GL12 8AS

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 8AT 101 m
GL12 8AU 256 m
GL12 8AR 284 m
GL12 8AX 366 m
GL12 8AN 450 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
GL12 8AS
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
GL
Postcode district
GL12
Postcode sector
GL12 8
Latitude
51.604392
Longitude
-2.438397
British National Grid easting
369,735
British National Grid northing
189,597

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
E00075216
Lower layer super output area
South Gloucestershire 003A · E01014884
Middle layer super output area
South Gloucestershire 003 · E02003092

Postcode source versions

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Property

At this postcode

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17 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
3, Heathend Cottages, Heathend, Wotton-Under-Edge, GL12 8AS 2 June 2026 £447,000
Little Court, Heathend, Wotton-Under-Edge, GL12 8AS 26 September 2025 £925,000
2, Heathend Cottages, Heathend, Wotton-Under-Edge, GL12 8AS 26 July 2023 £360,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
6
Primary
6
Secondary
0
  1. St Andrew's Church of England Primary School, Cromhall

    Voluntary controlled school

    957 m
  2. Alexander Hosea Primary School

    Community school

    3.1 km
  3. Tortworth Primary School

    Academy converter

    3.4 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
20
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 10
  • Burglary 3
  • Other theft 2
  • Criminal damage and arson 2
  • Public order 1

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
42

19 female, 23 male

Postcode households
14
Residents per household
3.0
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 0.4% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider GL12 8 sector, not people in this individual postcode.

How to read these estimates
The standard postcode headcounts and the commissioned age table are separate ONS outputs. Small counts are disclosure-controlled, and totals can differ slightly between tables. Coverage is England and Wales only.

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+
100%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
0%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
0%
Gigabit-capable
0%
Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
0%
Next Generation Access
100%
Decent broadband available from fixed wireless
0%
Coverage is a modelled postcode-level snapshot, not a speed test or a guarantee for a named property. Check availability with providers before making a decision. Ofcom does not publish postcode-level full-fibre coverage in this release for commercial-confidentiality reasons.

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

Nearby transport

  • Heath End Cottages

    BCT · Cromhall

    0.0 miles
  • Heath End Cottages

    BCT · Cromhall

    0.0 miles
  • Cowship Lane

    BCT · Cromhall

    0.3 miles
  • Cowship Lane

    BCT · Cromhall

    0.3 miles
  • Heathend Garage

    BCT · Cromhall

    0.3 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

A factual reading of the data in this report's scope. It is not a location score or a recommendation.

Property market

Recorded sales

The five-year median is £686,000 from 4 recorded sales in GL12 8AS. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.

The latest UK House Price Index average for South Gloucestershire is £340,300 in June 2026, up 2.3% year on year.

Schools

Published establishments

6 open schools are in scope, including 6 primary and 0 secondary schools. St Andrew's Church of England Primary School, Cromhall is the nearest published school at 957 m.

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

Recorded crime

Published police records

20 published events cover 12 months, averaging 1.667 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 10 events.

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