GL postcode area
Postcode district boundaries:
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Gloucester | |
|---|---|
  GL | |
| Coordinates: 51°49′59″N 2°10′52″W / 51.833°N 2.181°W | |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Postcode area | GL |
| Postcode area name | Gloucester |
| Post towns | 28 |
| Postcode districts | 27 |
| Postcode sectors | 117 |
| Postcodes (live) | 21,027 |
| Postcodes (total) | 28,597 |
| Statistics as at May 2020[1] | |
The GL postcode area, also known as the Gloucester postcode area,[2] is a group of 27 postcode districts in south-west England and a very small part of south-east Wales, within 28 post towns. These cover most of Gloucestershire, including Gloucester, Cheltenham, Stroud, Cirencester, Tewkesbury, Badminton, Berkeley, Blakeney, Chipping Campden, Cinderford, Coleford, Drybrook, Dursley, Dymock, Fairford, Lechlade, Longhope, Lydbrook, Lydney, Mitcheldean, Moreton-in-Marsh, Newent, Newnham, Ruardean, Stonehouse, Tetbury, Westbury-on-Severn and Wotton-under-Edge. The area also covers very small parts of Herefordshire, Worcestershire, Warwickshire, Oxfordshire and Wiltshire, while the GL16 district extends across the Welsh border to cover a very small part of Monmouthshire.
The area's districts are numbered sequentially from GL1 to GL20, then from GL50 to GL56 for Cheltenham and settlements immediately around and to its east.
GL17 has the most alternative post towns in England: covering an upper part of the Forest of Dean studded with isolated large villages, five are recognised as post towns within one postcode district.
Coverage
The approximate coverage of the postcode districts:
| Postcode district | Post town | Coverage | Local authority area(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| GL1 | GLOUCESTER | The Docks, Central Gloucester | Gloucester |
| GL2 | GLOUCESTER | Priors Norton, Quedgeley, Rudford, Sandhurst, Saul, Slimbridge, Tibberton (east), Twigworth, Walham, Waterwells Business Park, Whitminster
|
Gloucester, Stroud, Tewkesbury, Forest of Dean |
| GL3 | GLOUCESTER | Coopers Hill, Gloucester Business Park, Great Witcombe, Hucclecote, Innsworth, Little Witcombe, Witcombe
|
Tewkesbury, Gloucester, Stroud |
| GL4 | GLOUCESTER | Upton St Leonards, Whaddon
|
Gloucester, Stroud, Cotswold |
| GL5 | STROUD | Stroud | |
| GL6 | STROUD | Far Oakridge, Far Westrip, Forest Green, Frampton Mansell, France Lynch, Horsley, Lower Kitesnest, Lypiatt, Middle Lypiatt, Middle Spring, Minchinhampton, Miserden, Nailsworth, Oakridge, Oakridge Lynch, Old Neighbouring, Painswick, Painswick Beacon, Pitchcombe, Randwick, Ruscombe, Sheepscombe, Slad, Stancombe, The Camp, Upper Kitesnest, Westrip, Whiteshill, Whiteway
|
Stroud, Cotswold |
| GL7 | CIRENCESTER | Bisley-with-Lypiatt, Down Ampney, Driffield, Duntisbourne Abbotts, Duntisbourne Leer, Duntisbourne Rouse, Eastleach, Ewen, Harnhill, Hatherop, Honeycombe Leaze, Kemble, Kemble Wick, Love Lane Industrial Estate, Lower Norcote, Marsden, Meysey Hampton, Middle Duntisbourne, Norcote, North Cerney, North Cerney Downs, Perrotts Brook, Poole Keynes, Poulton, Preston, Quenington, Rapsgate, Ready Token, Rendcomb, Rodmarton, Sapperton, Shorncote, Siddington, Somerford Keynes, South Cerney, Stratton, Tarlton, Tunley, Upper Up, Whiteway, Winson, Winstone, Woodmancote
|
Cotswold, Stroud, Wiltshire |
| FAIRFORD | Dudgrove, Dunfield, Kempsford, Totterdown, Whelford | Cotswold | |
| LECHLADE | Kencot, Langford , Little Faringdon, Little London, Southrop, Thornhill, Warrens Cross
|
Cotswold, West Oxfordshire, Vale of White Horse | |
| GL8 | TETBURY | Ashley, Avening, Babdown, Bagpath, Beverston, Calcot, Chavenage, Cherington, Culkerton, Doughton, Estcourt, Ilsom, Kingscote, Knockdown, Lasborough, Leighterton, Little Larkhill, Long Furlong, Long Newnton, Newington, Shipton Moyne, Trull, Tetbury Upton, Upton, Westonbirt, Willesley | Cotswold, Stroud, Wiltshire |
| GL9 | BADMINTON | Acton Turville, Didmarton, Dunkirk, Hawkesbury, Hawkesbury Common, Hawkesbury Upton, Inglestone Common, Little Badminton, Petty France, Tormarton | South Gloucestershire, Cotswold, Stroud, Wiltshire |
| GL10 | STONEHOUSE | Bridgend, Colethrop, Kings Stanley, Leonard Stanley, Lower Mills, Nastend, Newtown, Nupend, Nympsfield, Oldends, Oxlynch, Ryeford, Standish , Standish Park, Stanley Downton, Stroudwater Business Park, Westend
|
Stroud |
| GL11 | DURSLEY | Ashmead Green, Bull Pitch, Cam, Coaley, Norman Hill, North Nibley, Owlpen, Sandpits, Stancombe, Stinchcombe, Tilsdown, Uley, Upper Wick, Wick, Woodfield, Woodmancote | Stroud |
| GL11 | WOTTON-UNDER-EDGE | ||
| GL12 | WOTTON-UNDER-EDGE | Bradley Green, Buckover, Charfield, Coombe, Cromhall, Cutts Heath, Damery, Falfield, Hall End, Heathend, Hillesley, Howley, Huntingford, Kingswood, Leyhill, Michaelwood, Milbury Heath, Old Town, Ozleworth, Southend, Swinhay, Synwell, Tabernacle Pitch, Tortworth, Tresham, Tytherington, Whitfield, Wickwar , Woodend, Wortley
|
Stroud, South Gloucestershire, Cotswold |
| GL13 | BERKELEY | Abwell, Alkington, Berkeley Heath, Berrycroft, Bevington, Blackhall, Breadstone, Clapton, Hainses, Halmore, Ham, Ham Green, Hamfields, Hill, Hinton, Hystfield, Lower Stone, Mobley New Brookend, Newport, Newtown, Old Brookend, Pitbrook, Purton, Rockhampton, Sharpness, Stone, Wanswell, Woodford | Stroud, South Gloucestershire |
| GL14 | CINDERFORD | Buckshaft, Denecroft, Forest Vale Industrial Estate, Hawkwell Green, Littledean, Lower Soudley, Ruspidge, Soudley, Trafalgar, Upper Soudley, Whimsey | Forest of Dean |
| NEWNHAM | Awre, Blaize Bailey, Broadoak, Bullo Pill, Elton, Flaxley, Pope's Hill, Ruddle | ||
| WESTBURY-ON-SEVERN | Adsett, Bollow, Chaxhill, Grange Court, Ley, Northwood Green, Rodley, Walmore Common, Wintles Hill | ||
| GL15 | LYDNEY | Allastone, Alvington, Aylburton, Bream, Hewelsfield, Lower Meend, Lower Yorkley, Netherend, Oldcroft, Parkend, Pillowell, St. Briavels, Viney Hill, Viney Woodside, Whitecroft, Woolaston, Yorkley, Yorkley Slade | Forest of Dean |
| BLAKENEY | Blakeney Hill, Bradley Hill, Etloe, Upper Etloe | ||
| GL16 | COLEFORD | Symonds Yat Rock, Tufthorn
|
Forest of Dean, Monmouthshire |
| GL17 | LYDBROOK | Forest of Dean, Herefordshire | |
| RUARDEAN | Ruardean Woodside, The Pludds | ||
| DRYBROOK | Brierley, Harrow Hill, Ruardean Hill | ||
| MITCHELDEAN | Lower Shapridge, Plump Hill, Wigpool | ||
| LONGHOPE | Blaisdon, Little London, May Hill | ||
| GL18 | NEWENT | Castle Tump, | Forest of Dean, Herefordshire |
| DYMOCK | Broomsgreen, Greenway, Hallwood Green, Kempley, Ketford, Knights Green, Leddington, Ryton, Tillers Green | ||
| GL19 | GLOUCESTER | , Walton Hill | Forest of Dean, Tewkesbury, Malvern Hills |
| GL20 | TEWKESBURY | Natton Northway, Overbury, Pamington, Ripple, Shuthonger, Teddington, Tewkesbury Business Park, Tredington, Twyning, Uckinghall, Walton Cardiff , Westmancote
|
Tewkesbury, Malvern Hills, Wychavon |
| GL50 | CHELTENHAM | Prestbury | Cheltenham, Tewkesbury |
| GL51 | CHELTENHAM | Badgeworth, Bamfurlong, Bentham, Boddington, Cheltenham Trade Park, Elmstone Hardwicke, Gloucestershire Airport, Hayden, Kingsditch Trading Estate, Knightsbridge, Leckhampton, Little Shurdington, Shurdington, St. Marks, Staverton, Staverton Technology Park, Swindon Village, The Reddings, Uckington, Up Hatherley | Cheltenham, Tewkesbury |
| GL52 | CHELTENHAM | Bishops Cleeve, Charlton Kings, Cleeve Hill, Gotherington, Oxenton, Prestbury, Southam, Stoke Orchard, Woodmancote , Woodmancote Park
|
Cheltenham, Tewkesbury |
| GL53 | CHELTENHAM | Caudle Green, Charlton Kings, Coberley, Coberley Village, Colesbourne, Cowley, Elkstone, Leckhampton, Leckhampton Hill, Seven Springs, Syde, Ullenwood, Upper Coberley | Cheltenham, Cotswold, Tewkesbury |
| GL54 | CHELTENHAM | Wood Stanway, Wyck Rissington, Yanworth
|
Cotswold, Tewkesbury, Cheltenham |
| GL55 | CHIPPING CAMPDEN | Paxford, Weston-Sub Edge
|
Cotswold, Stratford-on-Avon |
| GL56 | MORETON-IN-MARSH | Upper Oddington
|
Cotswold, Stratford-on-Avon, West Oxfordshire, Tewkesbury |
Map
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See also
References
- ^ "ONS Postcode Directory Version Notes" (ZIP). National Statistics Postcode Products. Office for National Statistics. May 2020. Table 2. Retrieved 19 June 2020. Coordinates from mean of unit postcode points, "Code-Point Open". OS OpenData. Ordnance Survey. February 2012. Retrieved 21 April 2012.
- ^ Royal Mail, Address Management Guide (2004)
- ^ "Non Geographic Codes" (PDF). Royal Mail Address Management Unit. July 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 September 2012. Retrieved 20 December 2012.
- ^ "New sectors and localities to 14 December 2012" (PDF). Royal Mail Address Management Unit. 20 December 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 February 2015. Retrieved 20 December 2012.