House prices in the GL postcode area, Gloucester

Homes in the GL postcode area sold for a median of £320,000 between September 2024 and August 2026, from 18,760 standard sales.

That is 3% above the £310,000 median for the South West, where most of the area lies.

Median sale price£320,00018,760 standard sales
Middle half of prices£240,000 to £450,000
Change since 2016+41%Median, 2016 to 2025, before inflation

Districts ranked by median price

The dearest district was GL55 (Chipping Campden), at £530,000, and the cheapest was GL1 (Gloucester), at £190,000. The dearest median is 2.8 times the cheapest.

The next dearest were GL53 (Cheltenham) and GL56 (Moreton-in-Marsh), and the next cheapest GL14 (Cinderford) and GL17 (Drybrook).

Map loading

Each dot is a postcode district in the GL area, placed at the centre of its postcodes and shaded by the median price of its standard sales, September 2024 to August 2026. The ranked list below gives the same figures.

Post towns in the GL area, by number of sales: Gloucester (GL1, GL2, GL3, GL4, GL19), Cheltenham (GL50, GL51, GL52, GL53, GL54), Stroud (GL5, GL6), Cirencester (GL7), Tewkesbury (GL20), Dursley (GL11), Lydney (GL15), Stonehouse (GL10), Moreton-in-Marsh (GL56), Coleford (GL16), Cinderford (GL14), Wotton-under-Edge (GL12), and 6 more.

Districts with at least 100 standard sales, September 2024 to August 2026
  1. GL55Chipping Campden, 186 salesMedian price £530,000Price per square metre Too fewChange in the median from 2024 to 2025 −7%
  2. GL53Cheltenham, 662 salesMedian price £508,000Price per square metre £4,825Change in the median from 2024 to 2025 −7%
  3. GL56Moreton-in-Marsh, 390 salesMedian price £475,000Price per square metre Too fewChange in the median from 2024 to 2025 +3%
  4. GL54Cheltenham, 658 salesMedian price £460,000Price per square metre £4,133Change in the median from 2024 to 2025 +8%
  5. GL19Gloucester, 191 salesMedian price £430,500Price per square metre Too fewChange in the median from 2024 to 2025 0%
  6. GL8Tetbury, 291 salesMedian price £424,000Price per square metre Too fewChange in the median from 2024 to 2025 −1%
  7. GL6Stroud, 644 salesMedian price £420,000Price per square metre £4,274Change in the median from 2024 to 2025 −2%
  8. GL7Cirencester, 1,196 salesMedian price £420,000Price per square metre £4,381Change in the median from 2024 to 2025 −4%
  9. GL12Wotton-under-Edge, 350 salesMedian price £390,000Price per square metre Too fewChange in the median from 2024 to 2025 +6%
  10. GL52Cheltenham, 1,698 salesMedian price £351,500Price per square metre £4,049Change in the median from 2024 to 2025 −2%
  11. GL13Berkeley, 195 salesMedian price £335,000Price per square metre Too fewChange in the median from 2024 to 2025 −15%
  12. GL10Stonehouse, 495 salesMedian price £332,000Price per square metre £3,611Change in the median from 2024 to 2025 −8%
  13. GL5Stroud, 926 salesMedian price £320,000Price per square metre £3,931Change in the median from 2024 to 2025 −2%
  14. GL11Dursley, 593 salesMedian price £315,000Price per square metre £3,296Change in the median from 2024 to 2025 −3%
  15. GL50Cheltenham, 815 salesMedian price £305,000Price per square metre £4,473Change in the median from 2024 to 2025 +1%
  16. GL3Gloucester, 1,259 salesMedian price £300,000Price per square metre £3,860Change in the median from 2024 to 2025 0%
  17. GL51Cheltenham, 1,392 salesMedian price £300,000Price per square metre £3,871Change in the median from 2024 to 2025 +3%
  18. GL2Gloucester, 1,939 salesMedian price £297,000Price per square metre £3,616Change in the median from 2024 to 2025 +2%
  19. GL20Tewkesbury, 860 salesMedian price £292,000Price per square metre £3,457Change in the median from 2024 to 2025 +7%
  20. GL18Newent, 219 salesMedian price £285,000Price per square metre Too fewChange in the median from 2024 to 2025 +2%
  21. GL4Gloucester, 1,291 salesMedian price £270,000Price per square metre £3,235Change in the median from 2024 to 2025 +4%
  22. GL15Lydney, 589 salesMedian price £270,000Price per square metre £3,294Change in the median from 2024 to 2025 +6%
  23. GL16Coleford, 369 salesMedian price £268,000Price per square metre Too fewChange in the median from 2024 to 2025 −5%
  24. GL17Drybrook, 297 salesMedian price £265,000Price per square metre Too fewChange in the median from 2024 to 2025 −7%
  25. GL14Cinderford, 363 salesMedian price £240,000Price per square metre Too fewChange in the median from 2024 to 2025 −6%
  26. GL1Gloucester, 862 salesMedian price £190,000Price per square metre £2,530Change in the median from 2024 to 2025 0%

Fewer than 100 sales, not ranked: GL9 £470k (30 sales).

1-year change: 2025 against 2024, where both years had 100 or more standard sales. It moves with which homes sold, so treat it as a guide, not a price index.

From 2024 to 2025, the median rose most in GL54 (Cheltenham), up 8%, and fell most in GL13 (Berkeley), down 15%.

Streets with the most standard sales, September 2024 to August 2026:

Of the streets with at least 10 sales, the dearest by median price were Painswick Road, Cheltenham (GL50, £800,000), Leckhampton Road, Cheltenham (GL53, £780,000) and Farmstead Way, Moreton-in-Marsh (GL56, detached houses, £680,000).

The cheapest were Wesley Court, Stroud (GL5, flats, £83,000), Daffodil Court, Newent (GL18, flats, £90,000) and Hobbs Way, Gloucester (GL2, flats, £96,000).

Neighbouring postcode areas include SN (Swindon), BS (Bristol), NP (Newport), WR (Worcester) and HR (Hereford).

Council areas in the GL postcode area

Within GL, the median ran from £255,000 in Gloucester to £445,000 in Cotswold, counting council areas with at least 100 sales in the area (how postcode areas and council areas overlap).

Standard sales in the GL area by council area, placed by postcode, September 2024 to August 2026
Council areaSales in GLMedian in GLWhole council area
Cheltenham3,698£328,000£328,000
Stroud3,516£335,000£335,000
Gloucester3,497£255,000£255,000
Tewkesbury3,215£325,000£325,000
Cotswold2,529£445,000£450,000
Forest of Dean1,960£270,000£275,000
South Gloucestershire195£425,000£340,000
Wychavon89£410,000£327,500
Malvern Hills29£530,000£330,000
4 other council areas32Too fewNot shown

Prices by property type

Standard sales in the GL area, September 2024 to August 2026
TypeSalesMedian priceMiddle halfPer m²
Detached5,902£480,000£380,000 to £652,000£4,051/m²from 254 sales
Semi-detached5,940£308,000£260,000 to £378,000£3,652/m²from 255 sales
Terraced4,551£260,000£216,000 to £325,000£3,643/m²from 163 sales
Flats and maisonettes2,367£170,000£135,000 to £223,000£3,132/m²from 69 sales

Semi-detached houses and detached houses sold in similar numbers in the GL area, at 32% and 31% of sales.

Prices over time

  1. 2016: £227,000
  2. 2017: £246,000
  3. 2018: £255,000
  4. 2019: £255,000
  5. 2020: £280,000
  6. 2021: £295,000
  7. 2022: £315,000
  8. 2023: £315,000
  9. 2024: £320,000
  10. 2025: £320,000
  11. 2026, January to August: £320,000
Yearly median of standard sales, not adjusted for inflation. 2026 covers January to August only, and the ringed bar, 2025, is the latest full year.

The median rose 41%, from £227,000 in 2016 to £320,000 in 2025, more than the 35% rise across England and Wales.

About these figures

The GL figures come from 18,760 standard sales in 27 postcode districts across 13 council areas (how sales are placed). The busiest district was GL2 (Quedgeley), with 1,939 sales.

Updated 15 October 2026 with sales recorded to August 2026. Next update due in late November 2026.

Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Energy certificate data from the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. Both are licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.