Upper Rissington

Upper Rissington is covered by postcode district GL54. It is in the Cotswold council area, Gloucestershire.

Typical price £388,250 Homes sold in Upper Rissington, last 12 months. ▲ 10.1% on the year before Gigabit broadband 61 of 68 postcodes where every home and business can get it Flooding Not on the at-risk list No postcode here has a home or business in an area at risk from rivers or the sea Schools 1 1 primary school at its postcodes

Every postcode in Upper Rissington, by flood risk

Map of every postcode in Upper Rissington, by flood risk Of the 69 postcodes in Upper Rissington that ONS places, 69 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. Places named: Upper Rissington. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 250 m. GL54 2FL: not on the flood risk listGL54 2GP: not on the flood risk listGL54 2GQ: not on the flood risk listGL54 2GR: not on the flood risk listGL54 2GS: not on the flood risk listGL54 2GT: not on the flood risk listGL54 2GU: not on the flood risk listGL54 2GW: not on the flood risk listGL54 2GX: not on the flood risk listGL54 2GY: not on the flood risk listGL54 2LY: not on the flood risk listGL54 2NF: not on the flood risk listGL54 2NG: not on the flood risk listGL54 2NH: not on the flood risk listGL54 2NJ: not on the flood risk listGL54 2NL: not on the flood risk listGL54 2NN: not on the flood risk listGL54 2NP: not on the flood risk listGL54 2NQ: not on the flood risk listGL54 2NR: not on the flood risk listGL54 2NS: not on the flood risk listGL54 2NT: not on the flood risk listGL54 2NU: not on the flood risk listGL54 2NW: not on the flood risk listGL54 2NX: not on the flood risk listGL54 2NY: not on the flood risk listGL54 2NZ: not on the flood risk listGL54 2PA: not on the flood risk listGL54 2PB: not on the flood risk listGL54 2PE: not on the flood risk listGL54 2PF: not on the flood risk listGL54 2PG: not on the flood risk listGL54 2PH: not on the flood risk listGL54 2PL: not on the flood risk listGL54 2PX: not on the flood risk listGL54 2PY: not on the flood risk listGL54 2QB: not on the flood risk listGL54 2QD: not on the flood risk listGL54 2QE: not on the flood risk listGL54 2QF: not on the flood risk listGL54 2QG: not on the flood risk listGL54 2QH: not on the flood risk listGL54 2QJ: not on the flood risk listGL54 2QL: not on the flood risk listGL54 2QN: not on the flood risk listGL54 2QP: not on the flood risk listGL54 2QQ: not on the flood risk listGL54 2QR: not on the flood risk listGL54 2QS: not on the flood risk listGL54 2QT: not on the flood risk listGL54 2QU: not on the flood risk listGL54 2QW: not on the flood risk listGL54 2QX: not on the flood risk listGL54 2QY: not on the flood risk listGL54 2QZ: not on the flood risk listGL54 2RA: not on the flood risk listGL54 2RB: not on the flood risk listGL54 2RD: not on the flood risk listGL54 2RE: not on the flood risk listGL54 2RF: not on the flood risk listGL54 2RG: not on the flood risk listGL54 2RH: not on the flood risk listGL54 2RJ: not on the flood risk listGL54 2RX: not on the flood risk listGL54 2SD: not on the flood risk listGL54 2SG: not on the flood risk listGL54 2SH: not on the flood risk listGL54 2SJ: not on the flood risk listGL54 2SQ: not on the flood risk list Upper Rissington Map of every postcode in Upper Rissington, by flood risk Of the 69 postcodes in Upper Rissington that ONS places, 69 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. Places named: Upper Rissington. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 250 m. Upper Rissington
  • A home or business at high risk: 0
  • At medium risk at worst: 0
  • At low risk at worst: 0
  • At very low risk only: 0
  • Not on the at-risk list: 69

Of the 69 postcodes in Upper Rissington that ONS places, 69 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 51.8741, longitude -1.7004. 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

What is it like to live in Upper Rissington?

Homes sold for a typical £388,250 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 10.1% on the 12 months before. At 61 of the 68 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. None of its 69 postcodes is on the Environment Agency's list of those with a home or business at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea. It has 1 primary school at its postcodes. The nearest GP practice is Cotswold Medical Practice, 4.1 km from the middle. The nearest railway station is Kingham, 5.8 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 Upper Rissington?

Homes in Upper Rissington sold for a typical £388,250 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 32 sales, up 10.1% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.

£388,250 typical price, the 12 months to August 2026
12 months to August 2025
£352,500
12 months to August 2026
£388,250

▲ up 10.1% on the 12 months before

Detached£487,500 14 sales
Semi-detached£348,000 11 sales
Terraced£301,500 6 sales
Flat or maisonette 1 sale, too few to price

Across the whole GL54 district, Upper Rissington's main postcode district: a typical £475,000.

Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Upper Rissington: 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 Upper Rissington?

5 of the 69 postcodes now in use in Upper Rissington came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 0 of the 32 homes sold in Upper Rissington were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the GL54 district, 1%.

The newest postcodes

GL54 2SQsince February 2026GL54 2SJsince June 2023GL54 2SGsince April 2023GL54 2SHsince February 2023GL54 2SDsince March 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 Upper RissingtonAcross the GL54 district
The 12 months to August 2026 0 of 32 (0%) 0 of 297 (0%)
The 12 months to August 2025 0 of 32 (0%) 4 of 361 (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 Upper Rissington?

Ofcom reports on 68 of the 69 postcodes in Upper Rissington. At 61 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband.

Postcodes where every home can get gigabit61 of 68
Postcodes where every home can get superfast67 of 68

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 Upper Rissington at risk of flooding?

None of the 69 postcodes in Upper Rissington is on the Environment Agency's list of postcodes with a home or business in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea.

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 Upper Rissington?

The primary schools are at the postcodes in Upper Rissington. 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 Upper Rissington?

The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Upper Rissington is Kingham Rail Station, 5.8 km away in a straight line.

  • Kingham Rail Station Railway station 5.8 kmDrive
  • Shipton Rail Station Railway station 7.5 kmDrive
  • Ascott-under-Wychwood Rail Station Railway station 9.4 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 Upper Rissington?

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

Police.uk records 90 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Upper Rissington 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. 3 February 2025
  2. 6 March 2025
  3. 3 April 2025
  4. 16 May 2025
  5. 11 June 2025
  6. 13 July 2025
  7. 8 August 2025
  8. 5 September 2025
  9. 5 October 2025
  10. 3 November 2025
  11. 13 December 2025
  12. 4 January 2026

By kind, over the 12 months

Anti-social behaviour21 reports
Violence and sexual offences15 reports
Vehicle crime15 reports
Burglary13 reports
Shoplifting13 reports
Public order4 reports
Criminal damage and arson3 reports
Other theft3 reports

Also: other crime 2, drugs 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 Upper Rissington?

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

All 69 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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Upper Rissington postcodes

69 postcodes in use in Upper Rissington, by district:

GL54 postcode district,69 postcodes

That district is in the GL postcode area.

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Places near Upper Rissington

With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Upper Rissington's £388,250. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.

Bourton-on-the-Water4.0 km, £368,500Stow-on-the-Wold6.3 km, £450,000Milton-under-Wychwood and Shipton-under-Wychwood6.5 km, £600,000Burford8.9 km, £475,000Northleach10.5 km, £300,000Chipping Norton12.9 km, £376,000Moreton-in-Marsh12.9 km, £386,000Carterton14.3 km, £337,500 All places A to Z

Questions about Upper Rissington

What is it like to live in Upper Rissington?
Homes sold for a typical £388,250 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 10.1% on the 12 months before. At 61 of the 68 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. None of its 69 postcodes is on the Environment Agency's list of those with a home or business at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea. It has 1 primary school at its postcodes. The nearest GP practice is Cotswold Medical Practice, 4.1 km from the middle. The nearest railway station is Kingham, 5.8 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 Upper Rissington?
Upper Rissington is covered by postcode district GL54, across 69 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Which council is Upper Rissington in?
Upper Rissington is in the Cotswold council area, and Gloucestershire is its county council. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Who is the MP for Upper Rissington?
Upper Rissington 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 Upper Rissington?
Homes in Upper Rissington sold for a typical £388,250 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 32 sales, up 10.1% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
What schools are in Upper Rissington?
In Upper Rissington, primary schools at its postcodes include The Rissington School; the nearest secondary school to the middle of its postcodes is The Cotswold Academy, 4.3 km away in a straight line. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026.
Does Upper Rissington have a railway station?
The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Upper Rissington is Kingham, 5.8 km away in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
What broadband can you get in Upper Rissington?
Ofcom reports on 68 of the 69 postcodes in Upper Rissington. At 61 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband. Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
Is Upper Rissington at risk of flooding?
None of the 69 postcodes in Upper Rissington is on the Environment Agency's list of postcodes with a home or business in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea. This is long-term risk for the land, and leaves out surface water. Source: Environment Agency.
Are new homes being built in Upper Rissington?
5 of the 69 postcodes now in use in Upper Rissington came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 0 of the 32 homes sold in Upper Rissington were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the GL54 district, 1%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.

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