Fretherne Overton, Forest of Dean
3 addresses across 2 postcodes (GL14,GL2), about 3.4 km (2.1 miles) long. USRN 38503782.
- Sales: 7 recorded sales since 1995; in 2023 the median was £970,000 across 1 sale.
- Flood: No address on its postcodes is in an area at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers, the sea or surface water.
- Council tax: Most homes around it are in council tax band D; Band D in Forest of Dean costs £2,443 a year in 2026-27.
- Broadband: Gigabit broadband is available to 67% to 90% of premises.
- Transport: The nearest railway station is Cam and Dursley, about 7.9 km (4.9 miles) away in a straight line.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 4.2 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 5.6 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: It is about 8 m above sea level.
- Noise: None of its addresses is modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is Dean Medical Practice, about 5.5 km (3.4 miles) away.
- People: About 910 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 83% of households owned their home and 42% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
Sales on this street
| Year | Sales | Median price | Lowest | Highest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 1 | £970,000 | £970,000 | £970,000 |
| 2017 | 1 | £470,000 | £470,000 | £470,000 |
| 2000 | 1 | £95,000 | £95,000 | £95,000 |
| 1997 | 1 | £143,000 | £143,000 | £143,000 |
| Date | Address | Type | Price | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 Apr 2023 | HOCK CLIFF HOUSE GL2 7JQ | Detached | £970,000 | |
| 11 Mar 2022 | PLOT 2, THE REDDINGS GL2 7JQ | Other | £750,000 | Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer). |
| 8 Mar 2021 | PLOT 2, THE REDDINGS GL2 7JQ | Other | £337,500 | Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer). |
| 31 Oct 2019 | FRETHERNE LODGE GL2 7JQ | Other | £1,700,000 | Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer). |
| 23 Oct 2017 | REDDINGS LODGE GL2 7JQ | Semi-detached | £470,000 | |
| 4 Oct 2000 | THE VILLA GL2 7JQ | Detached | £95,000 | |
| 8 Sep 1997 | REDDINGS LODGE GL2 7JQ | Semi-detached | £143,000 |
Energy performance certificates
No certificates found for addresses on this street.
Council tax
What each band costs in Forest of Dean in 2026-27: Band D £2,443 a year on average, including the police, fire and any county and parish charges.
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £1,629 | £1,900 | £2,172 | £2,443 | £2,986 | £3,529 | £4,072 | £4,887 |
Homes by band in the neighbourhoods around this street: most are in band D (20% of about 1,550 homes).
Planning and heritage
- Conservation area: no postcode centre in this street's postcodes is in one.
- Listed buildings on or by this street: 8.
- 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.
Listed buildings
- CHURCH OF ST MARY, grade II*
- FRETHERNE LODGE, grade II
- Fretherne War Memorial, grade II
- LUFFINGHAMS, grade II
- MILESTONE NGR 73440911, grade II
- OVERTON FARMHOUSE, grade II
- THE REDDINGS, grade II
- WALLED GARDEN OF FRETHERNE LODGE, ABOUT 80M TO NORTH EAST OF HOUSE, grade II
Roadworks
No street works under way, planned or finished in the last three months on this street, in permits up to 31 October 2026.
Flood risk
No address in this street's postcodes is in an area at high, medium or low risk of flooding from rivers, the sea or surface water. The rest are in areas at very low risk: less than a 0.1% (1 in 1,000) chance a year.
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 on this street is in flood zone 2 or 3.
Height above sea level
The street's addresses are about 8 m above sea level.
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GL14 1EL | 90% | 90% | 90% | 0% |
| GL2 7JQ | 67% | 67% | 67% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Cam and Dursley 239,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 7.9 km (4.9 miles) |
| Stonehouse 193,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 9.6 km (6 miles) | |
| Lydney 194,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 11.5 km (7.2 miles) | |
| Bus stops | 0 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 2 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Farm Overton | 710 m (0.4 miles) |
| Bus or coach station | Bus Station Cinderford | 7.8 km (4.8 miles) |
| Ferry terminal | Sharpness Old Docks | 8.3 km (5.2 miles) |
| Car parks | Passage Rd Parking | 2.1 km (1.3 miles) |
| EV charging points | Connected Kerb Charging Stations | 5.6 km (3.5 miles) |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Bristol Airport BRS | 49.5 km (31 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | Dean Medical Practice | 5.5 km (3.4 miles) |
| Pharmacies | Badham Pharmacy | 3.9 km (2.4 miles) |
| NHS dentists | Westbury Dental Surgery | 4.7 km (2.9 miles) |
| Hospital | Dilke Memorial Hospital | 8.5 km (5.3 miles) |
| Police station | Police Headquarters | 9.6 km (6 miles) |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Play area | Unnamed 440 m² | 2 km (1.2 miles) |
| Playing field | Unnamed 2.0 ha | 2.7 km (1.7 miles) |
| Allotments | Unnamed 8,470 m² | 2.6 km (1.6 miles) |
Landmarks
3 listed buildings are within 1 km (0.6 miles).
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Smith's Wood | Wood | 370 m east |
| Hock Cliff | Cliff or slope | 760 m (0.5 miles) south-east |
| Barrow Hill | Hill | 1.2 km (0.7 miles) north-east |
| Hock Ditch | Tidal water | 1.7 km (1 mile) south-east |
| Salmon Putchers | Wetland | 2 km (1.2 miles) south-west |
| Wick's Pool | Lake or reservoir | 3.1 km (1.9 miles) south-east |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 4.2 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 5.6 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 9.3 | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Under 55 | 3 | 3 |
None of the street's 3 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 Forest of Dean: see them on the Forest of Dean page.
Nearest schools
No open schools within 2 km (1.2 miles).
Food hygiene ratings nearby
No rated food businesses within 500 m (0.3 miles).
Crime within 250 m
No crimes recorded at anonymised points within 250 m in this period (gloucestershire).
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 50 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 18% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 23% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 83% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 46% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 0% | 1% |
| Social rented | 2% | 17% |
| Private rented | 15% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 61% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 2% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 24% | 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 | 47% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 0% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | under 1% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 4% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 31% | 65% |
| Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away | 12% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 42% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 13% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 4% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 100% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | 0% | 2% |
Deprivation
The 2 neighbourhoods around this street are in deciles 3 to 6 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.
What has changed
Nothing new since the change feed started on 30 October 2026. New sales and energy certificates, and hygiene ratings, school inspections and flood figures nearby, will be listed here as the sources update.
Postcodes on this street
All the streets in GL14, GL2 and across Forest of Dean.
What this page cannot tell you
- Whether a particular house is at risk of flooding, subsiding or anything else: the flood map is a model of areas and there is no property-level data here.
- What a home is worth now: sales are historic prices for the homes that happened to sell.
- How safe the street is: crime points are moved to anonymised locations and many crimes are never reported.
- Whether you would get a place at a school: distances are straight lines, not catchments.
- Who lives on the street now: census figures describe the small areas around it in March 2021, during a lockdown.
- How long a journey takes or how often anything runs: transport distances are straight lines to the nearest stops.
- Whether a GP practice is taking new patients, or a dentist new NHS patients.
- How loud a home is inside, or noise from industry, neighbours or smaller airfields: noise figures are models of road, rail and air traffic outside.
How each figure on this page is matched to the street and worked out: methodology.