GL12 8AA

Charfield · South Gloucestershire · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Local authority
South Gloucestershire
Constituency
Thornbury and Yate
Postcode district
GL12
Postcode sector
GL12 8

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
GL12 8AB 336 m
GL12 8HW 605 m
GL12 8HP 621 m
GL12 8HL 670 m
GL12 8AD 671 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
GL12 8AA
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
GL
Postcode district
GL12
Postcode sector
GL12 8
Latitude
51.622619
Longitude
-2.430743
British National Grid easting
370,277
British National Grid northing
191,621

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South West · E12000009
Local authority district
South Gloucestershire · E06000025
Electoral ward
Charfield · E05012108
Parish or community
E04001047
Westminster constituency
Thornbury and Yate · E14001545
Output area
E00173069
Lower layer super output area
South Gloucestershire 003A · E01014884
Middle layer super output area
South Gloucestershire 003 · E02003092

Postcode source versions

Explore GL12

1 recorded sale at this postcode
Address Date Price
Hammerley Cottage, Woodend, Wotton-Under-Edge, GL12 8AA 20 December 2016 £330,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
7
Primary
6
Secondary
1
  1. Tortworth Primary School

    Academy converter

    1.4 km
  2. St Andrew's Church of England Primary School, Cromhall

    Voluntary controlled school

    1.6 km
  3. Charfield Primary School

    Academy sponsor led

    1.9 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
40
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 18
  • Other crime 7
  • Burglary 5
  • Other theft 3
  • Public order 3

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
4

2 female, 2 male

Postcode households
1
Residents per household
4.0
GL12 8 residents
9,801

Age bands in GL12 8

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
16.5%

1,606 residents

Age 15 to 24
10.1%

988 residents

Age 25 to 44
23.8%

2,314 residents

Age 45 to 64
31.8%

3,099 residents

Age 65 and over
17.8%

1,728 residents

This postcode contained 0% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider GL12 8 sector, not people in this individual postcode.

Small counts are adjusted for privacy, so totals can differ slightly between Census tables.

Census Day: 21 March 2021. Sources: ONS/Nomis P001-P004 and ONS CT21_0228. Age table version 2024-04-08.

Fixed broadband coverage

Ofcom's predicted availability across all residential and commercial premises in this postcode in January 2026.

Superfast, 30 Mbit/s+
66.7%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
33.3%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
33.3%
Gigabit-capable
33.3%
Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
0%
Next Generation Access
100%
Decent broadband available from fixed wireless
0%

Predicted coverage, not measured speeds. Check availability for your address with a provider. Postcode-level full-fibre figures are not published in this release.

Source: Ofcom Connected Nations Spring 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Nearby transport

  • Woodland Road

    BCT · Leyhill

    0.3 miles
  • Woodland Road

    BCT · Leyhill

    0.3 miles
  • Farleigh Lane

    BCT · Bibstone

    0.4 miles
  • Leyhill Prison

    BCT · Leyhill

    0.4 miles
  • Farleigh Lane

    BCT · Bibstone

    0.5 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for South Gloucestershire 003A, the published LSOA linked to this postcode. Decile 1 contains the most deprived 10% of English LSOAs and decile 10 the least deprived 10%.

Overall IMD decile

7 of 10

Overall England rank

21,498 of 33,755

Income
8 of 10
Employment
9 of 10
Education and skills
5 of 10
Health and disability
9 of 10
Crime
9 of 10
Housing and services
2 of 10
Living environment
2 of 10

These are relative area statistics, not measures of an individual household, affluence or absolute change. They cannot be compared with indices for other UK nations. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, version 2025-v2.

Flood risk

Environment Agency long-term indicators for the area around addresses in this postcode. They are not an assessment of any individual property and do not show current or forecast flooding.

High risk addresses
0
Medium risk addresses
0
Low risk addresses
0
Groundwater flood alert area
Unlikely

Source: Environment Agency flood-risk postcode search tool data, version 2026-06-18. Check the long-term risk for an individual area. © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2025. All rights reserved.

Evidence in context

Schools

7 open schools are in scope, including 6 primary and 1 secondary schools. Tortworth Primary School is the nearest published school at 0.9 miles.

Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.

Recorded crime

40 published events cover 12 months, averaging 3.333 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 18 events.

The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.