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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 38 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
38
Deprivation level
1/10
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
18.34(-42%)
Public order
4.13(-32%)
Burglary
3.77(+44%)
Other theft
3.52(-37%)
Anti-social behaviour
3.4(-71%)
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 101 recent sales, the median property price is £500,000 in Oliver's Battery and Hursley area, with individual transactions ranging from £189,400 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
Detached48£800,000
Flats4£260,500
Semi-Detached19£430,000
Terraced30£312,500

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

SO510QN

Farley Lane

SO225PD

Kings Road

SO224QS

Parliament Place

SO212JN

Hursley Park Road

SO225QB

Kings Road

SO212AS

Compton Street

SO224JX

Pine Close

SO225PW

Monarch Way

SO212LF

Poles Lane

SO225PG

Romsey Road

SO225QU

Monarch Way

SO225TL

Silkstead Park

SO212DZ

Poles Lane

SO212HH

Main Road

SO225SF

Manor Road

SO224JB

Olivers Battery Road North

SO225PH

Romsey Road

SO212JQ

Sussex Close

SO224JS

Old Kennels Lane

SO224LB

Old Kennels Close

SO225SD

Austin Drive

SO212JE

Farley Mount Road

SO224PW

Plough Way

SO224HU

Shepherds Close

SO224LL

Elder Close

SO212JG

South Lynch

SO212JS

Port Lane

SO224LG

Elder Close

SO224QF

Kestrel Close

SO224DW

Harvest Close

SO224LT

Rooks Down Road

SO225SL

Manor Road

SO212LJ

South End Close

SO224JH

Farley Close

SO224LA

Wedmore Close

SO224LZ

Harrow Down

SO212AT

Compton Street

SO212AU

Godwins Field

SO212FF

Martins Close

SO212UZ

Badger Farm and Oliver's Battery

SO224DS

Minden Way

SO224QH

Ashbarn Crescent

SO212HN

Cranbury Park

SO224JL

Braeside Close

SO225SU

St Paul

SO225PL

Monarch Way

SO212DY

Poles Lane

SO212FE

Southdown Place

SO224HG

Oliver's Battery Gardens

SO224HQ

Priors Way

SO224JZ

Lisle Close

SO212FU

Badger Farm and Oliver's Battery

SO224JG

Seldon Close

SO225PY

Woodfield Drive

SO225QD

Kilham Lane

SO225QF

Sarum View

SO224BF

Fairway Drive

SO224HS

Compton Way

SO224FF

The Croft

SO224JJ

Mount View Road

SO224JT

Old Kennels Lane

SO224QL

Wheatland Close

SO212AY

Attwoods Drove

SO224EW

Lowden Close

SO224JD

Olivers Battery Road South

SO224LQ

St Annes Close

SO224LU

Juniper Close

SO224JU

Broad View Lane

SO225PR

Romsey Road

SO225PX

Woodfield Drive

SO225SH

Manor Road

SO510QR

Farley Chamberlayne

SO212AN

Hurdle Way

SO224BG

Drayton Street

SO224BL

Stanmore Lane

SO224HF

Olivers Battery Gardens

SO225SN

Manor Road

SO224HN

Compton Close

SO224HR

Keats Close

SO535QS

Hocombe Road

SO212DU

Bourne Close

SO225PN

St Paul

SO225PZ

Branksome Close

SO212EL

Poles Lane

SO224JN

Treble Close

SO225PS

Kilham Lane

SO224HX

Wren Close

SO224QJ

Ashbarn Crescent

SO225SP

Pitt Road

SO510QL

Farley Lane

SO225QP

Badger Farm and Oliver's Battery

SO212BB

Otterbourne Road

SO224ET

Downlands Road

SO212JR

Main Road

SO212JW

Main Road

SO224PQ

Hazel Grove

SO224QP

Silverwood Close

SO239RZ

Badger Farm Road

SO212EA

Poles Lane

SO224QN

Rooksdown Road

Data Sources

All data is sourced from official UK government agencies and public datasets. Last updated: 16/01/2026.