Newent

Newent is covered by postcode district GL18. It is in the Forest of Dean council area, Gloucestershire.

Typical price £263,000 Homes sold in Newent, last 12 months. ▲ 5.2% on the year before Gigabit broadband 132 of 166 postcodes where every home and business can get it Flooding Some at high risk 12 of 170 postcodes have a home or business in an area at risk; 46 homes and businesses at high or medium risk Schools 3 2 primary schools and 1 secondary school at its postcodes

Every postcode in Newent, by flood risk

Map of every postcode in Newent, by flood risk Of the 170 postcodes in Newent that ONS places, 8 have a home or business at high risk, 1 are at medium risk at worst, 3 are at low risk at worst and 158 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. One group of postcodes at high or medium risk is outlined: 5 postcodes at high or medium risk. Places named: Newent. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 250 m. GL18 1AA: not on the flood risk listGL18 1AB: not on the flood risk listGL18 1AD: not on the flood risk listGL18 1AE: not on the flood risk listGL18 1AF: not on the flood risk listGL18 1AH: not on the flood risk listGL18 1AL: not on the flood risk listGL18 1AP: not on the flood risk listGL18 1AS: not on the flood risk listGL18 1AT: not on the flood risk listGL18 1AU: not on the flood risk listGL18 1AW: not on the flood risk listGL18 1AY: not on the flood risk listGL18 1AZ: not on the flood risk listGL18 1BA: not on the flood risk listGL18 1BB: not on the flood risk listGL18 1BD: not on the flood risk listGL18 1BE: not on the flood risk listGL18 1BG: not on the flood risk listGL18 1BH: not on the flood risk listGL18 1BJ: not on the flood risk listGL18 1BL: not on the flood risk listGL18 1BN: not on the flood risk listGL18 1BP: not on the flood risk listGL18 1BQ: not on the flood risk listGL18 1BS: not on the flood risk listGL18 1BT: not on the flood risk listGL18 1BU: not on the flood risk listGL18 1BW: not on the flood risk listGL18 1BX: not on the flood risk listGL18 1BY: not on the flood risk listGL18 1BZ: not on the flood risk listGL18 1DA: not on the flood risk listGL18 1DS: not on the flood risk listGL18 1DU: not on the flood risk listGL18 1DX: not on the flood risk listGL18 1DZ: not on the flood risk listGL18 1EA: not on the flood risk listGL18 1EP: not on the flood risk listGL18 1ER: not on the flood risk listGL18 1ET: not on the flood risk listGL18 1EW: not on the flood risk listGL18 1EX: not on the flood risk listGL18 1EZ: not on the flood risk listGL18 1FA: not on the flood risk listGL18 1FD: not on the flood risk listGL18 1FE: not on the flood risk listGL18 1FF: not on the flood risk listGL18 1FG: not on the flood risk listGL18 1FH: not on the flood risk listGL18 1FJ: not on the flood risk listGL18 1FL: not on the flood risk listGL18 1FN: not on the flood risk listGL18 1FP: not on the flood risk listGL18 1FQ: not on the flood risk listGL18 1FR: not on the flood risk listGL18 1FU: not on the flood risk listGL18 1FX: not on the flood risk listGL18 1HA: not on the flood risk listGL18 1HP: not on the flood risk listGL18 1JA: not on the flood risk listGL18 1JB: not on the flood risk listGL18 1JD: not on the flood risk listGL18 1JE: not on the flood risk listGL18 1JZ: not on the flood risk listGL18 1LA: not on the flood risk listGL18 1LB: not on the flood risk listGL18 1LD: not on the flood risk listGL18 1LE: not on the flood risk listGL18 1LG: not on the flood risk listGL18 1PP: not on the flood risk listGL18 1PS: not on the flood risk listGL18 1PT: not on the flood risk listGL18 1PU: not on the flood risk listGL18 1PW: not on the flood risk listGL18 1PX: not on the flood risk listGL18 1PY: not on the flood risk listGL18 1PZ: not on the flood risk listGL18 1QA: not on the flood risk listGL18 1QB: not on the flood risk listGL18 1QD: not on the flood risk listGL18 1QE: not on the flood risk listGL18 1QF: not on the flood risk listGL18 1QG: not on the flood risk listGL18 1QH: not on the flood risk listGL18 1QJ: not on the flood risk listGL18 1QL: not on the flood risk listGL18 1QN: not on the flood risk listGL18 1QP: not on the flood risk listGL18 1QQ: not on the flood risk listGL18 1QR: not on the flood risk listGL18 1QS: not on the flood risk listGL18 1QT: not on the flood risk listGL18 1QW: not on the flood risk listGL18 1QX: not on the flood risk listGL18 1QZ: not on the flood risk listGL18 1RA: not on the flood risk listGL18 1RD: not on the flood risk listGL18 1RF: not on the flood risk listGL18 1RQ: not on the flood risk listGL18 1RT: not on the flood risk listGL18 1RU: not on the flood risk listGL18 1RX: not on the flood risk listGL18 1RY: not on the flood risk listGL18 1RZ: not on the flood risk listGL18 1SA: not on the flood risk listGL18 1SB: not on the flood risk listGL18 1SD: not on the flood risk listGL18 1SE: not on the flood risk listGL18 1SF: not on the flood risk listGL18 1SG: not on the flood risk listGL18 1SH: not on the flood risk listGL18 1SJ: not on the flood risk listGL18 1SL: not on the flood risk listGL18 1SN: not on the flood risk listGL18 1SP: not on the flood risk listGL18 1SQ: not on the flood risk listGL18 1SR: not on the flood risk listGL18 1SS: not on the flood risk listGL18 1ST: not on the flood risk listGL18 1SU: not on the flood risk listGL18 1SW: not on the flood risk listGL18 1SX: not on the flood risk listGL18 1SY: not on the flood risk listGL18 1SZ: not on the flood risk listGL18 1TA: not on the flood risk listGL18 1TB: not on the flood risk listGL18 1TD: not on the flood risk listGL18 1TE: not on the flood risk listGL18 1TF: not on the flood risk listGL18 1TG: not on the flood risk listGL18 1TH: not on the flood risk listGL18 1TJ: not on the flood risk listGL18 1TL: not on the flood risk listGL18 1TN: not on the flood risk listGL18 1TP: not on the flood risk listGL18 1TQ: not on the flood risk listGL18 1TR: not on the flood risk listGL18 1TS: not on the flood risk listGL18 1TT: not on the flood risk listGL18 1TU: not on the flood risk listGL18 1TW: not on the flood risk listGL18 1TX: not on the flood risk listGL18 1TY: not on the flood risk listGL18 1TZ: not on the flood risk listGL18 1UA: not on the flood risk listGL18 1UB: not on the flood risk listGL18 1UD: not on the flood risk listGL18 1UE: not on the flood risk listGL18 1UF: not on the flood risk listGL18 1UG: not on the flood risk listGL18 1UH: not on the flood risk listGL18 1UJ: not on the flood risk listGL18 1YN: not on the flood risk listGL18 1DB: low flood risk at worstGL18 1DD: low flood risk at worstGL18 1QY: low flood risk at worstGL18 1RG: medium flood risk at worstGL18 1AJ: high flood riskGL18 1AN: high flood riskGL18 1AQ: high flood riskGL18 1AR: high flood riskGL18 1ES: high flood riskGL18 1EU: high flood riskGL18 1RB: high flood riskGL18 1RE: high flood risk Newent 5 postcodes at high or medium risk, outlined: this goes to GL18 1AJ, the one with most homes and businesses at high risk5 postcodes at high or medium risk Map of every postcode in Newent, by flood risk Of the 170 postcodes in Newent that ONS places, 8 have a home or business at high risk, 1 are at medium risk at worst, 3 are at low risk at worst and 158 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. One group of postcodes at high or medium risk is outlined: 5 postcodes at high or medium risk. Places named: Newent. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 500 m. Newent
  • A home or business at high risk: 8
  • At medium risk at worst: 1
  • At low risk at worst: 3
  • At very low risk only: 0
  • Not on the at-risk list: 158
  • Outline: where 5 or more postcodes at high or medium risk lie together

Of the 170 postcodes in Newent that ONS places, 8 have a home or business at high risk, 1 are at medium risk at worst, 3 are at low risk at worst and 158 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 51.9299, longitude -2.4056. 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.

GL18 1AJ13 at high riskGL18 1AN10 at high riskGL18 1RE5 at high riskGL18 1AQ5 at high riskGL18 1EU2 at high riskGL18 1AR2 at high riskGL18 1ES1 at high riskGL18 1RB1 at high risk

Where the postcodes at high or medium risk lie together

  • 5 postcodes at high or medium risk, outlined on the map. GL18 1AJ, is the one with most homes and businesses at high risk.

What is it like to live in Newent?

Homes sold for a typical £263,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 5.2% on the 12 months before. At 132 of the 166 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 46 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 12 of its 170 postcodes. It has 2 primary schools and 1 secondary school at its postcodes. One GP practice is at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Ledbury, 12.9 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 Newent?

Homes in Newent sold for a typical £263,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 64 sales, up 5.2% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.

£263,000 typical price, the 12 months to August 2026
£250,000 12 months to August 2025
▲ up 5.2% on the 12 months before
  • Detached £370,000 24 sales
  • Semi-detached £252,500 21 sales
  • Terraced £216,000 12 sales
  • Flat or maisonette £65,000 7 sales

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

Across the whole GL18 district, Newent's main postcode district: a typical £300,000.

Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Newent: 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 Newent?

22 of the 170 postcodes now in use in Newent came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 1 of the 105 homes sold in Newent were newly built (Under 1%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the GL18 district, Under 1%.

The newest postcodes

GL18 1FXsince December 2024GL18 1FGsince October 2023GL18 1FQsince July 2023GL18 1FHsince May 2023GL18 1FRsince March 2023GL18 1FLsince November 2022

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 NewentAcross the GL18 district
The 12 months to August 2026 0 of 64 (0%) 0 of 84 (0%)
The 12 months to August 2025 1 of 105 (Under 1%) 1 of 135 (Under 1%)

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 Newent?

Ofcom reports on 166 of the 170 postcodes in Newent. At 132 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband.

Postcodes where every home can get gigabit132 of 166
Postcodes where every home can get superfast157 of 166

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 Newent at risk of flooding?

12 of the 170 postcodes in Newent 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 46 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk.

Homes and businesses in an area at risk, at 12 of 170 postcodes High: 39Medium: 7Low: 28

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 Newent?

The open schools at the postcodes in Newent. 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.

Primary

Secondary

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 Newent?

The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Newent is Ledbury Rail Station, 12.9 km away in a straight line.

  • Ledbury Rail Station Railway station 12.9 kmDrive
  • Gloucester Rail Station Railway station 13.5 kmDrive
  • Colwall Rail Station Railway station 17.0 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 Newent?

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

Police.uk records 488 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Newent 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. 52 February 2025
  2. 52 March 2025
  3. 21 April 2025
  4. 32 May 2025
  5. 45 June 2025
  6. 52 July 2025
  7. 42 August 2025
  8. 28 September 2025
  9. 38 October 2025
  10. 48 November 2025
  11. 48 December 2025
  12. 30 January 2026

By kind, over the 12 months

Violence and sexual offences222 reports
Anti-social behaviour103 reports
Criminal damage and arson40 reports
Public order35 reports
Other theft25 reports
Shoplifting16 reports
Burglary15 reports
Other crime13 reports

Also: vehicle crime 7, possession of weapons 5, drugs 4, robbery 3.

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 Newent?

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 170 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 Newent

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

Who to tell when moving house: the full list Moving house checklist

Newent postcodes

170 postcodes in use in Newent, by district:

GL18 postcode district,170 postcodes

That district is in the GL postcode area.

Check a Newent 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 Newent

With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Newent's £263,000. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.

Mitcheldean9.3 km, £226,000Drybrook11.3 km, £275,000Ledbury12.0 km, £270,500Ross-on-Wye12.2 km, £295,000Longford13.0 km, £265,000Cinderford13.5 km, £216,000Newnham14.2 km, £272,500Gloucester14.7 km, £255,000 All places A to Z

Questions about Newent

What is it like to live in Newent?
Homes sold for a typical £263,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 5.2% on the 12 months before. At 132 of the 166 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 46 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 12 of its 170 postcodes. It has 2 primary schools and 1 secondary school at its postcodes. One GP practice is at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Ledbury, 12.9 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 Newent?
Newent is covered by postcode district GL18, across 170 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Which council is Newent in?
Newent is in the Forest of Dean council area, and Gloucestershire is its county council. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Who is the MP for Newent?
Newent 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 Newent?
Homes in Newent sold for a typical £263,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 64 sales, up 5.2% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
What schools are in Newent?
In Newent, primary schools at its postcodes include Glebe Infants' School and Picklenash Junior School; secondary schools at its postcodes include Newent Community School and Sixth Form Centre. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026.
Does Newent have a railway station?
The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Newent is Ledbury, 12.9 km away in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
What broadband can you get in Newent?
Ofcom reports on 166 of the 170 postcodes in Newent. At 132 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband. Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
Is Newent at risk of flooding?
12 of the 170 postcodes in Newent 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 46 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 Newent?
22 of the 170 postcodes now in use in Newent came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 1 of the 105 homes sold in Newent were newly built (Under 1%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the GL18 district, Under 1%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.

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