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Castle Road, Bitterne Park, Southampton

MyStreetCheck free street report: Castle Road, Bitterne Park, Southampton · 31 October 2026 · www.mystreetcheck.co.uk/southampton-southampton/castle-road/

House prices, sold prices and local information for SO18 1QP, SO18 1TY, SO18 1TU.

Average price (last 12 months)
£264,333
3 sales
Average price (since 2016)
£268,597
33 sales
Price range
£92k – £447k
lowest to highest sale
Last sale
22 May 2026
SO18 1QP

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At a glance

House prices£264k averageAbout the Southampton average CrimeAbout averageHigher crime than about 50% of neighbourhoods in England DeprivationAbout averageDecile 6 of 10 (10 = least deprived) Nearest station15 min walkBitterne station Schools3 rated Good or betterWithin 1.5 miles Ultrafast broadband100% of homesNational average 80% Freehold or leasehold68% freeholdAcross 37 Land Registry sales Conservation areaChecking…Planning designations Green beltChecking…Planning designations Listed buildingsChecking…Within about 200 m Planning applicationsChecking…Within 500 m, last 90 days

33 property sales on Castle Road, Bitterne Park, Southampton have been recorded by HM Land Registry since 2016. In the last 12 months 3 homes sold here for an average of £264,333. Most sales here are semi-detached homes, which have sold for an average of £307,794. Average sale prices rose from £251,500 in 2016 to £261,500 in 2026 (+4%), though averages on a single street can swing with the mix of homes sold. 5 homes here have sold more than once since 2016; 5 of them sold for more the second time. By property type, sales here have been 52% semi-detached, 24% detached, 24% flat. Recorded sale prices on Castle Road range from £92,000 to £447,000. 68% of homes sold here were freehold and 32% leasehold. Of 477 streets in Southampton with at least two sales in the last year, Castle Road ranks 225th for average price.

House prices on Castle Road compared

Castle Road£264,333
SO18 postcode area£291,047
Southampton£269,510
England & Wales£358,701

Average sale price over the last 12 months. See all SO18 house prices.

Average sale price by year

2016: £251,500 (4 sales)2016£252k2017: £255,833 (3 sales)2017£256k2018: £122,000 (1 sales)2018£122k2019: £253,340 (5 sales)2019£253k2020: £277,857 (7 sales)2020£278k2021: £275,000 (1 sales)2021£275k2022: £357,500 (2 sales)2022£358k2023: £375,000 (1 sales)2023£375k2024: £334,375 (4 sales)2024£334k2025: £177,000 (3 sales)2025£177k2026: £261,500 (2 sales)2026£262k

Tenure: 68% freehold and 32% leasehold across 37 recorded sales. Lease extension calculator.

Prices by property type

TypeSalesAverage priceLast sold
Semi-detached17£307,79422 May 2026
Detached8£318,65025 Nov 2025
Flat8£135,25017 Mar 2026

Sold prices on Castle Road

AddressDatePriceTypeTenure
71, Castle Road SO18 1QP 22 May 2026£350,000 Semi-detachedFreehold
Flat 7, Castle Heights, Castle Road SO18 1TY 17 Mar 2026£173,000 FlatLeasehold
Flat 3, Castle Court, Castle Road SO18 1TU 1 Dec 2025£116,000 FlatLeasehold
26, Castle Road SO18 1QQ 25 Nov 2025£270,000 DetachedFreehold
Flat 2, Castle Court, Castle Road SO18 1TU 3 Sep 2025£124,000 FlatLeasehold
Flat 8, Castle Heights, Castle Road SO18 1TY 26 Mar 2025£137,000 FlatLeasehold
79, Castle Road SO18 1QP 6 Dec 2024£375,000 Semi-detachedFreehold
71, Castle Road SO18 1QP 5 Dec 2024£342,500 Semi-detachedFreehold
Flat 1, Castle Heights, Castle Road SO18 1TY 17 Sep 2024£173,000 FlatLeasehold
14, Castle Road SO18 1QQ 20 May 2024£447,000 DetachedFreehold
65, Castle Road SO18 1QP 11 Aug 2023£375,000 DetachedFreehold
57, Castle Road SO18 1QP 11 Nov 2022£400,000 Semi-detachedFreehold
Flat 6, Castle Heights, Castle Road SO18 1TY 10 Oct 2022£146,000 FlatLeasehold
35, Castle Road SO18 1QP 17 Aug 2022£315,000 Semi-detachedFreehold
Flat 6, Castle Heights, Castle Road SO18 1TY 29 Apr 2022£125,000 FlatLeasehold
Flat 9, Castle Heights, Castle Road SO18 1TY 21 Apr 2022£128,000 FlatLeasehold
13, Castle Road SO18 1QP 18 May 2021£275,000 Semi-detachedFreehold
24, Castle Road SO18 1QQ 23 Dec 2020£240,000 DetachedFreehold
79, Castle Road SO18 1QP 8 Dec 2020£320,000 Semi-detachedFreehold
Flat 7, Castle Heights, Castle Road SO18 1TY 16 Nov 2020£160,000 FlatLeasehold
7, Castle Road SO18 1QP 28 Aug 2020£325,000 Semi-detachedFreehold
49, Castle Road SO18 1QP 14 Aug 2020£240,000 Semi-detachedFreehold
75, Castle Road SO18 1QP 17 Jul 2020£350,000 DetachedFreehold
11, Castle Road SO18 1QP 9 Jun 2020£310,000 Semi-detachedFreehold
9, Castle Road SO18 1QP 30 Oct 2019£255,000 Semi-detachedFreehold
77, Castle Road SO18 1QP 12 Aug 2019£337,200 DetachedFreehold
Flat 6, Castle Court, Castle Road SO18 1TU 18 Apr 2019£101,000 FlatLeasehold
39, Castle Road SO18 1QP 29 Mar 2019£295,000 Semi-detachedFreehold
47, Castle Road SO18 1QP 18 Feb 2019£278,500 Semi-detachedFreehold
Flat 6, Castle Heights, Castle Road SO18 1TY 5 Jan 2018£122,000 FlatLeasehold
5, Castle Road SO18 1QP 16 Nov 2017£358,000 Semi-detachedFreehold
Flat 2, Castle Heights, Castle Road SO18 1TY 20 Jul 2017£92,000 FlatLeasehold
63, Castle Road SO18 1QP 3 Mar 2017£317,500 Semi-detachedFreehold
55, Castle Road SO18 1QP 23 Aug 2016£235,000 DetachedFreehold
81, Castle Road SO18 1QP 12 Aug 2016£236,000 Semi-detachedFreehold
43, Castle Road SO18 1QP 21 Mar 2016£295,000 DetachedFreehold
7, Castle Road SO18 1QP 22 Jan 2016£240,000 Semi-detachedFreehold

Sale prices are as recorded by HM Land Registry. Some sales (for example repossessions and company purchases) are listed but left out of the averages.

Sale history: homes sold more than once

AddressSalesChange
71, Castle Road £342,500 (Dec 2024) → £350,000 (May 2026) +2%
over 1 yr
Flat 7, Castle Heights, Castle Road £160,000 (Nov 2020) → £173,000 (Mar 2026) +8%
over 5 yrs
79, Castle Road £320,000 (Dec 2020) → £375,000 (Dec 2024) +17%
over 4 yrs
Flat 6, Castle Heights, Castle Road £122,000 (Jan 2018) → £125,000 (Apr 2022) → £146,000 (Oct 2022) +20%
over 5 yrs
7, Castle Road £240,000 (Jan 2016) → £325,000 (Aug 2020) +35%
over 5 yrs

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Schools near Castle Road

SchoolTypeAgesOfstedDistance
Bitterne Park School 2,036 pupils Secondary 11–18 Good Report 0.1 mi
Bitterne Park Primary & Nursery School - Part of the Learning Federation Partnership of Schools 725 pupils Primary 2–11 Report 0.4 mi
Townhill Infant School 143 pupils Primary 2–7 Good Report 0.5 mi
Yarrow Heights School 133 pupils Other independent special school 7–19 Report 0.5 mi
The Gregg School 323 pupils Other independent school 11–16 Report 0.5 mi
Townhill Junior School 210 pupils Primary 7–11 Good Report 0.5 mi
CHARLTON HOUSE SCHOOL LIMITED 46 pupils Other independent school 3–11 Report 0.6 mi
Moorlands Primary School 393 pupils Primary 4–11 Report 0.7 mi

Source: Department for Education (Get Information about Schools) and Ofsted. Grades are from each school's last graded inspection; newer inspections use report cards without a single overall grade, so check the full report. Distances are straight-line. Check catchment areas with the local council.

Getting around, shops and health

Train stations

  • Bitterne station 0.8 mi · 15 min walk
  • St Denys station 0.9 mi · 19 min walk
  • Swaythling station 1.0 mi · 19 min walk

Nearest bus stops

  • Cornwall Road (opp, Woodmill Lane) 3 min walk
  • Witts Hill Shops (SE-bound, Witts Hill) 4 min walk
  • Witts Hill Shops (NW-bound, Witts Hill) 5 min walk
  • Midanbury Crescent (SW-bound, Avon Road) 5 min walk

GP surgeries

  • West End Road Surgery
    62 West End Road, Southampton · 0.9 mi
  • Stoneham Lane Surgery
    City Gateway, Parkville Road, Southampton · 0.9 mi
  • Burgess Road Surgery
    357A Burgess Road, Southampton · 1.1 mi
  • University Health Service Southampton
    Building 48, University Of Southampton, Southampton · 1.3 mi

Supermarkets

  • Tesco Express Tesco Southampton Witts Express · 0.2 mi
  • Spar Spar Cobden Bridge · 0.4 mi
  • Tesco Express Tesco Southampton Cobden Ave Express · 0.5 mi
  • Morrisons Daily Morrisons Daily Southampton West End · 0.7 mi

Pharmacies

  • Boots · 0.2 mi
  • Boots · 0.3 mi
  • Chartwell Pharmacy · 0.8 mi

Dentists

  • O'callaghan Dental Surgeon · 0.4 mi
  • Dental Surgery · 1.0 mi
  • Dental Surgery · 1.0 mi

Sources: Department for Transport (NaPTAN), NHS England organisation data, and GEOLYTIX Retail Points (open data). Walking times are estimates from straight-line distance.

Area profile

Deprivation

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This neighbourhood is in decile 6 of 10 on the English Indices of Deprivation 2025, where 1 is the most deprived 10% of areas in England and 10 the least deprived.

Income5 of 10
Employment6 of 10
Education and skills5 of 10
Health and disability4 of 10
Crime5 of 10
Access to housing and services8 of 10
Living environment4 of 10

Each domain ranked in deciles across England (10 = least deprived).

Homes

HereEng & Wales
Owned65.9%62.5%
Private rented21.7%20.3%
Social rented12.3%17.1%
Households640

People

HereEng & Wales
Under 1520.5%17.4%
Aged 15–6461.7%64.1%
Aged 65+17.8%18.6%
Residents1,520

Broadband

HereUK
Superfast (30Mbit+)100%95%
Ultrafast (300Mbit+)100%80%
Gigabit-capable100%80%

Share of homes on this street's postcodes that can get each speed. UK figure is the average across all postcodes. Source: Ofcom Connected Nations.

Mobile signal

HereEng & Wales
4G indoors, all 4 networks99%89%
4G indoors, at least 1 network100%100%
4G outdoors, all 4 networks100%99%
Calls indoors, all 4 networks100%92%

Share of homes across Southampton with good coverage (Jul 2025). Signal varies street by street; check your exact address on Ofcom's checker. Source: Ofcom Connected Nations.

Neighbourhood figures cover the surrounding Lower Layer Super Output Area (about 1,500 residents). Sources: Census 2021 (ONS) and the English Indices of Deprivation 2025.

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Who lives around Castle Road

Ethnic group

HereSouthampton
White87.8%80.9%
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh6.3%10.5%
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups2.7%3.3%
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African2.5%3%
Other ethnic group0.8%2.3%

Religion

HereSouthampton
Christian45.6%40.2%
No religion42.6%43.5%
Not answered6.1%6.6%
Muslim2.8%5.4%
Sikh1.7%1.7%
Other religion0.7%0.7%
Hindu0.4%1.3%
Buddhist0.1%0.5%

Country of birth

HereSouthampton
Born in the UK85.9%75.9%
Born outside the UK14.1%24.1%

Highest qualification

HereSouthampton
Level 4 qualifications and above32.1%31.7%
Level 3 qualifications18.3%20.6%
No qualifications14.7%17.3%
Level 2 qualifications14.2%12.6%
Level 1 and entry level qualifications11.1%9.5%
Apprenticeship7.3%5.4%
Other qualifications2.3%3%

General health

HereSouthampton
Very good health49.3%47.7%
Good health35.2%35.1%
Fair health10.4%12.3%
Bad health3.9%3.8%
Very bad health1.2%1.1%

Cars or vans per household

HereSouthampton
1 car or van in household43.9%44.3%
2 cars or vans in household30.5%21.9%
No cars or vans in household16.3%27.2%
3 or more cars or vans in household9.4%6.5%

Source: Census 2021 (ONS), via Nomis. Percentages of usual residents or households, as recorded in March 2021.

Figures cover the surrounding neighbourhood (Lower Layer Super Output Area, about 1,500 residents). Full demographics of Southampton.

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