NP6 7LS

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 7LS	137 m
NP16 7LR	777 m
NP16 7LT	798 m
NP16 7LX	1.0 km
NP16 7LY	1.0 km

Complete postcode fields and official codes

Postcode: NP6 7LS
Status: Terminated
Introduced: 1 January 1980
Terminated: 1 June 1999
Postcode area: NP
Postcode district: NP6
Postcode sector: NP6 7
Latitude: 51.684529
Longitude: -2.619045
British National Grid easting: 357,300
British National Grid northing: 198,600

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: E04004333
Westminster constituency: Forest of Dean · E14001240
Output area: E00113097
Lower layer super output area: Forest of Dean 010A · E01022248
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: 2
Primary: 2
Secondary: 0

Woolaston Primary School

Community school
2.8 km
Tutshill Church of England Primary School

Voluntary controlled school
4.7 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events: 4
Months covered: 12
Latest month: June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

Violence and sexual offences 3
Criminal damage and arson 1

Nearby transport

Ashwell Grange Lodge

BCT · Woolaston
0.4 miles
Stroat Farm

BCT · Stroat
0.4 miles
Ashwell Grange Lodge

BCT · Woolaston
0.4 miles
Stroat Farm

BCT · Stroat
0.4 miles
Pixie Cottage school stop

BCT · Stroat
0.5 miles

Relative deprivation

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

18,491 of 33,755

Income: 8 of 10
Employment: 6 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.

Evidence in context

Schools

2 open schools are in scope, including 2 primary and 0 secondary schools. Woolaston Primary School is the nearest published school at 1.7 miles.

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

Recorded crime

4 published events cover 12 months, averaging 0.333 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 3 events.

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