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GL12 8EJ

Charfield · South Gloucestershire · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Wotton-Under-Edge
Ward
Charfield
Local authority
South Gloucestershire
Constituency
Thornbury and Yate
Postcode district
GL12
Postcode sector
GL12 8

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
GL12 8EH 79 m
GL12 8EL 127 m
GL12 8EF 160 m
GL12 8SP 208 m
GL12 8UB 246 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
GL12 8EJ
Status
Current
Introduced
1 August 2017
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
GL
Postcode district
GL12
Postcode sector
GL12 8
Latitude
51.629647
Longitude
-2.393362
British National Grid easting
372,869
British National Grid northing
192,388

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South West · E12000009
Local authority district
South Gloucestershire · E06000025
Electoral ward
Charfield · E05012108
Parish or community
E04001045
Westminster constituency
Thornbury and Yate · E14001545
Output area
E00189470
Lower layer super output area
South Gloucestershire 003B · E01014885
Middle layer super output area
South Gloucestershire 003 · E02003092

Postcode source versions

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Property

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7 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
1, Betony Close, Charfield, Wotton-Under-Edge, GL12 8EJ 24 June 2019 £495,000
6, Betony Close, Charfield, Wotton-Under-Edge, GL12 8EJ 31 October 2017 £570,000
2, Betony Close, Charfield, Wotton-Under-Edge, GL12 8EJ 29 September 2017 £485,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
10
Primary
9
Secondary
1

  1. Charfield Primary School

    Academy sponsor led

    787 m

  2. Kingswood Primary School

    Community school

    1.8 km

  3. Katharine Lady Berkeley's School

    Academy converter

    2.0 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
165
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 80
  • Other theft 21
  • Anti social behaviour 18
  • Burglary 8
  • Other crime 8

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
21

8 female, 13 male

Postcode households
6
Residents per household
3.5
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 0.2% 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+
100%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
100%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
100%
Gigabit-capable
100%
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.

GP practices

2

within 5 km

  • CHIPPING SURGERY

    THE CHIPPING SURGERY, SYMN LANE, WOTTON-UNDER-EDGE, GL12 7BD

    ODS code L84051

    2.8 km

  • CULVERHAY SURGERY

    CULVERHAY, WOTTON UNDER EDGE, GL12 7LS

    ODS code L84027

    3.3 km

Main GP practices only; branch surgeries are excluded. Distances are straight-line. Contact the practice to check registration, services, opening hours and appointments.

Source acquired on 2026-09-05. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • The Limes

    BCT · Charfield

    0.1 miles

  • The Limes

    BCT · Charfield

    0.1 miles

  • Railway Tavern

    BCT · Charfield

    0.2 miles

  • Railway Tavern

    BCT · Charfield

    0.2 miles

  • Manor Lane

    BCT · Charfield

    0.3 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for South Gloucestershire 003B, 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

9 of 10

Overall England rank

27,960 of 33,755

Income
8 of 10
Employment
9 of 10
Education and skills
8 of 10
Health and disability
10 of 10
Crime
9 of 10
Housing and services
3 of 10
Living environment
10 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
1
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

10 open schools are in scope, including 9 primary and 1 secondary schools. Charfield Primary School is the nearest published school at 787 m.

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

Recorded crime

165 published events cover 12 months, averaging 13.75 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 80 events.

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