GL56 0RU

Brailes & Compton · Stratford-on-Avon · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Local authority
Stratford-on-Avon
Constituency
Stratford-on-Avon
Postcode district
GL56
Postcode sector
GL56 0

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
GL56 0SR 51 m
GL56 0RT 53 m
GL56 0RX 129 m
GL56 0RS 140 m
GL56 0RY 151 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
GL56 0RU
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
GL
Postcode district
GL56
Postcode sector
GL56 0
Latitude
51.969778
Longitude
-1.625524
British National Grid easting
425,822
British National Grid northing
230,210

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
West Midlands · E12000005
Local authority district
Stratford-on-Avon · E07000221
Parish or community
E04009752
Westminster constituency
Stratford-on-Avon · E14001526
Output area
E00159107
Lower layer super output area
Stratford-on-Avon 015B · E01031209
Middle layer super output area
Stratford-on-Avon 015 · E02006518

Postcode source versions

Explore GL56

6 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
2, Pool Close, Little Compton, Moreton-In-Marsh, GL56 0RU 25 September 2023 £370,000
2, Pool Close, Little Compton, Moreton-In-Marsh, GL56 0RU 12 July 2016 £249,999
4, Pool Close, Little Compton, Moreton-In-Marsh, GL56 0RU 24 July 2013 £287,500

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
3
Primary
1
Secondary
0
  1. Kitebrook Preparatory School

    Other independent school

    1.7 km
  2. Acorns Primary School

    Academy converter

    3.9 km
  3. Kingham Hill School

    Other independent school

    4.2 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
6
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Vehicle crime 3
  • Criminal damage and arson 2
  • Burglary 1

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
16

10 female, 6 male

Postcode households
5
Residents per household
3.2
GL56 0 residents
6,343

Age bands in GL56 0

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
14.5%

909 residents

Age 15 to 24
7.8%

490 residents

Age 25 to 44
22.6%

1,420 residents

Age 45 to 64
28%

1,756 residents

Age 65 and over
27.1%

1,700 residents

This postcode contained 0.3% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider GL56 0 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+
100%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
0%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
0%
Gigabit-capable
0%
Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
0%
Next Generation Access
100%
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.

Nearby transport

  • Red Lion

    BCT · Little Compton

    0.0 miles
  • Turn

    BCT · Little Compton

    0.1 miles
  • Brewery Lane

    BCT · Little Compton

    0.2 miles
  • The Lane

    BCT · Chastleton

    0.9 miles
  • The Lane

    BCT · Chastleton

    0.9 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Stratford-on-Avon 015B, 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

18,345 of 33,755

Income
8 of 10
Employment
9 of 10
Education and skills
9 of 10
Health and disability
10 of 10
Crime
9 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

Property market

The five-year median is £370,000 from 1 recorded sale in GL56 0RU. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.

The latest UK House Price Index average for Stratford-on-Avon is £392,574 in June 2026, up 1.4% year on year.

Schools

3 open schools are in scope, including 1 primary and 0 secondary schools. Kitebrook Preparatory School is the nearest published school at 1.1 miles.

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

Recorded crime

6 published events cover 12 months, averaging 0.5 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Vehicle crime with 3 events.

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