Property market
The five-year median is £281,000 from 864 recorded sales in GL17. 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.
GL17
UK postcode district
Part of Drybrook and Mitcheldean
Updated September 2026
District overview
- Postcode units
- 768
- Current units
- 529
- Coordinate coverage
- 100%
- Electoral wards
- 11
Coverage context
- Countries represented
- England
- English regions represented
- West Midlands, South West
- Local authority codes
- 2
- Terminated postcode units
- 239
Postcode sectors in GL17
Choose a sector to browse its complete postcode-unit directory.
Property
5,746 recorded
sales at this postcode
| Address | Date | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Cherry Tree Cottage, Nottswood Hill, Longhope, GL17 0AN | 30 July 2026 | £580,000 |
| 72, Greenfield Road, Joys Green, Lydbrook, GL17 9RE | 17 July 2026 | £220,000 |
| 4, Spring Place, Ruardean, GL17 9TA | 10 July 2026 | £253,000 |
Schools
Across this district
- Open schools
- 7
- Primary
- 6
- Secondary
- 1
Recorded crime
Across this district
- Published events
- 305
- Months covered
- 8
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 141
- Anti social behaviour 60
- Other theft 19
- Burglary 18
- Criminal damage and arson 16
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- GL17 usual residents
- 11,734
- Age-profile population
- 11,388
Age bands in GL17
Postcode district- Age 0 to 14
- 14.9%
- 1,694 residents
- Age 15 to 24
- 9.6%
- 1,088 residents
- Age 25 to 44
- 19.4%
- 2,209 residents
- Age 45 to 64
- 30.9%
- 3,522 residents
- Age 65 and over
- 25.2%
- 2,875 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.
Fixed broadband coverage
The median Ofcom availability percentage across 463 current postcode units in this district. Each postcode is weighted equally, not by premises.
- 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%
In this district, 391 postcode units had 100% superfast coverage, 281 postcode units had 100% gigabit-capable coverage, 13 postcode units had at least some premises without decent fixed or fixed-wireless access.
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, coverage at January 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
GP practices
2
in this district
DRYBROOK SURGERY
DRYBROOK ROAD, DRYBROOK, GL17 9JE
ODS code L84024
MITCHELDEAN SURGERY
BROOK STREET, MITCHELDEAN, GL17 0AU
ODS code L84045
Evidence in context
Schools
7 open schools are in scope, including 6 primary and 1 secondary schools.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
Recorded crime
305 published events cover 8 months, averaging 38 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 141 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.