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Mersham Gardens, Bitterne, Southampton

MyStreetCheck free street report: Mersham Gardens, Bitterne, Southampton · 31 October 2026 · www.mystreetcheck.co.uk/southampton-southampton/mersham-gardens/

House prices, sold prices and local information for SO18 6TX, SO18 6TF.

Average price (last 12 months)
£69,125
4 sales
Average price (since 2016)
£142,962
68 sales
Price range
£51k – £465k
lowest to highest sale
Last sale
19 Jun 2026
SO18 6TX

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At a glance

House prices£69k average74% below the Southampton average CrimeAbout averageHigher crime than about 60% of neighbourhoods in England DeprivationLess deprived than mostDecile 7 of 10 (10 = least deprived) Flood riskNear a flood alert areaLower risk than a warning area Nearest station15 min walkBitterne station Schools1 rated Good or betterWithin 1.5 miles Ultrafast broadband100% of homesNational average 80% Freehold or leasehold71% leaseholdAcross 70 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

68 property sales on Mersham Gardens, Bitterne, Southampton have been recorded by HM Land Registry since 2016. In the last 12 months 4 homes sold here for an average of £69,125. Most sales here are flat homes, which have sold for an average of £82,733. Average sale prices fell from £130,250 in 2016 to £64,750 in 2026 (-50%), though averages on a single street can swing with the mix of homes sold. That is 74% below the Southampton average of £269,510 over the same period. 13 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 72% flat, 26% detached, 1% semi-detached. Recorded sale prices on Mersham Gardens range from £51,000 to £465,000. 29% of homes sold here were freehold and 71% leasehold. Of 477 streets in Southampton with at least two sales in the last year, Mersham Gardens ranks 477th for average price, making it one of the more affordable streets in the town.

House prices on Mersham Gardens compared

Mersham Gardens£69,125
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: £130,250 (12 sales)2016£130k2017: £131,195 (10 sales)2017£131k2018: £170,722 (9 sales)2018£171k2019: £150,869 (8 sales)2019£151k2020: £182,417 (6 sales)2020£182k2021: £263,500 (4 sales)2021£264k2022: £92,500 (4 sales)2022£93k2023: £82,833 (3 sales)2023£83k2024: £131,375 (4 sales)2024£131k2025: £113,500 (6 sales)2025£114k2026: £64,750 (2 sales)2026£65k

Tenure: 29% freehold and 71% leasehold across 70 recorded sales. Lease extension calculator.

Prices by property type

TypeSalesAverage priceLast sold
Flat49£82,73319 Jun 2026
Detached18£289,02821 Feb 2025
Semi-detached1£465,0003 Dec 2020

Sold prices on Mersham Gardens

AddressDatePriceTypeTenure
Flat 36, Homepoint House, Mersham Gardens SO18 6TX 19 Jun 2026£72,000 FlatLeasehold
Flat 42, Homepoint House, Mersham Gardens SO18 6TX 9 Mar 2026£57,500 FlatLeasehold
Flat 14, Homepoint House, Mersham Gardens SO18 6TX 16 Dec 2025£92,000 FlatLeasehold
Flat 28, Homepoint House, Mersham Gardens SO18 6TX 13 Nov 2025£55,000 FlatLeasehold
Flat 12, Homepoint House, Mersham Gardens SO18 6TX 5 Jun 2025£80,000 FlatLeasehold
Flat 19, Homepoint House, Mersham Gardens SO18 6TX 30 May 2025£70,000 FlatLeasehold
Flat 16, Homepoint House, Mersham Gardens SO18 6TX 19 May 2025£64,000 FlatLeasehold
17, Mersham Gardens SO18 6TF 21 Feb 2025£320,000 DetachedFreehold
Flat 46, Homepoint House, Mersham Gardens SO18 6TX 26 Apr 2024£72,500 FlatLeasehold
29, Mersham Gardens SO18 6TF 15 Apr 2024£320,000 DetachedFreehold
Flat 49, Homepoint House, Mersham Gardens SO18 6TX 27 Mar 2024£63,000 FlatLeasehold
Flat 30, Homepoint House, Mersham Gardens SO18 6TX 3 Jan 2024£70,000 FlatLeasehold
Flat 45, Homepoint House, Mersham Gardens SO18 6TX 16 Nov 2023£88,500 FlatLeasehold
Flat 23, Homepoint House, Mersham Gardens SO18 6TX 19 Apr 2023£80,000 FlatLeasehold
Flat 38, Homepoint House, Mersham Gardens SO18 6TX 30 Mar 2023£80,000 FlatLeasehold
Flat 11, Homepoint House, Mersham Gardens SO18 6TX 30 Mar 2023£91,000 OtherLeasehold
Flat 1, Homepoint House, Mersham Gardens SO18 6TX 16 Dec 2022£92,000 FlatLeasehold
Flat 4, Homepoint House, Mersham Gardens SO18 6TX 12 Aug 2022£100,000 FlatLeasehold
Flat 3, Homepoint House, Mersham Gardens SO18 6TX 25 Feb 2022£95,000 FlatLeasehold
Flat 22, Homepoint House, Mersham Gardens SO18 6TX 28 Jan 2022£83,000 FlatLeasehold
27, Mersham Gardens SO18 6TF 24 Sep 2021£254,000 DetachedFreehold
Flat 48, Homepoint House, Mersham Gardens SO18 6TX 8 Sep 2021£75,000 FlatLeasehold
20, Mersham Gardens SO18 6TF 3 Sep 2021£325,000 DetachedFreehold
19, Mersham Gardens SO18 6TF 20 Aug 2021£400,000 DetachedFreehold
14, Mersham Gardens SO18 6TF 3 Dec 2020£465,000 Semi-detachedFreehold
Flat 21, Homepoint House, Mersham Gardens SO18 6TX 6 Nov 2020£78,000 FlatLeasehold
Flat 2, Homepoint House, Mersham Gardens SO18 6TX 8 Sep 2020£93,000 FlatLeasehold
Flat 38, Homepoint House, Mersham Gardens SO18 6TX 11 Jul 2020£85,000 FlatLeasehold
1, Mersham Gardens SO18 6TF 1 Jul 2020£286,000 DetachedFreehold
Flat 18, Homepoint House, Mersham Gardens SO18 6TX 10 Feb 2020£87,500 FlatLeasehold
Flat 13, Homepoint House, Mersham Gardens SO18 6TX 25 Oct 2019£99,000 FlatLeasehold
24, Mersham Gardens SO18 6TF 9 Aug 2019£235,000 DetachedFreehold
Flat 43, Homepoint House, Mersham Gardens SO18 6TX 31 Jul 2019£85,000 FlatLeasehold
16, Mersham Gardens SO18 6TF 20 May 2019£253,000 DetachedFreehold
24, Mersham Gardens SO18 6TF 26 Apr 2019£265,000 DetachedFreehold
Flat 29, Homepoint House, Mersham Gardens SO18 6TX 29 Mar 2019£88,000 FlatLeasehold
1, Mersham Gardens SO18 6TF 22 Feb 2019£278,000 DetachedFreehold
Flat 17, Homepoint House, Mersham Gardens SO18 6TX 18 Jan 2019£89,000 FlatLeasehold
Flat 27, Homepoint House, Mersham Gardens SO18 6TX 16 Jan 2019£79,950 FlatLeasehold
Flat 15, Homepoint House, Mersham Gardens SO18 6TX 18 Dec 2018£90,000 FlatLeasehold
30, Mersham Gardens SO18 6TF 2 Oct 2018£232,500 DetachedFreehold
Flat 46, Homepoint House, Mersham Gardens SO18 6TX 21 Sep 2018£85,000 FlatLeasehold
10, Mersham Gardens SO18 6TF 3 Aug 2018£262,000 DetachedFreehold
8, Mersham Gardens SO18 6TF 28 Jun 2018£315,000 DetachedFreehold
Flat 33, Homepoint House, Mersham Gardens SO18 6TX 31 May 2018£90,000 FlatLeasehold
9, Mersham Gardens SO18 6TF 2 May 2018£280,000 DetachedFreehold
Flat 35, Homepoint House, Mersham Gardens SO18 6TX 1 May 2018£90,000 FlatLeasehold
Flat 2, Homepoint House, Mersham Gardens SO18 6TX 27 Apr 2018£92,000 FlatLeasehold
Flat 28, Homepoint House, Mersham Gardens SO18 6TX 15 Dec 2017£82,500 FlatLeasehold
Flat 36, Homepoint House, Mersham Gardens SO18 6TX 1 Dec 2017£85,000 FlatLeasehold
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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
Flat 36, Homepoint House, Mersham Gardens £85,000 (Dec 2017) → £72,000 (Jun 2026) -15%
over 9 yrs
Flat 42, Homepoint House, Mersham Gardens £83,000 (Mar 2016) → £57,500 (Mar 2026) -31%
over 10 yrs
Flat 14, Homepoint House, Mersham Gardens £100,000 (Feb 2017) → £92,000 (Dec 2025) -8%
over 9 yrs
Flat 28, Homepoint House, Mersham Gardens £82,500 (Dec 2017) → £55,000 (Nov 2025) -33%
over 8 yrs
Flat 46, Homepoint House, Mersham Gardens £92,500 (Mar 2016) → £85,000 (Sep 2018) → £72,500 (Apr 2024) -22%
over 8 yrs
Flat 30, Homepoint House, Mersham Gardens £83,000 (Feb 2016) → £70,000 (Jan 2024) -16%
over 8 yrs
Flat 38, Homepoint House, Mersham Gardens £85,000 (Jul 2020) → £80,000 (Mar 2023) -6%
over 3 yrs
Flat 1, Homepoint House, Mersham Gardens £82,500 (Nov 2016) → £92,000 (Dec 2022) +12%
over 6 yrs
Flat 2, Homepoint House, Mersham Gardens £92,000 (Apr 2018) → £93,000 (Sep 2020) +1%
over 2 yrs
1, Mersham Gardens £278,000 (Feb 2019) → £286,000 (Jul 2020) +3%
over 1 yr
24, Mersham Gardens £265,000 (Apr 2019) → £235,000 (Aug 2019) -11%
over under a year
Flat 43, Homepoint House, Mersham Gardens £84,500 (Jan 2017) → £85,000 (Jul 2019) +1%
over 3 yrs
Flat 17, Homepoint House, Mersham Gardens £85,000 (Apr 2017) → £89,000 (Jan 2019) +5%
over 2 yrs

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Crime and flood risk near Mersham Gardens

Crime

305 crimes were reported within about a mile of Mersham Gardens in August 2026.

Crime level compared with the rest of England (10 = lowest crime):

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Higher crime than about 60% of neighbourhoods in England, based on recorded crime rates (English Indices of Deprivation 2025).

Violence & sexual offences138
Anti-social behaviour37
Shoplifting32
Public order28
Criminal damage & arson19
Other theft11

Source: data.police.uk. Locations are approximate and cover the surrounding area, not just this street.

Flood risk

Mersham Gardens is in or near 4 Environment Agency flood areas:

  • Southampton Water and Hamble Flood alert area
  • Itchen estuary Flood alert area
  • Hamble estuary Flood alert area
  • Calshot, Hythe, Marchwood, Eling and Redbridge Flood alert area

Flood warning areas cover places at risk from rivers and the sea. Surface water risk isn't included. Check the long-term flood risk for a postcode on GOV.UK.

Schools near Mersham Gardens

SchoolTypeAgesOfstedDistance
Glenfield Infant School 226 pupils Primary 4–7 Report 0.1 mi
Bitterne Church of England Primary School 395 pupils Primary Church of England 4–11 Report 0.3 mi
Beechwood Junior School 350 pupils Primary 7–11 Report 0.3 mi
Yarrow Heights School 133 pupils Other independent special school 7–19 Report 0.4 mi
CHARLTON HOUSE SCHOOL LIMITED 46 pupils Other independent school 3–11 Report 0.4 mi
Moorlands Primary School 393 pupils Primary 4–11 Report 0.6 mi
Harefield Primary School 397 pupils Primary 4–11 Requires improvement Report 0.6 mi
Bitterne Manor Primary and Nursery School 224 pupils Primary 3–11 Good 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 0.7 mi · 15 min walk
  • St Denys station 1.3 mi · 25 min walk
  • Sholing station 1.4 mi · 29 min walk

Nearest bus stops

  • Chichester Road (SW-bound, West End Road) 1 min walk
  • Chichester Road (N-bound, West End Road) 1 min walk
  • Bitterne Shops (Stop BD, West End Road) 3 min walk
  • Bitterne Shops (Stop BA, West End Road) 3 min walk

GP surgeries

  • West End Road Surgery
    62 West End Road, Southampton · 0.1 mi
  • Spcl Surgery
    49 Portsmouth Road, Woolston, Southampton · 1.5 mi
  • St. Peters Surgery
    49-55 Portsmouth Road, Woolston, Southampton · 1.5 mi
  • The Peartree Practice
    Sullivan Road, Sholing, Southampton · 1.5 mi

Supermarkets

  • Iceland Iceland Bitterne · 0.2 mi
  • Sainsburys Sainsburys Bitterne · 0.2 mi
  • Morrisons Daily Morrisons Daily Southampton West End · 0.3 mi
  • Tesco Express Esso Tesco Bitterne Esso Express · 0.4 mi

Pharmacies

  • Bitterne Pharmacy · 0.1 mi
  • Superdrug Pharmacy · 0.2 mi
  • Dean Road Pharmacy · 0.2 mi

Dentists

  • Dental Department · 0.3 mi
  • Dental Surgery · 0.3 mi
  • Dental Surgery · 0.6 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 7 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.

Income6 of 10
Employment7 of 10
Education and skills6 of 10
Health and disability6 of 10
Crime4 of 10
Access to housing and services8 of 10
Living environment5 of 10

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

Homes

HereEng & Wales
Owned76.2%62.5%
Private rented17.1%20.3%
Social rented6.8%17.1%
Households873

People

HereEng & Wales
Under 1513.4%17.4%
Aged 15–6460.3%64.1%
Aged 65+26.3%18.6%
Residents1,846

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 Mersham Gardens

Ethnic group

HereSouthampton
White91.6%80.9%
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh3.2%10.5%
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African1.8%3%
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups1.7%3.3%
Other ethnic group1.6%2.3%

Religion

HereSouthampton
Christian46.1%40.2%
No religion42.8%43.5%
Not answered6.2%6.6%
Muslim2.2%5.4%
Sikh0.8%1.7%
Buddhist0.7%0.5%
Hindu0.5%1.3%
Other religion0.5%0.7%

Country of birth

HereSouthampton
Born in the UK87.6%75.9%
Born outside the UK12.4%24.1%

Highest qualification

HereSouthampton
Level 4 qualifications and above26.9%31.7%
No qualifications18.9%17.3%
Level 3 qualifications16.5%20.6%
Level 2 qualifications14.2%12.6%
Level 1 and entry level qualifications10.9%9.5%
Apprenticeship9.1%5.4%
Other qualifications3.5%3%

General health

HereSouthampton
Very good health41%47.7%
Good health39.3%35.1%
Fair health14.5%12.3%
Bad health3.9%3.8%
Very bad health1.3%1.1%

Cars or vans per household

HereSouthampton
1 car or van in household43.1%44.3%
2 cars or vans in household25.3%21.9%
No cars or vans in household23.6%27.2%
3 or more cars or vans in household8%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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