Grove Lane Lydney, Forest of Dean
16 addresses across 3 postcodes (GL15), about 300 m long, classed as a local road. USRN 14701439.
- Sales: 8 recorded sales since 1995; in 2017 the median was £120,000 across 1 sale.
- Prices and rents: A typical home in Forest of Dean cost £296,807 in August 2026 (+1.1% on a year); private rents averaged £828 a month.
- Energy: 6 homes have an energy certificate (C: 1, D: 3, E: 2).
- Flood: No address on its postcodes is in an area at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers, the sea or surface water.
- Recorded floods: No recorded flood covers the centre of any of its postcodes.
- Coal mining: It is in a coalfield, in a low risk area.
- Landfill: 1 historic landfill site within 500 m (0.3 miles) of its postcodes; the nearest, Allaston Grove Sawmills, is 250 m away.
- Storm overflows: 1 storm overflow within 1 km (0.6 miles) spilled 30 times (481 hours) in 2025.
- Radon: Up to 30% or more of homes in the 1 km squares around it are estimated to be at or above the radon Action Level.
- Council tax: Most homes around it are in council tax band C; Band D in Forest of Dean costs £2,443 a year in 2026-27.
- Broadband: Gigabit broadband is available to 100% of premises.
- Transport: The nearest railway station is Lydney, about 3.2 km (2 miles) away in a straight line.
- Green space: The nearest park or garden, Bathurst Park, is about 2 km (1.3 miles) away.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 4.1 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 5.7 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: Its addresses are 107 to 121 m above sea level.
- Noise: 2 of its 16 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is Lydney Practice, about 1.6 km (1 mile) away.
- People: About 620 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 90% of households owned their home and 27% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
- Crime: 5 crimes were recorded within 250 m between September 2025 and August 2026, most often violence and sexual offences.
- Road safety: No collisions in which someone was hurt were reported on and around it in 2021 to 2025.
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Sales on this street
| Year | Sales | Median price | Lowest | Highest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 1 | £120,000 | £120,000 | £120,000 |
| 2016 | 1 | £230,000 | £230,000 | £230,000 |
| 2015 | 1 | £225,000 | £225,000 | £225,000 |
| 2012 | 1 | £330,000 | £330,000 | £330,000 |
| 2006 | 1 | £175,000 | £175,000 | £175,000 |
| 2004 | 1 | £219,995 | £219,995 | £219,995 |
| 1998 | 1 | £98,500 | £98,500 | £98,500 |
| 1996 | 1 | £73,500 | £73,500 | £73,500 |
| Date | Address | Type | Price | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 Jun 2017 | 2 GL15 5SU | Semi-detached | £120,000 | |
| 20 Jun 2016 | FOREST VIEW GL15 5SU | Detached | £230,000 | |
| 17 Aug 2015 | LABURNUM GROVE GL15 5SU | Detached | £225,000 | |
| 31 Jan 2012 | GROVE LEA GL15 5SU | Detached | £330,000 | |
| 18 Oct 2006 | FOREST VIEW GL15 5SU | Detached | £175,000 | |
| 16 Apr 2004 | LABURNUM GROVE GL15 5SU | Detached | £219,995 | |
| 29 Dec 1998 | 4 GL15 5SU | Detached | £98,500 | |
| 21 Feb 1996 | 6 GL15 5SU | Detached | £73,500 |
House prices and rents in Forest of Dean
A typical home in Forest of Dean cost £296,807 in August 2026, 1.1% more than a year before. That is 21% more than five years earlier and 48% more than ten years earlier.
| Home | Typical price, Aug 2026 |
|---|---|
| Detached | £403,314 |
| Semi-detached | £263,558 |
| Terraced | £221,524 |
| Flat or maisonette | £131,182 |
| Bought by a first-time buyer | £248,353 |
Private renters in Forest of Dean paid £828 a month on average in September 2026, 0.9% less than a year before. That is 29% more than five years earlier.
| Home | Average rent a month, Sep 2026 |
|---|---|
| One bedroom | £594 |
| Two bedrooms | £800 |
| Three bedrooms | £961 |
| Four or more bedrooms | £1,449 |
Energy performance certificates
6 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 127 m². Most common: Bungalow, detached (3); House, detached (2); House, semi-detached (1). Built: before 1900 (2); 1950-1966 (2); 2007 onwards (1). Tenure at assessment: owner-occupied (5).
Each home's certificates and sales (6 addresses)
Gas and electricity use
Homes with gas used 12,689 kWh of it on average in 2024, 31% more than the district's 9,672 kWh, and 3,460 kWh of electricity, 11% less than the district's 3,881 kWh. There are gas meters for about 91% of the homes.
| Postcode | Electricity meters | Typical electricity | Gas meters | Typical gas |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GL15 5SU | 9 | 3,163 kWh | 9 | 13,130 kWh |
| GL15 5ST | 41 | 2,469 kWh | 41 | 11,881 kWh |
| GL15 4EZ | 5 | 2,358 kWh | under 5 |
These are all the homes on each postcode, whatever their size and however many live in them, so they show the kind of homes and heating here rather than what any one home uses. The typical figure is the median: half the homes used less. The district is GL15.
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 neighbourhood around this street: most are in band C (45% of about 830 homes).
Planning and heritage
- Conservation area: no postcode centre in this street's postcodes is in one.
- Listed buildings on or by this street: 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.
Energy projects nearby
3 energy projects near the street's postcodes.
| Project | Kind | Size | Stage | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yorkley Solar Park Forest of Dean P0278/15/FUL | Solar farm | 5 MW | Operational Dec 2015 | 850 m (0.5 miles) |
| Hurst Farm Forest of Dean P1358/13/FUL | Solar farm | 5 MW | Operational May 2014 | 1.9 km (1.2 miles) |
| Sharpness Docks Stroud S.11/2448/FUL | Wind 1 turbine | 2 MW | Operational Jan 2017 | 3.6 km (2.2 miles) |
Planned projects can change or not go ahead; search the planning authority's applications by the reference shown for the plans, conditions and any objections. Construction brings traffic for some months; once built, solar farms and batteries are usually quiet, while turbines and waste plants can be seen or heard further away.
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.
Recorded floods
No recorded flood covers the centre of any of this street's postcodes.
Recorded floods are where floodwater was seen or surveyed after a flood. Many floods were never mapped, an outline over a postcode's centre does not mean every home in it flooded, and homes outside one may have. Ask the seller whether the home itself has flooded.
Coastal erosion
No projected coastal erosion zone is within 1 km (0.6 miles) of the street's postcodes.
Storm overflows
1 storm overflow within 1 km (0.6 miles) of the street's postcodes spilled 30 times, for 481 hours in all, in 2025. They discharge into Plummers Brook.
| Overflow | Into | Spills | Hours | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oldcroft - Old Dam Road Sps Severn Trent Water | Plummers Brook | 30 | 481 | 1 km (0.6 miles) |
A storm overflow lets sewage diluted with rainwater into a river, stream or the sea when heavy rain overwhelms the sewers, so the spills here affect the water they run into, not homes. A spill is counted the regulators' way: a first 12 hours, then each 24 hours it goes on.
Coal mining
3 of the street's 3 postcodes are in a coalfield, in a low risk area: coal was mined in the area, but no workings shallow enough to matter for building are recorded.
Conveyancers usually still order a coal mining search (CON29M) for a home in a coalfield.
Radon
The highest radon potential in the 1 km squares around the street's postcodes is 30% or more: up to that share of homes there is estimated to be at or above the Action Level of 200 becquerels per cubic metre. At least part of that area is a radon Affected Area, where 1% or more of homes are.
By postcode centre: 5 to 10% (3); 30% or more (1).
Radon is a natural radioactive gas from the ground that can build up indoors; long exposure raises the risk of lung cancer. A three-month test with two small detectors is the only way to know a home's level, and a high level can usually be brought down with a sump or better ventilation. Homes built here in recent decades should have radon protection under the building regulations (basic protection from 3%, full protection from 10%). UKHSA sells a radon report for a single address from its detailed map at ukradon.org.
Historic landfill
1 historic landfill site is within 500 m (0.3 miles) of the street's postcodes, the nearest 250 m away.
| Site | Waste went in | Waste | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Allaston Grove Sawmills Soilwell, Lydney, Gloucestershire | Not recorded | Inert, industrial | 250 m |
Closed tips can give off gas (methane and carbon dioxide) and leak into the ground for years. An environmental search, which conveyancers usually order, looks at landfill and contaminated land around the home; the council keeps a register of land it has found to be contaminated.
Height above sea level
The street's 16 addresses are between 107 m and 121 m above sea level (113 m on average); the ground rises about 14 m from the lowest to the highest.
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GL15 4EZ | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| GL15 5ST | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| GL15 5SU | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Lydney 194,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 3.2 km (2 miles) |
| Cam and Dursley 239,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 11.7 km (7.3 miles) | |
| Bus stops | 4 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 12 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Grove Lane Allaston | 70 m |
| Bus or coach station | Bus Station Lydney | 1.8 km (1.1 miles) |
| Ferry terminal | Sharpness Old Docks | 3.5 km (2.2 miles) |
| EV charging points | 2 within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Connected Kerb Charging Stations | 1.6 km (1 mile) |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Bristol Airport BRS | 42.2 km (26 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | Lydney Practice | 1.6 km (1 mile) |
| Pharmacies | Lydney Pharmacy | 1.7 km (1.1 miles) |
| NHS dentists | Hylton Court (Dental Surgery) | 1.8 km (1.1 miles) |
| Hospital | Lydney Hospital | 1.9 km (1.2 miles) |
| Care homes | 1 home within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Footsteps Medical Care Limited Good Dec 2022 | 670 m (0.4 miles) |
| Police station | Coleford Police Station | 8.5 km (5.3 miles) |
| Cash machines | Cashpoint® 55 Newerne Street Lloyds Bank | 1.7 km (1 mile) |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | Bathurst Park 6.7 ha | 2 km (1.3 miles) |
| Play area | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 60 m² | 510 m (0.3 miles) |
| Playing field | Unnamed 1.6 ha | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) |
| Allotments | Unnamed 1,250 m² | 1.2 km (0.8 miles) |
Landmarks
2 listed buildings are within 1 km (0.6 miles).
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Ten Acre Wood | Wood | 430 m (0.3 miles) north-west |
| Maple Hill | Hill | 860 m (0.5 miles) west |
| Leech Pool | Lake or reservoir | 1.9 km (1.2 miles) south-west |
| Newnham Bottom | Valley | 2.4 km (1.5 miles) north-west |
| Wellhouse Bay | Tidal water | 2.6 km (1.6 miles) south-east |
| Prinn Sand | Wetland | 2.9 km (1.8 miles) south-east |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 4.1 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 5.7 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 8.9 | 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 | 2 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 14 | 16 |
2 of the street's 16 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 Forest of Dean: see them on the Forest of Dean page.
Nearest schools
| School | Phase | Ages | Distance | Inspection |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Primrose Hill Church of England Primary Academy | Primary | 4–11 | 650 m (0.4 miles) | Report card (Nov 2025): Curriculum and teaching: Expected standard; Achievement: Expected standard; Attendance and behaviour: Strong standard; Personal development and wellbeing: Strong standard; Inclusion: Strong standard; Leadership and governance: Strong standard; Early years: Expected standard; Safeguarding standards: Met |
| Severnbanks Primary School | Primary | 3–11 | 1.8 km (1.1 miles) | Report card (Apr 2026): Curriculum and teaching: Expected standard; Achievement: Expected standard; Attendance and behaviour: Strong standard; Personal development and wellbeing: Strong standard; Inclusion: Strong standard; Leadership and governance: Strong standard; Early years: Expected standard; Safeguarding standards: Met |
| Lydney Church of England Community School | Primary | 4–11 | 1.8 km (1.1 miles) | No published inspection |
| Yorkley Primary School | Primary | 4–11 | 2 km (1.2 miles) | Good (May 2022, overall grade under the previous framework) |
| Pillowell Community Primary School | Primary | 4–11 | 2 km (1.2 miles) | Report card (Jul 2026): Curriculum and teaching: Expected standard; Achievement: Expected standard; Attendance and behaviour: Expected standard; Personal development and wellbeing: Expected standard; Inclusion: Expected standard; Leadership and governance: Expected standard; Early years: Expected standard; Safeguarding standards: Met |
Nurseries and childcare
1 nursery, pre-school or club within 1.5 km (0.9 miles), the nearest 650 m (0.4 miles) from the middle of the street.
| Provider | Kind | Places | Latest inspection | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Primrose Hill Nursery GL15 5TA | Full day care | 26 | Good (Oct 2023, overall grade under the previous framework) | 650 m (0.4 miles) |
Ofsted also registers 222 childminders and 47 home childcarers (nannies) in Gloucestershire. It does not publish their addresses, so they cannot be shown here; the council's family information service lists those taking children.
Food hygiene ratings nearby
No rated food businesses within 500 m (0.3 miles).
Crime within 250 m
| Category | Crimes |
|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 2 |
| Anti-social behaviour | 2 |
| Other theft | 1 |
Most of these are attached to: On or near Grove Lane (2); On or near Allaston Road (2); On or near Windsor Drive (1).
Road safety
No collisions in which someone was hurt were reported on and around the street in 2021 to 2025.
Only collisions in which someone was hurt and which the police were told about are here: damage-only collisions and near misses are not, and some injuries are never reported. Positions are recorded by the police, usually to within a few metres. Each year's figures are published the following September.
Traffic on nearby roads
No traffic count point is within 500 m (0.3 miles) of the street's postcodes. The Department for Transport counts every motorway and A road and only a sample of minor roads, so a quiet residential street usually has none.
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 56 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 9% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 33% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 90% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 63% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 0% | 1% |
| Social rented | under 1% | 17% |
| Private rented | 9% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 54% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 2% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 36% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 4% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 28% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 65% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 0% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | under 1% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 5% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 49% | 65% |
| Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away | 9% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 27% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 16% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 8% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 99% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | under 1% | 2% |
Deprivation
The neighbourhood around this street 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.
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
- GL15 5SU: 13 addresses of 14 in the postcode
- GL15 5ST: 2 addresses of 47 in the postcode
- GL15 4EZ: 1 address of 8 in the postcode
Nearby streets
Windsor Drive · Primrose Hill Road
All the streets in GL15 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; road collisions count only those in which someone was hurt and the police were told.
- 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.