GL18 1LX

Dymock · Forest of Dean · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Ward
Dymock
Local authority
Forest of Dean
Constituency
Forest of Dean
Postcode district
GL18
Postcode sector
GL18 1

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
GL18 1LT 686 m
GL18 1DJ 829 m
GL18 1DL 890 m
GL18 1RN 1.0 km
GL18 1LS 1.1 km
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
GL18 1LX
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
GL
Postcode district
GL18
Postcode sector
GL18 1
Latitude
51.951508
Longitude
-2.426470
British National Grid easting
370,787
British National Grid northing
228,198

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South West · E12000009
Local authority district
Forest of Dean · E07000080
Electoral ward
Dymock · E05012161
Parish or community
E04004318
Westminster constituency
Forest of Dean · E14001240
Output area
E00113199
Lower layer super output area
Forest of Dean 002C · E01022267
Middle layer super output area
Forest of Dean 002 · E02004627

Postcode source versions

Explore GL18

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
6
Primary
5
Secondary
1
  1. Picklenash Junior School

    Foundation school

    2.3 km
  2. Glebe Infants' School

    Foundation school

    2.3 km
  3. Pauntley Church of England Primary School

    Voluntary controlled school

    2.5 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
5
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Other theft 2
  • Other crime 1
  • Shoplifting 1
  • Violence and sexual offences 1

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
20

10 female, 10 male

Postcode households
6
Residents per household
3.3
GL18 1 residents
7,426

Age bands in GL18 1

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
15.7%

1,149 residents

Age 15 to 24
9.2%

672 residents

Age 25 to 44
22%

1,607 residents

Age 45 to 64
27%

1,977 residents

Age 65 and over
26.1%

1,910 residents

This postcode contained 0.3% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider GL18 1 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+
0%
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
33.3%
Decent broadband available from fixed wireless
16.7%

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.

GP practices

1

within 5 km straight-line

  • THE HOLTS HEALTH CENTRE

    WATERY LANE, NEWENT, GL18 1BA

    ODS code L84037

    2.6 km

Nearby transport

  • Orchard Cottages

    BCT · Hillend Green

    0.4 miles
  • Orchard Cottages

    BCT · Hillend Green

    0.4 miles
  • Birches Lane Turn

    BCT · Botloes Green

    0.5 miles
  • Birches Lane Turn

    BCT · Botloes Green

    0.5 miles
  • Three Choirs

    BCT · Castletump

    0.5 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Forest of Dean 002C, 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

21,781 of 33,755

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

6 open schools are in scope, including 5 primary and 1 secondary schools. Picklenash Junior School is the nearest published school at 1.4 miles.

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

Recorded crime

5 published events cover 12 months, averaging 0.417 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Other theft with 2 events.

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