Bourton-on-the-Water

Bourton-on-the-Water is covered by postcode district GL54. It is in the Cotswold council area, Gloucestershire.

Typical price £361,750 Homes sold in Bourton-on-the-Water, last 12 months Gigabit broadband 68 of 127 postcodes where every home and business can get it Flooding Some at high risk 43 of 131 postcodes have a home or business in an area at risk; 165 homes and businesses at high or medium risk Schools 2 1 primary school and 1 secondary school at its postcodes

Every postcode in Bourton-on-the-Water, by flood risk

Map of every postcode in Bourton-on-the-Water, by flood risk Of the 131 postcodes in Bourton-on-the-Water that ONS places, 22 have a home or business at high risk, 5 are at medium risk at worst, 13 are at low risk at worst, 3 are at very low risk only and 88 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. 2 groups of postcodes at high or medium risk are outlined: 16 postcodes at high or medium risk; 5 postcodes at high or medium risk. Places named: Bourton-on-the-Water. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 250 m. A429 GL54 2AF: not on the flood risk listGL54 2AU: not on the flood risk listGL54 2BA: not on the flood risk listGL54 2BB: not on the flood risk listGL54 2BD: not on the flood risk listGL54 2BE: not on the flood risk listGL54 2BH: not on the flood risk listGL54 2BJ: not on the flood risk listGL54 2BW: not on the flood risk listGL54 2BZ: not on the flood risk listGL54 2DB: not on the flood risk listGL54 2DF: not on the flood risk listGL54 2DG: not on the flood risk listGL54 2DL: not on the flood risk listGL54 2DQ: not on the flood risk listGL54 2EB: not on the flood risk listGL54 2ED: not on the flood risk listGL54 2EG: not on the flood risk listGL54 2EH: not on the flood risk listGL54 2EJ: not on the flood risk listGL54 2EL: not on the flood risk listGL54 2EN: not on the flood risk listGL54 2EP: not on the flood risk listGL54 2ER: not on the flood risk listGL54 2ES: not on the flood risk listGL54 2ET: not on the flood risk listGL54 2EU: not on the flood risk listGL54 2EW: not on the flood risk listGL54 2FA: not on the flood risk listGL54 2FB: not on the flood risk listGL54 2FF: not on the flood risk listGL54 2FG: not on the flood risk listGL54 2FH: not on the flood risk listGL54 2FJ: not on the flood risk listGL54 2FP: not on the flood risk listGL54 2FR: not on the flood risk listGL54 2FS: not on the flood risk listGL54 2FW: not on the flood risk listGL54 2FX: not on the flood risk listGL54 2FY: not on the flood risk listGL54 2FZ: not on the flood risk listGL54 2GA: not on the flood risk listGL54 2GB: not on the flood risk listGL54 2GD: not on the flood risk listGL54 2GE: not on the flood risk listGL54 2GF: not on the flood risk listGL54 2GG: not on the flood risk listGL54 2GH: not on the flood risk listGL54 2GJ: not on the flood risk listGL54 2GL: not on the flood risk listGL54 2GN: not on the flood risk listGL54 2GZ: not on the flood risk listGL54 2HA: not on the flood risk listGL54 2HB: not on the flood risk listGL54 2HD: not on the flood risk listGL54 2HE: not on the flood risk listGL54 2HF: not on the flood risk listGL54 2HG: not on the flood risk listGL54 2HH: not on the flood risk listGL54 2HL: not on the flood risk listGL54 2HQ: not on the flood risk listGL54 2JY: not on the flood risk listGL54 2JZ: not on the flood risk listGL54 2LB: not on the flood risk listGL54 2LU: not on the flood risk listGL54 2LX: not on the flood risk listGL54 2LZ: not on the flood risk listGL54 2PR: not on the flood risk listGL54 2PT: not on the flood risk listGL54 2PU: not on the flood risk listGL54 2PZ: not on the flood risk listGL54 2RL: not on the flood risk listGL54 2RN: not on the flood risk listGL54 2RP: not on the flood risk listGL54 2RQ: not on the flood risk listGL54 2RR: not on the flood risk listGL54 2RS: not on the flood risk listGL54 2RT: not on the flood risk listGL54 2RU: not on the flood risk listGL54 2RW: not on the flood risk listGL54 2RY: not on the flood risk listGL54 2RZ: not on the flood risk listGL54 2SB: not on the flood risk listGL54 2SN: not on the flood risk listGL54 2SP: not on the flood risk listGL54 2UY: not on the flood risk listGL54 2AW: very low flood risk onlyGL54 2AX: very low flood risk onlyGL54 2EA: very low flood risk onlyGL54 2AJ: low flood risk at worstGL54 2AN: low flood risk at worstGL54 2AY: low flood risk at worstGL54 2AZ: low flood risk at worstGL54 2BN: low flood risk at worstGL54 2DD: low flood risk at worstGL54 2DH: low flood risk at worstGL54 2DJ: low flood risk at worstGL54 2DT: low flood risk at worstGL54 2EF: low flood risk at worstGL54 2EQ: low flood risk at worstGL54 2LA: low flood risk at worstGL54 2PP: low flood risk at worstGL54 2AA: medium flood risk at worstGL54 2AQ: medium flood risk at worstGL54 2AT: medium flood risk at worstGL54 2DN: medium flood risk at worstGL54 2FE: medium flood risk at worstGL54 2AE: high flood riskGL54 2AP: high flood riskGL54 2AR: high flood riskGL54 2AS: high flood riskGL54 2BL: high flood riskGL54 2BP: high flood riskGL54 2BS: high flood riskGL54 2BT: high flood riskGL54 2BU: high flood riskGL54 2BX: high flood riskGL54 2BY: high flood riskGL54 2DA: high flood riskGL54 2DP: high flood riskGL54 2DR: high flood riskGL54 2DU: high flood riskGL54 2DW: high flood riskGL54 2DX: high flood riskGL54 2DY: high flood riskGL54 2DZ: high flood riskGL54 2EE: high flood riskGL54 2PQ: high flood riskGL54 2PS: high flood risk Bourton-on-the-Water 16 postcodes at high or medium risk, outlined: this goes to GL54 2DW, the one with most homes and businesses at high risk16 postcodes at high or medium risk5 postcodes at high or medium risk, outlined: this goes to GL54 2DZ, the one with most homes and businesses at high risk5 postcodes at high or medium risk Map of every postcode in Bourton-on-the-Water, by flood risk Of the 131 postcodes in Bourton-on-the-Water that ONS places, 22 have a home or business at high risk, 5 are at medium risk at worst, 13 are at low risk at worst, 3 are at very low risk only and 88 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. 2 groups of postcodes at high or medium risk are outlined: 16 postcodes at high or medium risk; 5 postcodes at high or medium risk. Places named: Bourton-on-the-Water. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 500 m. A429 Bourton-on-the-Water
  • A home or business at high risk: 22
  • At medium risk at worst: 5
  • At low risk at worst: 13
  • At very low risk only: 3
  • Not on the at-risk list: 88
  • Outline: where 5 or more postcodes at high or medium risk lie together

Of the 131 postcodes in Bourton-on-the-Water that ONS places, 22 have a home or business at high risk, 5 are at medium risk at worst, 13 are at low risk at worst, 3 are at very low risk only and 88 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 150 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 51.8863, longitude -1.7552. Open this area on OpenStreetMap

Sources: ONS Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026; Environment Agency flood risk, published 6 July 2026; roads, rivers and built-up areas: Ordnance Survey open maps. 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.

The postcodes at high risk

22 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.

GL54 2DZ16 at high riskGL54 2DW15 at high riskGL54 2BY9 at high riskGL54 2DP9 at high riskGL54 2BU8 at high riskGL54 2BT8 at high riskGL54 2EE7 at high riskGL54 2AP4 at high riskGL54 2BX4 at high riskGL54 2DA3 at high riskGL54 2BS3 at high riskGL54 2DU3 at high risk

Where the postcodes at high or medium risk lie together

  • 16 postcodes at high or medium risk, outlined on the map. GL54 2DW, is the one with most homes and businesses at high risk.
  • 5 postcodes at high or medium risk, outlined on the map. GL54 2DZ, is the one with most homes and businesses at high risk.

What is it like to live in Bourton-on-the-Water?

Homes sold for a typical £361,750 in the 12 months to September 2026. At 68 of the 127 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 165 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 43 of its 131 postcodes. It has 1 primary school and 1 secondary school at its postcodes. One GP practice is at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Kingham, 8.9 km from the middle of its postcodes in a straight line.

We don't rate places; here are the figures so you can judge.

Sources: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data; Ofcom Connected Nations; Environment Agency flood risk; Get Information about Schools; NHS GP practices; NaPTAN. Each figure is from a section of this page, which gives its date.

What do homes cost in Bourton-on-the-Water?

Homes in Bourton-on-the-Water sold for a typical £361,750 in the 12 months to September 2026, across 32 sales, HM Land Registry's figures show. The 12 months before gave £450,000 from 64 sales: not a change larger than chance would explain, given which homes happened to sell.

£361,750 typical price, the 12 months to September 2026
£450,000 12 months to September 2025
  • Detached £585,000 11 sales
  • Semi-detached £345,000 7 sales
  • Terraced £323,750 10 sales
  • Flat or maisonette 4 sales, too few to price

Each bar is that kind's typical price, against the most expensive kind here.

Across the whole GL54 district, Bourton-on-the-Water's main postcode district: a typical £455,000.

Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Bourton-on-the-Water: 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 October 2026.

Are new homes being built in Bourton-on-the-Water?

5 of the 131 postcodes now in use in Bourton-on-the-Water came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to September 2025, 0 of the 64 homes sold in Bourton-on-the-Water were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the GL54 district, Under 1%.

The newest postcodes

GL54 2SPsince July 2026GL54 2SNsince July 2025GL54 2XQsince February 2023GL54 2UYsince March 2022GL54 2SBsince February 2022

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

PeriodIn Bourton-on-the-WaterAcross the GL54 district
The 12 months to September 2026 0 of 32 (0%) 0 of 285 (0%)
The 12 months to September 2025 0 of 64 (0%) 3 of 373 (Under 1%)

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.

Sources: ONS Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026; HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 October 2026.

What broadband can you get in Bourton-on-the-Water?

Ofcom reports on 127 of the 131 postcodes in Bourton-on-the-Water. At 68 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband.

Postcodes where every home can get gigabit68 of 127
Postcodes where every home can get superfast115 of 127

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 checker

Source: Ofcom Connected Nations, Connected Nations, Spring 2026, data for January 2026.

Is Bourton-on-the-Water at risk of flooding?

43 of the 131 postcodes in Bourton-on-the-Water 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 165 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk.

Homes and businesses in an area at risk, at 43 of 131 postcodes High: 103Medium: 62Low: 174Very low: 45

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 flood risk, published 6 July 2026.

Which schools are in Bourton-on-the-Water?

The open schools at the postcodes in Bourton-on-the-Water. 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. Special schools and alternative provision, which children join by referral, are not listed.

Primary

Secondary

An orange bar: the school has as many pupils as places, or more (Department for Education's figures).

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Source: Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026. Each school opens its own record there.

How far is the station from Bourton-on-the-Water?

The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Bourton-on-the-Water is Kingham Rail Station, 8.9 km away in a straight line.

  • Kingham Rail Station Railway station 8.9 kmDrive
  • Shipton Rail Station Railway station 11.4 kmDrive
  • Moreton-in-Marsh Rail Station Railway station 12.4 kmDrive

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: NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.

Which GP surgeries are in Bourton-on-the-Water?

The GP practices at the postcodes in Bourton-on-the-Water. Each practice sets the area it takes patients from, so check with it before registering.

Find a GP on the NHS website

Sources: NHS GP practices, read 17 October 2026; Care Quality Commission, ratings of 1 October 2026.

Is Bourton-on-the-Water safe? Crime recorded around it

Police.uk records 251 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Bourton-on-the-Water 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

  1. 15 February 2025
  2. 19 March 2025
  3. 20 April 2025
  4. 34 May 2025
  5. 29 June 2025
  6. 17 July 2025
  7. 24 August 2025
  8. 18 September 2025
  9. 23 October 2025
  10. 21 November 2025
  11. 19 December 2025
  12. 12 January 2026

By kind, over the 12 months

Violence and sexual offences91 reports
Anti-social behaviour42 reports
Criminal damage and arson28 reports
Other theft22 reports
Other crime17 reports
Public order16 reports
Vehicle crime13 reports
Shoplifting11 reports

Also: burglary 6, drugs 2, theft from the person 1, bicycle theft 1, possession of weapons 1.

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 postcode

Source: police.uk, data to January 2026, from its download of 30 September 2026.

Who runs Bourton-on-the-Water?

District, borough or city council
Cotswold
County council
Gloucestershire
Parliamentary constituency
North Cotswolds
Police force area
Gloucestershire
Region
South West
Country
England
MP
Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Conservative)

All 131 postcodes here share these. Wards differ: check a postcode for yours. What council am I in?

Sources: ONS Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026; UK Parliament, read 14 October 2026.

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Bourton-on-the-Water postcodes

131 postcodes in use in Bourton-on-the-Water, by district:

GL54 postcode district,131 postcodes

That district is in the GL postcode area.

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Places near Bourton-on-the-Water

With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Bourton-on-the-Water's £361,750. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.

Upper Rissington4.0 km, £383,250Stow-on-the-Wold5.4 km, £448,500Northleach8.3 km, £300,000Milton-under-Wychwood and Shipton-under-Wychwood10.5 km, £587,500Burford12.2 km, £558,750Moreton-in-Marsh12.2 km, £390,000Blockley14.2 km, £452,500Chipping Norton15.6 km, £380,000 All places A to Z

Quick answers about Bourton-on-the-Water

What is the postcode for Bourton-on-the-Water?
Postcode district GL54, with 131 postcodes in use. Source: ONS.
Which council is Bourton-on-the-Water in?
Cotswold, with Gloucestershire as its county council. Source: ONS.
Who is the MP for Bourton-on-the-Water?
Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Conservative), for North Cotswolds. Source: UK Parliament and ONS.
How much are houses in Bourton-on-the-Water?
A typical £361,750 in the 12 months to September 2026, from 32 sales. Source: HM Land Registry.
What schools are in Bourton-on-the-Water?
Primary schools at its postcodes include Bourton-on-the-Water Primary School; secondary schools at its postcodes include The Cotswold Academy. Source: Department for Education.
Does Bourton-on-the-Water have a railway station?
The nearest is Kingham station, 8.9 km from the middle of its postcodes in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport.
What broadband can you get in Bourton-on-the-Water?
Ofcom reports on 127 of the 131 postcodes in Bourton-on-the-Water. At 68 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband. Source: Ofcom.
Is Bourton-on-the-Water at risk of flooding?
43 of the 131 postcodes in Bourton-on-the-Water 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 165 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk. River and sea risk for the land, not surface water. Source: Environment Agency.
Are new homes being built in Bourton-on-the-Water?
5 of the 131 postcodes now in use in Bourton-on-the-Water came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to September 2025, 0 of the 64 homes sold in Bourton-on-the-Water were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the GL54 district, Under 1%. Source: ONS and HM Land Registry.

Where the facts on this page come from

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2021. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. This uses Care Quality Commission information. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0.

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