Martin barely registers as a place at all in the usual sense — a scatter of detached houses off the New Forest lanes, with a population so small that the whole village would fit into a couple of decent-sized streets elsewhere. The houses that do sell here are uniformly detached, uniformly freehold, and priced well past what most of the South East considers normal. This is not a place with a high street or a passing trade; it's a place people move to once they already know exactly what they want. That detached-freehold pattern tells you what a For Sale board here actually means: a median sale price of £580,000, no flats, no leaseholds, and nothing new-build in the recent sample. It sits comfortably above both the regional and national norms — pricier than New Forest district as a whole, which is itself one of the more expensive corners of the country. There's a school in the village, Western Downland Church of England Aided Primary, though no inspection grade is on record for it, so you'd want to visit and judge for yourself rather than take a badge on trust. With a median age above 52, this reads far more as a settled, later-life community than a place full of school-run traffic — the sort of village where people arrive to stay put, not to commute out of every morning. Green space is modest rather than expansive — a couple of small sites rather than sprawling parkland — and with only a handful of transport stops and no rail station recorded, daily life here runs on cars, not timetables. That's consistent with the quiet, low-density feel: this is a place for a walk to the postbox, not a wander to a parade of shops. The full-fibre broadband coverage is decent, which matters more than you'd think somewhere this rural — it's one of the few things that keeps Martin from feeling cut off if you work from home. The safety picture is the quiet surprise here. Martin's overall grade sits well above the national average, and safety in particular grades top-tier — yet the recorded crime itself, thin as the numbers are, still tilts toward violent and sexual offences as the largest single category, ahead of burglary and anti-social behaviour. With crime volumes this low in absolute terms, a handful of incidents can swing the percentages sharply, so treat the shares as a rough shape rather than a verdict on any given month. What comes through consistently, though, is a village that reads as calm, moneyed, and unhurried — good for someone who has already decided they want distance from urban life and can afford the entry price for it. It would suit someone chasing quiet and space far more than someone who wants a rail season ticket, a bustling school gate, or a lively evening on their doorstep.