Painswick

Painswick is covered by postcode district GL6. It is in the Stroud council area, Gloucestershire.

Typical price £352,500 Homes sold in Painswick, last 12 months. ▼ 5.6% on the year before Gigabit broadband 0 of 64 postcodes where every home and business can get it Flooding Some at high risk 1 of 64 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 Painswick, by flood risk

Map of every postcode in Painswick, by flood risk Of the 64 postcodes in Painswick that ONS places, 1 have a home or business at high risk and 63 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. Places named: Painswick. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 250 m. A46 GL6 6QA: not on the flood risk listGL6 6QB: not on the flood risk listGL6 6QE: not on the flood risk listGL6 6QF: not on the flood risk listGL6 6QG: not on the flood risk listGL6 6QJ: not on the flood risk listGL6 6QL: not on the flood risk listGL6 6QN: not on the flood risk listGL6 6QP: not on the flood risk listGL6 6QQ: not on the flood risk listGL6 6QR: not on the flood risk listGL6 6QS: not on the flood risk listGL6 6QT: not on the flood risk listGL6 6QX: not on the flood risk listGL6 6QY: not on the flood risk listGL6 6QZ: not on the flood risk listGL6 6RA: not on the flood risk listGL6 6RD: not on the flood risk listGL6 6RH: not on the flood risk listGL6 6RJ: not on the flood risk listGL6 6RL: not on the flood risk listGL6 6RN: not on the flood risk listGL6 6RP: not on the flood risk listGL6 6RQ: not on the flood risk listGL6 6RR: not on the flood risk listGL6 6RT: not on the flood risk listGL6 6RU: not on the flood risk listGL6 6RY: not on the flood risk listGL6 6RZ: not on the flood risk listGL6 6SB: not on the flood risk listGL6 6SJ: not on the flood risk listGL6 6SL: not on the flood risk listGL6 6TJ: not on the flood risk listGL6 6UH: not on the flood risk listGL6 6UL: not on the flood risk listGL6 6UN: not on the flood risk listGL6 6UP: not on the flood risk listGL6 6UQ: not on the flood risk listGL6 6UR: not on the flood risk listGL6 6US: not on the flood risk listGL6 6UT: not on the flood risk listGL6 6UU: not on the flood risk listGL6 6UW: not on the flood risk listGL6 6UX: not on the flood risk listGL6 6UY: not on the flood risk listGL6 6UZ: not on the flood risk listGL6 6XA: not on the flood risk listGL6 6XB: not on the flood risk listGL6 6XH: not on the flood risk listGL6 6XN: not on the flood risk listGL6 6XP: not on the flood risk listGL6 6XR: not on the flood risk listGL6 6XS: not on the flood risk listGL6 6XT: not on the flood risk listGL6 6XU: not on the flood risk listGL6 6XW: not on the flood risk listGL6 6XX: not on the flood risk listGL6 6XY: not on the flood risk listGL6 6XZ: not on the flood risk listGL6 6YA: not on the flood risk listGL6 6YB: not on the flood risk listGL6 6YD: not on the flood risk listGL6 6YE: not on the flood risk listGL6 6SA: high flood risk Painswick Map of every postcode in Painswick, by flood risk Of the 64 postcodes in Painswick that ONS places, 1 have a home or business at high risk and 63 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. Places named: Painswick. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 250 m. A46 Painswick
  • A home or business at high risk: 1
  • At medium risk at worst: 0
  • At low risk at worst: 0
  • At very low risk only: 0
  • Not on the at-risk list: 63

Of the 64 postcodes in Painswick that ONS places, 1 have a home or business at high risk and 63 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 51.7861, longitude -2.1947. 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.

GL6 6SA2 at high risk

What is it like to live in Painswick?

Homes sold for a typical £352,500 in the 12 months to August 2026, down 5.6% on the 12 months before. Ofcom reports on 64 postcodes here; at none of them can every home and business get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 2 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 1 of its 64 postcodes. It has 1 primary school at its postcodes. One GP practice is at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Stroud (Glos), 4.9 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 Painswick?

Homes in Painswick sold for a typical £352,500 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 25 sales, down 5.6% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.

£352,500 typical price, the 12 months to August 2026
12 months to August 2025
£373,500
12 months to August 2026
£352,500

▼ down 5.6% on the 12 months before

Detached£740,000 9 sales
Semi-detached£350,000 5 sales
Terraced£302,500 6 sales
Flat or maisonette£280,000 5 sales

Across the whole GL6 district, Painswick's main postcode district: a typical £404,000.

Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Painswick: 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 Painswick?

None of the 64 postcodes now in use in Painswick came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 0 of the 34 homes sold in Painswick were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the GL6 district, 0%.

New homes among the homes sold

PeriodIn PainswickAcross the GL6 district
The 12 months to August 2026 0 of 25 (0%) 0 of 257 (0%)
The 12 months to August 2025 0 of 34 (0%) 0 of 387 (0%)

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 Painswick?

Ofcom reports on 64 of the 64 postcodes in Painswick. At none of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband.

Postcodes where every home can get gigabit0 of 64
Postcodes where every home can get superfast63 of 64

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 Painswick at risk of flooding?

1 of the 64 postcodes in Painswick has 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 1 of 64 postcodes High: 2

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 Painswick?

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

The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Painswick is Stroud (Glos) Rail Station, 4.9 km away in a straight line.

  • Stroud (Glos) Rail Station Railway station 4.9 kmCycle
  • Stonehouse Rail Station Railway station 7.4 kmDrive
  • Gloucester Rail Station Railway station 9.3 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 Painswick?

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

Police.uk records 101 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Painswick 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. 9 February 2025
  2. 13 March 2025
  3. 6 April 2025
  4. 14 May 2025
  5. 10 June 2025
  6. 7 July 2025
  7. 11 August 2025
  8. 7 September 2025
  9. 3 October 2025
  10. 7 November 2025
  11. 8 December 2025
  12. 6 January 2026

By kind, over the 12 months

Violence and sexual offences47 reports
Anti-social behaviour23 reports
Criminal damage and arson13 reports
Public order6 reports
Other theft4 reports
Vehicle crime3 reports
Burglary2 reports
Other crime2 reports

Also: 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 Painswick?

District, borough or city council
Stroud
County council
Gloucestershire
Parliamentary constituency
North Cotswolds
Police force area
Gloucestershire
Region
South West
Country
England
MP
Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Conservative)

All 64 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 Painswick

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Painswick postcodes

64 postcodes in use in Painswick, by district:

GL6 postcode district,64 postcodes

That district is in the GL postcode area.

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Places near Painswick

With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Painswick's £352,500. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.

Whiteshill3.8 km, £396,000Stroud5.2 km, £315,000Brockworth6.9 km, £299,000Quedgeley and Hardwicke7.0 km, £257,500Brimscombe and Thrupp7.1 km, £358,000Chalford7.1 km, £385,000Stonehouse7.6 km, £314,000Gloucester7.9 km, £255,000 All places A to Z

Questions about Painswick

What is it like to live in Painswick?
Homes sold for a typical £352,500 in the 12 months to August 2026, down 5.6% on the 12 months before. Ofcom reports on 64 postcodes here; at none of them can every home and business get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 2 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 1 of its 64 postcodes. It has 1 primary school at its postcodes. One GP practice is at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Stroud (Glos), 4.9 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 Painswick?
Painswick is covered by postcode district GL6, across 64 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Which council is Painswick in?
Painswick is in the Stroud council area, and Gloucestershire is its county council. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Who is the MP for Painswick?
Painswick is in the North Cotswolds parliamentary constituency. Its MP is Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Conservative), as UK Parliament listed them on 14 October 2026. Constituency: ONS Postcode Directory.
How much are houses in Painswick?
Homes in Painswick sold for a typical £352,500 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 25 sales, down 5.6% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
What schools are in Painswick?
In Painswick, primary schools at its postcodes include The Croft Primary School; the nearest secondary school to the middle of its postcodes is Brookthorpe Hall School, 3.7 km away in a straight line. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026.
Does Painswick have a railway station?
The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Painswick is Stroud (Glos), 4.9 km away in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
What broadband can you get in Painswick?
Ofcom reports on 64 of the 64 postcodes in Painswick. At none of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband. Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
Is Painswick at risk of flooding?
1 of the 64 postcodes in Painswick has 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 Painswick?
None of the 64 postcodes now in use in Painswick came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 0 of the 34 homes sold in Painswick were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the GL6 district, 0%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.

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