GL56 9BS

Blockley · Cotswold · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Local authority
Cotswold
Constituency
North Cotswolds
Postcode district
GL56
Postcode sector
GL56 9

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
GL56 9BP 17 m
GL56 9BT 25 m
GL56 9AZ 55 m
GL56 9DT 86 m
GL56 9BW 132 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
GL56 9BS
Status
Current
Introduced
1 March 1983
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
GL
Postcode district
GL56
Postcode sector
GL56 9
Latitude
52.013381
Longitude
-1.758715
British National Grid easting
416,656
British National Grid northing
235,021

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South West · E12000009
Local authority district
Cotswold · E07000079
Electoral ward
Blockley · E05010697
Parish or community
E04004196
Westminster constituency
North Cotswolds · E14001386
Output area
E00112715
Lower layer super output area
Cotswold 001A · E01022179
Middle layer super output area
Cotswold 001 · E02004615

Postcode source versions

Explore GL56

26 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
North View Flats, 2, Blockley Court, Blockley, Moreton-In-Marsh, GL56 9BS 28 October 2024 £236,500
Gaunts Mill, Blockley Court, Blockley, Moreton-In-Marsh, GL56 9BS 10 April 2024 £740,000
North View Flats, 1, Blockley Court, Blockley, Moreton-In-Marsh, GL56 9BS 8 April 2022 £195,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
5
Primary
4
Secondary
1
  1. Blockley Church of England Primary School

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    314 m
  2. St James and Ebrington Church of England Primary School

    Academy converter

    4.1 km
  3. St Catharine's Catholic Primary School

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    4.4 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
32
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 9
  • Criminal damage and arson 7
  • Anti social behaviour 5
  • Burglary 3
  • Vehicle crime 3

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
7

3 female, 4 male

Postcode households
4
Residents per household
1.8
GL56 9 residents
3,705

Age bands in GL56 9

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
14.5%

520 residents

Age 15 to 24
7.5%

269 residents

Age 25 to 44
18.5%

661 residents

Age 45 to 64
32.8%

1,171 residents

Age 65 and over
26.7%

953 residents

This postcode contained 0.2% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider GL56 9 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.

GP practices

3

within 5 km

  • CHIPPING CAMPDEN SURGERY

    BACK ENDS, CHIPPING CAMPDEN, GL55 6AU

    ODS code L84043

    4.6 km

  • MANN COTTAGE SURGERY

    FOUR SHIRES MEDICAL CENTRE, STOW ROAD, MORETON-IN-MARSH, GL56 0DS

    ODS code L84068

    4.9 km

  • WHITE HOUSE SURGERY

    FOUR SHIRES MEDICAL CENTRE, STOW ROAD, MORETON-IN-MARSH, GL56 0DS

    ODS code L84072

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

Nearby transport

  • Village Green

    BCT · Blockley

    0.1 miles
  • Village Green

    BCT · Blockley

    0.1 miles
  • War Memorial

    BCT · Blockley

    0.1 miles
  • Cemetery

    BCT · Blockley

    0.1 miles
  • Cemetery

    BCT · Blockley

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Cotswold 001A, 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

7 of 10

Overall England rank

21,549 of 33,755

Income
8 of 10
Employment
8 of 10
Education and skills
8 of 10
Health and disability
10 of 10
Crime
10 of 10
Housing and services
1 of 10
Living environment
2 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
7
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

Property market

The five-year median is £215,750 from 4 recorded sales in GL56 9BS. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.

The latest UK House Price Index average for Cotswold is £411,764 in June 2026, up 3.2% year on year.

Schools

5 open schools are in scope, including 4 primary and 1 secondary schools. Blockley Church of England Primary School is the nearest published school at 314 m.

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

Recorded crime

32 published events cover 12 months, averaging 2.667 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 9 events.

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