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Merchants Walk

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7 recorded sales · median £310,000 · Southampton

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Southampton Council · Labour minority — no overall control 24/51 seats · 47% · OCD 2026

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

62/100

Mixed

AcreRight area score · our comparison, not an official rating

£310k

median price

12.3

crimes per 1,000 residents each month

£310k

median sold price

6.6 yrs

of local pay to buy

75 min

London — fastest

rail stations

grammar schools

schools total

12.3

crimes per 1,000 residents each month

1,129

Violence — most

12.7

NO₂ · WHO 10

in a flood zone

253

green spaces

6.7

PM2.5 · WHO 5

703

eat & drink

224

shops

92.1%

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

Not enough history to chart yet.

⌄ On this street: every recorded sale is listed under Cost — this is the finest level we hold. Everything else is shown for the wider Southampton, 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 £310,000. That's about 6.6× local earnings — around the 7× five-year average.

Sold price history

Not enough history to chart yet.

Median sold price · median of all 7 sales£310,000

HM Land Registry Price Paid

By property type

Too few sales by type to chart.

Typical home price compared with annual local pay6.6× · five-year average 7×

HM Land Registry, 12 months

Home ownership48%

Owned outright

23%

With a mortgage

25%

Private rented

29%

Social rented

22%

Households owning their home · ONS Census 2021

Council tax£2,381

Your band:

Southampton City Council£1,998

Police & Crime Commissioner£290

Fire & Rescue£93

Council tax bands A–H

Band A£1,588

Band B£1,852

Band C£2,117

Band D (baseline)£2,381

Band E£2,911

Band F£3,440

Band G£3,969

Band H£4,763

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 Southampton how Merchants Walk compares · from Southampton

⌃ Fastest 5-yr growth: Redbridge +69.2%

Neighbourhood	Median price	5-year change	Sales, 12m
Redbridge	£240,000	+69.2%	51
Glen Eyre	£350,000	+54.3%	101
Newtown	£216,000	+34.2%	29
Old Shirley	£252,000	+33.3%	48
Hampton Park	£295,000	+31.5%	87
Southampton	£185,000	+31.2%	173
Pleasant View	£279,000	+31.1%	54
Hill	£235,500	+30%	144
Weston	£255,000	+29.1%	34
Nichols Town	£230,000	+28.9%	15
Lordswood	£298,000	+26.5%	69
Coxford	£244,000	+26.2%	93
Freemantle	£250,000	+25.1%	163
Botany Bay	£260,000	+24.6%	115
Lordshill	£252,000	+23.8%	41
Merry Oak	£271,750	+22.2%	72
Regents Park	£281,500	+22.1%	107
Highfield	£416,300	+21.5%	61
Bitterne	£280,000	+21.5%	155
Thornhill	£255,000	+21.4%	59
Mansel Park	£250,000	+21.1%	45
Sholing	£275,000	+20%	158
Itchen	£247,000	+20%	247
Swaythling	£294,894	+19.6%	92
Maybush	£256,000	+18.2%	75
Wimpson	£260,000	+17.3%	102
Sholing Common	£260,000	+16.7%	88
Hollybrook	£285,000	+16.3%	101
Banister's Park	£220,000	+15.8%	132
St James	£408,750	+15.6%	126
Weston Common	£240,500	+15.5%	144
Woolston	£247,960	+15.2%	299
Mansbridge	£251,000	+14.6%	24
Townhill Park	£275,000	+14.4%	83
Thornhill Park	£245,000	+13.9%	54
Shirley Park	£236,750	+13.1%	104
Midanbury	£285,000	+12.5%	158
Harefield	£270,000	+11.6%	160
Westwood Park	£205,000	+9.3%	149
Portswood Park	£190,000	+6.7%	45
Bevois Town	£238,000	+4.6%	125
St Denys	£230,000	+2.7%	82
Bitterne Park	£280,000	+2.3%	175
St Mary's	£194,250	-3%	178
The Polygon	£220,000	-4.3%	176
Portswood	£178,250	-9.9%	883
Shirley	£194,000	-12%	92

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 Merchants Walk — sold prices

Filters

Address	Type	Beds	EPC	Price	Date
3, Merchants Walk	Detached	—	—	£415,000	Apr 2022
3, Merchants Walk	Detached	—	—	£350,000	Aug 2018
2, Merchants Walk	Terraced	—	—	£310,000	Apr 2015
5, Merchants Walk	Terraced	—	—	£322,500	Mar 2007
2, Merchants Walk	Detached	—	—	£129,950	May 1999
6 MERCHANTS WALK	Terraced	—	—	£143,000	May 1999
4 MERCHANTS WALK	Terraced	—	—	£114,500	Oct 1996

Show all sales ↓

7 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 Southampton

Crime runs at 12.3 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 / month12.3

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

By category, 12 months from Southampton

Violence & sexual offences

1,129

Anti-social behaviour

359

Shoplifting

342

Public order

291

Criminal damage & arson

220

Other theft

197

Recorded crimes by category across the whole Southampton 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 Southampton

Population248,922

ONS Census 2021 (Nomis) · this neighbourhood

Relative deprivation — this area's neighbourhoods average 5/10 · improved since 2019. A higher number means less deprivation. Roughly 45% of English neighbourhoods fall in more-deprived bands.

Full deprivation breakdown — all seven domains

DEPRIVATION

IMD decile 5/10

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WHAT THIS MEANSThis area scores 5/10 on the Index of Multiple Deprivation — around the national average (averaged across its neighbourhoods). About 45% 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 4 in 2019 — has improved 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

4.8/10

Employment

5.2/10

Education & skills

4.6/10

Health & disability

3.6/10

Crime

2.8/10

Housing & services

7.5/10

Living environment

4.9/10

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

Figures for the wider Southampton — 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+58%

Unemployment · economically active residents6.6%

Degree-level (Level 4+)32%

Good or very good health83%

Own their home48%

Median age34.7

Born outside the UK24%

See the full Southampton report →

ONS Census 2021 · wider district

Schools This street

100% of the 4 nearest inspected schools are rated Good or Outstanding. Catchments shown are the council-published ones where held, estimates otherwise — always labelled.

Ofsted

4 of 4 inspected schools rated Good or Outstanding
of the 4 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
Paint Pots Preschool @ St Joseph's	Nursery	—	0.1 km
St John's Primary and Nursery School	Primary	Inspected '25 — see report	0.1 km
My Ohana IKEA Southampton	Nursery	—	0.4 km
Hope Community School Southampton	Primary	Good ('22)	0.8 km
ComputerXplorers	Nursery	—	0.8 km
Heritage House	Nursery	—	0.9 km
Play Away Day Nurseries Ltd	Nursery	Good ('25)	1.0 km
Sunrise Day Nursery	Nursery	Good ('22)	1.0 km
St Mary's Church of England Primary School & Nursery	Primary	Outstanding ('23)	1.1 km
Southampton Tuition Centre	Nursery	—	1.4 km
Bright Horizons Southampton Day Nursery and Preschool	Nursery	Good ('23)	1.6 km
Paint Pots Preschool & Nursery	Nursery	Outstanding ('25)	1.6 km
Springhill Catholic Primary School	Primary	Outstanding ('22)	1.8 km
Start Point Northam	Nursery	Good ('20)	1.8 km
St Anne's Catholic School	Secondary	—	1.8 km
YMCA Woolston Day Nursery	Nursery	Good ('21)	1.9 km
Mount Pleasant Infants	Primary	Inspected '25 — see report	1.9 km
Dingley Family And Specialist Early Years Centres	Nursery	Good ('25)	1.9 km
Paint Pots Preschool & Nursery	Nursery	Good ('23)	2.0 km
Freemantle Church of England Community Academy	Primary	—	2.0 km
Banister Primary School	Primary	—	2.0 km
Mount Pleasant Juniors	Primary	Outstanding ('23)	2.1 km
Sunshine Pre-School and Day Nursery	Nursery	Good ('22)	2.1 km
The Shore Woolston	Nursery	Good ('25)	2.1 km
Hayfield Forest School	Nursery	—	2.1 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 1.0 km
NHS ODS

nearest dentists · nearest 0.4 km
NHS ODS

nearest pharmacies · nearest 0.2 km
NHS ODS

10 of 10 CQC-rated providers nearby are Good or Outstanding.

Nearest GPs, dentists & pharmacies

AllGPsDentistsPharmacies

Name	Type	CQC rating	Distance
Telephone House Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	0.2 km
Hampshire Dentists	Dentist	—	0.4 km
26 Queens Terrace (Dental Practice)	Dentist	—	0.6 km
Boots	Pharmacy	—	0.6 km
Boots	Pharmacy	—	0.7 km
Colosseum Dental (Dale Road)	Dentist	—	0.7 km
Ferry Dental Centre	Dentist	—	1.0 km
Kingsland Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	1.0 km
Southampton Sea City Partnership	GP	—	1.0 km
Sk Roy Dispensing Chemists	Pharmacy	—	1.3 km
Spiralstone Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	1.4 km
Bassil Chemist	Pharmacy	—	1.4 km
Brunswick Place Dental	Dentist	—	1.4 km
Dental Surgery	Dentist	—	1.6 km
Southampton Orthodontic Centre L	Dentist	—	1.7 km
Dental Department	Dentist	—	1.7 km
Solent Dental Services	Dentist	—	1.7 km
Damira Quayside	Dentist	—	1.7 km
Dental Surgery	Dentist	—	1.7 km
Walnut Tree Surgery	GP	Good ('17)	1.9 km
Trafalgar Dental Practice	Dentist	—	1.9 km
Superdrug Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	1.9 km
Homeless Healthcare Team	GP	—	1.9 km
Atherley House Surgery	GP	Good ('17)	2.0 km
Hill Lane Surgery	GP	Good ('16)	2.0 km
Dental Surgery	Dentist	—	2.3 km
Woolston And Chartwell Partnership	GP	—	2.4 km
Woolston Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	2.4 km
Spcl Surgery	GP	—	2.4 km
St. Peters Surgery	GP	—	2.4 km
Shirley Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	2.5 km
Raymond Road Surgery	GP	Good ('19)	2.5 km
Dental Department	Dentist	—	2.6 km
Old Fire Station Surgery	GP	Good ('16)	2.6 km
Alma Road Surgery	GP	—	2.6 km
Solent Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	2.7 km
Living Well Partnership	GP	—	2.8 km
Weston Lane Dental Surgery	Dentist	—	2.8 km
Pharmacy Direct	Pharmacy	—	2.8 km
Pharmacy Direct	Pharmacy	—	2.8 km
The Shirley Health Partnership	GP	—	2.8 km
Pharmacy Direct	Pharmacy	—	2.8 km
Cheviot Road Surgery	GP	—	3.0 km
Marchwood Dental Centre	Dentist	—	3.1 km
Boots	Pharmacy	—	3.1 km
Waterfront And Solent Surgery	GP	Good ('17)	3.2 km
Shirley Dental Walk-In Centre	Dentist	—	3.2 km
Boots	Pharmacy	—	3.2 km
Regent'S Park Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	3.2 km
Boots	Pharmacy	—	3.2 km
Day Lewis Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	3.2 km
Day Lewis Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	3.2 km
Dental Surgery	Dentist	—	3.2 km
Dental Surgery	Dentist	—	3.4 km
Victor Street Surgery	GP	Good ('16)	3.4 km
The Precinct Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	3.4 km
Marchwood Dental Practice	Dentist	—	3.4 km
Dental Surgery	Dentist	—	3.5 km
Dental Surgery	Dentist	—	3.5 km
Dental Surgery	Dentist	—	3.5 km
O'Callaghan Dental Surgeon	Dentist	—	3.6 km
Oakley Road Dental Practice	Dentist	—	3.7 km
Superdrug Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	3.7 km
Boots	Pharmacy	—	3.7 km
Brook House Surgery	GP	Good ('19)	3.8 km
West End Road Surgery	GP	—	3.9 km
Bitterne Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	3.9 km
Highfield Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	3.9 km
University Health Service Southampton	GP	—	4.0 km
Solent Gp Surgery	GP	—	4.1 km
Red And Green Practice	GP	—	4.4 km
Burgess Road Surgery	GP	—	4.7 km
The Peartree Practice	GP	—	4.7 km
Aldermoor Surgery	GP	Good ('20)	4.9 km
Stoneham Lane Surgery	GP	Good ('17)	5.0 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 Southampton

5 nearest stations; the fastest to London is 75 min from Southampton Central Rail Station.

Rail — 5 nearest stations

Station	Distance	To London	Fastest
Southampton Central Rail Station	0.7 mi	London Waterloo	75 min
Woolston Rail Station	1.3 mi	—	no direct train
Millbrook (Hants) Rail Station	1.5 mi	—	no direct train
Sholing Rail Station	1.8 mi	—	no direct train
St Denys Rail Station	1.8 mi	London Waterloo	107 min

Nearest first (miles from the area centre) · fastest London time in bold — from Southampton Central Rail Station (75 min) · click a station → its page · National Rail

Travel to work

Drive

49%

Work from home

26%

Walk or cycle

15%

Public transport

Census travel-to-work — how residents commute

EV charging8 points

Per 10,000 residents0.3

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

Environment from Southampton

Air quality

NO₂

12.7

— WHO guide

PM2.5

6.7

— WHO guide

µg/m³ annual mean · DEFRA

Ground checks

Surface water 1-in-1000.8%

Flood zone4% of postcodes

RadonAffected Area (up to 3–5%)

Historic landfill77 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 buildings314

Conservation areas20

Green belt0%

Green spaces253

Historic England · OS Open Greenspace

Amenities from Southampton

What's here

Category	Count	Note
Eat & drink	703	87% hygiene 4★+ (FSA)
Shops	224	supermarkets & convenience stores
Gyms, leisure & playgrounds	30	—
Green spaces & parks	253	filled areas on the map

OSM + FSA

Broadband

Gigabit

92.1%

Superfast

96.9%

Ultrafast

93%

% of premises · Ofcom Connected Nations

Local economy from Southampton

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

Unemployment rate6.6%

In work (employment rate)57.9%

Companies registered here14,401

New incorporations (12m)2,202

Property companies (SPVs)1,498

See the full Southampton report →

Companies House + ONS Census 2021 · wider district