Mitcheldean

Mitcheldean is covered by postcode district GL17. It is in the Forest of Dean council area, Gloucestershire.

Typical price £226,000 Homes sold in Mitcheldean, last 12 months. ▼ 1.7% on the year before Gigabit broadband 66 of 79 postcodes where every home and business can get it Flooding Some at high risk 13 of 118 postcodes have a home or business in an area at risk; 76 homes and businesses at high or medium risk Schools 1 1 primary school at its postcodes

Every postcode in Mitcheldean, by flood risk

Map of every postcode in Mitcheldean, by flood risk Of the 118 postcodes in Mitcheldean that ONS places, 12 have a home or business at high risk, 1 are at medium risk at worst and 105 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. One group of postcodes at high or medium risk is outlined: 11 postcodes at high or medium risk. Places named: Mitcheldean. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 250 m. A4136 GL17 0AF: not on the flood risk listGL17 0AP: not on the flood risk listGL17 0AR: not on the flood risk listGL17 0AY: not on the flood risk listGL17 0AZ: not on the flood risk listGL17 0BA: not on the flood risk listGL17 0BB: not on the flood risk listGL17 0BD: not on the flood risk listGL17 0BE: not on the flood risk listGL17 0BG: not on the flood risk listGL17 0BH: not on the flood risk listGL17 0BJ: not on the flood risk listGL17 0BL: not on the flood risk listGL17 0BN: not on the flood risk listGL17 0BP: not on the flood risk listGL17 0BQ: not on the flood risk listGL17 0BS: not on the flood risk listGL17 0BT: not on the flood risk listGL17 0BU: not on the flood risk listGL17 0BW: not on the flood risk listGL17 0BX: not on the flood risk listGL17 0BY: not on the flood risk listGL17 0BZ: not on the flood risk listGL17 0DA: not on the flood risk listGL17 0DB: not on the flood risk listGL17 0DE: not on the flood risk listGL17 0DF: not on the flood risk listGL17 0DG: not on the flood risk listGL17 0DH: not on the flood risk listGL17 0DJ: not on the flood risk listGL17 0DL: not on the flood risk listGL17 0DN: not on the flood risk listGL17 0DQ: not on the flood risk listGL17 0DW: not on the flood risk listGL17 0EE: not on the flood risk listGL17 0EG: not on the flood risk listGL17 0EJ: not on the flood risk listGL17 0EN: not on the flood risk listGL17 0EP: not on the flood risk listGL17 0EQ: not on the flood risk listGL17 0ES: not on the flood risk listGL17 0ET: not on the flood risk listGL17 0EU: not on the flood risk listGL17 0EX: not on the flood risk listGL17 0EY: not on the flood risk listGL17 0HG: not on the flood risk listGL17 0HR: not on the flood risk listGL17 0HS: not on the flood risk listGL17 0HT: not on the flood risk listGL17 0HY: not on the flood risk listGL17 0JD: not on the flood risk listGL17 0JE: not on the flood risk listGL17 0JL: not on the flood risk listGL17 0JP: not on the flood risk listGL17 0JR: not on the flood risk listGL17 0JS: not on the flood risk listGL17 0JT: not on the flood risk listGL17 0JU: not on the flood risk listGL17 0SA: not on the flood risk listGL17 0SB: not on the flood risk listGL17 0SE: not on the flood risk listGL17 0SF: not on the flood risk listGL17 0SG: not on the flood risk listGL17 0SJ: not on the flood risk listGL17 0SN: not on the flood risk listGL17 0XS: not on the flood risk listGL17 0XW: not on the flood risk listGL17 0ZE: not on the flood risk listGL17 0JB: medium flood risk at worstGL17 0AT: high flood riskGL17 0AU: high flood riskGL17 0AX: high flood riskGL17 0DD: high flood riskGL17 0DS: high flood riskGL17 0ER: high flood riskGL17 0HN: high flood riskGL17 0HP: high flood riskGL17 0HU: high flood riskGL17 0HX: high flood riskGL17 0HZ: high flood riskGL17 0SL: high flood risk Mitcheldean 11 postcodes at high or medium risk, outlined: this goes to GL17 0AT, the one with most homes and businesses at high risk11 postcodes at high or medium risk Map of every postcode in Mitcheldean, by flood risk Of the 118 postcodes in Mitcheldean that ONS places, 12 have a home or business at high risk, 1 are at medium risk at worst and 105 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. One group of postcodes at high or medium risk is outlined: 11 postcodes at high or medium risk. Places named: Mitcheldean. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 250 m. Mitcheldean 11 postcodes at high or medium risk, outlined: this goes to GL17 0AT, the one with most homes and businesses at high risk11 postcodes at high or medium risk
  • A home or business at high risk: 12
  • At medium risk at worst: 1
  • At low risk at worst: 0
  • At very low risk only: 0
  • Not on the at-risk list: 105
  • Outline: where 5 or more postcodes at high or medium risk lie together

Of the 118 postcodes in Mitcheldean that ONS places, 12 have a home or business at high risk, 1 are at medium risk at worst and 105 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 51.8645, longitude -2.4896. 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.

GL17 0AT13 at high riskGL17 0HX12 at high riskGL17 0SL12 at high riskGL17 0AX7 at high riskGL17 0HZ5 at high riskGL17 0DD4 at high riskGL17 0AU4 at high riskGL17 0HP4 at high riskGL17 0HU4 at high riskGL17 0DS1 at high riskGL17 0ER1 at high riskGL17 0HN1 at high risk

Where the postcodes at high or medium risk lie together

  • 11 postcodes at high or medium risk, outlined on the map. GL17 0AT, is the one with most homes and businesses at high risk.

What is it like to live in Mitcheldean?

Homes sold for a typical £226,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, down 1.7% on the 12 months before. At 66 of the 79 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 76 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 13 of its 118 postcodes. It has 1 primary school at its postcodes. One GP practice is at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Lydney, 17.0 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 Mitcheldean?

Homes in Mitcheldean sold for a typical £226,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 29 sales, down 1.7% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.

£226,000 typical price, the 12 months to August 2026
12 months to August 2025
£230,000
12 months to August 2026
£226,000

▼ down 1.7% on the 12 months before

Detached£300,000 5 sales
Semi-detached£226,000 19 sales
Terraced 4 sales, too few to price
Flat or maisonette 1 sale, too few to price

Across the whole GL17 district, Mitcheldean's main postcode district: a typical £260,000.

Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Mitcheldean: 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 Mitcheldean?

15 of the 118 postcodes now in use in Mitcheldean came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 0 of the 35 homes sold in Mitcheldean were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the GL17 district, 4%.

The newest postcodes

GL17 0RUsince March 2026GL17 0UXsince June 2024GL17 0HWsince May 2024GL17 0RTsince May 2024GL17 0UGsince May 2024GL17 0WLsince May 2024

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 MitcheldeanAcross the GL17 district
The 12 months to August 2026 0 of 29 (0%) 0 of 133 (0%)
The 12 months to August 2025 0 of 35 (0%) 6 of 164 (4%)

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 Mitcheldean?

Ofcom reports on 79 of the 118 postcodes in Mitcheldean. At 66 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband.

Postcodes where every home can get gigabit66 of 79
Postcodes where every home can get superfast77 of 79

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.

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Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026, data for January 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Is Mitcheldean at risk of flooding?

13 of the 118 postcodes in Mitcheldean 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 76 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk.

Homes and businesses in an area at risk, at 13 of 118 postcodes High: 68Medium: 8Low: 6

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 Mitcheldean?

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

The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Mitcheldean is Lydney Rail Station, 17.0 km away in a straight line.

  • Lydney Rail Station Railway station 17.0 kmDrive
  • Gloucester Rail Station Railway station 17.2 kmDrive
  • Cam & Dursley Rail Station Railway station 18.6 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 Mitcheldean?

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

Police.uk records 143 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Mitcheldean 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. 14 February 2025
  2. 13 March 2025
  3. 10 April 2025
  4. 10 May 2025
  5. 15 June 2025
  6. 21 July 2025
  7. 11 August 2025
  8. 6 September 2025
  9. 13 October 2025
  10. 6 November 2025
  11. 14 December 2025
  12. 10 January 2026

By kind, over the 12 months

Violence and sexual offences54 reports
Anti-social behaviour29 reports
Criminal damage and arson15 reports
Other theft13 reports
Vehicle crime7 reports
Public order6 reports
Burglary6 reports
Shoplifting6 reports

Also: other crime 3, bicycle theft 1, drugs 1, robbery 1, possession of weapons 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 Mitcheldean?

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 118 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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Mitcheldean postcodes

118 postcodes in use in Mitcheldean, by district:

GL17 postcode district,118 postcodes

That district is in the GL postcode area.

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Places near Mitcheldean

With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Mitcheldean's £226,000. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.

Drybrook2.2 km, £275,000Cinderford4.6 km, £216,000Ruspidge6.5 km, £237,500Welsh Bicknor6.7 km, £260,000Newnham7.1 km, £272,500Ross-on-Wye8.4 km, £295,000Newent9.3 km, £263,000Berry Hill10.7 km, £360,000 All places A to Z

Questions about Mitcheldean

What is it like to live in Mitcheldean?
Homes sold for a typical £226,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, down 1.7% on the 12 months before. At 66 of the 79 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 76 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 13 of its 118 postcodes. It has 1 primary school at its postcodes. One GP practice is at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Lydney, 17.0 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 Mitcheldean?
Mitcheldean is covered by postcode district GL17, across 118 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Which council is Mitcheldean in?
Mitcheldean is in the Forest of Dean council area, and Gloucestershire is its county council. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Who is the MP for Mitcheldean?
Mitcheldean 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 Mitcheldean?
Homes in Mitcheldean sold for a typical £226,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 29 sales, down 1.7% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
What schools are in Mitcheldean?
In Mitcheldean, primary schools at its postcodes include Mitcheldean Endowed Primary School; the nearest secondary school to the middle of its postcodes is Dene Magna and Sixth Form, 700 metres away in a straight line. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026.
Does Mitcheldean have a railway station?
The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Mitcheldean is Lydney, 17.0 km away in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
What broadband can you get in Mitcheldean?
Ofcom reports on 79 of the 118 postcodes in Mitcheldean. At 66 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband. Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
Is Mitcheldean at risk of flooding?
13 of the 118 postcodes in Mitcheldean 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 76 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 Mitcheldean?
15 of the 118 postcodes now in use in Mitcheldean came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 0 of the 35 homes sold in Mitcheldean were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the GL17 district, 4%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.

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