GL4 8BE

Painswick and Upton · 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
GL4
Postcode sector
GL4 8

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
GL4 8BD 67 m
GL4 8BH 121 m
GL4 5DG 170 m
GL4 8BG 170 m
GL4 5JU 175 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
GL4 8BE
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
GL
Postcode district
GL4
Postcode sector
GL4 8
Latitude
51.836118
Longitude
-2.199926
British National Grid easting
386,321
British National Grid northing
215,297

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South West · E12000009
Local authority district
Stroud · E07000082
Parish or community
E04013013
Westminster constituency
North Cotswolds · E14001386
Output area
E00113929
Lower layer super output area
Stroud 001G · E01034801
Middle layer super output area
Stroud 001 · E02004651

Postcode source versions

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Property

At this postcode

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55 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
50, Woodland Green, Upton St Leonards, Gloucester, GL4 8BE 6 February 2025 £260,000
70, Woodland Green, Upton St Leonards, Gloucester, GL4 8BE 17 January 2025 £240,000
72, Woodland Green, Upton St Leonards, Gloucester, GL4 8BE 23 August 2024 £325,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
53
Primary
33
Secondary
9
  1. Upton St Leonards Church of England Primary School

    Voluntary controlled school

    407 m
  2. Heron Primary School

    Foundation school

    964 m
  3. Hillside Primary School

    Academy converter

    1.1 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
906
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 361
  • Anti social behaviour 138
  • Shoplifting 83
  • Criminal damage and arson 61
  • Burglary 51

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
115

60 female, 55 male

Postcode households
48
Residents per household
2.4
GL4 8 residents
2,470

Age bands in GL4 8

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
14.5%

382 residents

Age 15 to 24
7.7%

204 residents

Age 25 to 44
18.2%

479 residents

Age 45 to 64
29.1%

768 residents

Age 65 and over
30.5%

804 residents

This postcode contained 4.7% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider GL4 8 sector, not people in this individual postcode.

How to read these estimates
The standard postcode headcounts and the commissioned age table are separate ONS outputs. Small counts are disclosure-controlled, and totals can differ slightly between tables. Coverage is England and Wales only.

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%
Coverage is a modelled postcode-level snapshot, not a speed test or a guarantee for a named property. Check availability with providers before making a decision. Ofcom does not publish postcode-level full-fibre coverage in this release for commercial-confidentiality reasons.

Source: Ofcom Connected Nations Spring 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

NHS ODS

GP practices

11

within 5 km

  • HADWEN HEALTH

    GLEVUM WAY, ABBEYDALE, GLOUCESTER, GL4 4BL

    ODS code L84009

    670 m

  • HUCCLECOTE SURGERY

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

    ODS code L84014

    2.4 km

  • BROCKWORTH SURGERY

    ABBOTSWOOD ROAD, BROCKWORTH, GLOUCESTER, GL3 4PE

    ODS code L84084

    3.1 km

  • ROSEBANK SURGERY

    153B STROUD ROAD, GLOUCESTER, GL1 5JQ

    ODS code L84050

    3.4 km

  • PARTNERS IN HEALTH, PAVILION FAMILY DRS

    153A STROUD ROAD, GLOUCESTER, GL1 5JJ

    ODS code L84034

    3.5 km

  • ASPEN MEDICAL PRACTICE

    ASPEN CENTRE, HORTON ROAD, GLOUCESTER, GL1 3PX

    ODS code L84026

    3.8 km

  • THE HOMELESS HEALTHCARE TEAM

    RIKENEL, MONTPELLIER, GLOUCESTER, GL1 1LY

    ODS code Y00054

    4.1 km

  • KINGSHOLM SURGERY

    ALVIN STREET, GLOUCESTER, GL1 3EN

    ODS code L84081

    4.5 km

  • LONGLEVENS SURGERY

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

    ODS code L84067

    4.5 km

  • GLOUCESTER HEALTH ACCESS CENTRE

    QUAYSIDE HOUSE, QUAY STREET, GLOUCESTER, GL1 2TZ

    ODS code Y02519

    4.9 km

  • SEVERNSIDE MEDICAL PRACTICE

    QUAYSIDE HOUSE, QUAY STREET, GLOUCESTER, GL1 2TZ

    ODS code L84052

    4.9 km

Organisation records, not service availability
These are records marked active in NHS England's Organisation Data Service for England and Wales. Branch surgeries, pharmacies, dentists and hospitals are not included. They do not confirm patient registration, services, opening hours, appointments or care quality. Distances are straight-line from the postcode point.

Source acquired on 2026-09-03. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • Georgian Close school stop

    BCT · Abbeydale

    0.1 miles
  • Georgian Close

    BCT · Abbeydale

    0.1 miles
  • Ash Grove

    BCT · Upton St Leonards

    0.1 miles
  • Staites Orchard

    BCT · Upton St Leonards

    0.1 miles
  • Motorway Bridge

    BCT · Upton St Leonards

    0.1 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Stroud 001G, 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

8 of 10

Overall England rank

25,163 of 33,755

Income
9 of 10
Employment
8 of 10
Education and skills
9 of 10
Health and disability
8 of 10
Crime
5 of 10
Housing and services
5 of 10
Living environment
3 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
1
Medium risk addresses
1
Low risk addresses
1
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

A factual reading of the data in this report's scope. It is not a location score or a recommendation.

Property market

Recorded sales

The five-year median is £282,750 from 6 recorded sales in GL4 8BE. 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

Published establishments

53 open schools are in scope, including 33 primary and 9 secondary schools. Upton St Leonards Church of England Primary School is the nearest published school at 407 m.

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

Recorded crime

Published police records

906 published events cover 12 months, averaging 75.5 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 361 events.

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