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Oliver's Battery and Hursley

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About

Oliver's Battery sits on the southern edge of Winchester on a chalk ridge, the suburb named for a Civil War earthwork that crowns the hill. The battery itself is a shallow oval bank and ditch that looks back over the city and its cathedral spire. The neighbourhood contains a mix of post-war housing, a village green, a small parade of shops and a recreation ground, and it gives ready access to chalk downland and local footpaths that run toward the South Downs escarpment.

Hursley is a village a few miles to the south-west, set around a village green and pond and centred on St John the Baptist church, parts of which date to the medieval period. The 18th‑century Hursley House sits within Hursley Park and has housed research and development premises for IBM for many decades, a detail that links the estate to modern computing history. Narrow lanes and wooded farmland surround the parish, with farm entrances and parkland drives giving a clear sense of the area's long continuity of settlement and land use.

Area overview

On average Oliver's Battery and Hursley has very low deprivation and very low crime levels, with around 33 crimes per 1,000 residents per year. Approximately 9.1% of homes in this area are social housing provided by a local council or housing association. The average income per household in Oliver's Battery and Hursley is £77,551 per year. There are 6 schools in Oliver's Battery and Hursley: 4 primary (0 Outstanding and 4 Good) and 1 secondary (0 Outstanding and 1 Good). Oliver's Battery and Hursley is home to around 8,232 people, with a population density of about 176.6 per km2.

Crime rate
2/10
Crimes per 1k residents
33
Deprivation level
2/10
Income level
9/10
Social housing
9.1%
Connectivity
N/A

Area Profile

Oliver's Battery and Hursley Population
8,232
Population density
176.6 per km²

Crime

Crime per 1,000 population

Violence and sexual offences
17.74(-44%)
Anti-social behaviour
3.77(-69%)
Public order
3.52(-42%)
Other theft
3.52(-37%)
Burglary
2.31(-11%)
South East average

Demographics

Ethnic groups

British
6,974
84.72%
Other White
483
5.87%
Other Asian
121
1.47%
Indian
111
1.35%
Irish
102
1.24%
Total population: 8,232

Economics

Education (age 16+)

Level 4+ (Degree)
3,565
53.23%
Level 3 (A level)
1,096
16.37%
Level 2 (GCSEs 9-4)
762
11.38%
No qualifications
558
8.33%
Level 1 (GCSEs 3-1)
377
5.63%
Total 16+ residents: 6,697

Housing

Housing tenure

Owns outright
1,395
41.79%
Owns with a mortgage
1,040
31.16%
Private landlord or letting agency
516
15.46%
Social rents from council
182
5.45%
Other social rented
98
2.94%
Total households: 3,338

Property prices in Oliver's Battery and Hursley

Based on 112 recent sales, the median property price is £507,500 in Oliver's Battery and Hursley area, with individual transactions ranging from £112,500 up to £2,115,000.

Price distribution per property type (last year)

Price distribution by property type for Oliver's Battery and Hursley in the last year.

Median sale price and percentiles per property type (last year)

Median sale price, sales count, and percentile information for each property type in Oliver's Battery and Hursley over the last year.
TypeSalesMedian
Terraced38£334,000
Semi-Detached17£430,000
Detached53£705,000
Flats4£329,250

10 years median price trend in Oliver's Battery and Hursley

Ten year median sale price trend for each property type in Oliver's Battery and Hursley.

All postcodes in Oliver's Battery and Hursley

SO212AZ

Martins Fields

SO212AJ

Shepherds Lane

SO225SB

Austin Drive

SO212JP

Main Road

SO212BE

The Spinney

SO212DY

Poles Lane

SO212ET

Cranbourne Drive

SO224LA

Wedmore Close

SO224FJ

Walpole Road

SO212AX

Attwoods Drove

SO225SW

Romsey Road

SO239RZ

Badger Farm Road

SO212FE

Southdown Place

SO225QL

Clarendon Way

SO225SP

Pitt Road

SO225QU

Monarch Way

SO225PQ

Romsey Road

SO224JS

Old Kennels Lane

SO224PN

Rances Way

SO212DU

Bourne Close

SO224LG

Elder Close

SO212JZ

Badger Farm and Oliver's Battery

SO224LR

Broad Chalke Down

SO224LQ

St Annes Close

SO224LU

Juniper Close

SO212AD

Shepherds Lane

SO225SR

Pitt Road

SO224JA

Olivers Battery Road North

SO224HX

Wren Close

SO224LX

Lark Hill Rise

SO212HN

Cranbury Park

SO212JJ

Badger Farm and Oliver's Battery

SO212DZ

Poles Lane

SO224JN

Treble Close

SO224PZ

Charfield Close

SO224BJ

Drayton Street

SO225QP

Badger Farm and Oliver's Battery

SO212AP

Cliff Way

SO212JS

Port Lane

SO225PR

Romsey Road

SO224HD

South View Road

SO224FH

Cavalry Gardens

SO224PG

Cromwell Place

SO224PX

Plough Way

SO225QB

Kings Road

SO212JL

Sunlight Cottages

SO225QT

Sarum Road

SO224JT

Old Kennels Lane

SO224QN

Rooksdown Road

SO225SS

Swithun Way

SO212LB

Hursley Road

SO212LF

Poles Lane

SO212JQ

Sussex Close

SO225PU

Woodfield Drive

SO224HG

Oliver's Battery Gardens

SO212AE

Field Close

SO212HL

Badger Farm and Oliver's Battery

SO225PH

Romsey Road

SO212JX

Collins Lane

SO224BL

Stanmore Lane

SO225QA

Nightingale Close

SO224LF

Olivers Battery Road South

SO212AF

Field Way

SO224JX

Pine Close

SO225SE

Kings Drive

SO224BG

Drayton Street

SO224LW

Ashbarn Crescent

SO212AW

Hurdle Way

SO224JJ

Mount View Road

SO212EL

Poles Lane

SO212JU

Keble Close

SO212LQ

Bunstead Lane

SO212LL

Poles Lane

SO224LB

Old Kennels Close

SO225PW

Monarch Way

SO225PZ

Branksome Close

SO224JH

Farley Close

SO212AT

Compton Street

SO535QD

Hocombe Road

SO224QB

The Croft

SO225SA

Knights Crescent

SO212EA

Poles Lane

SO224QP

Silverwood Close

SO225PS

Kilham Lane

SO225QW

Enmill Lane

SO224HE

Compton Way

SO212ES

Cranbourne Drive

SO212JN

Hursley Park Road

SO224LE

Momford Road

SO224QJ

Ashbarn Crescent

SO224JG

Seldon Close

SO212JR

Main Road

SO224HU

Shepherds Close

SO225SU

St Paul

SO212LG

Silkstead Lane

SO212EH

Cranbury Close

SO224HH

Plovers Down

SO225QR

Enmill Lane

SO225SF

Manor Road

SO225SD

Austin Drive

Data Sources

All data is sourced from official UK government agencies and public datasets. Last updated: 16/05/2026.