GL6 7EP

Painswick and Upton · Stroud · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Ward: Painswick and Upton
Local authority: Stroud
Constituency: North Cotswolds
Postcode district: GL6
Postcode sector: GL6 7

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode	Distance
GL6 7ER	371 m
GL6 7EN	608 m
GL6 7EW	665 m
GL6 7HX	729 m
GL6 7HY	871 m

Complete postcode fields and official codes

Postcode: GL6 7EP
Status: Current
Introduced: 1 January 1980
Terminated: Not published
Postcode area: GL
Postcode district: GL6
Postcode sector: GL6 7
Latitude: 51.789879
Longitude: -2.118674
British National Grid easting: 391,911
British National Grid northing: 210,142

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country: England · E92000001
Region: South West · E12000009
Local authority district: Stroud · E07000082
Electoral ward: Painswick and Upton · E05010981
Parish or community: E04004366
Westminster constituency: North Cotswolds · E14001386
Output area: E00113820
Lower layer super output area: Stroud 002D · E01022392
Middle layer super output area: Stroud 002 · E02004652

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 GL6

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Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools: 5
Primary: 5
Secondary: 0

Miserden Church of England Primary School

Voluntary aided school
2.1 km
Sheepscombe Primary School

Community school
2.6 km
Cranham Church of England Primary School

Voluntary aided school
3.6 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events: 2
Months covered: 12
Latest month: June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

Burglary 1
Anti social behaviour 1

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents: 63
Postcode households: 33
Residents per household: 1.9
GL6 7 residents: 3,708

Age bands in GL6 7

Wider postcode sector

Age 0 to 14: 13.5%
Age 15 to 24: 8.3%
Age 25 to 44: 14.6%
Age 45 to 64: 33%
Age 65 and over: 30.6%

This postcode contained 1.7% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider GL6 7 sector, not people in this individual postcode.

How to read these estimates

The standard postcode headcounts and the commissioned age table are separate ONS outputs. Small counts are disclosure-controlled, and totals can differ slightly between tables. Coverage is England and Wales only.

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+: 100%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+: 100%
Gigabit-capable: 100%

Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband: 0%
Next Generation Access: 100%
Decent broadband available from fixed wireless: 0%

Coverage is a modelled postcode-level snapshot, not a speed test or a guarantee for a named property. Check availability with providers before making a decision. Ofcom does not publish postcode-level full-fibre coverage in this release for commercial-confidentiality reasons.

Source: Ofcom Connected Nations Spring 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Nearby transport

Colony Hall

BCT · Whiteway
0.2 miles
Colony Hall

BCT · Whiteway
0.2 miles
Wishanger

BCT · Wishanger
0.4 miles
Wishanger

BCT · Wishanger
0.5 miles
Wishanger Crossroads

BCT · The Camp
0.5 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Stroud 002D, 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

19,167 of 33,755

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

A factual reading of the data in this report's scope. It is not a location score or a recommendation.

Schools

Published establishments

5 open schools are in scope, including 5 primary and 0 secondary schools. Miserden Church of England Primary School is the nearest published school at 1.3 miles.

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

Recorded crime

Published police records

2 published events cover 12 months, averaging 0.167 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Burglary with 1 events.

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