EV Charging Points in SO16

Southampton, England

Public chargers in the Southampton council area

Most of SO16's postcodes are in the Southampton council area. On 1 July 2026, Southampton had 181 public EV chargers, including 35 rated 50kW or more. That is 69.8 per 100,000 people, 324th of 361 UK local authorities (UK: 174.9). The Department for Transport does not publish figures for individual postcode districts, so these figures cover the whole council area.

Southampton council area, 1 July 2026

181

Public EV chargers

Rated 50kW or more

69.8

Per 100,000 people

324th

Rank of 361 councils (per person)

86.4% of SO16's postcodes are in Southampton. The rest are in Test Valley (13.6%).

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Charge points listed near SO16

Open Charge Map lists 9 sites with SO16 postcodes, with 36 sockets between them. This is community-maintained data from October 2026 and is incomplete: across the UK it lists about 48 sockets for every 100 devices the Department for Transport counts. Check the network app before you travel.

Roadchef Rownhams South Services
GridServe · SO16 8AP · up to 240 kW · 10 sockets
not recently verified
Roadchef Rownhams North Services
Electric Highway (UK) · SO16 8AP · up to 350 kW · 10 sockets
not recently verified
University of Southampton Science Park
evcharge.online · SO16 2QJ · up to 7.2 kW · 2 sockets
not recently verified
Southampton Science Park
evcharge.online · SO16 7PU · up to 22 kW · 2 sockets
not recently verified
Southampton Science Park
evcharge.online · SO16 7NS · up to 7.2 kW · 2 sockets
not recently verified
Southampton Science Park
evcharge.online · SO16 7NP · up to 7.2 kW · 2 sockets
not recently verified
Ordnance Survey
BP Pulse (UK) · SO16 0AS · up to 22 kW · 2 sockets
not recently verified
Boldrewood Campus
Shell Recharge Solutions (UK) · SO16 7QF · up to 7 kW · 2 sockets
not recently verified
Tesco Superstore-Southampton
POD Point (UK) · SO16 4QE · up to 7 kW · 4 sockets
not recently verified

Charge point data from Open Charge Map contributors, licensed under CC BY 4.0. Some records contain public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v2.0.

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many public EV chargers are there in SO16?

The Department for Transport does not count chargers by postcode district. Most of SO16's postcodes are in the Southampton council area. Figures cover the whole Southampton council area. It had 181 public EV chargers on 1 July 2026, including 35 chargers rated 50kW or more.

How does Southampton compare with the rest of the UK?

Southampton had 69.8 public chargers per 100,000 people on 1 July 2026, ranking 324th of 361 UK local authorities. The UK figure was 174.9.

How much does public charging cost in SO16?

Prices are set by each charging network, not by area, so ChargeFinder does not publish an area average. Our network pages show prices where we have checked them against the operator's website, with the month checked. Otherwise, the page says the price has not been checked or that prices vary by site.

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