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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

SO212BD

Badger Farm Road

SO224PW

Plough Way

SO224DS

Minden Way

SO224LT

Rooks Down Road

SO225PL

Monarch Way

SO224JW

Beyne Road

SO224HR

Keats Close

SO224HY

Monmouth Square

SO224HW

Compton Way

SO510QP

Farley Chamberlayne

SO224HT

Silkstead Lane

SO212BA

Place Lane

SO224DW

Harvest Close

SO224EZ

Olivers Battery Road South

SO224ER

Walpole Road

SO224QS

Parliament Place

SO224HS

Compton Way

SO224JD

Olivers Battery Road South

SO224BH

Battery Hill

SO212EG

Coles Mede

SO225TL

Silkstead Park

SO225PN

St Paul

SO224JF

May Tree Close

SO224EU

Olivers Battery Crescent

SO212JA

Meredun Close

SO224BF

Fairway Drive

SO212LA

Hursley Park Road

SO225PD

Kings Road

SO224PY

Roydon Close

SO224JZ

Lisle Close

SO225PT

Kilham Lane

SO224JB

Olivers Battery Road North

SO224LS

Barley Down Drive

SO225TJ

Romsey Road

SO212FF

Martins Close

SO224ET

Downlands Road

SO224EW

Lowden Close

SO224JU

Broad View Lane

SO225PX

Woodfield Drive

SO212RH

Badger Farm and Oliver's Battery

SO225PY

Woodfield Drive

SO224JP

Old Kennels Lane

SO510QN

Farley Lane

SO225QN

Romsey Road

SO224BQ

Mount View Close

SO224HP

Austen Avenue

SO224JR

Old Kennels Lane

SO212BB

Otterbourne Road

SO225QD

Kilham Lane

SO224QG

Swift Close

SO212UZ

Badger Farm and Oliver's Battery

SO212BL

Bridge Lane

SO224JE

May Tree Close

SO212JG

South Lynch

SO212AY

Attwoods Drove

SO224QH

Ashbarn Crescent

SO510QL

Farley Lane

SO224HJ

Priors Way

SO224HF

Olivers Battery Gardens

SO224HL

Partridge Down

SO224EX

Crescent Close

SO224HQ

Priors Way

SO212JY

Main Road

SO224QL

Wheatland Close

SO225QX

Romsey Road

SO212AU

Godwins Field

SO212JE

Farley Mount Road

SO224HB

Olivers Battery Road South

SO224JY

Beech Close

SO224PQ

Hazel Grove

SO224JL

Braeside Close

SO535QS

Hocombe Road

SO225ST

Stopher Walk

SO212JW

Main Road

SO212AB

Shepherds Lane

SO224LL

Elder Close

SO224QQ

Honeysuckle Close

SO224BA

Queens Mead

SO212JT

Catways

SO224HA

Olivers Battery Road South

SO212EP

Old Parsonage Court

SO212AS

Compton Street

SO225PG

Romsey Road

SO224JQ

Olivers Battery Road South

SO224LN

Westminster Gate

SO510QR

Farley Chamberlayne

SO212FU

Badger Farm and Oliver's Battery

SO212JB

Meredun Close

SO224LY

Fallow Field

SO225SH

Manor Road

SO224FF

The Croft

SO224BN

Stanmore Lane

SO225SN

Manor Road

SO224LJ

Elder Close

SO212AR

Carmans Lane

SO225PP

Oaklands Close

SO224LP

Fairfax Close

SO224HN

Compton Close

SO212AL

Clease Way

SO225SL

Manor Road

Data Sources

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