Lechlade-on-Thames

Lechlade-on-Thames is covered by postcode district GL7. It is in the Cotswold council area, Gloucestershire.

Typical price £420,000 Homes sold in Lechlade-on-Thames, last 12 months. ▼ 22.2% on the year before Gigabit broadband 15 of 89 postcodes where every home and business can get it Flooding Some at high risk 14 of 89 postcodes have a home or business in an area at risk; 72 homes and businesses at high or medium risk Schools 1 1 primary school at its postcodes

Every postcode in Lechlade-on-Thames, by flood risk

Map of every postcode in Lechlade-on-Thames, by flood risk Of the 89 postcodes in Lechlade-on-Thames that ONS places, 12 have a home or business at high risk, 2 are at low risk at worst and 75 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. Places named: Lechlade-on-Thames. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 500 m. A417 GL7 3AA: not on the flood risk listGL7 3AB: not on the flood risk listGL7 3AD: not on the flood risk listGL7 3AE: not on the flood risk listGL7 3AH: not on the flood risk listGL7 3AJ: not on the flood risk listGL7 3AN: not on the flood risk listGL7 3AP: not on the flood risk listGL7 3AR: not on the flood risk listGL7 3AS: not on the flood risk listGL7 3AT: not on the flood risk listGL7 3AU: not on the flood risk listGL7 3AX: not on the flood risk listGL7 3AY: not on the flood risk listGL7 3AZ: not on the flood risk listGL7 3BA: not on the flood risk listGL7 3BB: not on the flood risk listGL7 3BD: not on the flood risk listGL7 3BE: not on the flood risk listGL7 3BG: not on the flood risk listGL7 3BH: not on the flood risk listGL7 3BJ: not on the flood risk listGL7 3BL: not on the flood risk listGL7 3BN: not on the flood risk listGL7 3BP: not on the flood risk listGL7 3BQ: not on the flood risk listGL7 3BS: not on the flood risk listGL7 3BT: not on the flood risk listGL7 3BU: not on the flood risk listGL7 3BW: not on the flood risk listGL7 3BX: not on the flood risk listGL7 3BY: not on the flood risk listGL7 3BZ: not on the flood risk listGL7 3DA: not on the flood risk listGL7 3DB: not on the flood risk listGL7 3DD: not on the flood risk listGL7 3DE: not on the flood risk listGL7 3DF: not on the flood risk listGL7 3DG: not on the flood risk listGL7 3DH: not on the flood risk listGL7 3DJ: not on the flood risk listGL7 3DQ: not on the flood risk listGL7 3DW: not on the flood risk listGL7 3ED: not on the flood risk listGL7 3EF: not on the flood risk listGL7 3EG: not on the flood risk listGL7 3EH: not on the flood risk listGL7 3EJ: not on the flood risk listGL7 3EL: not on the flood risk listGL7 3EN: not on the flood risk listGL7 3EP: not on the flood risk listGL7 3EQ: not on the flood risk listGL7 3ER: not on the flood risk listGL7 3ES: not on the flood risk listGL7 3ET: not on the flood risk listGL7 3EW: not on the flood risk listGL7 3FB: not on the flood risk listGL7 3FE: not on the flood risk listGL7 3FF: not on the flood risk listGL7 3FL: not on the flood risk listGL7 3FN: not on the flood risk listGL7 3FP: not on the flood risk listGL7 3FQ: not on the flood risk listGL7 3FR: not on the flood risk listGL7 3FS: not on the flood risk listGL7 3GF: not on the flood risk listGL7 3GJ: not on the flood risk listGL7 3GL: not on the flood risk listGL7 3RY: not on the flood risk listGL7 3RZ: not on the flood risk listGL7 3SB: not on the flood risk listGL7 3SD: not on the flood risk listGL7 3SE: not on the flood risk listGL7 3SF: not on the flood risk listGL7 3AL: low flood risk at worstGL7 3FA: low flood risk at worstGL7 3AG: high flood riskGL7 3AQ: high flood riskGL7 3DL: high flood riskGL7 3DN: high flood riskGL7 3FH: high flood riskGL7 3FJ: high flood riskGL7 3FW: high flood riskGL7 3FY: high flood riskGL7 3FZ: high flood riskGL7 3GB: high flood riskGL7 3GD: high flood riskGL7 3GE: high flood risk Lechlade-on-Thames Map of every postcode in Lechlade-on-Thames, by flood risk Of the 89 postcodes in Lechlade-on-Thames that ONS places, 12 have a home or business at high risk, 2 are at low risk at worst and 75 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. Places named: Lechlade-on-Thames. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 1 km. A361 Lechlade-on-Thames
  • A home or business at high risk: 12
  • At medium risk at worst: 0
  • At low risk at worst: 2
  • At very low risk only: 0
  • Not on the at-risk list: 75

Of the 89 postcodes in Lechlade-on-Thames that ONS places, 12 have a home or business at high risk, 2 are at low risk at worst and 75 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 51.6975, longitude -1.6965. 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.

GL7 3GE16 at high riskGL7 3GB15 at high riskGL7 3FH10 at high riskGL7 3DL9 at high riskGL7 3FW4 at high riskGL7 3GD4 at high riskGL7 3FZ2 at high riskGL7 3DN1 at high riskGL7 3FY1 at high riskGL7 3AG1 at high riskGL7 3AQ1 at high riskGL7 3FJ1 at high risk

What is it like to live in Lechlade-on-Thames?

Homes sold for a typical £420,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, down 22.2% on the 12 months before. At 15 of the 89 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 72 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 14 of its 89 postcodes. It has 1 primary school at its postcodes. The nearest GP practice is Hilary Cottage Surgery, 5.5 km from the middle. 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 Lechlade-on-Thames?

Homes in Lechlade-on-Thames sold for a typical £420,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 35 sales, down 22.2% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.

£420,000 typical price, the 12 months to August 2026
£540,000 12 months to August 2025
▼ down 22.2% on the 12 months before
  • Detached £590,000 15 sales
  • Semi-detached £345,000 6 sales
  • Terraced £284,475 12 sales
  • Flat or maisonette 2 sales, too few to price

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

Across the whole GL7 district, Lechlade-on-Thames's main postcode district: a typical £419,000.

Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Lechlade-on-Thames: 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 Lechlade-on-Thames?

4 of the 89 postcodes now in use in Lechlade-on-Thames came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 0 of the 45 homes sold in Lechlade-on-Thames were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the GL7 district, 6%.

The newest postcodes

GL7 3GLsince October 2022GL7 3GJsince May 2022GL7 3FZsince June 2021GL7 3GFsince August 2020

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 Lechlade-on-ThamesAcross the GL7 district
The 12 months to August 2026 0 of 35 (0%) 8 of 544 (1%)
The 12 months to August 2025 0 of 45 (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 Lechlade-on-Thames?

Ofcom reports on 89 of the 89 postcodes in Lechlade-on-Thames. At 15 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband.

Postcodes where every home can get gigabit15 of 89
Postcodes where every home can get superfast84 of 89

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, Spring 2026, data for January 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Is Lechlade-on-Thames at risk of flooding?

14 of the 89 postcodes in Lechlade-on-Thames 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 72 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk.

Homes and businesses in an area at risk, at 14 of 89 postcodes High: 65Medium: 7Low: 64Very low: 17

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 Lechlade-on-Thames?

The primary schools are at the postcodes in Lechlade-on-Thames. 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.

Primary

Secondary

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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 Lechlade-on-Thames?

The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Lechlade-on-Thames is Swindon Rail Station, 15.9 km away in a straight line.

  • Swindon Rail Station Railway station 15.9 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 Lechlade-on-Thames?

There is no GP practice at the postcodes in Lechlade-on-Thames. 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.

Find a GP on the NHS website

Source: NHS England, Organisation Data Service (GP practices), read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Is Lechlade-on-Thames safe? Crime recorded around it

Police.uk records 136 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Lechlade-on-Thames 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. 10 February 2025
  2. 6 March 2025
  3. 8 April 2025
  4. 8 May 2025
  5. 4 June 2025
  6. 19 July 2025
  7. 21 August 2025
  8. 16 September 2025
  9. 8 October 2025
  10. 15 November 2025
  11. 11 December 2025
  12. 10 January 2026

By kind, over the 12 months

Violence and sexual offences43 reports
Anti-social behaviour27 reports
Vehicle crime19 reports
Other theft15 reports
Criminal damage and arson14 reports
Burglary9 reports
Public order5 reports
Other crime3 reports

Also: shoplifting 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.police.uk), data to January 2026, from its download of 30 September 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Who runs Lechlade-on-Thames?

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 89 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

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Lechlade-on-Thames postcodes

89 postcodes in use in Lechlade-on-Thames, by district:

GL7 postcode district,89 postcodes

That district is in the GL postcode area.

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Places near Lechlade-on-Thames

With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Lechlade-on-Thames's £420,000. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.

Fairford5.9 km, £497,500Highworth7.3 km, £263,000Faringdon9.0 km, £305,000Carterton10.2 km, £337,500Shrivenham and Watchfield10.9 km, £465,000Bampton11.1 km, £400,000Broad Blunsdon11.8 km, £350,000Burford12.7 km, £475,000 All places A to Z

Questions about Lechlade-on-Thames

What is it like to live in Lechlade-on-Thames?
Homes sold for a typical £420,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, down 22.2% on the 12 months before. At 15 of the 89 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 72 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 14 of its 89 postcodes. It has 1 primary school at its postcodes. The nearest GP practice is Hilary Cottage Surgery, 5.5 km from the middle. 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 Lechlade-on-Thames?
Lechlade-on-Thames is covered by postcode district GL7, across 89 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Which council is Lechlade-on-Thames in?
Lechlade-on-Thames is in the Cotswold council area, and Gloucestershire is its county council. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Who is the MP for Lechlade-on-Thames?
Lechlade-on-Thames 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 Lechlade-on-Thames?
Homes in Lechlade-on-Thames sold for a typical £420,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 35 sales, down 22.2% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
What schools are in Lechlade-on-Thames?
In Lechlade-on-Thames, primary schools at its postcodes include St Lawrence Church of England Primary School; the nearest secondary school to the middle of its postcodes is Farmor's School, 6.0 km away in a straight line. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Does Lechlade-on-Thames have a railway station?
The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Lechlade-on-Thames 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 Lechlade-on-Thames?
Ofcom reports on 89 of the 89 postcodes in Lechlade-on-Thames. At 15 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband. Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
Is Lechlade-on-Thames at risk of flooding?
14 of the 89 postcodes in Lechlade-on-Thames 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 72 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 Lechlade-on-Thames?
4 of the 89 postcodes now in use in Lechlade-on-Thames came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 0 of the 45 homes sold in Lechlade-on-Thames 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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