GL4 8LQ

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 8HG 562 m
GL6 7ES 667 m
GL4 8LG 884 m
GL4 8HQ 1.3 km
GL4 8LH 1.6 km
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
GL4 8LQ
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
GL
Postcode district
GL4
Postcode sector
GL4 8
Latitude
51.807762
Longitude
-2.118895
British National Grid easting
391,899
British National Grid northing
212,131

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South West · E12000009
Local authority district
Stroud · E07000082
Parish or community
E04013002
Westminster constituency
North Cotswolds · E14001386
Output area
E00113819
Lower layer super output area
Stroud 002D · E01022392
Middle layer super output area
Stroud 002 · E02004652

Postcode source versions

Explore GL4

2 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
Climperwell Cottage, Climperwell, Brimpsfield, Gloucester, GL4 8LQ 22 July 2013 £795,000
Climperwell Cottage, Climperwell, Brimpsfield, Gloucester, GL4 8LQ 26 July 2001 £242,115

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
6
Primary
5
Secondary
1
  1. Birdlip Primary School

    Community school

    2.4 km
  2. Cranham Church of England Primary School

    Voluntary aided school

    2.8 km
  3. Sheepscombe Primary School

    Community school

    3.1 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
2
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Burglary 1
  • Anti social behaviour 1

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
11

7 female, 4 male

Postcode households
3
Residents per household
3.7
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 0.4% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider GL4 8 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+
75%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
75%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
75%
Gigabit-capable
75%
Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
25%
Next Generation Access
75%
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

1

within 5 km

  • BROCKWORTH SURGERY

    ABBOTSWOOD ROAD, BROCKWORTH, GLOUCESTER, GL3 4PE

    ODS code L84084

    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

  • Birdlip Road Crossroads

    BCT · Cranham

    0.3 miles
  • Birdlip Road Crossroads

    BCT · Cranham

    0.4 miles
  • Foston's Ash Inn

    BCT · The Camp

    0.5 miles
  • Foston's Ash Inn

    BCT · The Camp

    0.6 miles
  • Overtown Farm

    BCT · Cranham

    0.6 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Stroud 002D, 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

6 of 10

Overall England rank

19,167 of 33,755

Income
10 of 10
Employment
10 of 10
Education and skills
9 of 10
Health and disability
10 of 10
Crime
10 of 10
Housing and services
1 of 10
Living environment
1 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. Birdlip Primary School is the nearest published school at 1.5 miles.

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

Recorded crime

2 published events cover 12 months, averaging 0.167 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Burglary with 1 events.

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