GL55 6AL Cotswold
Live postcode, introduced January 1980. Ward: Campden & Vale. Region: South West.
Streets
- High Street, Chipping Campden: 35 addresses
- High Street, Chipping Campden: 2 addresses
- Lower High Street, Chipping Campden: 2 addresses
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: 49.
- Article 4 direction (removing permitted development rights): Article 4 Direction Chipping Campden.
- Tree preservation orders: 3 protected trees within 100 m of this postcode.
- Green belt: no.
Listed buildings
- Elm Tree House, grade II*
- GREEN DRAGONS AND MULLION HOUSE, grade II*
- ISLAND HOUSE AND GARDEN WALLS TO EAST, grade II*
- MIDLAND BANK, grade II*
- TOWN HALL, grade II*
- BADGER WINE BAR (TO WEST OF MIDLAND BANK) AND GARDEN WALL TO WEST, grade II
- Butchers House, grade II
- CHARLCOTE HOUSE AND OLD STABLE BLOCK ABUTTING AND TO SOUTH WEST OF CHARLCOTE, grade II
- COTSWOLD HOUSE HOTEL, grade II
- COTTAGE ABUTTING AND ON WEST OF AND NOW PART OF CUTTS GARAGE, AND CAMPDEN WEAVERS, grade II
- COUNTY LIBRARY, grade II
- CUTTS GARAGE, grade II
- DARBY'S HOUSE, grade II
- DIAL HOUSE, grade II
- DRAGON COTTAGE, grade II
- FORMER STABLE TO NORTH-WEST OF COTSWOLD HOUSE HOTEL, grade II
- FRANCOTE, grade II
- GRAFTON HOUSE, grade II
- HARROW HOUSE, grade II
- K6 TELEPHONE KIOSK OPPOSITE RED LION PUBLIC HOUSE, grade II
- KEELEY COTTAGE, grade II
- KENYON AND CULE COTTAGE, grade II
- KINGS ARMS HOTEL (NORTH-EAST BLOCK), grade II
- KINGS ARMS HOTEL (SOUTH WEST BLOCK), grade II
- PEDLARS, grade II
- PEYTON HOUSE, grade II
- POPPETT'S, grade II
- PREMISES OCCUPIED BY MESSRS YATES, CLARKE, SLADE AND HATHAWAY, grade II
- PREMISES OF S T BALDWYN AND SONS, grade II
- PREMISES OF WHEELERS AND L SMITH, grade II
And 19 more.
Brownfield land registered for housing within 1 km (0.6 miles)
- Lloyds Bank, High Street, GL55 6HH, permissioned (290 m)
Flood risk
Rivers, the sea or surface water: in this postcode, 1 address is in areas at high risk, 0 at medium risk and 1 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: the postcode centre is in flood zone 2. Zone 2 is between 0.1% and 1% a year from rivers (0.1% and 0.5% from the sea), ignoring defences.
Height above sea level
The postcode's 39 addresses are between 141 m and 144 m above sea level (142 m on average).
Broadband
Superfast 100%, ultrafast 50%, gigabit 50% 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 | 6.7 km (4.2 miles) |
| Moreton-In-Marsh 376,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 8.6 km (5.3 miles) | |
| Evesham 287,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 12.5 km (7.8 miles) | |
| Bus stops | 6 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 14 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Noel Arms Hotel Chipping Campden | 90 m |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Birmingham Airport BHX | 45 km (28 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | 1 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Chipping Campden Surgery | 160 m |
| Pharmacies | 1 pharmacies within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Chipping Campden Pharmacy | 250 m |
| NHS dentists | 1 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Grafton Mews (Dental Surgery) | 70 m |
| Hospital | North Cotswolds Hospital | 9.1 km (5.6 miles) |
| Police station | Warwickshire Police | 10.8 km (6.7 miles) |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | 2 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 2,470 m² | 350 m |
| Play area | 2 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 300 m² | 360 m |
| Playing field | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 2.2 ha | 360 m |
| Allotments | Unnamed 8,940 m² | 1 km (0.6 miles) |
Within 800 m (0.5 miles): 2 parks and gardens, 0.4 hectares in all.
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Island House and Garden Walls to East, a listed building (Grade II*), 20 m. 210 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Island House and Garden Walls to East | Listed building, Grade II* | 20 m |
| Green Dragons and Mullion House | Listed building, Grade II* | 20 m |
| Midland Bank | Listed building, Grade II* | 50 m |
| Elm Tree House | Listed building, Grade II* | 60 m south-west |
| Campden House, formal Garden and associated Medieval cultivation earthworks. | Scheduled monument | 640 m (0.4 miles) east |
| Garden at Kingcombe | Registered park or garden, Grade II | 1.2 km (0.7 miles) west |
| Kiftsgate Stone | Scheduled monument | 1.5 km (0.9 miles) west |
| Name | What it is | From the postcode's centre |
|---|---|---|
| Campden Wood | Wood | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) west |
| Dover's Hill | Hill | 1.4 km (0.9 miles) west |
| Attlepin Turn Spinney | Wood | 1.7 km (1 mile) north |
| Barn Ground Plantation | Wood | 1.8 km (1.1 miles) north-west |
| The Dingle | Valley | 2.1 km (1.3 miles) north |
| Upper Water | Lake or reservoir | 3.5 km (2.2 miles) south-east |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 3.8 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 6.1 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 9.7 | 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 | 1 | 0 |
| 60 to 64 | 14 | 0 |
| 55 to 59 | 12 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 12 | 39 |
27 of the postcode's 39 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 High Street.