GL16 8DF

Coleford · 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 8

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
GL16 8AB 83 m
GL16 8DE 85 m
GL16 8BN 86 m
GL16 8DG 101 m
GL16 8BW 139 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
GL16 8DF
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
GL
Postcode district
GL16
Postcode sector
GL16 8
Latitude
51.796757
Longitude
-2.612605
British National Grid easting
357,850
British National Grid northing
211,078

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South West · E12000009
Local authority district
Forest of Dean · E07000080
Electoral ward
Coleford · E05012160
Parish or community
E04004301
Westminster constituency
Forest of Dean · E14001240
Output area
E00113064
Lower layer super output area
Forest of Dean 007B · E01022241
Middle layer super output area
Forest of Dean 007 · E02004632

Postcode source versions

Explore GL16

58 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
2, Poolway Place, Coleford, GL16 8DF 20 March 2026 £275,000
2, Poolway Place, Coleford, GL16 8DF 18 December 2025 £203,580
2, Poolway Place, Coleford, GL16 8DF 16 December 2025 £290,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
10
Primary
8
Secondary
1
  1. St John's C of E Academy

    Academy converter

    791 m
  2. Coalway Primary School

    Community school

    1.1 km
  3. Five Acres High School

    Academy sponsor led

    1.4 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
431
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 166
  • Anti social behaviour 88
  • Criminal damage and arson 48
  • Other theft 32
  • Public order 29

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
85

40 female, 45 male

Postcode households
41
Residents per household
2.1
GL16 8 residents
6,952

Age bands in GL16 8

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
15.1%

1,053 residents

Age 15 to 24
8.8%

614 residents

Age 25 to 44
21.9%

1,527 residents

Age 45 to 64
28.2%

1,971 residents

Age 65 and over
26%

1,818 residents

This postcode contained 1.2% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider GL16 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.

Nearby transport

  • The Crescent

    BCT · Coleford

    0.1 miles
  • The Crescent

    BCT · Coleford

    0.1 miles
  • Foot of Bakers Hill

    BCT · Coleford

    0.1 miles
  • Bakers Hill

    BCT · Coleford

    0.2 miles
  • Police Station

    BCT · Coleford

    0.3 miles

Relative deprivation

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

4 of 10

Overall England rank

11,950 of 33,755

Income
5 of 10
Employment
3 of 10
Education and skills
5 of 10
Health and disability
4 of 10
Crime
2 of 10
Housing and services
5 of 10
Living environment
6 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
10
Medium risk addresses
2
Low risk addresses
4
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 £257,500 from 10 recorded sales in GL16 8DF. 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

10 open schools are in scope, including 8 primary and 1 secondary schools. St John's C of E Academy is the nearest published school at 791 m.

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

Recorded crime

431 published events cover 12 months, averaging 35.917 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 166 events.

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