GL12 8SQ

Kingswood · Stroud · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Local authority
Stroud
Constituency
South Cotswolds
Postcode district
GL12
Postcode sector
GL12 8

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
GL12 8RR 47 m
GL12 8SF 65 m
GL12 8SG 83 m
GL12 8RP 96 m
GL12 8JT 106 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
GL12 8SQ
Status
Current
Introduced
1 February 1990
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
GL
Postcode district
GL12
Postcode sector
GL12 8
Latitude
51.625755
Longitude
-2.364927
British National Grid easting
374,835
British National Grid northing
191,945

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South West · E12000009
Local authority district
Stroud · E07000082
Electoral ward
Kingswood · E05013191
Parish or community
E04013026
Westminster constituency
South Cotswolds · E14001482
Output area
E00113775
Lower layer super output area
Stroud 015A · E01022381
Middle layer super output area
Stroud 015 · E02004665

Postcode source versions

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Property

At this postcode

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17 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
7, Laxton Drive, Kingswood, Wotton-Under-Edge, GL12 8SQ 29 August 2025 £410,000
13, Laxton Drive, Kingswood, Wotton-Under-Edge, GL12 8SQ 14 March 2025 £490,000
4, Laxton Drive, Kingswood, Wotton-Under-Edge, GL12 8SQ 5 November 2021 £370,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
9
Primary
8
Secondary
1
  1. Kingswood Primary School

    Community school

    186 m
  2. Katharine Lady Berkeley's School

    Academy converter

    652 m
  3. Blue Coat CofE Primary School

    Voluntary aided school

    1.3 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
108
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 49
  • Anti social behaviour 27
  • Other theft 8
  • Burglary 5
  • Other crime 5

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
26

11 female, 15 male

Postcode households
12
Residents per household
2.2
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 0.3% 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+
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%
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.

NHS ODS

GP practices

2

within 5 km

  • CHIPPING SURGERY

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

    ODS code L84051

    1.4 km

  • CULVERHAY SURGERY

    CULVERHAY, WOTTON UNDER EDGE, GL12 7LS

    ODS code L84027

    1.8 km

Organisation records, not service availability
These are records marked active in NHS England's Organisation Data Service for England and Wales. Branch surgeries, pharmacies, dentists and hospitals are not included. They do not confirm patient registration, services, opening hours, appointments or care quality. Distances are straight-line from the postcode point.

Source acquired on 2026-09-03. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • Bramley Close

    BCT · Kingswood

    0.1 miles
  • War Memorial

    BCT · Kingswood

    0.1 miles
  • The Chipping

    BCT · Kingswood

    0.1 miles
  • War Memorial

    BCT · Kingswood

    0.1 miles
  • The Chipping

    BCT · Kingswood

    0.1 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Stroud 015A, 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

27,097 of 33,755

Income
9 of 10
Employment
10 of 10
Education and skills
9 of 10
Health and disability
10 of 10
Crime
10 of 10
Housing and services
3 of 10
Living environment
3 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
1
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 £410,000 from 3 recorded sales in GL12 8SQ. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.

The latest UK House Price Index average for Stroud is £355,953 in June 2026, up 6.4% year on year.

Schools

Published establishments

9 open schools are in scope, including 8 primary and 1 secondary schools. Kingswood Primary School is the nearest published school at 186 m.

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

Recorded crime

Published police records

108 published events cover 12 months, averaging 9 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 49 events.

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