Bream
Bream is covered by postcode district GL15. It is in the Forest of Dean council area, Gloucestershire.
Every postcode in Bream, and which are new since 2020
- New since 2020: 0
- In use before 2020: 86
Of the 86 postcodes in Bream that ONS places, 86 were in use before 2020.
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. New since 2020 means it came into use in January 2020 or later. No boundary is drawn.
The middle of its postcodes: latitude 51.7507, longitude -2.5739. 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; when each came into use: the same directory; 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
What is it like to live in Bream?
Homes sold for a typical £250,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, down 9.1% on the 12 months before. At 35 of the 86 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. None of its 86 postcodes is on the Environment Agency's list of those with a home or business at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea. It has 1 primary school at its postcodes. The nearest GP practice is Yorkley Health Centre(Wg), 3.5 km from the middle. The nearest railway station is Lydney, 5.0 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 Bream?
Homes in Bream sold for a typical £250,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 30 sales, down 9.1% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.
- Detached £360,000 11 sales
- Semi-detached £247,500 12 sales
- Terraced £197,000 7 sales
Each bar is that kind's typical price, against the most expensive kind here.
Across the whole GL15 district, Bream's main postcode district: a typical £274,000.
Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Bream: 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 Bream?
None of the 86 postcodes now in use in Bream came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 0 of the 31 homes sold in Bream were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the GL15 district, 18%.
New homes among the homes sold
| Period | In Bream | Across the GL15 district |
|---|---|---|
| The 12 months to August 2026 | 0 of 30 (0%) | 9 of 252 (4%) |
| The 12 months to August 2025 | 0 of 31 (0%) | 62 of 337 (18%) |
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 Bream?
Ofcom reports on 86 of the 86 postcodes in Bream. At 35 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 Bream at risk of flooding?
None of the 86 postcodes in Bream is on the Environment Agency's list of postcodes with a home or business in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea.
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 Bream?
The primary schools are at the postcodes in Bream. There is no secondary school at its postcodes; these are the nearest to its middle. Distances are straight lines from the middle of its postcodes. Distance is not a catchment: each council sets its own admission rules.
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 Bream?
The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Bream is Lydney Rail Station, 5.0 km away in a straight line.
- Lydney Rail Station Railway station 5.0 kmDrive
- Chepstow Rail Station Railway station 14.0 kmDrive
- Cam & Dursley Rail Station Railway station 15.2 kmDrive
- Parkend (Dean Forest Railway) Underground, metro or tram 2.3 kmCycle
- Norchard (Dean Forest Railway) Underground, metro or tram 2.9 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 Bream?
There is no GP practice at the postcodes in Bream. These are the nearest to its middle, in a straight line. Each practice sets the area it takes patients from, so check with it before registering.
- Yorkley Health Centre(Wg) Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report January 2017, over 3 years old · Phone 01594 562437 3.5 kmCycle
- Lydney Practice Phone 01594 842167 4.0 kmCycle
- Severnbank Surgery Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report June 2019, over 3 years old · Phone 01594 845715 4.3 kmCycle
Source: NHS England, Organisation Data Service (GP practices), read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Is Bream safe? Crime recorded around it
Police.uk records 266 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Bream 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
- 30 February 2025
- 21 March 2025
- 29 April 2025
- 24 May 2025
- 30 June 2025
- 31 July 2025
- 29 August 2025
- 17 September 2025
- 11 October 2025
- 23 November 2025
- 11 December 2025
- 10 January 2026
By kind, over the 12 months
Also: burglary 4, possession of weapons 4, shoplifting 2, bicycle theft 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 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 Bream?
- District, borough or city council
- Forest of Dean
- County council
- Gloucestershire
- Parliamentary constituency
- Forest of Dean
- Police force area
- Gloucestershire
- Region
- South West
- Country
- England
- MP
- Matt Bishop (Labour)
All 86 postcodes here share these. Wards differ: check a postcode for yours. 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 Bream
Who to tell and what to sort out in your first week.
- Tell Forest of Dean about council tax Council tax, on fdean.gov.uk
- Register to vote at the new address Register to vote on GOV.UK
- Register with a GP practice The nearest GP practices
- 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
Bream postcodes
86 postcodes in use in Bream, by district:
That district is in the GL postcode area.
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Places near Bream
With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Bream's £250,000. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.
Questions about Bream
- What is it like to live in Bream?
- Homes sold for a typical £250,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, down 9.1% on the 12 months before. At 35 of the 86 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. None of its 86 postcodes is on the Environment Agency's list of those with a home or business at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea. It has 1 primary school at its postcodes. The nearest GP practice is Yorkley Health Centre(Wg), 3.5 km from the middle. The nearest railway station is Lydney, 5.0 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 Bream?
- Bream is covered by postcode district GL15, across 86 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
- Which council is Bream in?
- Bream is in the Forest of Dean council area, and Gloucestershire is its county council. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
- Who is the MP for Bream?
- Bream is in the Forest of Dean parliamentary constituency. Its MP is Matt Bishop (Labour), as UK Parliament listed them on 14 October 2026. Constituency: ONS Postcode Directory.
- How much are houses in Bream?
- Homes in Bream sold for a typical £250,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 30 sales, down 9.1% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
- What schools are in Bream?
- In Bream, primary schools at its postcodes include Bream Church of England Primary School; the nearest secondary school to the middle of its postcodes is The Dean Academy, 4.1 km away in a straight line. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026.
- Does Bream have a railway station?
- The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Bream is Lydney, 5.0 km away in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
- What broadband can you get in Bream?
- Ofcom reports on 86 of the 86 postcodes in Bream. At 35 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband. Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
- Is Bream at risk of flooding?
- None of the 86 postcodes in Bream is on the Environment Agency's list of postcodes with a home or business in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea. This is long-term risk for the land, and leaves out surface water. Source: Environment Agency.
- Are new homes being built in Bream?
- None of the 86 postcodes now in use in Bream came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 0 of the 31 homes sold in Bream were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the GL15 district, 18%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.
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