Lydney

Lydney is covered by postcode district GL15. It is in the Forest of Dean council area, Gloucestershire.

Every postcode in Lydney, by flood risk

Map of every postcode in Lydney, by flood risk Of the 290 postcodes in Lydney that ONS places, 21 have a home or business at high risk, 8 are at medium risk at worst, 9 are at low risk at worst and 252 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. One group of postcodes at high or medium risk is outlined: 15 postcodes at high or medium risk. Places named: Lydney. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 500 m. A48 GL15 4BQ: not on the flood risk listGL15 4BU: not on the flood risk listGL15 4BX: not on the flood risk listGL15 4BY: not on the flood risk listGL15 4BZ: not on the flood risk listGL15 4EJ: not on the flood risk listGL15 4EN: not on the flood risk listGL15 4EU: not on the flood risk listGL15 4EZ: not on the flood risk listGL15 4LJ: not on the flood risk listGL15 4LL: not on the flood risk listGL15 5AB: not on the flood risk listGL15 5AD: not on the flood risk listGL15 5AE: not on the flood risk listGL15 5AF: not on the flood risk listGL15 5AG: not on the flood risk listGL15 5AH: not on the flood risk listGL15 5AJ: not on the flood risk listGL15 5AL: not on the flood risk listGL15 5AN: not on the flood risk listGL15 5AP: not on the flood risk listGL15 5AQ: not on the flood risk listGL15 5AR: not on the flood risk listGL15 5AS: not on the flood risk listGL15 5AT: not on the flood risk listGL15 5AU: not on the flood risk listGL15 5AW: not on the flood risk listGL15 5AX: not on the flood risk listGL15 5AY: not on the flood risk listGL15 5AZ: not on the flood risk listGL15 5BA: not on the flood risk listGL15 5BB: not on the flood risk listGL15 5BD: not on the flood risk listGL15 5BE: not on the flood risk listGL15 5BG: not on the flood risk listGL15 5BH: not on the flood risk listGL15 5BJ: not on the flood risk listGL15 5BL: not on the flood risk listGL15 5BN: not on the flood risk listGL15 5BP: not on the flood risk listGL15 5BQ: not on the flood risk listGL15 5BS: not on the flood risk listGL15 5BT: not on the flood risk listGL15 5BU: not on the flood risk listGL15 5BW: not on the flood risk listGL15 5BX: not on the flood risk listGL15 5BY: not on the flood risk listGL15 5BZ: not on the flood risk listGL15 5DB: not on the flood risk listGL15 5DD: not on the flood risk listGL15 5DF: not on the flood risk listGL15 5DG: not on the flood risk listGL15 5DH: not on the flood risk listGL15 5DJ: not on the flood risk listGL15 5DL: not on the flood risk listGL15 5DN: not on the flood risk listGL15 5DP: not on the flood risk listGL15 5DQ: not on the flood risk listGL15 5DU: not on the flood risk listGL15 5DX: not on the flood risk listGL15 5DY: not on the flood risk listGL15 5DZ: not on the flood risk listGL15 5EA: not on the flood risk listGL15 5EB: not on the flood risk listGL15 5ED: not on the flood risk listGL15 5EE: not on the flood risk listGL15 5EF: not on the flood risk listGL15 5EG: not on the flood risk listGL15 5EH: not on the flood risk listGL15 5EJ: not on the flood risk listGL15 5EN: not on the flood risk listGL15 5EP: not on the flood risk listGL15 5EQ: not on the flood risk listGL15 5ER: not on the flood risk listGL15 5EX: not on the flood risk listGL15 5EY: not on the flood risk listGL15 5FA: not on the flood risk listGL15 5FB: not on the flood risk listGL15 5FE: not on the flood risk listGL15 5FF: not on the flood risk listGL15 5FH: not on the flood risk listGL15 5FJ: not on the flood risk listGL15 5FL: not on the flood risk listGL15 5FN: not on the flood risk listGL15 5FP: not on the flood risk listGL15 5FQ: not on the flood risk listGL15 5FR: not on the flood risk listGL15 5FS: not on the flood risk listGL15 5FT: not on the flood risk listGL15 5FU: not on the flood risk listGL15 5FW: not on the flood risk listGL15 5FX: not on the flood risk listGL15 5FY: not on the flood risk listGL15 5GA: not on the flood risk listGL15 5GB: not on the flood risk listGL15 5GD: not on the flood risk listGL15 5GE: not on the flood risk listGL15 5GF: not on the flood risk listGL15 5GG: not on the flood risk listGL15 5GH: not on the flood risk listGL15 5GJ: not on the flood risk listGL15 5GL: not on the flood risk listGL15 5GP: not on the flood risk listGL15 5GX: not on the flood risk listGL15 5GY: not on the flood risk listGL15 5GZ: not on the flood risk listGL15 5HA: not on the flood risk listGL15 5HD: not on the flood risk listGL15 5HE: not on the flood risk listGL15 5HG: not on the flood risk listGL15 5HH: not on the flood risk listGL15 5HL: not on the flood risk listGL15 5HP: not on the flood risk listGL15 5HQ: not on the flood risk listGL15 5HR: not on the flood risk listGL15 5HS: not on the flood risk listGL15 5HT: not on the flood risk listGL15 5HU: not on the flood risk listGL15 5HW: not on the flood risk listGL15 5HX: not on the flood risk listGL15 5HY: not on the flood risk listGL15 5HZ: not on the flood risk listGL15 5JA: not on the flood risk listGL15 5JB: not on the flood risk listGL15 5JD: not on the flood risk listGL15 5JE: not on the flood risk listGL15 5JG: not on the flood risk listGL15 5JH: not on the flood risk listGL15 5JL: not on the flood risk listGL15 5JN: not on the flood risk listGL15 5JP: not on the flood risk listGL15 5JQ: not on the flood risk listGL15 5JR: not on the flood risk listGL15 5JT: not on the flood risk listGL15 5JU: not on the flood risk listGL15 5JX: not on the flood risk listGL15 5JY: not on the flood risk listGL15 5JZ: not on the flood risk listGL15 5LA: not on the flood risk listGL15 5LH: not on the flood risk listGL15 5LJ: not on the flood risk listGL15 5LL: not on the flood risk listGL15 5LN: not on the flood risk listGL15 5LP: not on the flood risk listGL15 5LQ: not on the flood risk listGL15 5LR: not on the flood risk listGL15 5LS: not on the flood risk listGL15 5LT: not on the flood risk listGL15 5LW: not on the flood risk listGL15 5LX: not on the flood risk listGL15 5LY: not on the flood risk listGL15 5LZ: not on the flood risk listGL15 5NA: not on the flood risk listGL15 5NB: not on the flood risk listGL15 5ND: not on the flood risk listGL15 5NE: not on the flood risk listGL15 5NF: not on the flood risk listGL15 5NG: not on the flood risk listGL15 5NJ: not on the flood risk listGL15 5NN: not on the flood risk listGL15 5NP: not on the flood risk listGL15 5NR: not on the flood risk listGL15 5NS: not on the flood risk listGL15 5NT: not on the flood risk listGL15 5NU: not on the flood risk listGL15 5NW: not on the flood risk listGL15 5NX: not on the flood risk listGL15 5NY: not on the flood risk listGL15 5NZ: not on the flood risk listGL15 5PA: not on the flood risk listGL15 5PD: not on the flood risk listGL15 5PG: not on the flood risk listGL15 5PH: not on the flood risk listGL15 5PJ: not on the flood risk listGL15 5PL: not on the flood risk listGL15 5PN: not on the flood risk listGL15 5PP: not on the flood risk listGL15 5PQ: not on the flood risk listGL15 5PR: not on the flood risk listGL15 5PS: not on the flood risk listGL15 5PW: not on the flood risk listGL15 5QD: not on the flood risk listGL15 5QE: not on the flood risk listGL15 5QH: not on the flood risk listGL15 5QJ: not on the flood risk listGL15 5QL: not on the flood risk listGL15 5QN: not on the flood risk listGL15 5QP: not on the flood risk listGL15 5QQ: not on the flood risk listGL15 5QS: not on the flood risk listGL15 5QT: not on the flood risk listGL15 5QU: not on the flood risk listGL15 5QW: not on the flood risk listGL15 5QX: not on the flood risk listGL15 5QY: not on the flood risk listGL15 5QZ: not on the flood risk listGL15 5RB: not on the flood risk listGL15 5RD: not on the flood risk listGL15 5RE: not on the flood risk listGL15 5RP: not on the flood risk listGL15 5RQ: not on the flood risk listGL15 5RW: not on the flood risk listGL15 5RX: not on the flood risk listGL15 5RY: not on the flood risk listGL15 5RZ: not on the flood risk listGL15 5SB: not on the flood risk listGL15 5SD: not on the flood risk listGL15 5SE: not on the flood risk listGL15 5SF: not on the flood risk listGL15 5SG: not on the flood risk listGL15 5SH: not on the flood risk listGL15 5SJ: not on the flood risk listGL15 5SL: not on the flood risk listGL15 5SN: not on the flood risk listGL15 5SP: not on the flood risk listGL15 5SQ: not on the flood risk listGL15 5SR: not on the flood risk listGL15 5SS: not on the flood risk listGL15 5ST: not on the flood risk listGL15 5SU: not on the flood risk listGL15 5SW: not on the flood risk listGL15 5SX: not on the flood risk listGL15 5SY: not on the flood risk listGL15 5SZ: not on the flood risk listGL15 5TA: not on the flood risk listGL15 5TB: not on the flood risk listGL15 5TD: not on the flood risk listGL15 5TE: not on the flood risk listGL15 5TG: not on the flood risk listGL15 5TH: not on the flood risk listGL15 5TJ: not on the flood risk listGL15 5TL: not on the flood risk listGL15 5TN: not on the flood risk listGL15 5TP: not on the flood risk listGL15 5TQ: not on the flood risk listGL15 5TR: not on the flood risk listGL15 5TS: not on the flood risk listGL15 5TT: not on the flood risk listGL15 5TU: not on the flood risk listGL15 5TW: not on the flood risk listGL15 5TX: not on the flood risk listGL15 5TY: not on the flood risk listGL15 5UA: not on the flood risk listGL15 5UB: not on the flood risk listGL15 5AA: low flood risk at worstGL15 5FD: low flood risk at worstGL15 5LF: low flood risk at worstGL15 5PB: low flood risk at worstGL15 5PF: low flood risk at worstGL15 5PT: low flood risk at worstGL15 5QB: low flood risk at worstGL15 5QF: low flood risk at worstGL15 5RJ: low flood risk at worstGL15 5DS: medium flood risk at worstGL15 5ES: medium flood risk at worstGL15 5NQ: medium flood risk at worstGL15 5PY: medium flood risk at worstGL15 5PZ: medium flood risk at worstGL15 5QA: medium flood risk at worstGL15 5RL: medium flood risk at worstGL15 5RT: medium flood risk at worstGL15 5DA: high flood riskGL15 5EL: high flood riskGL15 5ET: high flood riskGL15 5EU: high flood riskGL15 5EW: high flood riskGL15 5LB: high flood riskGL15 5LD: high flood riskGL15 5LE: high flood riskGL15 5LG: high flood riskGL15 5LU: high flood riskGL15 5NH: high flood riskGL15 5PE: high flood riskGL15 5PU: high flood riskGL15 5QR: high flood riskGL15 5RA: high flood riskGL15 5RF: high flood riskGL15 5RH: high flood riskGL15 5RN: high flood riskGL15 5RR: high flood riskGL15 5RS: high flood riskGL15 5RU: high flood risk Lydney 15 postcodes at high or medium risk, outlined: this goes to GL15 5RA, the one with most homes and businesses at high risk15 postcodes at high or medium risk Map of every postcode in Lydney, by flood risk Of the 290 postcodes in Lydney that ONS places, 21 have a home or business at high risk, 8 are at medium risk at worst, 9 are at low risk at worst and 252 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. One group of postcodes at high or medium risk is outlined: 15 postcodes at high or medium risk. Places named: Lydney. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 500 m. A48 Lydney
  • A home or business at high risk: 21
  • At medium risk at worst: 8
  • At low risk at worst: 9
  • At very low risk only: 0
  • Not on the at-risk list: 252
  • Outline: where 5 or more postcodes at high or medium risk lie together

Of the 290 postcodes in Lydney that ONS places, 21 have a home or business at high risk, 8 are at medium risk at worst, 9 are at low risk at worst and 252 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 51.7264, longitude -2.5266. 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

21 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.

Where the postcodes at high or medium risk lie together

What is it like to live in Lydney?

Homes sold for a typical £250,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 2% on the 12 months before. At 183 of the 283 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 282 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 38 of its 290 postcodes. It has 3 primary schools and 1 secondary school at its postcodes. 2 GP practices are at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Lydney, 1.4 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 Lydney?

Homes in Lydney sold for a typical £250,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 141 sales, up 2% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.

£250,000 typical price, the 12 months to August 2026
£245,000 12 months to August 2025
▲ up 2% on the 12 months before
  • Detached £332,250 48 sales
  • Semi-detached £238,000 55 sales
  • Terraced £202,500 32 sales
  • Flat or maisonette £120,000 6 sales

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

Across the whole GL15 district, Lydney's main postcode district: a typical £274,000.

Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Lydney: 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 Lydney?

26 of the 290 postcodes now in use in Lydney came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 17 of the 160 homes sold in Lydney were newly built (11%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the GL15 district, 18%.

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

PeriodIn LydneyAcross the GL15 district
The 12 months to August 2026 4 of 141 (3%) 9 of 252 (4%)
The 12 months to August 2025 17 of 160 (11%) 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 Lydney?

Ofcom reports on 283 of the 290 postcodes in Lydney. At 183 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband, and at 2 some cannot get decent broadband (10 Mbit/s).

Postcodes where every home can get gigabit183 of 283
Postcodes where every home can get superfast271 of 283
Postcodes where some cannot get decent broadband2 of 283

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 Lydney at risk of flooding?

38 of the 290 postcodes in Lydney 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 282 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk.

Homes and businesses in an area at risk, at 38 of 290 postcodes High: 189Medium: 93Low: 205Very low: 15

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 Lydney?

The open schools at the postcodes in Lydney. 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.

Find and compare schools in England, on GOV.UK

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 Lydney?

The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Lydney is Lydney Rail Station, 1.4 km away in a straight line.

  • Lydney Rail Station Railway station 1.4 kmCycle
  • Cam & Dursley Rail Station Railway station 11.6 kmDrive
  • Chepstow Rail Station Railway station 13.9 kmDrive
  • Lydney Town (Dean Forest Railway) Underground, metro or tram 400 mWalk
  • St Mary's Halt (Dean Forest Railway) Underground, metro or tram 850 mWalk

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 Lydney?

The GP practices at the postcodes in Lydney. 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 Lydney safe? Crime recorded around it

Police.uk records 872 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Lydney 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. 65 February 2025
  2. 78 March 2025
  3. 66 April 2025
  4. 103 May 2025
  5. 81 June 2025
  6. 91 July 2025
  7. 77 August 2025
  8. 69 September 2025
  9. 59 October 2025
  10. 61 November 2025
  11. 56 December 2025
  12. 66 January 2026

By kind, over the 12 months

Violence and sexual offences349 reports
Anti-social behaviour205 reports
Criminal damage and arson57 reports
Public order55 reports
Shoplifting49 reports
Other crime36 reports
Other theft33 reports
Vehicle crime22 reports

Also: burglary 21, drugs 19, possession of weapons 10, bicycle theft 8, theft from the person 4, robbery 4.

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 Lydney?

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 290 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 Lydney

Who to tell and what to sort out in your first week.

Lydney postcodes

290 postcodes in use in Lydney, by district:

That district is in the GL postcode area.

Check a Lydney postcode

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 Lydney

With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Lydney's £250,000. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.

Questions about Lydney

What is it like to live in Lydney?
Homes sold for a typical £250,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 2% on the 12 months before. At 183 of the 283 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 282 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 38 of its 290 postcodes. It has 3 primary schools and 1 secondary school at its postcodes. 2 GP practices are at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Lydney, 1.4 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 Lydney?
Lydney is covered by postcode district GL15, across 290 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Which council is Lydney in?
Lydney is in the Forest of Dean council area, and Gloucestershire is its county council. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Who is the MP for Lydney?
Lydney 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 Lydney?
Homes in Lydney sold for a typical £250,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 141 sales, up 2% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
What schools are in Lydney?
In Lydney, primary schools at its postcodes include Severnbanks Primary School, Lydney Church of England Community School and Primrose Hill Church of England Primary Academy; secondary schools at its postcodes include The Dean Academy. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026.
Does Lydney have a railway station?
Yes: Lydney is 1.4 km from the centre point of the postcodes in Lydney, in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
What broadband can you get in Lydney?
Ofcom reports on 283 of the 290 postcodes in Lydney. At 183 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband, and at 2 some cannot get decent broadband (10 Mbit/s). Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
Is Lydney at risk of flooding?
38 of the 290 postcodes in Lydney 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 282 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 Lydney?
26 of the 290 postcodes now in use in Lydney came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 17 of the 160 homes sold in Lydney were newly built (11%), 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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