GL55 postcode district: Chipping Campden and around
GL55 is a postcode district mostly in Gloucestershire, with 292 postcodes in use in 2 sectors. It has postcodes in Chipping Campden and Mickleton. It is split between 2 councils: Cotswold (289 postcodes) and Stratford-on-Avon (3). 289 are in Gloucestershire and 3 in Warwickshire.
- Postcodes in use
- 292
- Sectors
- 2
- Councils
- 2 councils
- Places
- 2 places
Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026. See all our data sources
Every postcode in GL55, by flood risk
- A home or business at high risk: 20
- At medium risk at worst: 8
- At low risk at worst: 2
- At very low risk only: 0
- Not on the at-risk list: 262
- Outline: where 5 or more postcodes at high or medium risk lie together
Of the 292 postcodes in GL55 that ONS places, 20 have a home or business at high risk, 8 are at medium risk at worst, 2 are at low risk at worst and 262 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list.
Each mark is a postcode's centre point as ONS gives it, not a building. Press one to see its postcode and open its page. A dashed outline shows where 5 or more lie within 180 metres of each other. It is not a boundary, and no boundary is drawn. Where marks overlap, the one first in the key is drawn; the counts include every postcode.
The middle of its postcodes: latitude 52.0639, longitude -1.7694. Open this area on OpenStreetMap
Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026, the centre point of each postcode; flood risk: Environment Agency, published 6 July 2026; roads, rivers and built-up areas: Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Drawn by us. Street map: Ordnance Survey, OS Open Zoomstack, Open Government Licence v3.0, drawn with MapLibre. How we use them
The postcodes at high risk
20 postcodes here have a home or business at high risk. These are the 12 with the most homes and businesses at that risk.
Beside each: how many of its homes and businesses the Environment Agency puts at that risk.
Where the postcodes at high or medium risk lie together
- 12 postcodes at high or medium risk, outlined on the map. GL55 6DS, is the one with most homes and businesses at high risk.
What broadband can you get in GL55?
Ofcom reports on 285 of the 292 postcodes in GL55. At 200 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband, and at 5 some cannot get decent broadband (10 Mbit/s).
Ofcom gives each postcode's share of homes and businesses, not how many there are, so these count postcodes. Each postcode page has its own figures. A provider's checker answers for one address.
Check one address on Ofcom's checkerSource: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026, data for January 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Is GL55 at risk of flooding?
30 of the 292 postcodes in GL55 have a home or business in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, the Environment Agency says. At those, it puts 160 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk.
High: 3.3% or more a year (1 in 30). Medium: 1% to 3.3% a year. Low: 0.1% to 1% a year. Very low: under 0.1% a year (1 in 1,000). Each band is the chance of flooding in any one year.
Homes and businesses in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, as the Environment Agency counts them, added up over the postcodes. It is for the land, not each building, and leaves out surface water, groundwater and sewers. Each postcode page has its own figures and its flood warning areas.
Source: Environment Agency, Risk of Flooding from Rivers and Sea (postcodes in areas at risk), published 6 July 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
What do homes sell for in GL55?
Homes in GL55 sold for a typical £495,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 73 sales, down 8.5% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.
- 12 months to August 2025
- £540,760
- 12 months to August 2026
- £495,000
▼ down 8.5% on the 12 months before
Standard sales of homes at market value. A typical price is the median, the middle sale. Sales take weeks to be registered, so the last month or two are incomplete. Each postcode page gives the figure for its own postcode sector.
Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2021. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Postcodes in GL55
Pick a sector, then a postcode. A sector is the district plus the next digit.
UK postcode format explainedPlaces in GL55
Towns and villages with postcodes in GL55, and how many each has here.
Who covers GL55
How many of the district's postcodes in use fall under each council, constituency and police force area.
Councils
What council am I in?Constituencies
- North Cotswolds289
- Stratford-on-Avon3
Police force areas
- Gloucestershire289
- Warwickshire3
Next to GL55
"Next to" is by number: the districts before and after GL55 in the GL area.
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