Mitcheldean, Ruardean & Drybrook · Forest of Dean · England
Updated September 2026
Compare this postcodeWithin 3.1 miles of this postcode
Ruardean Church of England Primary School
Voluntary controlled school
Woodside Primary School
Community school
Lydbrook Primary School
Community school
Within 1 mile of this postcode
Census 2021
4 female, 4 male
997 residents
665 residents
1,268 residents
2,147 residents
1,723 residents
This postcode contained 0.1% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider GL17 9 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.
Ofcom's predicted availability across all residential and commercial premises in this postcode in January 2026.
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.
3
within 5 km
DRYBROOK ROAD, DRYBROOK, GL17 9JE
ODS code L84024
3.0 km
CINDERFORD MEDICAL CENTRE, VALLEY ROAD, CINDERFORD, GL14 2NX
ODS code L84046
4.5 km
VALLEY ROAD, CINDERFORD, GL14 2NX
ODS code L84028
4.5 km
Main GP practices only; branch surgeries are excluded. Distances are straight-line. Contact the practice to check registration, services, opening hours and appointments.
Source acquired on 2026-09-05. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.
Cidermill
BCT · Joys Green
Cidermill
BCT · Joys Green
Highbeech Road
BCT · The Pludds
The Pludds Turn
BCT · Ruardean
Highbeech Road
BCT · The Pludds
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Forest of Dean 003B, 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
6 of 10
Overall England rank
19,481 of 33,755
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.
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.
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.
9 open schools are in scope, including 8 primary and 0 secondary schools. Ruardean Church of England Primary School is the nearest published school at 789 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
53 published events cover 12 months, averaging 4.417 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 25 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.