GL7 0AD Cotswold
Live postcode, introduced July 2023. Ward: Watermoor. Region: South West.
Streets
- Colonel Drive, Cirencester: 13 addresses
- Wilkinson Road, Cirencester: 1 address
- Sivewright Way, Cirencester: 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 C (27% of about 710 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: 20 protected trees within 100 m of this postcode.
- Green belt: no.
Brownfield land registered for housing within 1.0 km
- Gap House, 1 Longwood Court, Love Lane, Cirencester, permissioned (470 m)
- Chesterton Halt Adult Training Centre, Meadow Road, Cirencester, permissioned (810 m)
- Sewell House 45 Chesterton Lane GL7 1XJ, permissioned (830 m)
- 38 Cricklade Road, Cirencester, permissioned (850 m)
Flood risk
The Environment Agency's long-term flood risk figures have not been loaded for this postcode yet.
Flood zone for planning: no postcode centre is in flood zone 2 or 3.
Height above sea level
The postcode's 15 addresses are between 119 m and 122 m above sea level (120 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 station | Kemble 445,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 4.9 km |
| Bus stops | 2 stops within 400 m, 19 within 800 m; nearest Berkeley Road Chesterton | 130 m |
| Car parks | Brewery Car Park | 1.5 km |
| EV charging points | 6 within 1.6 km; nearest Shell Recharge Charging Station | 850 m |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Bristol Airport BRS | 63.1 km |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | 3 practices within 1.6 km; nearest Phoenix Health Group | 1.2 km |
| Pharmacies | 4 pharmacies within 1.6 km; nearest Chesterton Pharmacy | 820 m |
| NHS dentists | 3 practices within 1.6 km; nearest Cirencester Dental And Aesthetics | 1.3 km |
| Hospital | Cirencester Hospital | 1.3 km |
| Police station | Cirencester Police Station | 1.5 km |
| Cash machines | Cashpoint® 14 Castle Street Lloyds Bank | 1.6 km |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | Unnamed 1.6 ha | 1.0 km |
| Play area | 3 within 800 m; nearest Orchard Field Play Area 380 m² | 440 m |
| Playing field | 1 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 1.2 ha | 780 m |
| Allotments | 2 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 3.4 ha | 190 m |
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Two Adjoining Barns at Church Farm, a listed building (Grade II*), 940 m east. 21 listed buildings are within 1.0 km, 4 of them Grade II*.
| Name | What it is | From the postcode's centre |
|---|---|---|
| Two Adjoining Barns at Church Farm | Listed building, Grade II* | 940 m east |
| Tithe barn | Scheduled monument | 940 m east |
| Church of the Holy Trinity | Listed building, Grade II* | 1.0 km north |
| Church of St Peter | Listed building, Grade II* | 1.0 km east |
| Obelisk at Sp 0213 0132 | Listed building, Grade II* | 1.0 km north-west |
| Settlement SE of Chesterton Farm | Scheduled monument | 1.1 km south-west |
| Long barrow and Roman amphitheatre and cemetery | Scheduled monument | 1.2 km north-west |
| Name | What it is | From the postcode's centre |
|---|---|---|
| The Lake | Lake or reservoir | 1.6 km north-west |
| Chesterton Plantation | Wood | 1.7 km south-west |
| Austen's Copse | Wood | 1.8 km south-west |
| Galley Hill | Hill | 3.1 km north-east |
| Hermitage Bottom | Valley | 4.3 km north-west |
| Cotswold Hills Beach | Beach | 4.5 km south |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 5.2 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 6.2 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 10.6 | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 60 to 64 | 1 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 14 | 15 |
1 of the postcode's 15 addresses is 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 | 57 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 8% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 33% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 76% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 54% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 0% | 1% |
| Social rented | 12% | 17% |
| Private rented | 12% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 44% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 4% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 41% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 2% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 43% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 41% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 0% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 0% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 14% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km of home (of those who travel to work) | 52% | 65% |
| Work 30 km or more away | 14% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 53% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 10% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 2% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 97% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | 0% | 2% |
Deprivation
The neighbourhood around this postcode is in decile 7 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 Colonel Drive.