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GL2 3SH

Hardwicke · Stroud · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Gloucester
Local authority
Stroud
Constituency
North Cotswolds
Postcode district
GL2
Postcode sector
GL2 3

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
GL2 3SL 734 m
GL2 3SJ 825 m
GL2 3SN 838 m
GL2 3WT 1.0 km
GL2 3SQ 1.3 km
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
GL2 3SH
Status
Current
Introduced
1 December 1995
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
GL
Postcode district
GL2
Postcode sector
GL2 3
Latitude
51.811078
Longitude
-2.334193
British National Grid easting
377,057
British National Grid northing
212,546

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South West · E12000009
Local authority district
Stroud · E07000082
Electoral ward
Hardwicke · E05015846
Parish or community
E04004364
Westminster constituency
North Cotswolds · E14001386
Output area
E00113771
Lower layer super output area
Stroud 001F · E01034800
Middle layer super output area
Stroud 001 · E02004651

Postcode source versions

Explore GL2

3 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
High Green, Hardwicke Road, Longney, Gloucester, GL2 3SH 12 May 2026 £1,080,000
Vicarage House, Hardwicke Road, Longney, Gloucester, GL2 3SH 30 March 2026 £1,295,000
High Green, Hardwicke Road, Longney, Gloucester, GL2 3SH 6 September 2002 £246,000

Schools

Within 5 km of this postcode

View all nearby schools
Open schools
15
Primary
14
Secondary
1
  1. Longney Church of England Primary Academy

    Academy converter

    795 m
  2. Hardwicke Parochial Primary Academy

    Academy converter

    3.0 km
  3. Walmore Hill Primary School

    Community school

    3.1 km

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
10
5 female, 5 male
Postcode households
5
Residents per household
2.0
GL2 3 residents
661

Age bands in GL2 3

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
12.5%
82 residents
Age 15 to 24
11.4%
75 residents
Age 25 to 44
16.6%
109 residents
Age 45 to 64
35.4%
233 residents
Age 65 and over
24.2%
159 residents

This postcode contained 1.5% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider GL2 3 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+
80%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
80%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
80%
Gigabit-capable
80%
Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
0%
Next Generation Access
80%
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, coverage at January 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

GP practices

1

within 5 km straight-line

  • QUEDGELEY MEDICAL CENTRE

    OLYMPUS PARK, QUEDGELEY, GLOUCESTER, GL2 4NF

    ODS code L84617

    4.7 km

Nearby transport

  • Demand Responsive Area

    BCT · Longney

    488 m
  • Madam's End Farm

    BCT · Hardwicke

    623 m
  • Madam's End Farm

    BCT · Hardwicke

    634 m
  • Bellamy Farm

    BCT · Longney

    689 m
  • Bellamy Farm

    BCT · Longney

    693 m

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Stroud 001F, 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

20,546 of 33,755

Income
7 of 10
Employment
7 of 10
Education and skills
7 of 10
Health and disability
6 of 10
Crime
6 of 10
Housing and services
4 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

Property market

The five-year median is £1,187,500 from 2 recorded sales in GL2 3SH. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.

The latest UK House Price Index average for Stroud is £355,953 in June 2026, up 6.4% year on year.

Schools

15 open schools are in scope, including 14 primary and 1 secondary schools. Longney Church of England Primary Academy is the nearest published school at 795 m.

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