GL55 6BS Cotswold
Live postcode, introduced December 1994. Ward: Campden & Vale. Region: South West.
Streets
- Calf's Lane, Chipping Campden: 13 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: 24.
- 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
- MARKET HALL, grade I
- BADGER'S HALL, grade II*
- TOWN HALL, grade II*
- CHARLCOTE HOUSE AND OLD STABLE BLOCK ABUTTING AND TO SOUTH WEST OF CHARLCOTE, grade II
- COTSWOLD HOUSE HOTEL, grade II
- COUNTY LIBRARY, grade II
- Former Old Kings Arms, grade II
- FORMER STABLE TO NORTH-WEST OF COTSWOLD HOUSE HOTEL, grade II
- FUTERS, LADIES' HAIRDRESSERS, grade II
- GUILD HOUSE (THE BANTAM TEA ROOMS), grade II
- KINGS ARMS HOTEL (NORTH-EAST BLOCK), grade II
- KINGS ARMS HOTEL (SOUTH WEST BLOCK), grade II
- MIDLAND ELECTRICITY BOARD, grade II
- MONTROSE, grade II
- NOEL ARMS HOTEL, grade II
- POST OFFICE, grade II
- PREMISES OF CAMEO (FASHIONS), grade II
- PREMISES OF WHEELERS AND L SMITH, grade II
- SALAD BOWL AND GARDEN SHOP, grade II
- ST ANNE'S HOUSE, grade II
- The Old Police Station, grade II
- THE SQUARE DRAPERY AND HOUSE ADJOINING ON SOUTH-WEST, grade II
- THREE COLUMNS IN FRONT OF COTSWOLD HOUSE HOTEL AND PAIR OF COACHWAYS TO WEST PLUS WALL DIVIDING THE COACHWAYS, grade II
- WAR MEMORIAL AND ENCLOSURE WALLS, grade II
Brownfield land registered for housing within 1 km (0.6 miles)
- Lloyds Bank, High Street, GL55 6HH, permissioned (190 m)
Flood risk
Rivers, the sea or surface water: in this postcode, 10 addresses are in areas at high risk, 2 at medium risk and 0 at low risk. Each address counts once, at the higher of its rivers-and-sea and surface-water risk.
Rivers and the sea alone: of the 5 homes the Environment Agency counts, 4 are in areas at high risk, 1 medium, 0 low and 0 very low.
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 3. Zone 3 is a 1% (1 in 100) or greater annual chance of flooding from rivers, or 0.5% from the sea, ignoring defences.
Height above sea level
The postcode's addresses are about 139 m above sea level.
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 | 6.8 km (4.2 miles) |
| Moreton-In-Marsh 376,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 8.4 km (5.2 miles) | |
| Evesham 287,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 12.6 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 | 80 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 | 240 m |
| Pharmacies | 1 pharmacies within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Chipping Campden Pharmacy | 160 m |
| NHS dentists | 1 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Grafton Mews (Dental Surgery) | 80 m |
| Hospital | North Cotswolds Hospital | 9 km (5.6 miles) |
| Police station | Warwickshire Police | 10.7 km (6.6 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 | 410 m (0.3 miles) |
| Largest park within 800 m (0.5 miles) | Unnamed 2,470 m² | 500 m (0.3 miles) |
| Play area | 2 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 3,530 m² | 270 m |
| Playing field | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 2.2 ha | 250 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 Badger's Hall, a listed building (Grade II*), 70 m north. 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Badger's Hall | Listed building, Grade II* | 70 m north |
| Town Hall | Listed building, Grade II* | 90 m north-west |
| Market Hall | Listed building, Grade I | 100 m north |
| Midland Bank | Listed building, Grade II* | 110 m north-west |
| Campden House, formal Garden and associated Medieval cultivation earthworks. | Scheduled monument | 500 m (0.3 miles) east |
| Garden at Kingcombe | Registered park or garden, Grade II | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) west |
| Kiftsgate Stone | Scheduled monument | 1.6 km (1 mile) west |
| Name | What it is | From the postcode's centre |
|---|---|---|
| Campden Wood | Wood | 1.4 km (0.9 miles) west |
| Dover's Hill | Hill | 1.6 km (1 mile) west |
| Attlepin Turn Spinney | Wood | 1.7 km (1 mile) north |
| Barn Ground Plantation | Wood | 1.9 km (1.2 miles) north-west |
| The Dingle | Valley | 2.2 km (1.4 miles) north |
| Upper Water | Lake or reservoir | 3.4 km (2.1 miles) south-east |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Under 55 | 13 | 13 |
None of the postcode's 13 addresses is modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic or railways.
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 | 57 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 11% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 38% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 37% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 25% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 3% | 1% |
| Social rented | 48% | 17% |
| Private rented | 12% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 49% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 6% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 36% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 5% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 24% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 56% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 4% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 5% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 15% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 44% | 65% |
| Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away | 26% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 38% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 21% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 5% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 93% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | 0% | 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 Calf's Lane.