Bishop's Cleeve
Bishop's Cleeve is covered by postcode districts GL50 and GL52. It is mostly in the Tewkesbury council area: 384 of its 385 postcodes. The other is in Cheltenham.
Every postcode in Bishop's Cleeve, by flood risk
- A home or business at high risk: 2
- At medium risk at worst: 5
- At low risk at worst: 5
- At very low risk only: 0
- Not on the at-risk list: 373
Of the 385 postcodes in Bishop's Cleeve that ONS places, 2 have a home or business at high risk, 5 are at medium risk at worst, 5 are at low risk at worst and 373 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. 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 51.9468, longitude -2.0594. 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
Beside each: how many of its homes and businesses the Environment Agency puts at that risk.
Further out, not drawn
This postcode lies well apart from the rest, so the map is drawn without it to show the rest closer; it is in every count.
What is it like to live in Bishop's Cleeve?
Homes sold for a typical £321,500 in the 12 months to August 2026, down 3.4% on the 12 months before. At 309 of the 380 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 8 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 12 of its 385 postcodes. It has 3 primary schools and 1 secondary school at its postcodes. One GP practice is at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Cheltenham Spa, 6.1 km from the middle of its postcodes in a straight line.
We don't rate places; here are the figures so you can judge.
Source: HM Land Registry, Ofcom, the Environment Agency, the Department for Education, NHS England and the Department for Transport, as each section of this page says. See all our data sources
What do homes cost in Bishop's Cleeve?
Homes in Bishop's Cleeve sold for a typical £321,500 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 225 sales, down 3.4% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.
- 12 months to August 2025
- £332,750
- 12 months to August 2026
- £321,500
▼ down 3.4% on the 12 months before
Across the whole GL52 district, Bishop's Cleeve's main postcode district: a typical £345,000.
Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Bishop's Cleeve: 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
Are new homes being built in Bishop's Cleeve?
12 of the 385 postcodes now in use in Bishop's Cleeve came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 1 of the 314 homes sold in Bishop's Cleeve were newly built (Under 1%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the GL52 district, 4%.
The newest postcodes
A new postcode is often a new street or estate, but Royal Mail also makes new postcodes when it reorganises old ones, so not every one means new homes. Only postcodes still in use are counted.
New homes among the homes sold
| Period | In Bishop's Cleeve | Across the GL52 district |
|---|---|---|
| The 12 months to August 2026 | 0 of 225 (0%) | 7 of 712 (Under 1%) |
| The 12 months to August 2025 | 1 of 314 (Under 1%) | 37 of 986 (4%) |
Standard sales of homes at market value that HM Land Registry marks as newly built. New homes take longer to be registered than other sales, so the latest 12 months count fewer of them than were sold. A share is given from 5 sales or more.
Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026; HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2021, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
What broadband can you get in Bishop's Cleeve?
Ofcom reports on 380 of the 385 postcodes in Bishop's Cleeve. At 309 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband.
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 Bishop's Cleeve at risk of flooding?
12 of the 385 postcodes in Bishop's Cleeve 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 8 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
Which schools are in Bishop's Cleeve?
The open schools at the postcodes in Bishop's Cleeve. A school for ages 4 to 18 is listed under both. Distances are straight lines from the middle of its postcodes. Distance is not a catchment: each council sets its own admission rules.
Primary
Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. Each school opens its own record there. How we use it
How far is the station from Bishop's Cleeve?
The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Bishop's Cleeve is Cheltenham Spa Rail Station, 6.1 km away in a straight line.
- Cheltenham Spa Rail Station Railway station 6.1 kmDrive
- Ashchurch for Tewkesbury Rail Station Railway station 6.7 kmDrive
- Gloucester Rail Station Railway station 15.2 kmDrive
- Cheltenham Racecourse (Gloucs Warwicks Railway) Underground, metro or tram 2.6 kmCycle
- Gotherington (Gloucs Warwicks Railway) Underground, metro or tram 2.7 kmCycle
Straight-line distances from the centre point, not routes. Walk: under 1.2 km. Cycle: 1.2 to 5 km. Drive: further.
Straight-line distances from the middle of the postcodes, not routes. Each postcode page lists its own nearest stations and bus stops. The Department for Transport's register does not say how often services run.
Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Which GP surgeries are in Bishop's Cleeve?
The GP practices at the postcodes in Bishop's Cleeve. Each practice sets the area it takes patients from, so check with it before registering.
- The Stoke Road Surgery,600 m
Source: NHS England, Organisation Data Service (GP practices), read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Is Bishop's Cleeve safe? Crime recorded around it
Police.uk records 896 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Bishop's Cleeve over the 12 months from February 2025 to January 2026. Gloucestershire Constabulary has published no figures to Police.uk after January 2026, though Police.uk has figures to August 2026 for other forces. These figures run to January 2026, so no month is counted without them. These are counts, not a rate: we hold no count of the people who live, work or pass through, so we do not say whether a place is safe.
Each month, February 2025 to January 2026
- 56 February 2025
- 89 March 2025
- 84 April 2025
- 80 May 2025
- 83 June 2025
- 83 July 2025
- 73 August 2025
- 65 September 2025
- 90 October 2025
- 67 November 2025
- 63 December 2025
- 63 January 2026
By kind, over the 12 months
Also: other crime 20, drugs 16, possession of weapons 10, robbery 3, bicycle theft 2.
Police.uk says its locations "always represent the approximate location of a crime". Each crime is moved to the nearest of a fixed list of map points, each over a street centre, a public place or a commercial premises, chosen so that every point covers at least eight addresses or none. A mile is a wide circle: in a town it takes in the centre and its shops, where much crime is recorded.
Crime around one postcodeSource: Police.uk (data.police.uk), data to January 2026, from its download of 30 September 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Who runs Bishop's Cleeve?
- Councils
- Tewkesbury (384) and Cheltenham (1)
- County council
- Gloucestershire
- Parliamentary constituency
- Tewkesbury
- Police force area
- Gloucestershire
- Region
- South West
- Country
- England
- MP
- Cameron Thomas (Independent)
Where the place crosses a boundary, a row lists each side with its number of postcodes. Check a postcode for its own. What council am I in?
Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026. The MP: UK Parliament. See all our data sources
Moving to Bishop's Cleeve
Who to tell and what to sort out in your first week.
- Tell the council about council tax Councils A to Z
- Register to vote at the new address Register to vote on GOV.UK
- Register with a GP practice The GP practices in Bishop's Cleeve
- Take meter readings on the day you move in
- Power cut? Call 105. It is free. About 105, the power cut number
- Find out your bin day Find your rubbish collection day on GOV.UK
Bishop's Cleeve postcodes
385 postcodes in use in Bishop's Cleeve, by district:
Those districts are all in the GL postcode area.
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Places near Bishop's Cleeve
With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Bishop's Cleeve's £321,500. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.
Questions about Bishop's Cleeve
- What is it like to live in Bishop's Cleeve?
- Homes sold for a typical £321,500 in the 12 months to August 2026, down 3.4% on the 12 months before. At 309 of the 380 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 8 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 12 of its 385 postcodes. It has 3 primary schools and 1 secondary school at its postcodes. One GP practice is at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Cheltenham Spa, 6.1 km from the middle of its postcodes in a straight line. We don't rate places; here are the figures so you can judge. Source: HM Land Registry, Ofcom, the Environment Agency, the Department for Education, NHS England and the Department for Transport, as each section of this page says.
- What is the postcode for Bishop's Cleeve?
- Bishop's Cleeve is covered by postcode districts GL50 and GL52, across 385 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
- Who is the MP for Bishop's Cleeve?
- Bishop's Cleeve is in the Tewkesbury parliamentary constituency. Its MP is Cameron Thomas (Independent), as UK Parliament listed them on 14 October 2026. Constituency: ONS Postcode Directory.
- How much are houses in Bishop's Cleeve?
- Homes in Bishop's Cleeve sold for a typical £321,500 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 225 sales, down 3.4% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
- What schools are in Bishop's Cleeve?
- In Bishop's Cleeve, primary schools at its postcodes include Bishops Cleeve Primary Academy, Grangefield Primary School and Woodmancote School; secondary schools at its postcodes include Cleeve School. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026.
- Does Bishop's Cleeve have a railway station?
- The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Bishop's Cleeve is Cheltenham Spa, 6.1 km away in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
- What broadband can you get in Bishop's Cleeve?
- Ofcom reports on 380 of the 385 postcodes in Bishop's Cleeve. At 309 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband. Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
- Is Bishop's Cleeve at risk of flooding?
- 12 of the 385 postcodes in Bishop's Cleeve 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 8 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk. This is long-term risk for the land, and leaves out surface water. Source: Environment Agency.
- Are new homes being built in Bishop's Cleeve?
- 12 of the 385 postcodes now in use in Bishop's Cleeve came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 1 of the 314 homes sold in Bishop's Cleeve were newly built (Under 1%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the GL52 district, 4%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.
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