Fairford
Fairford is covered by postcode district GL7. It is in the Cotswold council area, Gloucestershire.
Every postcode in Fairford, and which are new since 2020
- New since 2020: 3
- In use before 2020: 126
Of the 129 postcodes in Fairford that ONS places, 3 are new since 2020 and 126 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. Where marks overlap, the one first in the key is drawn; the counts include every postcode.
The middle of its postcodes: latitude 51.7081, longitude -1.7802. 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
The 3 newest postcodes
What is it like to live in Fairford?
Homes sold for a typical £497,500 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 32.7% on the 12 months before. At 89 of the 123 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 122 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 18 of its 129 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 Swindon, 15.9 km from the middle of its postcodes in a straight line.
We don't rate places; here are the figures so you can judge.
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 Fairford?
Homes in Fairford sold for a typical £497,500 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 46 sales, up 32.7% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.
- Detached £651,000 26 sales
- Semi-detached £408,500 10 sales
- Terraced £320,000 9 sales
- Flat or maisonette 1 sale, too few to price
Each bar is that kind's typical price, against the most expensive kind here.
Across the whole GL7 district, Fairford's main postcode district: a typical £419,000.
Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Fairford: 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 Fairford?
3 of the 129 postcodes now in use in Fairford came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 0 of the 53 homes sold in Fairford were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the GL7 district, 6%.
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 Fairford | Across the GL7 district |
|---|---|---|
| The 12 months to August 2026 | 1 of 46 (2%) | 8 of 544 (1%) |
| The 12 months to August 2025 | 0 of 53 (0%) | 37 of 652 (6%) |
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 Fairford?
Ofcom reports on 123 of the 129 postcodes in Fairford. At 89 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 Fairford at risk of flooding?
18 of the 129 postcodes in Fairford 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 122 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 Fairford?
The open schools at the postcodes in Fairford. 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.
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 Fairford?
The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Fairford is Swindon Rail Station, 15.9 km away in a straight line.
- Swindon Rail Station Railway station 15.9 kmDrive
- Kemble Rail Station Railway station 17.1 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: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Which GP surgeries are in Fairford?
The GP practices at the postcodes in Fairford. Each practice sets the area it takes patients from, so check with it before registering.
- Hilary Cottage Surgery Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report June 2018, over 3 years old · Phone 01285 712377 450 mWalk
Source: NHS England, Organisation Data Service (GP practices), read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Is Fairford safe? Crime recorded around it
Police.uk records 169 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Fairford 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
- 11 February 2025
- 16 March 2025
- 8 April 2025
- 15 May 2025
- 19 June 2025
- 16 July 2025
- 19 August 2025
- 15 September 2025
- 16 October 2025
- 9 November 2025
- 15 December 2025
- 10 January 2026
By kind, over the 12 months
Also: vehicle crime 4, drugs 4, possession of weapons 3, 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 Fairford?
- District, borough or city council
- Cotswold
- County council
- Gloucestershire
- Parliamentary constituency
- South Cotswolds
- Police force area
- Gloucestershire
- Region
- South West
- Country
- England
- MP
- Dr Roz Savage (Liberal Democrat)
All 129 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 Fairford
Who to tell and what to sort out in your first week.
- Tell Cotswold about council tax Council tax, on cotswold.gov.uk
- Register to vote at the new address Register to vote on GOV.UK
- Register with a GP practice The GP practices in Fairford
- 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
Fairford postcodes
129 postcodes in use in Fairford, by district:
That district is in the GL postcode area.
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Enter a full postcode to see its ward, its flood risk, house prices in its sector and its nearest schools.
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Places near Fairford
With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Fairford's £497,500. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.
Questions about Fairford
- What is it like to live in Fairford?
- Homes sold for a typical £497,500 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 32.7% on the 12 months before. At 89 of the 123 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 122 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 18 of its 129 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 Swindon, 15.9 km from the middle of its postcodes in a straight line. We don't rate places; here are the figures so you can judge. 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 Fairford?
- Fairford is covered by postcode district GL7, across 129 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
- Which council is Fairford in?
- Fairford is in the Cotswold council area, and Gloucestershire is its county council. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
- Who is the MP for Fairford?
- Fairford is in the South Cotswolds parliamentary constituency. Its MP is Dr Roz Savage (Liberal Democrat), as UK Parliament listed them on 14 October 2026. Constituency: ONS Postcode Directory.
- How much are houses in Fairford?
- Homes in Fairford sold for a typical £497,500 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 46 sales, up 32.7% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
- What schools are in Fairford?
- In Fairford, primary schools at its postcodes include Fairford Church of England Primary School; secondary schools at its postcodes include Farmor's School. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Does Fairford have a railway station?
- The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Fairford is Swindon, 15.9 km away in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
- What broadband can you get in Fairford?
- Ofcom reports on 123 of the 129 postcodes in Fairford. At 89 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband. Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
- Is Fairford at risk of flooding?
- 18 of the 129 postcodes in Fairford 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 122 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 Fairford?
- 3 of the 129 postcodes now in use in Fairford came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 0 of the 53 homes sold in Fairford were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the GL7 district, 6%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.
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