SO23
Outer Postcode Area • 1,620 PostcodesWorking on listings or site checks?
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Commercial location facts for SO23
Local facts for retail and business operators: residents, deprivation, nearby food businesses, noise and planning constraints.
English IoD 2025, 10 = least deprived
Food Standards Agency register
Not on the Defra noise map
Use class rights depend on the premises: check with the council
Local facts for businesses
Official figures for SO23. Footfall, spending and rents are not measured here.
Food and drink businesses within 1 km
- Restaurants and cafés88
- Takeaways19
- Pubs and bars18
- Food shops and supermarkets45
Food Standards Agency register of inspected premises.
Planning constraints
planning.data.gov.uk (DLUHC) & Historic England
- Article 4 direction
- Not published
- Conservation area
- None recorded
- Tree preservation zone
- Not published
- Winchester has not published Article 4 direction areas to planning.data.gov.uk, so they could not be checked.
- Not in a conservation area recorded by the council.
- 2 listed building(s) within 100m (nearest: Grade II 55-57, WALES STREET, 81m). Work affecting their setting may need extra consent.
Spatial screening uses the postcode centroid. Properties on boundaries must be checked against the council’s own maps.
Noise Pollution & Airport Flight Paths
Defra Strategic Noise Mapping (Agglomerations & Major Transport)
Data quality: Aggregated across 1,620 constituent postcodes
1620 official/live sections, 0 fallback sections, 0 missing or limited sections. Generated 7 Oct 2026, 08:39.
Frequently Asked Questions
Official open-data answers about safety, schools, connectivity, and living in SO23.
Is SO23 a good place to live?
SO23 in Winchester scores 52.1/100 overall in the Postcodewise area report, which combines safety, schools, transport, housing, demographics, environment and connectivity from official open data.
What is the crime rate in SO23?
The SO23 report shows recent police-recorded crime levels and trends in Winchester, sourced from Police.uk street-level data.
What schools are near SO23?
The SO23 schools report lists nearby primary and secondary schools with Ofsted-linked ratings and distances.
How well connected is SO23?
The SO23 report covers nearby transport links, broadband speeds and mobile coverage for the area.
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