GL16 7BA

Berry Hill · Forest of Dean · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Coleford
Local authority
Forest of Dean
Constituency
Forest of Dean
Postcode district
GL16
Postcode sector
GL16 7

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
GL16 7BB 48 m
GL16 7AA 81 m
GL16 7AQ 93 m
GL16 7QU 103 m
GL16 7QX 120 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
GL16 7BA
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
GL
Postcode district
GL16
Postcode sector
GL16 7
Latitude
51.810845
Longitude
-2.616379
British National Grid easting
357,603
British National Grid northing
212,647

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South West · E12000009
Local authority district
Forest of Dean · E07000080
Parish or community
E04004332
Westminster constituency
Forest of Dean · E14001240
Output area
E00112992
Lower layer super output area
Forest of Dean 007A · E01022229
Middle layer super output area
Forest of Dean 007 · E02004632

Postcode source versions

Explore GL16

2 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
43, Park Road, Berry Hill, Coleford, GL16 7BA 24 January 2001 £150,000
Berry Hill Stores, Park Road, Berry Hill, Coleford, GL16 7BA 24 November 1995 £60,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
10
Primary
8
Secondary
1
  1. Berry Hill Primary School

    Foundation school

    297 m
  2. Five Acres High School

    Academy sponsor led

    540 m
  3. St John's C of E Academy

    Academy converter

    1.9 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
138
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 63
  • Anti social behaviour 26
  • Criminal damage and arson 18
  • Other theft 11
  • Burglary 9

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
5

4 female, 1 male

Postcode households
3
Residents per household
1.7
GL16 7 residents
7,246

Age bands in GL16 7

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
14.6%

1,061 residents

Age 15 to 24
9.6%

696 residents

Age 25 to 44
18.9%

1,378 residents

Age 45 to 64
30%

2,189 residents

Age 65 and over
26.9%

1,962 residents

This postcode contained 0.1% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider GL16 7 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+
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%

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

  • Globe Inn

    BCT · Berry Hill

    0.0 miles
  • Globe Inn

    BCT · Berry Hill

    0.0 miles
  • Post Office

    BCT · Berry Hill

    0.0 miles
  • Post Office

    BCT · Berry Hill

    0.0 miles
  • Lakers Road

    BCT · Berry Hill

    0.1 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Forest of Dean 007A, 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

20,570 of 33,755

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

10 open schools are in scope, including 8 primary and 1 secondary schools. Berry Hill Primary School is the nearest published school at 297 m.

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

Recorded crime

138 published events cover 12 months, averaging 11.5 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 63 events.

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