GL55 6AD Cotswold
Live postcode, introduced January 1980. Ward: Campden & Vale. Region: South West.
Streets
- Aston Road, Chipping Campden: 11 addresses
- High Street, Chipping Campden: 1 address
- Calf Lane, Chipping Campden: 1 address
Council tax
What each band costs in Cotswold in 2026-27: Band D £2,392 a year on average, including the police, fire and any county and parish charges.
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £1,594 | £1,860 | £2,126 | £2,392 | £2,923 | £3,455 | £3,986 | £4,783 |
Homes by band in the neighbourhood around this postcode: most are in band G (24% of about 910 homes).
Planning and heritage
- Conservation area: yes, Chipping Campden Conservation Area (council page). Extensions, demolition, some windows and doors, and work on trees need consent.
- Listed buildings within 100 m of this postcode: 30.
- Article 4 direction (removing permitted development rights): Article 4 Direction Chipping Campden.
- Tree preservation orders: none recorded, though not every council has published theirs.
- Green belt: no.
Listed buildings
- ALMSHOUSES, grade I
- NEW DOVER'S HOUSE, grade II*
- STANFORD HOUSE, grade II*
- BANK HOUSE, grade II
- BLOCK ON CORNER OF CHURCH STREET (UNNAMED, WIXLEY COTTAGE AND HINKS COTTAGES), grade II
- BOUNDARY WALL TO VICARAGE VICARAGE WALL (INCLUDING WALL TO LITTLE GLEBE) AND GATES AND GATEWAY TO NORTH-WEST OF VICARAGE, grade II
- BOUNDARY WALLS FROM SOUTH LODGE TO COURT HOUSE, grade II
- CAMPDEN POTTERY, grade II
- EIGHT BELLS INN, grade II
- ELMFIELD HOUSE, grade II
- GARDEN WALL GAZEBO TO SOUTH OF DOVERS COURT, grade II
- GROTTO IN GARDEN TO REAR OF LEYSBOURNE HOUSE, grade II
- HARTLEY COTTAGE AND WAKE COTTAGE, grade II
- HOLMOAK, grade II
- HOUSE ABUTTING TO NORTH OF THE BARLEY MOW, grade II
- Lanes Cottage and Scuttlebrook Cottage, grade II
- LEYSBOURNE HOUSE AND COTTAGE ABUTTING TO WEST, grade II
- LITTLECOTE AND THE CORNER HOUSE, grade II
- MILES HOUSE, grade II
- NORTH END TERRACE, grade II
- PUMP AND TROUGH, grade II
- SANSONS AND PERTON COTTAGES, grade II
- STANLEY COTTAGE, grade II
- THE BARLEY MOW, grade II
- THE STAPLER'S HOUSE, grade II
- THE VICAR'S COTTAGES AND BOUNDARY WALL TO NORTH INCLUDING DISUSED PUMP, grade II
- TWO WAYS, grade II
- WALL FRONTING ST PAUL'S CONVENT AND ELMFIELD HOUSE, grade II
- WALL, RAISED PAVEMENT AND CONDUIT IN FRONT OF ALMSHOUSES, grade II
- WIXSTED HOUSE, grade II
Brownfield land registered for housing within 1 km (0.6 miles)
- Lloyds Bank, High Street, GL55 6HH, permissioned (200 m)
Flood risk
Rivers, the sea or surface water: in this postcode, 0 addresses are in areas at high risk, 0 at medium risk and 2 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.
Height above sea level
The postcode's 13 addresses are between 145 m and 147 m above sea level (145 m on average).
Broadband
Superfast 100%, ultrafast 100%, gigabit 100% of premises; 0% cannot get 10 Mbit/s. Ofcom Connected Nations, data as at January 2026.
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Honeybourne 113,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 6.6 km (4.1 miles) |
| Moreton-In-Marsh 376,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 8.6 km (5.4 miles) | |
| Evesham 287,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 12.6 km (7.9 miles) | |
| Bus stops | 6 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 14 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Cidermill Lane Chipping Campden | 60 m |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Birmingham Airport BHX | 44.6 km (28 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | 1 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Chipping Campden Surgery | 350 m |
| Pharmacies | 1 pharmacies within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Chipping Campden Pharmacy | 240 m |
| NHS dentists | 2 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Grafton Mews (Dental Surgery) | 420 m (0.3 miles) |
| Hospital | North Cotswolds Hospital | 9.2 km (5.7 miles) |
| Police station | Warwickshire Police | 10.5 km (6.5 miles) |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | 2 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest The Ernest Wilson Garden 1,130 m² | 30 m |
| Largest park within 800 m (0.5 miles) | Unnamed 2,470 m² | 780 m (0.5 miles) |
| Play area | 2 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 3,530 m² | 600 m (0.4 miles) |
| Playing field | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 2.2 ha | 580 m (0.4 miles) |
| Allotments | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 8,940 m² | 720 m (0.4 miles) |
Within 800 m (0.5 miles): 2 parks and gardens, 0.4 hectares in all.
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Stanford House, a listed building (Grade II*), 20 m. 209 listed buildings are within 1 km (0.6 miles), 5 of them Grade I and 18 of them Grade II*.
| Name | What it is | From the postcode's centre |
|---|---|---|
| Stanford House | Listed building, Grade II* | 20 m |
| New Dover's House | Listed building, Grade II* | 60 m west |
| Almshouses | Listed building, Grade I | 110 m south-east |
| Grevel's House | Listed building, Grade I | 130 m south-west |
| Campden House, formal Garden and associated Medieval cultivation earthworks. | Scheduled monument | 370 m south-east |
| Garden at Kingcombe | Registered park or garden, Grade II | 1.5 km (0.9 miles) west |
| Kiftsgate Stone | Scheduled monument | 1.8 km (1.1 miles) west |
| Name | What it is | From the postcode's centre |
|---|---|---|
| Attlepin Turn Spinney | Wood | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) north |
| Campden Wood | Wood | 1.7 km (1 mile) west |
| Dover's Hill | Hill | 1.7 km (1 mile) west |
| Dark Coppice | Wood | 1.8 km (1.1 miles) north |
| The Dingle | Valley | 2 km (1.2 miles) north-west |
| Upper Water | Lake or reservoir | 3.7 km (2.3 miles) south |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 4.0 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 6.2 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 10.2 | 40 | 15 |
All three are within the UK legal limits; PM2.5 is above the WHO guideline, as in most towns and cities.
Road and rail noise
| Level | Road traffic | Railways |
|---|---|---|
| 65 to 69 | 2 | 0 |
| 60 to 64 | 10 | 0 |
| 55 to 59 | 1 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 0 | 13 |
13 of the postcode's 13 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic, above the WHO guidelines.
Climate, daylight and earthquakes
Monthly temperatures and rainfall, sunrise and sunset through the year, and earthquakes recorded nearby since 1970 are much the same across the area, so they are worked out once for Cotswold: see them on the Cotswold page.
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 65 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 6% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 50% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 82% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 60% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 0% | 1% |
| Social rented | under 1% | 17% |
| Private rented | 17% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 42% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 2% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 52% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 0% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 63% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 26% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 2% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 3% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 6% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 20% | 65% |
| Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away | 50% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 56% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 8% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 3% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 96% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | 1% | 2% |
Deprivation
The neighbourhood around this postcode is in decile 8 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 Aston Road.