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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

SO212JU

Keble Close

SO224EX

Crescent Close

SO224HT

Silkstead Lane

SO212ET

Cranbourne Drive

SO224HB

Olivers Battery Road South

SO224HL

Partridge Down

SO224PN

Rances Way

SO212AF

Field Way

SO212AR

Carmans Lane

SO212BL

Bridge Lane

SO224BQ

Mount View Close

SO224HA

Olivers Battery Road South

SO224JR

Old Kennels Lane

SO212AD

Shepherds Lane

SO224EP

Falcon View

SO224HH

Plovers Down

SO224LJ

Elder Close

SO224LR

Broad Chalke Down

SO224QQ

Honeysuckle Close

SO225SB

Austin Drive

SO212AP

Cliff Way

SO224JA

Olivers Battery Road North

SO224LS

Barley Down Drive

SO225TJ

Romsey Road

SO212LA

Hursley Park Road

SO224LX

Lark Hill Rise

SO212AL

Clease Way

SO212ES

Cranbourne Drive

SO212JZ

Badger Farm and Oliver's Battery

SO212LE

Ladwell

SO224PX

Plough Way

SO224PZ

Charfield Close

SO212LH

Heathcote Place

SO212AZ

Martins Fields

SO224BA

Queens Mead

SO224HW

Compton Way

SO225PU

Woodfield Drive

SO212AW

Hurdle Way

SO224BJ

Drayton Street

SO225QA

Nightingale Close

SO224BH

Battery Hill

SO224QR

Ivy Close

SO225QE

Sarum Road

SO225QR

Enmill Lane

SO510QP

Farley Chamberlayne

SO212JB

Meredun Close

SO212JX

Collins Lane

SO225PP

Oaklands Close

SO225PQ

Romsey Road

SO212AE

Field Close

SO212HL

Badger Farm and Oliver's Battery

SO212JJ

Badger Farm and Oliver's Battery

SO212JL

Sunlight Cottages

SO212LG

Silkstead Lane

SO224JE

May Tree Close

SO225SS

Swithun Way

SO212EP

Old Parsonage Court

SO212LQ

Bunstead Lane

SO224EZ

Olivers Battery Road South

SO225QN

Romsey Road

SO212JP

Main Road

SO224HP

Austen Avenue

SO224JF

May Tree Close

SO225SQ

Pitt Road

SO212AX

Attwoods Drove

SO224ER

Walpole Road

SO225QT

Sarum Road

SO225SE

Kings Drive

SO535QD

Hocombe Road

SO212BD

Badger Farm Road

SO212JY

Main Road

SO212RH

Badger Farm and Oliver's Battery

SO224HJ

Priors Way

SO224HY

Monmouth Square

SO224LH

Elder Close

SO225QW

Enmill Lane

SO212JT

Catways

SO212LB

Hursley Road

SO224LY

Fallow Field

SO225SW

Romsey Road

SO212BA

Place Lane

SO212EG

Coles Mede

SO224QB

The Croft

SO224LN

Westminster Gate

SO225SJ

Pitt Road

SO224EU

Olivers Battery Crescent

SO224EY

Compton Way

SO224PB

Lake Drive

SO212LL

Poles Lane

SO224HD

South View Road

SO224JP

Old Kennels Lane

SO224PY

Roydon Close

SO224LP

Fairfax Close

SO212AJ

Shepherds Lane

SO212BE

The Spinney

SO224JW

Beyne Road

SO224LE

Momford Road

SO212AB

Shepherds Lane

SO212JH

Standon Main Road

SO224HE

Compton Way

Data Sources

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