New Forest
SO42 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
£797,595
Range £199,300–£1,777,500 · 250 real sales
- Real sales
- 250
- 12-month change
- +0.3%
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 14 Mar 2023 and 14 Aug 2026.
Summary
House prices in SO42: the typical (median) sold price is £797,595, well above the UK average (£272,611) (UK House Price Index, July 2026). Over the last twelve months the local median is broadly flat (+0.3%), comparing 74 sales with 74, so a handful of homes can swing it. SO42 is a quiet market, with about 6 recorded sales a month. By property type, 59% were detached homes (typically £990,000) and 18% were flats (typically £170,000).
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 SO42: few sales, so go in with your eyes open
SO42 is a thin market, at roughly 6 sales a month, with little movement in the median, so a sale can take time and a local agent’s knowledge counts for more than any headline.
When selling here, the spread in SO42 is wide, with most sales between £199,300 and £1,777,500, so lean on the nearest like-for-like sale rather than the middle figure; with so few sales, allow extra time and a local agent’s view; a quick cash sale buys certainty at a cost, usually about 70–85% of market value as a rough guide, not a quote, so weigh it carefully.
Sell houseFor buyers, typical prices in SO42 sit well above the UK average, and level on last year, so there is little excuse for an asking price far above recent sales.
Worth checking before you commit: whether the home is at risk of flooding, council tax (Band D is £2,420 a year) and planning applications nearby; your conveyancer should look at the title too.
The sold prices leave a lot open; the free SO42 OfferCheck closes some of the gap with flood, crime, planning and council tax.
Get OfferCheckOur opinion, drawn from the figures on this page: not advice and not a forecast. We earn from OfferCheck reports and from introducing sellers to cash buyers, so weigh it with that in mind (see our disclosure). We are not authorised or regulated by the FCA.
At a glance
SO42 in four numbers
The headline figures from the records below, each one real and dated.
Typical price
£797,595
HM Land Registry
Sales a month
6.1
Across 250 sales
12-month change
+0.3%
+0.3% from last year
Local median
Council tax, Band D
£2,420
A year
The data, honestly
House prices in SO42
These 250 sales are what every figure here rests on. The typical price is the middle sale.
By property type
Average house price in SO42 by property type
Detached homes have the highest typical price at £990,000, and flat / maisonette the lowest at £170,000.
See the figures
| Type | Sales | Typical | Range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Detached | 137 | £990,000 | £648,000–£1,870,000 |
| Semi-detached | 26 | £692,500 | £462,500–£1,043,750 |
| Terraced | 28 | £545,000 | £368,500–£781,000 |
| Flat / maisonette | 41 | £170,000 | £88,000–£625,000 |
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 14 Mar 2023 and 14 Aug 2026.
24-month trend
Typical price by quarter in SO42
The quarterly typical price rose 12.7%, from £750,000 in Q4 2024 (19 sales) to £845,000 in Q3 2026 (5 sales).
See the figures
| Quarter | Typical price | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Q4 2024 | £750,000 | 19 |
| Q1 2025 | £765,000 | 19 |
| Q2 2025 | £1,150,000 | 12 |
| Q3 2025 | £832,500 | 22 |
| Q4 2025 | £680,000 | 26 |
| Q1 2026 | £832,828 | 18 |
| Q2 2026 | £805,000 | 16 |
| Q3 2026 | £845,000 | 5 |
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 14 Mar 2023 and 14 Aug 2026. Median of each quarter's recorded sales.
Range and mix
The spread of SO42 prices
How far prices run either side of the typical one, who owns what, and homes that have sold twice.
Price range
Where most SO42 homes sold
Eight in ten sales fell between £199,300 and £1,777,500, around a typical £797,595.
Lower and upper end are the 10th and 90th percentile of recorded sales.
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 14 Mar 2023 and 14 Aug 2026.
Mix of homes
Who is selling in SO42
Detached homes were 59% of recorded sales (137 of 232). 83% of sales were freehold and 17% leasehold.
Property type
- Detached59%
- Semi-detached11%
- Terraced12%
- Flat / maisonette18%
Tenure
- Freehold83%
- Leasehold17%
See the figures
207 freehold (83%) and 43 leasehold (17%) across the 250 most recent recorded sales in SO42. Leasehold is normal for flats; check the remaining lease term before you offer.
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 14 Mar 2023 and 14 Aug 2026.
Sold twice: what the same home resold for
The strongest price signal there is: the same door, sold twice. Change shown in £, %, and per year. A big % over two decades is smaller than it looks.
OAK TREE HOUSE, MEERUT ROAD, BROCKENHURST
£2,000,000 (2023)£2,500,000 (2026)+25% over 2.7 yrs (+8.8%/yr)
WOODSIDE, EASTBANK ROAD, BROCKENHURST
£145,000 (2024)£146,000 (2026)+0.7% over 1.4 yrs (+0.5%/yr)
THE MEWS, 17, BROOKLEY ROAD, BROCKENHURST
£550,000 (2024)£499,999 (2025)-9.1% over 1 yrs (-9.1%/yr)
BEACHERN WOOD COTTAGE, ALDRIDGE HILL, BROCKENHURST
£795,190 (2024)£830,000 (2025)+4.4% over 1.6 yrs (+2.7%/yr)
BROOKLEY LODGE, GRIGG LANE, BROCKENHURST
£400,000 (2024)£395,000 (2025)-1.2% over 1.1 yrs (-1.1%/yr)
SHERFIELD COTTAGE, MAIN ROAD, BROCKENHURST
£220,000 (2024)£519,500 (2025)+136.1% over 1.1 yrs (+120%/yr)
Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data to 28 August 2026. Updated monthly. Real transactions, never estimates. All sales.
On the map
Where SO42 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 SO42
53, NEW FOREST DRIVE, BROCKENHURST
Detached · Freehold · 14 Aug 2026
£845,000
BRACKLINN HOUSE, BROADLANDS ROAD, BROCKENHURST
Detached · Freehold · 30 Jul 2026
£1,825,000
4, ADDISON ROAD, BROCKENHURST
Semi-detached · Freehold · 24 Jul 2026
£520,000
MEMORIAL COTTAGE, HATCHET LANE, BROCKENHURST
Detached · Freehold · 14 Jul 2026
£515,000
APPLE TREE COTTAGE, PARTRIDGE ROAD, BROCKENHURST
Detached · Freehold · 8 Jul 2026
£1,175,000
Sources: HM Land Registry · postcodes.io / ONS · OpenStreetMap (© contributors). SO42 includes the Brockenhurst & Denny Lodge ward.
In plain English
What the New Forest (SO42) numbers mean
- The headline number blends very different homes: detached homes sold for a typical £990,000 against £170,000 for flats: about 5.8 times as much. Use the figure for your type of home, not the mix.
- Prices here are widely spread: most sales fell between £199,300 and £1,777,500, so the median says little about any one home.
- This is a quiet district: only about 6 recorded sales a month.
Only 250 sales sit behind these figures, so they are a rough guide rather than a firm reading.
Based on 250 recorded sales between 14 March 2023 and 14 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 SO42
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 SO42
£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 SO42 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 SO42
2
open schools within 3 km, nearest Brockenhurst College.
All schools
Brockenhurst College
16 plus · Colleges · SO42 7ZE
2.4 km
Not graded
Brockenhurst Church of England Primary School & Pre-School
Primary · Local authority maintained schools · SO42 7RX
3.0 km
Good · 2014
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 SO42 district centroid, not from any address.
Source: Department for Education: Get Information about Schools, with Ofsted grades · 2 open schools within 3 km, 1 with a grade on record
Area context
Planning and deprivation near SO42
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 SO42
4
applications within 500 m of the district centre, as last checked 22 October 2026.
Recent applications
NewForestPark/19/00679Conditions
488 m
Retention of sewage treatment plant and track
Received 2019-08-20 · decided 2019-11-19
NewForestPark/16/00794Permitted
463 m
Application under part 6 of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 in respect of the siting, appearance and design of an agricultural building
Received 2016-10-04 · decided 2016-11-02
NewForestPark/14/00031Conditions
463 m
Replacement single storey extension; with associated link
Received 2014-02-17 · decided 2014-04-23
NewForestPark/10/95475Permitted
463 m
Application under part 6 of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Order) 1995 in respect of the siting of an agricultural building
Received 2010-08-05 · decided 2010-09-02
Applications are matched within 500 m of the SO42 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 4 of 4 held; run a live planning search for SO42 for the current picture.
Source: Local planning authority records via PlanIt · 4 applications matched within 500 m of the district centre · data to 22 October 2026
Deprivation (IMD)
Area profile for SO42
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 SO42 postcodes, deprivation runs decile 5 to decile 9, with a median of decile 9 of 10: where 1 is among the most deprived 10% of England and 10 the least deprived.
SO42 7QT, 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 SO42 spans several. We sampled 12 postcodes in SO42: 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 SO42, band by band
New Forest's council tax for 2026-27 set against the SO42 median sold price of £797,595 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÷ £797,595 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | up to £40,000 | £1,613 | £134 | 0.20% |
| B | £40,001–£52,000 | £1,882 | £157 | 0.24% |
| C | £52,001–£68,000 | £2,151 | £179 | 0.27% |
| D | £68,001–£88,000 | £2,420 | £202 | 0.30% |
| E | £88,001–£120,000 | £2,957 | £246 | 0.37% |
| F | £120,001–£160,000 | £3,495 | £291 | 0.44% |
| G | £160,001–£320,000 | £4,033 | £336 | 0.51% |
| H | over £320,000 | £4,840 | £403 | 0.61% |
The last column is the band's annual charge divided by the SO42 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 SO42 sold for
The 24 most recently sold doors of the 210 distinct addresses in the records we hold for SO42. Real recorded transactions: never estimates.
53, NEW FOREST DRIVE, BROCKENHURST
SO42 7QT · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£845,000
2026-08-14
BRACKLINN HOUSE, BROADLANDS ROAD, BROCKENHURST
SO42 7PB · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£1,825,000
2026-07-30
4, ADDISON ROAD, BROCKENHURST
SO42 7SD · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£520,000
2026-07-24
MEMORIAL COTTAGE, HATCHET LANE, BROCKENHURST
SO42 7WA · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£515,000
2026-07-14
APPLE TREE COTTAGE, PARTRIDGE ROAD, BROCKENHURST
SO42 7RZ · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£1,175,000
2026-07-08
19, FOREST HALL, BROCKENHURST
SO42 7QQ · Other · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£475,000
2026-06-29
MIRANDA LODGE, BROADLANDS ROAD, BROCKENHURST
SO42 7SX · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£1,450,000
2026-06-26
WRENS NEST, MAIN ROAD, BROCKENHURST
SO42 7WD · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£760,000
2026-06-12
24, CHESTNUT ROAD, BROCKENHURST
SO42 7RF · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£820,000
2026-06-12
HORSE & JOCKEY COTTAGE, HATCHET LANE, BROCKENHURST
SO42 7WA · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£911,900
2026-06-10
OAKDENE, SWAY ROAD, BROCKENHURST
SO42 7SG · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£856,000
2026-06-09
3, SUTTON PLACE, BROCKENHURST
SO42 7TX · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£494,500
2026-06-09
BRACKEN LODGE, CHAPEL LANE, BROCKENHURST
SO42 7WP · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£790,000
2026-06-04
HOMEFORDE HOUSE, GRIGG LANE, BROCKENHURST
SO42 7QX · Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 16 recorded sales
£88,750
2026-05-29
BRAMLEYS, NORTH WEIRS, BROCKENHURST
SO42 7QA · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£1,850,000
2026-05-29
OAKWOOD, FURZEY LANE, BROCKENHURST
SO42 7WB · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£772,535
2026-05-22
WILDWOOD HOUSE, BUCKLERS HARD, BROCKENHURST
SO42 7XD · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£1,900,000
2026-05-21
APPLETREE COTTAGE, BURFORD LANE, BROCKENHURST
SO42 7TN · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£645,000
2026-05-20
HOMEWOOD, 1, OBERFIELD ROAD, BROCKENHURST
SO42 7QF · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£835,000
2026-05-14
GREENWELLS, BUTTS LAWN, BROCKENHURST
SO42 7TE · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£1,070,000
2026-04-13
2, SILVERSTONE MEWS, BROCKENHURST
SO42 7AA · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£590,000
2026-03-30
THORNTON, PARTRIDGE ROAD, BROCKENHURST
SO42 7RZ · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£945,000
2026-03-27
THE MARTINS, BALMER LAWN ROAD, BROCKENHURST
SO42 7TT · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£1,200,000
2026-03-27
20, NEW FOREST DRIVE, BROCKENHURST
SO42 7QT · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£750,000
2026-03-27
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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The SO42 report: your questions
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The closest districts to SO42 by straight-line distance between district centres.
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- House prices in BH25 (New Milton) 6.8 miles
- House prices in SO40 (Southampton) 6.9 miles
- House prices in PO41 (Yarmouth) 8.4 miles
- House prices in SO15 (Southampton) 8.6 miles
- House prices in SO14 (Southampton) 8.8 miles
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Data sources
Every SO42 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.