GL55 6ED Cotswold
Live postcode, introduced January 1980. Ward: Campden & Vale. Region: South West.
Streets
- Blind Lane, Chipping Campden: 24 addresses
- Conduit Hill, Cotswold: 1 address
- Conduit Hill, Chipping Campden: 1 address
- The Leasows, 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 (23% of about 860 homes).
Planning and heritage
- Conservation area: no postcode centre in this postcode is in one.
- Listed buildings within 100 m of this postcode: none.
- Article 4 direction (removing permitted development rights): none recorded, though not every council has published theirs.
- Tree preservation orders: none recorded, though not every council has published theirs.
- Green belt: no.
Brownfield land registered for housing within 1.0 km
- Lloyds Bank, High Street, GL55 6HH, permissioned (810 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 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 27 addresses are between 143 m and 159 m above sea level (151 m on average).
Broadband
Superfast 100%, ultrafast 89%, gigabit 89% 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 |
| Moreton-In-Marsh 376,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 8.6 km | |
| Evesham 287,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 12.3 km | |
| Bus stops | 3 stops within 400 m, 10 within 800 m; nearest Blind Lane Chipping Campden | 200 m |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Birmingham Airport BHX | 45.4 km |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | 1 practices within 1.6 km; nearest Chipping Campden Surgery | 640 m |
| Pharmacies | 1 pharmacies within 1.6 km; nearest Chipping Campden Pharmacy | 770 m |
| NHS dentists | 1 practices within 1.6 km; nearest Grafton Mews (Dental Surgery) | 560 m |
| Hospital | North Cotswolds Hospital | 9.0 km |
| Police station | Warwickshire Police | 11.3 km |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | 1 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 2,470 m² | 220 m |
| Play area | 2 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 300 m² | 270 m |
| Playing field | 1 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 2.2 ha | 570 m |
| Allotments | Unnamed 8,940 m² | 1.5 km |
Within 800 m: 1 park or garden, 0.2 hectares in all.
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Dovecote to North of Wool Barn, a listed building (Grade II*), 260 m east. 186 listed buildings are within 1.0 km, 4 of them Grade I and 15 of them Grade II*.
| Name | What it is | From the postcode's centre |
|---|---|---|
| Dovecote to North of Wool Barn | Listed building, Grade II* | 260 m east |
| The Old Silk Mill | Listed building, Grade II* | 430 m north-east |
| Elm Tree House | Listed building, Grade II* | 470 m north-east |
| Green Dragons and Mullion House | Listed building, Grade II* | 500 m north-east |
| Garden at Kingcombe | Registered park or garden, Grade II | 1.0 km north-west |
| Kiftsgate Stone | Scheduled monument | 1.1 km west |
| Campden House, formal Garden and associated Medieval cultivation earthworks. | Scheduled monument | 1.1 km north-east |
| Name | What it is | From the postcode's centre |
|---|---|---|
| Campden Wood | Wood | 830 m west |
| Dover's Hill | Hill | 1.3 km north-west |
| Weston Park | Wood | 1.6 km west |
| Barn Ground Plantation | Wood | 1.7 km north-west |
| The Dingle | Valley | 2.4 km north |
| Upper Water | Lake or reservoir | 3.4 km south-east |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 3.7 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 6.1 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 10.3 | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 55 to 59 | 9 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 18 | 27 |
9 of the postcode's 27 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic, above the WHO guidelines.
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 56 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 14% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 37% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 70% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 51% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | under 1% | 1% |
| Social rented | 22% | 17% |
| Private rented | 7% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 49% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 2% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 38% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 4% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 48% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 34% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 0% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 0% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 13% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km of home (of those who travel to work) | 45% | 65% |
| Work 30 km or more away | 19% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 41% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 14% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 6% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 99% | 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 Blind Lane.