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GL7 2BD

Abbey · Cotswold · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Ward
Abbey
Local authority
Cotswold
Constituency
South Cotswolds
Postcode district
GL7
Postcode sector
GL7 2

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
GL7 2BH 86 m
GL7 2EF 89 m
GL7 2BP 91 m
GL7 2BY 94 m
GL7 2BB 99 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
GL7 2BD
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
GL
Postcode district
GL7
Postcode sector
GL7 2
Latitude
51.718330
Longitude
-1.972441
British National Grid easting
402,000
British National Grid northing
202,178

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South West · E12000009
Local authority district
Cotswold · E07000079
Electoral ward
Abbey · E05010696
Parish or community
E04013303
Westminster constituency
South Cotswolds · E14001482
Output area
E00112798
Lower layer super output area
Cotswold 007B · E01022195
Middle layer super output area
Cotswold 007 · E02004621

Postcode source versions

Explore GL7

Schools

Within 5 km of this postcode

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Open schools
11
Primary
6
Secondary
2
  1. Powell's Church of England Primary School

    Voluntary aided school

    173 m
  2. Paternoster School

    Academy special sponsor led

    897 m
  3. Cirencester College

    Further education

    1.1 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
855
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 287
  • Shoplifting 162
  • Anti social behaviour 146
  • Other theft 64
  • Public order 58

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
GL7 2 residents
5,265

Age bands in GL7 2

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
13.4%
658 residents
Age 15 to 24
9.5%
467 residents
Age 25 to 44
19.2%
945 residents
Age 45 to 64
27.9%
1,372 residents
Age 65 and over
30.1%
1,480 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.

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%

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, coverage at January 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

GP practices

3

within 5 km straight-line

  • UPPER THAMES MEDICAL GROUP

    THE PARK SURGERY, TETBURY ROAD, CIRENCESTER, GL7 1US

    ODS code L84010

    510 m

  • CIRENCESTER HEALTH GROUP

    THE AVENUE SURGERY, 1 THE AVENUE, CIRENCESTER, GL7 1EH

    ODS code L84018

    788 m

  • PHOENIX HEALTH GROUP

    PHOENIX CIRENCESTER, 9 CHESTERTON LANE, CIRENCESTER, GL7 1XG

    ODS code L84012

    998 m

Nearby transport

  • Abbey House

    BCT · Cirencester

    243 m
  • Abbey House

    BCT · Cirencester

    284 m
  • Old Station Car Park

    BCT · Cirencester

    289 m
  • Barton Court

    BCT · Cirencester

    301 m
  • Barclay Court

    BCT · Cirencester

    330 m

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Cotswold 007B, 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

9 of 10

Overall England rank

29,712 of 33,755

Income
9 of 10
Employment
10 of 10
Education and skills
9 of 10
Health and disability
10 of 10
Crime
6 of 10
Housing and services
9 of 10
Living environment
4 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
4
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

Schools

11 open schools are in scope, including 6 primary and 2 secondary schools. Powell's Church of England Primary School is the nearest published school at 173 m.

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

Recorded crime

855 published events cover 12 months, averaging 71 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 287 events.

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