GL6 6QA

Painswick and Upton · Stroud · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Stroud
Local authority
Stroud
Constituency
North Cotswolds
Postcode district
GL6
Postcode sector
GL6 6

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
GL6 6QB 61 m
GL6 6UN 66 m
GL6 6QJ 74 m
GL6 6QG 80 m
GL6 6XX 82 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
GL6 6QA
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
GL
Postcode district
GL6
Postcode sector
GL6 6
Latitude
51.785894
Longitude
-2.194267
British National Grid easting
386,696
British National Grid northing
209,710

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South West · E12000009
Local authority district
Stroud · E07000082
Parish or community
E04004372
Westminster constituency
North Cotswolds · E14001386
Output area
E00113829
Lower layer super output area
Stroud 002B · E01022390
Middle layer super output area
Stroud 002 · E02004652

Postcode source versions

Explore GL6

30 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
Russell House, Victoria Street, Painswick, Stroud, GL6 6QA 7 February 2024 £389,000
St Marys Cottage, Victoria Street, Painswick, Stroud, GL6 6QA 8 June 2023 £595,000
The Old Inn, Victoria Street, Painswick, Stroud, GL6 6QA 24 August 2022 £592,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
15
Primary
9
Secondary
1
  1. The Croft Primary School

    Community school

    325 m
  2. Sheepscombe Primary School

    Community school

    2.7 km
  3. Brookthorpe Hall School

    Other independent special school

    3.6 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
49
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 26
  • Anti social behaviour 9
  • Criminal damage and arson 5
  • Public order 3
  • Other crime 2

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
17

10 female, 7 male

Postcode households
12
Residents per household
1.4
GL6 6 residents
4,735

Age bands in GL6 6

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
13.3%

551 residents

Age 15 to 24
7.7%

316 residents

Age 25 to 44
15.5%

639 residents

Age 45 to 64
31.8%

1,314 residents

Age 65 and over
31.7%

1,310 residents

This postcode contained 0.4% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider GL6 6 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

4

within 5 km

  • HOYLAND HOUSE

    GYDE ROAD, PAINSWICK, STROUD, GL6 6RD

    ODS code L84025

    568 m

  • BEECHES GREEN SURGERY

    STROUD HEALTH CENTRE, BEECHES GREEN, STROUD, GL5 4BH

    ODS code L84039

    4.7 km

  • FIVE VALLEYS MEDICAL PRACTICE

    1A KING STREET, STROUD, GL5 3BS

    ODS code L84077

    4.8 km

  • ROWCROFT MEDICAL CENTRE

    ROWCROFT RETREAT, STROUD, GL5 3BE

    ODS code L84007

    4.8 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

  • St Mary's Church

    BCT · Painswick

    0.0 miles
  • St Mary's Church

    BCT · Painswick

    0.1 miles
  • Demand Responsive Area

    BCT · Painswick

    0.1 miles
  • Pullens Road

    BCT · Painswick

    0.2 miles
  • Stamages Lane Car Park

    BCT · Painswick

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Stroud 002B, 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

22,674 of 33,755

Income
7 of 10
Employment
7 of 10
Education and skills
9 of 10
Health and disability
8 of 10
Crime
7 of 10
Housing and services
4 of 10
Living environment
3 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 £516,000 from 6 recorded sales in GL6 6QA. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.

The latest UK House Price Index average for Stroud is £355,953 in June 2026, up 6.4% year on year.

Schools

15 open schools are in scope, including 9 primary and 1 secondary schools. The Croft Primary School is the nearest published school at 325 m.

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

Recorded crime

49 published events cover 12 months, averaging 4.083 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 26 events.

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