Schools
51 open schools are in scope, including 29 primary and 6 secondary schools. Dean Close Airthrie is the nearest published school at 541 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
GL50 2WD
Park · Cheltenham · England
Updated September 2026
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- Ward
- Park
- Local authority
- Cheltenham
- Constituency
- Cheltenham
- Postcode district
- GL50
- Postcode sector
- GL50 2
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- GL50 2WD
- Status
- Terminated
- Introduced
- 1 January 2004
- Terminated
- 1 June 2004
- Postcode area
- GL
- Postcode district
- GL50
- Postcode sector
- GL50 2
- Latitude
- 51.893574
- Longitude
- -2.087340
- British National Grid easting
- 394,086
- British National Grid northing
- 221,672
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- England · E92000001
- Region
- South West · E12000009
- Local authority district
- Cheltenham · E07000078
- Electoral ward
- Park · E05015714
- Parish or community
- E43000255
- Westminster constituency
- Cheltenham · E14001161
- Output area
- E00112490
- Lower layer super output area
- Cheltenham 011B · E01022136
- Middle layer super output area
- Cheltenham 011 · E02004610
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 GL50
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 51
- Primary
- 29
- Secondary
- 6
- 541 m
Dean Close Airthrie
Other independent school
- 634 m
Cheltenham Ladies' College
Other independent school
- 672 m
Gloucestershire Hospital Education Service
Pupil referral unit
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 3,171
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 944
- Shoplifting 528
- Anti social behaviour 518
- Public order 222
- Vehicle crime 209
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- Not supplied
- Postcode households
- Not supplied
- Residents per household
- Not available
- GL50 2 residents
- 7,140
Age bands in GL50 2
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 8.7%
- Age 15 to 24
- 11.6%
- Age 25 to 44
- 26.9%
- Age 45 to 64
- 27.7%
- Age 65 and over
- 25.1%
622 residents
833 residents
1,927 residents
1,987 residents
1,803 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.
GP practices
12
within 5 km straight-line
OVERTON PARK SURGERY
OVERTON PARK ROAD, CHELTENHAM, GL50 3BP
ODS code L84041
658 m
YORKLEIGH SURGERY(CT)
93 ST. GEORGES ROAD, CHELTENHAM, GL50 3ED
ODS code L84022
753 m
UNDERWOOD SURGERY
139 ST. GEORGES ROAD, CHELTENHAM, GL50 3EQ
ODS code L84003
909 m
THE LECKHAMPTON SURGERY
17 MOOREND PARK ROAD, CHELTENHAM, GL53 0LA
ODS code L84040
1.1 km
ST. CATHERINE'S SURGERY
ST. PAULS MEDICAL CENTRE, 121 SWINDON ROAD, CHELTENHAM, GL50 4DP
ODS code L84058
1.5 km
ST. GEORGE'S SURGERY
ST. PAULS MEDICAL CENTRE, 121 SWINDON ROAD, CHELTENHAM, GL50 4DP
ODS code L84008
1.5 km
THE ROYAL WELL SURGERY
ST. PAULS MEDICAL CENTRE, 121 SWINDON ROAD, CHELTENHAM, GL50 4DP
ODS code L84049
1.5 km
WESTON HOUSE PRACTICE
ST. PAULS MEDICAL CENTRE, 121 SWINDON ROAD, CHELTENHAM, GL50 4DP
ODS code L84033
1.5 km
WEST CHELTENHAM MEDICAL
HESTERS WAY RESOURCE CTR, CASSIN DRIVE, CHELTENHAM, GL51 7SU
ODS code Y05212
2.2 km
SIXWAYS CLINIC
LONDON ROAD, CHARLTON KINGS, CHELTENHAM, GL52 6HS
ODS code L84015
2.4 km
BERKELEY PLACE SURGERY
WILSON HEALTH CENTRE, 236 PRESTBURY ROAD, CHELTENHAM, GL52 3EY
ODS code L84030
2.9 km
ROYAL CRESCENT SURGERY
WILSON HEALTH CENTRE, 236 PRESTBURY ROAD, CHELTENHAM, GL52 3EY
ODS code L84059
2.9 km
Nearby transport
- 0.0 miles
Lansdown Walk
BCT · Cheltenham
- 0.0 miles
Lansdown Walk
BCT · Cheltenham
- 0.1 miles
Lypiatt Street
BCT · Cheltenham
- 0.1 miles
Lypiatt Street
BCT · Cheltenham
- 0.1 miles
Texaco Garage
BCT · Cheltenham
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Cheltenham 011B, 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
9 of 10
Overall England rank
28,746 of 33,755
- Income
- 8 of 10
- Employment
- 8 of 10
- Education and skills
- 9 of 10
- Health and disability
- 9 of 10
- Crime
- 7 of 10
- Housing and services
- 10 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.
Evidence in context
Recorded crime
3,171 published events cover 12 months, averaging 264.25 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 944 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.