GL50 3HL Cheltenham
Live postcode, introduced January 1980. Ward: St Paul's. Region: South West.
Streets
- High Street, Cheltenham: 44 addresses
- St George's Street, Cheltenham: 1 address
- Henrietta Street, Cheltenham: 1 address
Council tax
What each band costs in Cheltenham in 2026-27: Band D £2,370 a year on average, including the police, fire and any county and parish charges.
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £1,580 | £1,843 | £2,106 | £2,370 | £2,896 | £3,423 | £3,949 | £4,739 |
Homes by band in the neighbourhood around this postcode: most are in band B (45% of about 920 homes).
Planning and heritage
- Conservation area: yes, Central Conservation Area (council page). Extensions, demolition, some windows and doors, and work on trees need consent.
- Listed buildings within 100 m of this postcode: 11.
- Article 4 direction (removing permitted development rights): St Pauls Ward.
- Tree preservation orders: none recorded, though not every council has published theirs.
- Green belt: no.
Listed buildings
- 1 AND 2, ST GEORGES SQUARE, grade II
- 11, ST GEORGES PLACE, grade II
- 2 TO 28, HENRIETTA STREET (See details for further address information), grade II
- 3 AND 4, ST GEORGES SQUARE, grade II
- 47 TO 50, ST GEORGES STREET, grade II
- 5 AND 6, ST GEORGES SQUARE, grade II
- CHAPEL HOUSE, grade II
- NORMANDY HOUSE AND ATTACHED RAILINGS, grade II
- NUMBER 27 AND ATTACHED RAILINGS, grade II
- NUMBERS 15 AND 17 AND ATTACHED AREA RAILINGS, grade II
- NUMBERS 16 AND 18 AND ATTACHED AREA RAILINGS, grade II
Brownfield land registered for housing within 1.0 km
- 24 New Street: up to 9 homes, permissioned (100 m)
- 30 St Georges Place: up to 7 homes, permissioned (170 m)
- 48 Swindon Road: up to 7 homes, permissioned (170 m)
- Montpellier House, Montpellier Drive: up to 9 homes, permissioned (170 m)
- 11 High Street: up to 8 homes, permissioned (190 m)
- 83 Hewlett Road, permissioned (280 m)
- Victoria House, St James Square, permissioned (280 m)
- First to Third Floors 22 Clarence Street, permissioned (290 m)
Flood risk
Rivers, the sea or surface water: in this postcode, 17 addresses are in areas at high risk, 0 at medium risk and 5 at low risk. Each address counts once, at the higher of its rivers-and-sea and surface-water risk.
Rivers and the sea alone: no home is in an area at risk.
High: 3.3% (1 in 30) or more chance of flooding a year. Medium: 1% to 3.3%. Low: 0.1% to 1%. Very low: under 0.1%. The rivers and sea figures allow for flood defences. Counts cover whole postcodes, which can include other streets.
Flood zone for planning: no postcode centre is in flood zone 2 or 3.
Broadband
Superfast 100%, ultrafast 100%, gigabit 100% of premises; 0% cannot get 10 Mbit/s. Ofcom Connected Nations, data as at January 2026.
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 30 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 10% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 7% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 10% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 7% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 0% | 1% |
| Social rented | 20% | 17% |
| Private rented | 70% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 59% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 9% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 6% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 5% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 27% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 27% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 2% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 7% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 37% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km of home (of those who travel to work) | 80% | 65% |
| Work 30 km or more away | 8% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 38% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 14% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 4% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 81% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | 3% | 2% |
Deprivation
The neighbourhood around this postcode is in decile 3 of 10 on the English Indices of Deprivation 2025, where 1 is the most deprived tenth of England's 33,755 neighbourhoods and 10 the least.
The full dossier for this postcode's main street is on High Street.