Schools
40 open schools are in scope, including 20 primary and 4 secondary schools. Balcarras School is the nearest published school at 513 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
GL53 8NZ
Charlton Kings · Cheltenham · England
Updated September 2026
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- Ward
- Charlton Kings
- Local authority
- Cheltenham
- Constituency
- Cheltenham
- Postcode district
- GL53
- Postcode sector
- GL53 8
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- GL53 8NZ
- Status
- Terminated
- Introduced
- 1 January 1980
- Terminated
- 1 June 1996
- Postcode area
- GL
- Postcode district
- GL53
- Postcode sector
- GL53 8
- Latitude
- 51.876767
- Longitude
- -2.044977
- British National Grid easting
- 397,000
- British National Grid northing
- 219,800
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- England · E92000001
- Region
- South West · E12000009
- Local authority district
- Cheltenham · E07000078
- Electoral ward
- Charlton Kings · E05015707
- Parish or community
- E04012753
- Westminster constituency
- Cheltenham · E14001161
- Output area
- E00112366
- Lower layer super output area
- Cheltenham 012D · E01022109
- Middle layer super output area
- Cheltenham 012 · E02004611
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 GL53
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 40
- Primary
- 20
- Secondary
- 4
- 513 m
Balcarras School
Academy converter
- 608 m
Charlton Kings Junior School
Academy converter
- 814 m
Charlton Kings Infants' School
Academy converter
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 231
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 81
- Anti social behaviour 47
- Shoplifting 21
- Burglary 17
- Public order 15
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- Not supplied
- Postcode households
- Not supplied
- Residents per household
- Not available
- GL53 8 residents
- 5,447
Age bands in GL53 8
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 20.8%
- Age 15 to 24
- 10.4%
- Age 25 to 44
- 18%
- Age 45 to 64
- 30.6%
- Age 65 and over
- 20.2%
1,220 residents
610 residents
1,061 residents
1,801 residents
1,187 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
11
within 5 km straight-line
SIXWAYS CLINIC
LONDON ROAD, CHARLTON KINGS, CHELTENHAM, GL52 6HS
ODS code L84015
1.5 km
THE LECKHAMPTON SURGERY
17 MOOREND PARK ROAD, CHELTENHAM, GL53 0LA
ODS code L84040
2.9 km
OVERTON PARK SURGERY
OVERTON PARK ROAD, CHELTENHAM, GL50 3BP
ODS code L84041
3.7 km
YORKLEIGH SURGERY(CT)
93 ST. GEORGES ROAD, CHELTENHAM, GL50 3ED
ODS code L84022
3.8 km
BERKELEY PLACE SURGERY
WILSON HEALTH CENTRE, 236 PRESTBURY ROAD, CHELTENHAM, GL52 3EY
ODS code L84030
3.8 km
ROYAL CRESCENT SURGERY
WILSON HEALTH CENTRE, 236 PRESTBURY ROAD, CHELTENHAM, GL52 3EY
ODS code L84059
3.8 km
UNDERWOOD SURGERY
139 ST. GEORGES ROAD, CHELTENHAM, GL50 3EQ
ODS code L84003
4.1 km
ST. CATHERINE'S SURGERY
ST. PAULS MEDICAL CENTRE, 121 SWINDON ROAD, CHELTENHAM, GL50 4DP
ODS code L84058
4.2 km
ST. GEORGE'S SURGERY
ST. PAULS MEDICAL CENTRE, 121 SWINDON ROAD, CHELTENHAM, GL50 4DP
ODS code L84008
4.2 km
THE ROYAL WELL SURGERY
ST. PAULS MEDICAL CENTRE, 121 SWINDON ROAD, CHELTENHAM, GL50 4DP
ODS code L84049
4.2 km
WESTON HOUSE PRACTICE
ST. PAULS MEDICAL CENTRE, 121 SWINDON ROAD, CHELTENHAM, GL50 4DP
ODS code L84033
4.2 km
Nearby transport
- 0.1 miles
Ash Close
BCT · The Beeches
- 0.1 miles
Cherry Avenue
BCT · The Beeches
- 0.1 miles
Ravensgate Road
BCT · Little Herberts
- 0.1 miles
Ravensgate Road
BCT · Little Herberts
- 0.2 miles
Larch Close
BCT · The Beeches
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Cheltenham 012D, 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
10 of 10
Overall England rank
33,697 of 33,755
- Income
- 10 of 10
- Employment
- 10 of 10
- Education and skills
- 10 of 10
- Health and disability
- 10 of 10
- Crime
- 10 of 10
- Housing and services
- 8 of 10
- Living environment
- 10 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
231 published events cover 12 months, averaging 19.25 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 81 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.