Longford

Longford is covered by postcode district GL2. It is mostly in the Tewkesbury council area: 55 of its 56 postcodes. The other is in Gloucester.

Typical price £265,000 Homes sold in Longford, last 12 months. ▼ 5.4% on the year before Gigabit broadband 37 of 55 postcodes where every home and business can get it Flooding Some at high risk 23 of 56 postcodes have a home or business in an area at risk; 113 homes and businesses at high or medium risk Schools 1 1 primary school at its postcodes

Every postcode in Longford, by flood risk

Map of every postcode in Longford, by flood risk Of the 56 postcodes in Longford that ONS places, 10 have a home or business at high risk, 6 are at medium risk at worst, 7 are at low risk at worst and 33 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. One group of postcodes at high or medium risk is outlined: 14 postcodes at high or medium risk. Places named: Longford. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 250 m. A40A38 GL2 9AN: not on the flood risk listGL2 9AW: not on the flood risk listGL2 9AX: not on the flood risk listGL2 9BH: not on the flood risk listGL2 9BL: not on the flood risk listGL2 9BY: not on the flood risk listGL2 9BZ: not on the flood risk listGL2 9DH: not on the flood risk listGL2 9DJ: not on the flood risk listGL2 9EP: not on the flood risk listGL2 9ER: not on the flood risk listGL2 9ES: not on the flood risk listGL2 9EW: not on the flood risk listGL2 9FA: not on the flood risk listGL2 9FB: not on the flood risk listGL2 9FD: not on the flood risk listGL2 9FE: not on the flood risk listGL2 9FF: not on the flood risk listGL2 9FG: not on the flood risk listGL2 9FH: not on the flood risk listGL2 9FJ: not on the flood risk listGL2 9FL: not on the flood risk listGL2 9FN: not on the flood risk listGL2 9FP: not on the flood risk listGL2 9FR: not on the flood risk listGL2 9FS: not on the flood risk listGL2 9FT: not on the flood risk listGL2 9FU: not on the flood risk listGL2 9FW: not on the flood risk listGL2 9FX: not on the flood risk listGL2 9FY: not on the flood risk listGL2 9FZ: not on the flood risk listGL2 9GA: not on the flood risk listGL2 9AE: low flood risk at worstGL2 9AJ: low flood risk at worstGL2 9AR: low flood risk at worstGL2 9BS: low flood risk at worstGL2 9BU: low flood risk at worstGL2 9EL: low flood risk at worstGL2 9FQ: low flood risk at worstGL2 9AL: medium flood risk at worstGL2 9BJ: medium flood risk at worstGL2 9BP: medium flood risk at worstGL2 9BQ: medium flood risk at worstGL2 9DN: medium flood risk at worstGL2 9HG: medium flood risk at worstGL2 9AU: high flood riskGL2 9BG: high flood riskGL2 9BN: high flood riskGL2 9BT: high flood riskGL2 9BW: high flood riskGL2 9BX: high flood riskGL2 9EG: high flood riskGL2 9EH: high flood riskGL2 9EJ: high flood riskGL2 9EQ: high flood risk Longford 14 postcodes at high or medium risk, outlined: this goes to GL2 9BN, the one with most homes and businesses at high risk14 postcodes at high or medium risk Map of every postcode in Longford, by flood risk Of the 56 postcodes in Longford that ONS places, 10 have a home or business at high risk, 6 are at medium risk at worst, 7 are at low risk at worst and 33 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. One group of postcodes at high or medium risk is outlined: 14 postcodes at high or medium risk. Places named: Longford. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 250 m. A40 Longford
  • A home or business at high risk: 10
  • At medium risk at worst: 6
  • At low risk at worst: 7
  • At very low risk only: 0
  • Not on the at-risk list: 33
  • Outline: where 5 or more postcodes at high or medium risk lie together

Of the 56 postcodes in Longford that ONS places, 10 have a home or business at high risk, 6 are at medium risk at worst, 7 are at low risk at worst and 33 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.

The middle of its postcodes: latitude 51.8844, longitude -2.2317. 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.

GL2 9BN13 at high riskGL2 9EQ5 at high riskGL2 9EH5 at high riskGL2 9BG4 at high riskGL2 9EJ4 at high riskGL2 9EG3 at high riskGL2 9BT3 at high riskGL2 9AU1 at high riskGL2 9BW1 at high riskGL2 9BX1 at high risk

Where the postcodes at high or medium risk lie together

  • 14 postcodes at high or medium risk, outlined on the map. GL2 9BN, is the one with most homes and businesses at high risk.

What is it like to live in Longford?

Homes sold for a typical £265,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, down 5.4% on the 12 months before. At 37 of the 55 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 113 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 23 of its 56 postcodes. It has 1 primary school at its postcodes. The nearest GP practice is Longlevens Surgery, 1.6 km from the middle. The nearest railway station is Gloucester, 2.2 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 Longford?

Homes in Longford sold for a typical £265,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 41 sales, down 5.4% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.

£265,000 typical price, the 12 months to August 2026
12 months to August 2025
£280,000
12 months to August 2026
£265,000

▼ down 5.4% on the 12 months before

Detached£370,750 10 sales
Semi-detached£289,000 11 sales
Terraced£230,000 17 sales
Flat or maisonette 3 sales, too few to price

Across the whole GL2 district, Longford's main postcode district: a typical £295,000.

Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Longford: 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 Longford?

None of the 56 postcodes now in use in Longford came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 0 of the 55 homes sold in Longford were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the GL2 district, 12%.

New homes among the homes sold

PeriodIn LongfordAcross the GL2 district
The 12 months to August 2026 0 of 41 (0%) 12 of 764 (2%)
The 12 months to August 2025 0 of 55 (0%) 146 of 1,175 (12%)

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 Longford?

Ofcom reports on 55 of the 56 postcodes in Longford. At 37 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband.

Postcodes where every home can get gigabit37 of 55
Postcodes where every home can get superfast47 of 55

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 Longford at risk of flooding?

23 of the 56 postcodes in Longford 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 113 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk.

Homes and businesses in an area at risk, at 23 of 56 postcodes High: 40Medium: 73Low: 148

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 Longford?

The primary schools are at the postcodes in Longford. 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 Longford?

The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Longford is Gloucester Rail Station, 2.2 km away in a straight line.

  • Gloucester Rail Station Railway station 2.2 kmCycle
  • Cheltenham Spa Rail Station Railway station 9.2 kmDrive
  • Ashchurch for Tewkesbury Rail Station Railway station 15.3 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 Longford?

There is no GP practice at the postcodes in Longford. 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 Longford safe? Crime recorded around it

Police.uk records 1,219 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Longford 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. 76 February 2025
  2. 97 March 2025
  3. 96 April 2025
  4. 123 May 2025
  5. 126 June 2025
  6. 108 July 2025
  7. 112 August 2025
  8. 93 September 2025
  9. 94 October 2025
  10. 87 November 2025
  11. 117 December 2025
  12. 90 January 2026

By kind, over the 12 months

Violence and sexual offences499 reports
Anti-social behaviour224 reports
Shoplifting95 reports
Public order83 reports
Criminal damage and arson83 reports
Other theft59 reports
Vehicle crime51 reports
Burglary41 reports

Also: other crime 27, drugs 20, bicycle theft 15, possession of weapons 15, robbery 6, theft from the person 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 Longford?

Councils
Tewkesbury (55) and Gloucester (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 Longford

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Longford postcodes

56 postcodes in use in Longford, by district:

GL2 postcode district,56 postcodes

That district is in the GL postcode area.

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Places near Longford

With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Longford's £265,000. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.

Innsworth2.6 km, £285,000Gloucester3.4 km, £255,000Churchdown4.2 km, £360,000Brockworth6.4 km, £299,000Quedgeley and Hardwicke7.8 km, £257,500Cheltenham10.2 km, £325,000Painswick11.2 km, £352,500Newent13.0 km, £263,000 All places A to Z

Questions about Longford

What is it like to live in Longford?
Homes sold for a typical £265,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, down 5.4% on the 12 months before. At 37 of the 55 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 113 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 23 of its 56 postcodes. It has 1 primary school at its postcodes. The nearest GP practice is Longlevens Surgery, 1.6 km from the middle. The nearest railway station is Gloucester, 2.2 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 Longford?
Longford is covered by postcode district GL2, across 56 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Who is the MP for Longford?
Longford 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 Longford?
Homes in Longford sold for a typical £265,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 41 sales, down 5.4% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
What schools are in Longford?
In Longford, primary schools at its postcodes include Longford Park Primary Academy; the nearest secondary school to the middle of its postcodes is The Milestone School, 1.0 km away in a straight line. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026.
Does Longford have a railway station?
The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Longford is Gloucester, 2.2 km away in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
What broadband can you get in Longford?
Ofcom reports on 55 of the 56 postcodes in Longford. At 37 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband. Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
Is Longford at risk of flooding?
23 of the 56 postcodes in Longford 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 113 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 Longford?
None of the 56 postcodes now in use in Longford came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 0 of the 55 homes sold in Longford were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the GL2 district, 12%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.

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