Newnham

Newnham is covered by postcode district GL14. It is in the Forest of Dean council area, Gloucestershire.

ONS publishes this built-up area as Newnham (Forest of Dean).

Typical price £272,500 Homes sold in Newnham, last 12 months. ▼ 17.4% on the year before Gigabit broadband 30 of 58 postcodes where every home and business can get it Flooding Some at high risk 5 of 58 postcodes have a home or business in an area at risk; 2 homes and businesses at high or medium risk Schools 1 1 primary school at its postcodes

Every postcode in Newnham, by flood risk

Map of every postcode in Newnham, by flood risk Of the 58 postcodes in Newnham that ONS places, 1 have a home or business at high risk, 2 are at low risk at worst, 2 are at very low risk only and 53 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. Places named: Newnham. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 250 m. A48 GL14 1AA: not on the flood risk listGL14 1AB: not on the flood risk listGL14 1AD: not on the flood risk listGL14 1AE: not on the flood risk listGL14 1AF: not on the flood risk listGL14 1AG: not on the flood risk listGL14 1AH: not on the flood risk listGL14 1AJ: not on the flood risk listGL14 1AL: not on the flood risk listGL14 1AN: not on the flood risk listGL14 1AP: not on the flood risk listGL14 1AQ: not on the flood risk listGL14 1AR: not on the flood risk listGL14 1AT: not on the flood risk listGL14 1AU: not on the flood risk listGL14 1AW: not on the flood risk listGL14 1AY: not on the flood risk listGL14 1AZ: not on the flood risk listGL14 1BA: not on the flood risk listGL14 1BB: not on the flood risk listGL14 1BE: not on the flood risk listGL14 1BG: not on the flood risk listGL14 1BJ: not on the flood risk listGL14 1BN: not on the flood risk listGL14 1BP: not on the flood risk listGL14 1BQ: not on the flood risk listGL14 1BS: not on the flood risk listGL14 1BT: not on the flood risk listGL14 1BU: not on the flood risk listGL14 1BW: not on the flood risk listGL14 1BX: not on the flood risk listGL14 1BY: not on the flood risk listGL14 1BZ: not on the flood risk listGL14 1DA: not on the flood risk listGL14 1DB: not on the flood risk listGL14 1DD: not on the flood risk listGL14 1DE: not on the flood risk listGL14 1DF: not on the flood risk listGL14 1DG: not on the flood risk listGL14 1DH: not on the flood risk listGL14 1DJ: not on the flood risk listGL14 1DL: not on the flood risk listGL14 1DP: not on the flood risk listGL14 1DQ: not on the flood risk listGL14 1DW: not on the flood risk listGL14 1EX: not on the flood risk listGL14 1EY: not on the flood risk listGL14 1EZ: not on the flood risk listGL14 1FA: not on the flood risk listGL14 1FB: not on the flood risk listGL14 1FE: not on the flood risk listGL14 1HG: not on the flood risk listGL14 1SA: not on the flood risk listGL14 1BH: very low flood risk onlyGL14 1DN: very low flood risk onlyGL14 1AX: low flood risk at worstGL14 1FD: low flood risk at worstGL14 1HQ: high flood risk Newnham Map of every postcode in Newnham, by flood risk Of the 58 postcodes in Newnham that ONS places, 1 have a home or business at high risk, 2 are at low risk at worst, 2 are at very low risk only and 53 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. Places named: Newnham. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 250 m. A48 Newnham
  • A home or business at high risk: 1
  • At medium risk at worst: 0
  • At low risk at worst: 2
  • At very low risk only: 2
  • Not on the at-risk list: 53

Of the 58 postcodes in Newnham that ONS places, 1 have a home or business at high risk, 2 are at low risk at worst, 2 are at very low risk only and 53 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.

The middle of its postcodes: latitude 51.8051, longitude -2.4505. 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.

GL14 1HQ1 at high risk

What is it like to live in Newnham?

Homes sold for a typical £272,500 in the 12 months to August 2026, down 17.4% on the 12 months before. At 30 of the 58 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 2 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 5 of its 58 postcodes. It has 1 primary school at its postcodes. The nearest GP practice is Dockham Surgery, 4.5 km from the middle. The nearest railway station is Lydney, 11.5 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 Newnham?

Homes in Newnham sold for a typical £272,500 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 10 sales, down 17.4% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.

£272,500 typical price, the 12 months to August 2026
12 months to August 2025
£330,000
12 months to August 2026
£272,500

▼ down 17.4% on the 12 months before

Detached 1 sale, too few to price
Semi-detached£270,000 5 sales
Terraced 4 sales, too few to price

Across the whole GL14 district, Newnham's main postcode district: a typical £238,750.

Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Newnham: 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 Newnham?

6 of the 58 postcodes now in use in Newnham came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 12 of the 35 homes sold in Newnham were newly built (34%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the GL14 district, 6%.

The newest postcodes

GL14 1FAsince February 2023GL14 1EZsince November 2022GL14 1FBsince April 2022GL14 1EYsince December 2021GL14 1FDsince December 2021GL14 1FEsince February 2021

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 NewnhamAcross the GL14 district
The 12 months to August 2026 0 of 10 (0%) 1 of 146 (Under 1%)
The 12 months to August 2025 12 of 35 (34%) 13 of 217 (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 Newnham?

Ofcom reports on 58 of the 58 postcodes in Newnham. At 30 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband, and at 1 some cannot get decent broadband (10 Mbit/s).

Postcodes where every home can get gigabit30 of 58
Postcodes where every home can get superfast57 of 58
Postcodes where some cannot get decent broadband1 of 58

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 Newnham at risk of flooding?

5 of the 58 postcodes in Newnham 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 2 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk.

Homes and businesses in an area at risk, at 5 of 58 postcodes High: 1Medium: 1Low: 4Very low: 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 Newnham?

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

The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Newnham is Lydney Rail Station, 11.5 km away in a straight line.

  • Lydney Rail Station Railway station 11.5 kmDrive
  • Cam & Dursley Rail Station Railway station 11.6 kmDrive
  • Stonehouse Rail Station Railway station 13.5 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 Newnham?

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

Police.uk records 59 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Newnham 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. 6 February 2025
  2. 4 March 2025
  3. 7 April 2025
  4. 7 May 2025
  5. 5 June 2025
  6. 7 July 2025
  7. 2 August 2025
  8. 2 September 2025
  9. 4 October 2025
  10. 3 November 2025
  11. 10 December 2025
  12. 2 January 2026

By kind, over the 12 months

Violence and sexual offences18 reports
Anti-social behaviour8 reports
Other theft8 reports
Burglary7 reports
Public order6 reports
Criminal damage and arson5 reports
Bicycle theft2 reports
Vehicle crime1 report

Also: shoplifting 1, drugs 1, possession of weapons 1, other crime 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 Newnham?

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 58 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 Newnham

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

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Newnham postcodes

58 postcodes in use in Newnham, by district:

GL14 postcode district,58 postcodes

That district is in the GL postcode area.

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Places near Newnham

With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Newnham's £272,500. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.

Ruspidge3.8 km, £237,500Cinderford4.0 km, £216,000Blakeney5.8 km, £345,000Mitcheldean7.1 km, £226,000Drybrook7.2 km, £275,000Yorkley and Whitecroft8.0 km, £318,000Welsh Bicknor9.9 km, £260,000Broadwell and Coalway10.2 km, £268,000 All places A to Z

Questions about Newnham

What is it like to live in Newnham?
Homes sold for a typical £272,500 in the 12 months to August 2026, down 17.4% on the 12 months before. At 30 of the 58 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 2 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 5 of its 58 postcodes. It has 1 primary school at its postcodes. The nearest GP practice is Dockham Surgery, 4.5 km from the middle. The nearest railway station is Lydney, 11.5 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 Newnham?
Newnham is covered by postcode district GL14, across 58 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Which council is Newnham in?
Newnham is in the Forest of Dean council area, and Gloucestershire is its county council. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Who is the MP for Newnham?
Newnham 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 Newnham?
Homes in Newnham sold for a typical £272,500 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 10 sales, down 17.4% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
What schools are in Newnham?
In Newnham, primary schools at its postcodes include Newnham St Peter's Church of England Primary School; the nearest secondary school to the middle of its postcodes is SGS Forest High School, 4.0 km away in a straight line. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026.
Does Newnham have a railway station?
The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Newnham is Lydney, 11.5 km away in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
What broadband can you get in Newnham?
Ofcom reports on 58 of the 58 postcodes in Newnham. At 30 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband, and at 1 some cannot get decent broadband (10 Mbit/s). Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
Is Newnham at risk of flooding?
5 of the 58 postcodes in Newnham 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 2 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 Newnham?
6 of the 58 postcodes now in use in Newnham came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 12 of the 35 homes sold in Newnham were newly built (34%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the GL14 district, 6%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.

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