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GL12 8LZ

Chipping Sodbury & Cotswold Edge · South Gloucestershire · England

Updated September 2026

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Ward
Chipping Sodbury & Cotswold Edge
Local authority
South Gloucestershire
Constituency
Thornbury and Yate
Postcode district
GL12
Postcode sector
GL12 8

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
GL12 8LP 39 m
GL12 8LX 68 m
GL12 8LW 98 m
GL12 8NS 149 m
GL12 8NR 193 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
GL12 8LZ
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 April 1999
Terminated
1 September 2000
Postcode area
GL
Postcode district
GL12
Postcode sector
GL12 8
Latitude
51.589281
Longitude
-2.396896
British National Grid easting
372,600
British National Grid northing
187,900

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South West · E12000009
Local authority district
South Gloucestershire · E06000025
Electoral ward
Chipping Sodbury & Cotswold Edge · E05012110
Parish or community
E04001079
Westminster constituency
Thornbury and Yate · E14001545
Output area
E00075438
Lower layer super output area
South Gloucestershire 003D · E01014930
Middle layer super output area
South Gloucestershire 003 · E02003092

Postcode source versions

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Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
8
Primary
7
Secondary
1

  1. Alexander Hosea Primary School

    Community school

    590 m

  2. Rangeworthy Church of England Primary School

    Academy sponsor led

    4.1 km

  3. St Andrew's Church of England Primary School, Cromhall

    Voluntary controlled school

    4.2 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
75
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 43
  • Other theft 9
  • Burglary 7
  • Criminal damage and arson 4
  • Other crime 3

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
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

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.

GP practices

1

within 5 km straight-line

  • WELLINGTON ROAD SURGERY

    WELLINGTON ROAD, YATE, BRISTOL, BS37 5UY

    ODS code L81642

    4.7 km

Nearby transport

  • Poplar Lane

    BCT · Wickwar

    0.1 miles

  • Poplar Lane

    BCT · Wickwar

    0.1 miles

  • Horwood Lane

    BCT · Wickwar

    0.1 miles

  • Youth Centre

    BCT · Wickwar

    0.2 miles

  • Youth Centre

    BCT · Wickwar

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for South Gloucestershire 003D, 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

8 of 10

Overall England rank

23,684 of 33,755

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

Evidence in context

Schools

8 open schools are in scope, including 7 primary and 1 secondary schools. Alexander Hosea Primary School is the nearest published school at 590 m.

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

Recorded crime

75 published events cover 12 months, averaging 6.25 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 43 events.

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