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Merlin Way

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83 recorded sales · median £169,000 · Test Valley

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Test Valley Council · Conservative-controlled 25/43 seats · 58% · OCD 2026

Overview Valuation Safety Who lives here Schools Health Getting around Environment Amenities & economy

65/100

Mixed

AcreRight area score · our comparison, not an official rating

£169k

median price

5.7

crimes per 1,000 residents each month

£169k

median sold price

9.4 yrs

of local pay to buy

67 min

London — fastest

rail stations

grammar schools

schools total

5.7

crimes per 1,000 residents each month

313

Violence — most

6.9

NO₂ · WHO 10

4.3%

in a flood zone

2,219

green spaces

6.1

PM2.5 · WHO 5

269

eat & drink

shops

58.7%

gigabit

gyms & leisure

Tiles show street’s own prices; crime, schools, transport, health & amenities are shown for the wider area — each tab labels its source.

Score by what matters: AffordabilityCommuteSchoolsSafetyEnvironmentAmenities

Sold price trend

£207,500 in 2002 → £453,500 in 2024

⌄ On this street: every recorded sale is listed under Cost — this is the finest level we hold. Everything else is shown for the wider Test Valley, clearly labelled.

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All figures, sources and dates

Prices2026-07-21

Affordability2025

Council tax & governance2026/27 (tax); 2025 (control)

Crime2026-06

Deprivation2025

Census2021

Schools2026

Health2026/2025

Transport2026

Broadband2024-07

Environment2023–24

Ground checks2022–25

Heritage & planning2026

Amenities2026

Companies2026-07-01

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What does it cost? This street

A typical home here sells for £169,000. That's about 9.4× local earnings — around the 10.1× five-year average.

Sold price history

2024 · 3 sales

Median sold price · median of all 83 sales£169,000

HM Land Registry Price Paid

By property type

Too few sales by type to chart.

Typical home price compared with annual local pay9.4× · five-year average 10.1×

HM Land Registry, 12 months

Home ownership69%

Owned outright

36%

With a mortgage

33%

Private rented

15%

Social rented

14%

Households owning their home · ONS Census 2021

Council tax£2,247

Your band:

Test Valley Borough Council£174

Hampshire County Council (incl. adult social care)£1,690

Police & Crime Commissioner£290

Fire & Rescue£93

Council tax bands A–H

Band A£1,498

Band B£1,748

Band C£1,998

Band D (baseline)£2,247

Band E£2,747

Band F£3,246

Band G£3,746

Band H£4,495

Full-year charge for every band, derived from Band D at the statutory ratios (A = 6/9 of Band D … H = 18/9). MHCLG 2026/27.

Pick your band — the breakdown recalculates · MHCLG 2026/27 · hand-curated each April

Neighbourhood prices in Test Valley how Merlin Way compares · from Test Valley

⌃ Fastest 5-yr growth: Anna Fields +52.1%

Neighbourhood	Median price	5-year change	Sales, 12m
Anna Fields	£340,000	+52.1%	80
Tadburn	£346,000	+32%	106
Valley Park	£440,000	+30.4%	126
Rooksbury Mill	£317,500	+30.4%	110
Cupernham	£520,000	+30.1%	77
Portway	£290,000	+27%	170
Augusta Park	£330,000	+22.7%	303
East Anton	£236,000	+20.5%	79
Saxon Fields	£290,000	+18.6%	94
Rownhams	£418,000	+18.1%	65
Knightwood Park	£367,500	+16.4%	80
Woodley	£310,000	+9.2%	71
Andover	£230,000	-2.1%	353

Sorted by 5-year change — click a row → the map flies there; click the name → its full report · HM Land Registry, 12 months

Homes in Merlin Way — sold prices

Filters

Address	Type	Beds	EPC	Price	Date
20 Merlin Way Chandler's Ford	Detached	—	—	£450,000	Nov 2025
31, Merlin Way Chandler's Ford	Terraced	—	—	£322,000	Oct 2024
9 Merlin Way Chandler's Ford	Detached	—	—	£453,500	Oct 2024
17 Merlin Way Chandler's Ford	Detached	—	—	£490,000	May 2024
18 Merlin Way Chandler's Ford	Detached	—	—	£480,000	Oct 2023
19, Merlin Way Chandler's Ford	Detached	—	—	£420,000	Jan 2021
4, Merlin Way Chandler's Ford	Detached	—	—	£365,000	May 2019
23 MERLIN WAY	Semi-detached	—	—	£250,000	Mar 2019
6, Merlin Way Chandler's Ford	Detached	—	—	£399,950	Oct 2017
12 MERLIN WAY CHANDLERS FORD	Detached	—	—	£378,500	Feb 2016
2, Merlin Way Chandler's Ford	Detached	—	—	£375,000	Dec 2015
25 MERLIN WAY	Terraced	—	—	£224,950	Nov 2015
35 Merlin Way Chandler's Ford	Terraced	—	—	£215,000	Sep 2015
8, Merlin Way Chandler's Ford	Detached	—	—	£347,500	Apr 2015
24, Merlin Way Chandler's Ford	Terraced	—	—	£194,950	Aug 2013
17 Merlin Way Chandler's Ford	Detached	—	—	£325,000	Aug 2012
33 Merlin Way Chandler's Ford	Terraced	—	—	£240,000	Jun 2012
21 MERLIN WAY	Detached	—	—	£290,000	Mar 2012
23 MERLIN WAY	Semi-detached	—	—	£192,000	Jan 2011
27, Merlin Way Chandler's Ford	Terraced	—	—	£185,000	Apr 2010
26 Merlin Way Chandler's Ford	Terraced	—	—	£186,500	Feb 2010
10 MERLIN WAY	Detached	—	—	£275,000	Oct 2009
4, Merlin Way Chandler's Ford	Detached	—	—	£235,000	May 2009
12 MERLIN WAY CHANDLERS FORD	Detached	—	—	£286,000	Jul 2008

Show all sales ↓

24 recent sales — showing 10 · Search & browse every home →

Type a street, address or postcode to narrow this list; clear to see the latest sales. Click any home → its full report (sale history, EPC, estimate). Beds inferred from floor area · HM Land Registry + EPC

How safe is it? from Test Valley

Crime runs at 5.7 per 1,000 residents a month. Like most places with a retail centre, offences cluster where the shops are, not where people live.

Crime rate

Per 1,000 / month5.7

Street-level counts · police.uk, last 12 months

By category, 12 months from Test Valley

Violence & sexual offences

313

Anti-social behaviour

Public order

Other theft

Shoplifting

Criminal damage & arson

Recorded crimes by category across the whole Test Valley district, last 12 months · police.uk / Home Office

Where crime clusters

police.uk publishes anonymised "on or near" points, not named hotspots. The map above shows where they cluster, with the crime layer on.

Clusters of anonymised on-or-near markers, not addresses · police.uk

Who lives here? from Test Valley

Population130,492

ONS Census 2021 (Nomis) · this neighbourhood

Relative deprivation — this area's neighbourhoods average 8/10 · little changed since 2019. A higher number means less deprivation. Roughly 75% of English neighbourhoods fall in more-deprived bands.

Full deprivation breakdown — all seven domains

DEPRIVATION

IMD decile 8/10

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WHAT THIS MEANSThis area scores 8/10 on the Index of Multiple Deprivation — less deprived than most (averaged across its neighbourhoods). About 75% of neighbourhoods in England are more deprived than this area. The scale runs 1 (most deprived 10%) to 10 (least deprived).

SINCE 2019Was IMD decile 8 in 2019 — little changed since.

The seven things the index measures, each on the same 1–10 scale (higher = better). A low bar shows where the deprivation actually is.

Income

7.6/10

Employment

7.8/10

Education & skills

7.3/10

Health & disability

7.7/10

Crime

6.8/10

Housing & services

5.3/10

Living environment

6.8/10

Index of Multiple Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG), averaged over the LSOAs in this area. · IoD2025

Figures for the wider Test Valley — the same across neighbouring areas. This page's own prices, crime and streets are shown in full on their tabs.

Employment rate · residents aged 16+62%

Unemployment · economically active residents3.4%

Degree-level (Level 4+)36%

Good or very good health85%

Own their home69%

Median age44.3

Born outside the UK11%

See the full Test Valley report →

ONS Census 2021 · wider district

Schools This street

100% of the 3 nearest inspected schools are rated Good or Outstanding. Catchments shown are the council-published ones where held, estimates otherwise — always labelled.

Ofsted

3 of 3 inspected schools rated Good or Outstanding
of the 3 nearest inspected schools

GIAS + Ofsted · post-Sept-2024 inspections show "Inspected — see report"

Catchments

Likely-nearest catchment line per school where councils publish polygons; estimated by distance otherwise — always labelled which.

Council catchment polygons + GIAS

Nearest schools 25 nearest schools

AllPrimarySecondaryGrammarNursery

School	Phase	Ofsted	Distance
Knightwood Primary School	Primary	Inspected '25 — see report	0.2 km
360 Degree Sports Coaching - Knightwood	Nursery	—	0.9 km
Dragonflies Day Nursery & Out Of School Clubs	Nursery	Good ('21)	0.9 km
Little Delwood Kindergarten And Adventures	Nursery	Good ('22)	1.1 km
Forest Footsteps Childcare	Nursery	Good ('25)	1.2 km
St Francis Church of England Primary School	Primary	Good ('24)	1.2 km
Kids2Day Pre-School	Nursery	Good ('25)	1.3 km
Little 1 Nursery Ltd	Nursery	Good ('25)	1.3 km
Mulberry Corner Nursery and Preschool	Nursery	—	1.5 km
Chandler's Ford Infant School	Primary	Inspected '25 — see report	1.7 km
Hiltingbury Infant School	Primary	Outstanding ('23)	1.8 km
Hiltingbury Junior School	Primary	Good ('23)	1.8 km
Parkview Community Playgroup	Nursery	Good ('23)	1.8 km
Peter Pan Pre-School	Nursery	Good ('25)	2.2 km
Sherborne House School	Primary	—	2.2 km
Ace Sports at Sherborne House School	Nursery	—	2.2 km
Sherborne House Nursery	Nursery	Good ('22)	2.2 km
Merdon Junior School	Primary	Inspected '25 — see report	2.2 km
CodeNinjas Chandlers Ford	Nursery	—	2.3 km
St Swithun Wells Catholic Primary School, Chandlers Ford	Primary	—	2.4 km
Ampfield Childcare Hub	Nursery	—	2.4 km
North Baddesley Infant School	Primary	—	2.4 km
The Toynbee School	Secondary	—	2.4 km
Big Mouth Theatre, Eastleigh	Nursery	—	2.4 km
Fryern Infant School	Primary	—	2.5 km

Nearest first · type to search all schools, or filter by phase · click a school → its full report page · GIAS + Ofsted

Health This street

nearest GP surgeries · nearest 1.5 km
NHS ODS

nearest dentists · nearest 1.2 km
NHS ODS

nearest pharmacies · nearest 1.2 km
NHS ODS

4 of 4 CQC-rated providers nearby are Good or Outstanding.

Nearest GPs, dentists & pharmacies

AllGPsDentistsPharmacies

Name	Type	CQC rating	Distance
Park Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	1.2 km
Hursley Road Dental Practice	Dentist	—	1.2 km
Hursley Road Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	1.4 km
Park Surgery	GP	—	1.5 km
The Smiles Studio	Dentist	—	1.8 km
Dental Surgery	Dentist	—	1.8 km
Day Lewis Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	2.0 km
Boots	Pharmacy	—	2.2 km
Dental Surgery	Dentist	—	2.3 km
Smile Dental Care	Dentist	—	2.3 km
The Fryern Surgery	GP	—	2.3 km
Falkland Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	2.4 km
North Baddesley Surgery	GP	Good ('16)	2.6 km
Clover Practice Limited	Dentist	—	2.6 km
Boots	Pharmacy	—	2.6 km
Hendrickse Dental Health	Dentist	—	2.6 km
Asda Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	2.7 km
Boyatt Wood Surgery	GP	—	3.4 km
Boyatt Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	3.4 km
Periosouth	Dentist	—	3.8 km
Genix Dental Care Ltd	Dentist	—	4.1 km
Smile Dental Care Eastleigh	Dentist	—	4.1 km
Philip Sommereux And Associates	Dentist	—	4.1 km
Eastleigh Medical Practice	GP	—	4.1 km
Eastleigh Dental Clinic	Dentist	—	4.1 km
Dental Surgery	Dentist	—	4.2 km
Boots	Pharmacy	—	4.4 km
Market Street (Dental Surgery)	Dentist	—	4.4 km
St. Andrew'S Surgery	GP	Good ('16)	4.5 km
Wainwrights Chemist	Pharmacy	—	5.2 km
Dental Department	Dentist	—	5.4 km
Day Lewis Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	5.5 km
Aldermoor Surgery	GP	Good ('20)	5.5 km
Burgess Road (Dental Surgery)	Dentist	—	5.6 km
Burgess Road Surgery	GP	—	5.7 km
Burgess Road Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	5.7 km
Dental Surgery	Dentist	—	5.7 km
Stoneham Lane Surgery	GP	Good ('17)	5.7 km
Carefirst Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	5.7 km
Nightingale Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	5.8 km
Lordshill Health Centre	GP	—	6.0 km
Lordshill Health Centre	Dentist	—	6.0 km
Lordshill Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	6.0 km
Maybush Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	6.4 km

Nearest first · type to search, or filter by type · click a provider → its full page · NHS ODS + CQC · — = not CQC-rated (e.g. pharmacies)

Getting around from Test Valley

5 nearest stations; the fastest to London is 67 min from Southampton Airport Parkway Rail Station.

Rail — 5 nearest stations

Station	Distance	To London	Fastest
Chandlers Ford Rail Station	0.9 mi	—	no direct train
Eastleigh Rail Station	2.7 mi	London Waterloo	76 min
Southampton Airport Parkway Rail Station	3.2 mi	London Waterloo	67 min
Swaythling Rail Station	3.5 mi	London Waterloo	104 min
Romsey Rail Station	3.8 mi	—	no direct train

Nearest first (miles from the area centre) · fastest London time in bold — from Southampton Airport Parkway Rail Station (67 min) · click a station → its page · National Rail

Travel to work

Drive

52%

Work from home

36%

Walk or cycle

Public transport

Census travel-to-work — how residents commute

EV charging8 points

Per 10,000 residents0.6

National Chargepoint Registry · pins on the map · speed split (rapid/fast/slow) pending NCR field ingestion

Environment from Test Valley

Air quality

NO₂

6.9

— WHO guide

PM2.5

6.1

— WHO guide

µg/m³ annual mean · DEFRA

Ground checks

Surface water 1-in-1001.7%

Flood zone4.3% of postcodes

RadonAffected Area (up to 3–5%)

Historic landfill145 sites within ~1 km

EA · UKHSA/BGS · Mining Remediation Authority — indicative, not a property search

Transport noise (Defra)

Road & rail noise bands (≥55 / ≥65 dB Lden) are being added — not yet available for this area. They cover major sources only; "not mapped" ≠ "quiet".

Defra strategic noise mapping

Heritage & green space

Listed buildings2,097

Conservation areas33

Green belt0%

Green spaces2,219

Historic England · OS Open Greenspace

Amenities from Test Valley

What's here

Category	Count	Note
Eat & drink	269	97% hygiene 4★+ (FSA)
Shops	80	supermarkets & convenience stores
Gyms, leisure & playgrounds	28	—
Green spaces & parks	2,219	filled areas on the map

OSM + FSA

Broadband

Gigabit

58.7%

Superfast

89.2%

Ultrafast

59.1%

% of premises · Ofcom Connected Nations

Local economy from Test Valley

Figures for the wider Test Valley — the same across neighbouring areas. This page's own prices, crime and streets are shown in full on their tabs.

Unemployment rate3.4%

In work (employment rate)61.7%

Companies registered here8,315

New incorporations (12m)879

Property companies (SPVs)817

See the full Test Valley report →

Companies House + ONS Census 2021 · wider district