GL16 7NU

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 7NX 107 m
GL16 7NT 143 m
GL16 7NW 332 m
GL16 7NE 353 m
GL16 7NR 358 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
GL16 7NU
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
GL
Postcode district
GL16
Postcode sector
GL16 7
Latitude
51.817699
Longitude
-2.624336
British National Grid easting
357,061
British National Grid northing
213,414

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
E00113023
Lower layer super output area
Forest of Dean 006A · E01022234
Middle layer super output area
Forest of Dean 006 · E02004631

Postcode source versions

Explore GL16

21 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
Sunrise, Hillersland Lane, Coleford, GL16 7NU 30 September 2025 £520,000
Homestill, Hillersland Lane, Coleford, GL16 7NU 8 January 2024 £455,000
Vanstone Cottage, Hillersland Lane, Coleford, GL16 7NU 29 June 2022 £480,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
8
Primary
7
Secondary
1
  1. Berry Hill Primary School

    Foundation school

    1.0 km
  2. Five Acres High School

    Academy sponsor led

    1.4 km
  3. St John's C of E Academy

    Academy converter

    2.6 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
81
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 34
  • Anti social behaviour 16
  • Criminal damage and arson 13
  • Other theft 6
  • Burglary 5

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
20

11 female, 9 male

Postcode households
13
Residents per household
1.5
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 0.3% 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+
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.

Nearby transport

  • The New Inn

    BCT · Shortstanding

    0.1 miles
  • The New Inn

    BCT · Shortstanding

    0.1 miles
  • Bridewell Farm

    BCT · Christchurch

    0.1 miles
  • Bridewell Farm

    BCT · Christchurch

    0.1 miles
  • Church

    BCT · Christchurch

    0.3 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Forest of Dean 006A, 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

20,611 of 33,755

Income
9 of 10
Employment
6 of 10
Education and skills
7 of 10
Health and disability
8 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

Property market

The five-year median is £467,500 from 4 recorded sales in GL16 7NU. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.

The latest UK House Price Index average for Forest of Dean is £288,524 in June 2026, up 1.9% year on year.

Schools

8 open schools are in scope, including 7 primary and 1 secondary schools. Berry Hill Primary School is the nearest published school at 0.6 miles.

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

Recorded crime

81 published events cover 12 months, averaging 6.75 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 34 events.

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