NP6 7LQ

Tidenham · Forest of Dean · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Ward: Tidenham
Local authority: Forest of Dean
Constituency: Forest of Dean
Postcode district: NP6
Postcode sector: NP6 7

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode	Distance
NP16 7LN	34 m
NP16 7LP	92 m
NP16 7LU	291 m
NP16 7NA	563 m
NP16 7LR	739 m

Complete postcode fields and official codes

Postcode: NP6 7LQ
Status: Terminated
Introduced: 1 January 1980
Terminated: 1 June 1999
Postcode area: NP
Postcode district: NP6
Postcode sector: NP6 7
Latitude: 51.671911
Longitude: -2.624657
British National Grid easting: 356,900
British National Grid northing: 197,200

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country: England · E92000001
Region: South West · E12000009
Local authority district: Forest of Dean · E07000080
Electoral ward: Tidenham · E05012175
Parish or community: E04004329
Westminster constituency: Forest of Dean · E14001240
Output area: E00113237
Lower layer super output area: Forest of Dean 010D · E01022274
Middle layer super output area: Forest of Dean 010 · E02004635

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

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Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools: 6
Primary: 3
Secondary: 1

Tutshill Church of England Primary School

Voluntary controlled school
3.5 km
Woolaston Primary School

Community school
4.0 km
Dean Close St John's

Other independent school
4.1 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events: 11
Months covered: 12
Latest month: June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

Criminal damage and arson 6
Other theft 2
Violence and sexual offences 2
Other crime 1

Nearby transport

Rosemary Lane

BCT · Wibdon
0.2 miles
Rosemary Lane

BCT · Wibdon
0.2 miles
Hanley Lane

BCT · Wibdon
0.3 miles
Hanley Lane

BCT · Wibdon
0.3 miles
Stroat Farm

BCT · Stroat
0.6 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Forest of Dean 010D, 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

21,171 of 33,755

Income: 8 of 10
Employment: 8 of 10
Education and skills: 8 of 10
Health and disability: 9 of 10
Crime: 7 of 10
Housing and services: 2 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.

Evidence in context

Schools

6 open schools are in scope, including 3 primary and 1 secondary schools. Tutshill Church of England Primary School is the nearest published school at 2.2 miles.

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

Recorded crime

11 published events cover 12 months, averaging 0.917 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Criminal damage and arson with 6 events.

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