on a home.
Planning applications
Planning activity around SO41
503
applications within 500 m of the district centre, as last checked 24 July 2026.
Recent applications
NewForest/26/10631Undecided
315 m
Open porch; extension of pitched roof over existing flat roof garage and partial use of garage as additional living space
Received 2026-07-07
NewForest/26/10507Undecided
335 m
Roof extension; single-storey rear extension; front porch
Received 2026-05-28
NewForest/26/10510Undecided
309 m
Replacement roof and raised eaves in association with new first floor; side and rear extension
Received 2026-05-28
NewForest/26/10496Undecided
404 m
Single-storey rear extension following demolition of conservatory; Roof extension to include rooflights and front dormer to facilitate creation of first floor
Received 2026-05-26
NewForest/26/10395Conditions
201 m
Detached timber framed bike shed to front of property
Received 2026-04-24 · decided 2026-06-15
NewForest/26/10258Conditions
390 m
Single-storey rear extension
Received 2026-03-13 · decided 2026-04-24
Applications are matched within 500 m of the SO41 district centroid, so this is activity in the area, not at any one address. Register wording and status are reproduced as the local planning authority published them. Showing 6 of 20 held; run a live planning search for SO41 for the current picture.
Source: Local planning authority records via PlanIt · 503 applications matched within 500 m of the district centre · data to 24 July 2026
Deprivation (IMD)
Area profile for SO41
Decile 9 of 10
Median across 12 sampled postcodes; 1 is the most deprived 10% of England, 10 the least.
Read the detail
Across the 12 sampled SO41 postcodes, deprivation runs decile 2 to decile 10, with a median of decile 9 of 10: where 1 is among the most deprived 10% of England and 10 the least deprived.
SO41 0JQ, the sampled postcode sitting at that median: On the English Indices of Deprivation 2025, this postcode falls in decile 9 of 10, where 1 is among the most deprived 10% of England and 10 the least deprived. It's area context for the wider neighbourhood, not a judgement on any individual home.
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0 (English Indices of Deprivation 2025, MHCLG). Deprivation is published for small areas (LSOAs), not for postcode districts, so SO41 spans several. We sampled 12 postcodes in SO41: the ones with the most recent recorded sales, up to a limit of 12. That is a convenience sample, not a random one, so it leans toward streets where homes are changing hands. 12 returned a row. It is context for the neighbourhood, never a judgement on any individual home. How we choose the sample.
Source: Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government. English Indices of Deprivation 2025 · 12 postcodes sampled of 12 checked · data to 2025 indices
Cost to run
Two sources, one table
What it costs to run a home in SO41, band by band
New Forest's council tax for 2026-27 set against the SO41 median sold price of £485,000 across 250 recorded sales: the annual running cost beside the purchase price, which neither source shows on its own.
| Band | 1991 valueVOA basis | A yearNew Forest | A month÷ 12 | Of the median÷ £485,000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | up to £40,000 | £1,613 | £134 | 0.33% |
| B | £40,001–£52,000 | £1,882 | £157 | 0.39% |
| C | £52,001–£68,000 | £2,151 | £179 | 0.44% |
| D | £68,001–£88,000 | £2,420 | £202 | 0.50% |
| E | £88,001–£120,000 | £2,957 | £246 | 0.61% |
| F | £120,001–£160,000 | £3,495 | £291 | 0.72% |
| G | £160,001–£320,000 | £4,033 | £336 | 0.83% |
| H | over £320,000 | £4,840 | £403 | 1.00% |
The last column is the band's annual charge divided by the SO41 median sold price. A comparison of two published figures, not a rate anyone charges. It is not a mapping from price to band: a band records what a home was worth on 1 April 1991 and is set by the Valuation Office Agency, so it cannot be worked out from a 2020s sale price. Look up a specific band on GOV.UK. Instalment counts vary by authority, so the monthly column is simply the year over twelve.
Sources: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data to 28 August 2026. Updated monthly. Median across 250 recorded sales. · Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government. Council Tax levels set by local authorities, New Forest, 2026-27.
Address by address
Address by address
What individual homes in SO41 sold for
The 24 most recently sold doors of the 243 distinct addresses in the records we hold for SO41. Real recorded transactions: never estimates.
WEST END COTTAGE, WEST LANE, LYMINGTON
SO41 0JQ · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£545,000
2026-08-25
91, ALMANSA WAY, LYMINGTON
SO41 9PZ · Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 1 recorded sale
£417,500
2026-08-17
2, THE ORCHARD, LYMINGTON
SO41 0SR · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£725,000
2026-08-13
4, FOREST WAY, LYMINGTON
SO41 0LP · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£480,000
2026-08-13
6, BRADLEY ROAD, LYMINGTON
SO41 0AZ · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£815,000
2026-08-13
10, WOODLEY GARDENS, LYMINGTON
SO41 9LH · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£590,000
2026-08-12
4, HAGLANE COPSE, LYMINGTON
SO41 8DT · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£790,000
2026-08-12
23, LONGFIELD ROAD, LYMINGTON
SO41 0HH · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£395,000
2026-08-11
112, SAMBER CLOSE, LYMINGTON
SO41 9LF · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£487,500
2026-08-07
9, CLARENDON PARK, LYMINGTON
SO41 8AX · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£388,500
2026-08-07
2, POUND ROAD, LYMINGTON
SO41 8EL · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£342,500
2026-08-07
TENBY, MIDDLE ROAD, LYMINGTON
SO41 6FX · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£785,000
2026-08-05
BOWLING GREEN COTTAGE, SWAY ROAD, LYMINGTON
SO41 8LP · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£335,000
2026-07-31
3, LOVE LANE, LYMINGTON
SO41 0SP · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£261,250
2026-07-31
33, DITCHBURY, LYMINGTON
SO41 9FJ · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£282,000
2026-07-31
4, LAUREL CLOSE, LYMINGTON
SO41 0FQ · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£285,000
2026-07-31
9, HIGHFIELD ROAD, LYMINGTON
SO41 9JA · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£520,000
2026-07-31
HOMEGRANGE HOUSE, SHINGLE BANK DRIVE, LYMINGTON
SO41 0WR · Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 1 recorded sale
£125,000
2026-07-29
7, TEBOURBA COTTAGES, LYMINGTON
SO41 6BG · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£315,000
2026-07-28
4, FAIRLEA ROAD, LYMINGTON
SO41 9EF · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£298,500
2026-07-27
JASMINE COURT, SHRUBBS AVENUE, LYMINGTON
SO41 9FL · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£393,500
2026-07-27
1, REDVERS CLOSE, LYMINGTON
SO41 3NZ · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£860,000
2026-07-23
10, OLIVER ROAD, LYMINGTON
SO41 8GP · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£800,000
2026-07-21
10, BATH ROAD, LYMINGTON
SO41 3RU · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£600,000
2026-07-20
Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. HM Land Registry Price Paid Data to 28 August 2026. Updated monthly. Addresses come from recorded sales since 1995, so homes that have never sold do not appear. 0 of these 24 doors resolve to a confident property record and link through; the rest are listed without a link. We match a door to a property record only where the match is certain, never by guessing.
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Postcode districts near SO41
The closest districts to SO41 by straight-line distance between district centres.
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- House prices in PO40 (Freshwater) 5.4 miles
- House prices in PO41 (Yarmouth) 5.5 miles
- House prices in BH23 (Christchurch) 8.2 miles
- House prices in SO43 (Lyndhurst) 9.1 miles
- House prices in SO45 (Southampton) 9.8 miles
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Data sources
Every SO41 figure is official and dated
Real recorded data from the UK's official registers, never an estimated valuation.
- HM Land RegistrySold prices
- MHCLGCouncil tax & deprivation
- Department for Education · OfstedSchools
- Local planning authoritiesPlanning applications
- Police.UKStreet-level crime
- Environment AgencyFlood risk
- postcodes.io · ONSGeography
Sources: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data · Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government. Council Tax levels set by local authorities · Department for Education: Get Information about Schools, with Ofsted grades · Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government. English Indices of Deprivation 2025 · Local planning authority records via PlanIt · Police.UK · Environment Agency · postcodes.io / ONS. HM Land Registry Price Paid Data to 28 August 2026. Updated monthly. All figures are real, attributed and carry the sample they rest on: never estimates, never a valuation. All sales · Get Free Valuation · About Your Property Check.