Schools
51 open schools are in scope, including 33 primary and 8 secondary schools. The Altus School is the nearest published school at 642 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
GL2 6DS
Podsmead · Gloucester · England
Updated September 2026
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- Ward
- Podsmead
- Local authority
- Gloucester
- Constituency
- Gloucester
- Postcode district
- GL2
- Postcode sector
- GL2 6
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- GL2 6DS
- Status
- Terminated
- Introduced
- 1 February 1990
- Terminated
- 1 May 1994
- Postcode area
- GL
- Postcode district
- GL2
- Postcode sector
- GL2 6
- Latitude
- 51.840514
- Longitude
- -2.264116
- British National Grid easting
- 381,900
- British National Grid northing
- 215,800
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- England · E92000001
- Region
- South West · E12000009
- Local authority district
- Gloucester · E07000081
- Electoral ward
- Podsmead · E05010963
- Parish or community
- E43000067
- Westminster constituency
- Gloucester · E14001248
- Output area
- E00113525
- Lower layer super output area
- Gloucester 009E · E01022333
- Middle layer super output area
- Gloucester 009 · E02004644
Postcode source versions
- Ordnance Survey: Code-Point Open Version 2026-08 · Current postcode units in Great Britain · OGL-3.0
- Office for National Statistics: ONS Postcode Directory Version 2026-08 · United Kingdom; Northern Ireland excluded pending rights review; Crown Dependencies outside product scope · OGL-3.0 with third-party rights
- Ordnance Survey: Boundary-Line Version 2026-05 · Local-authority boundaries in Great Britain · OS OpenData Licence
Explore GL2
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 51
- Primary
- 33
- Secondary
- 8
- 642 m
The Altus School
Pupil referral unit
- 686 m
Grange Primary Academy
Academy sponsor led
- 901 m
The Crypt School
Academy converter
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 1,020
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 455
- Anti social behaviour 175
- Other theft 66
- Public order 61
- Criminal damage and arson 59
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- Not supplied
- Postcode households
- Not supplied
- Residents per household
- Not available
- GL2 6 residents
- 2
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.
GP practices
9
within 5 km straight-line
QUEDGELEY MEDICAL CENTRE
OLYMPUS PARK, QUEDGELEY, GLOUCESTER, GL2 4NF
ODS code L84617
1.2 km
ROSEBANK SURGERY
153B STROUD ROAD, GLOUCESTER, GL1 5JQ
ODS code L84050
2.0 km
PARTNERS IN HEALTH, PAVILION FAMILY DRS
153A STROUD ROAD, GLOUCESTER, GL1 5JJ
ODS code L84034
2.1 km
THE HOMELESS HEALTHCARE TEAM
RIKENEL, MONTPELLIER, GLOUCESTER, GL1 1LY
ODS code Y00054
2.6 km
GLOUCESTER HEALTH ACCESS CENTRE
QUAYSIDE HOUSE, QUAY STREET, GLOUCESTER, GL1 2TZ
ODS code Y02519
3.0 km
SEVERNSIDE MEDICAL PRACTICE
QUAYSIDE HOUSE, QUAY STREET, GLOUCESTER, GL1 2TZ
ODS code L84052
3.0 km
KINGSHOLM SURGERY
ALVIN STREET, GLOUCESTER, GL1 3EN
ODS code L84081
3.5 km
ASPEN MEDICAL PRACTICE
ASPEN CENTRE, HORTON ROAD, GLOUCESTER, GL1 3PX
ODS code L84026
3.9 km
HADWEN HEALTH
GLEVUM WAY, ABBEYDALE, GLOUCESTER, GL4 4BL
ODS code L84009
4.1 km
Nearby transport
- 0.2 miles
Pearce Way
BCT · Gloucester
- 0.2 miles
Pearce Way
BCT · Gloucester
- 0.2 miles
Keats Avenue
BCT · Podsmead
- 0.2 miles
Scott Avenue
BCT · Podsmead
- 0.3 miles
McDonalds
BCT · Gloucester
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Gloucester 009E, 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
1 of 10
Overall England rank
1,003 of 33,755
- Income
- 1 of 10
- Employment
- 1 of 10
- Education and skills
- 1 of 10
- Health and disability
- 1 of 10
- Crime
- 2 of 10
- Housing and services
- 3 of 10
- Living environment
- 9 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
Recorded crime
1,020 published events cover 12 months, averaging 85 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 455 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.