GL2 5GY

Westgate · Gloucester · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Gloucester
Local authority
Gloucester
Constituency
Gloucester
Postcode district
GL2
Postcode sector
GL2 5

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
GL2 5GX 31 m
GL2 5LU 105 m
GL2 5JN 160 m
GL2 5JP 202 m
GL2 5JR 205 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
GL2 5GY
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 2025
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
GL
Postcode district
GL2
Postcode sector
GL2 5
Latitude
51.856408
Longitude
-2.265182
British National Grid easting
381,833
British National Grid northing
217,568

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South West · E12000009
Local authority district
Gloucester · E07000081
Electoral ward
Westgate · E05010967
Parish or community
E43000067
Westminster constituency
Gloucester · E14001248
Output area
E00168943
Lower layer super output area
Gloucester 004G · E01034791
Middle layer super output area
Gloucester 004 · E02004639

Postcode source versions

Explore GL2

11 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
12, Flat 2, Priors View, Hempsted, Gloucester, GL2 5GY 24 June 2025 £187,000
12, Flat 3, Priors View, Hempsted, Gloucester, GL2 5GY 28 March 2025 £186,950
16, Priors View, Hempsted, Gloucester, GL2 5GY 27 March 2025 £158,210

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
55
Primary
36
Secondary
9
  1. Hempsted Church of England Primary School

    Voluntary controlled school

    745 m
  2. Gloucestershire College

    Further education

    923 m
  3. St Paul's Church of England Primary School

    Voluntary controlled school

    1.2 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
2,047
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 722
  • Shoplifting 261
  • Anti social behaviour 247
  • Public order 185
  • Other theft 146

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
GL2 5 residents
4,650

Age bands in GL2 5

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
19.8%

843 residents

Age 15 to 24
10.8%

459 residents

Age 25 to 44
29.2%

1,243 residents

Age 45 to 64
24.1%

1,027 residents

Age 65 and over
16%

682 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

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.

GP practices

12

within 5 km

  • GLOUCESTER HEALTH ACCESS CENTRE

    QUAYSIDE HOUSE, QUAY STREET, GLOUCESTER, GL1 2TZ

    ODS code Y02519

    1.4 km

  • SEVERNSIDE MEDICAL PRACTICE

    QUAYSIDE HOUSE, QUAY STREET, GLOUCESTER, GL1 2TZ

    ODS code L84052

    1.4 km

  • THE HOMELESS HEALTHCARE TEAM

    RIKENEL, MONTPELLIER, GLOUCESTER, GL1 1LY

    ODS code Y00054

    1.5 km

  • PARTNERS IN HEALTH, PAVILION FAMILY DRS

    153A STROUD ROAD, GLOUCESTER, GL1 5JJ

    ODS code L84034

    1.6 km

  • ROSEBANK SURGERY

    153B STROUD ROAD, GLOUCESTER, GL1 5JQ

    ODS code L84050

    1.6 km

  • KINGSHOLM SURGERY

    ALVIN STREET, GLOUCESTER, GL1 3EN

    ODS code L84081

    2.2 km

  • QUEDGELEY MEDICAL CENTRE

    OLYMPUS PARK, QUEDGELEY, GLOUCESTER, GL2 4NF

    ODS code L84617

    2.9 km

  • ASPEN MEDICAL PRACTICE

    ASPEN CENTRE, HORTON ROAD, GLOUCESTER, GL1 3PX

    ODS code L84026

    2.9 km

  • THE ALNEY PRACTICE

    HIGHNAM SURGERY, LASSINGTON LANE, HIGHNAM, GLOUCESTER, GL2 8DH

    ODS code L84606

    3.9 km

  • LONGLEVENS SURGERY

    19B CHURCH ROAD, LONGLEVENS, GLOUCESTER, GL2 0AJ

    ODS code L84067

    4.3 km

  • HADWEN HEALTH

    GLEVUM WAY, ABBEYDALE, GLOUCESTER, GL4 4BL

    ODS code L84009

    4.5 km

  • HUCCLECOTE SURGERY

    5A BROOKFIELD ROAD, HUCCLECOTE, GLOUCESTER, GL3 3HB

    ODS code L84014

    4.9 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.

Nearby transport

  • Sandalwood Drive

    BCT · Hempsted

    0.1 miles
  • Sandalwood Drive

    BCT · Hempsted

    0.1 miles
  • Monks Corner

    BCT · Hempsted

    0.1 miles
  • Monks Corner

    BCT · Hempsted

    0.1 miles
  • Monk Meadow Trading Estate

    BCT · Hempsted

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Gloucester 004G, 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

3 of 10

Overall England rank

8,911 of 33,755

Income
2 of 10
Employment
4 of 10
Education and skills
3 of 10
Health and disability
3 of 10
Crime
2 of 10
Housing and services
7 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.

Evidence in context

Property market

The five-year median is £193,950 from 11 recorded sales in GL2 5GY. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.

The latest UK House Price Index average for Gloucester is £240,887 in June 2026, up 5.6% year on year.

Schools

55 open schools are in scope, including 36 primary and 9 secondary schools. Hempsted Church of England Primary School is the nearest published school at 745 m.

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

Recorded crime

2,047 published events cover 12 months, averaging 170.583 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 722 events.

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