GL17 9XQ postcode in Ruardean, Gloucestershire

GL17 9XQ is a postcode in Ruardean, in the Mitcheldean, Ruardean & Drybrook ward of Forest of Dean. It is in the Forest of Dean parliamentary constituency and the Gloucestershire police force area, and has been in use since January 1980.

Flooding Not on the at-risk list The Environment Agency lists no home or business here in an area at risk from rivers or the sea Gigabit broadband 100% of homes and businesses at GL17 9XQ can get it Across Forest of Dean: 80% Typical price in the GL17 9 sector £270,000 Homes sold across the GL17 9 sector, last 12 months, not GL17 9XQ alone Nearest station Lydney 15.6 km in a straight line

Where GL17 9XQ is, and what is near it

Map of GL17 9XQ and what is near it Map of GL17 9XQ: its centre point, with the 266 other postcodes in the GL17 9 sector, 4 schools (3 beyond the edge, shown by arrows), 1 railway station (1 beyond the edge, shown by arrows), 3 GP practices (3 beyond the edge, shown by arrows) and 11 bus stops (2 beyond the edge, shown by arrows). North is up; the scale bar is 100 m. GL17 9TA: also in GL17 9GL17 9TG: also in GL17 9GL17 9TJ: also in GL17 9GL17 9TL: also in GL17 9GL17 9TN: also in GL17 9GL17 9TP: also in GL17 9GL17 9TQ: also in GL17 9GL17 9TW: also in GL17 9GL17 9TX: also in GL17 9GL17 9UJ: also in GL17 9GL17 9UN: also in GL17 9GL17 9UR: also in GL17 9GL17 9US: also in GL17 9GL17 9UT: also in GL17 9GL17 9UU: also in GL17 9GL17 9UZ: also in GL17 9GL17 9WW: also in GL17 9GL17 9XA: also in GL17 9GL17 9XG: also in GL17 9GL17 9XH: also in GL17 9GL17 9XT: also in GL17 9GL17 9YP: also in GL17 9GL17 9YT: also in GL17 9 2 bus stops, 350 mSchool 1.1 kmDrybrook Surgery 2.5 kmSchool 4.7 kmSGS Forest High School 4.9 kmLydney station 15.6 kmMitcheldean, Ruardean & Drybrook GL17 9XQ Map of GL17 9XQ and what is near it Map of GL17 9XQ: its centre point, with the 266 other postcodes in the GL17 9 sector, 4 schools (3 beyond the edge, shown by arrows), 1 railway station (1 beyond the edge, shown by arrows), 3 GP practices (3 beyond the edge, shown by arrows) and 11 bus stops (2 beyond the edge, shown by arrows). North is up; the scale bar is 200 m. 2 bus stops, 350 mSGS Forest High School 4.9 kmMitcheldean, Ruardean & Drybrook GL17 9XQ
  • GL17 9XQ
  • Other postcodes in GL17 9: press one for its page
  • 4 schools
  • 1 railway station
  • 3 GP practices
  • 11 bus stops
  • Further out, with the distance

Each point is where its source places it, not an exact building, and nothing drawn is a boundary. Names in italics are council wards: we hold no town or village names here. Open this area on OpenStreetMap (latitude 51.8540, longitude -2.5526)

Sources: ONS Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026; Get Information about Schools; NaPTAN; NHS GP practices. Street map: Ordnance Survey, OS Open Zoomstack, Open Government Licence v3.0, drawn with MapLibre.

Who looks after GL17 9XQ?

ONS places a whole postcode in one council, one ward and one constituency, from a single point. A few postcodes cross a boundary, so an address at the edge can belong to the one next door. Your council tax bill or your poll card settles it for your address.

Sources: ONS Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026; GOV.UK links to council services; UK Parliament, read 14 October 2026; Democracy Club.

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What broadband can you get at GL17 9XQ?

Every home and business at GL17 9XQ can get gigabit broadband from a line, Ofcom says.

Share of homes and businesses that can get it

Gigabit (1,000 Mbit/s)

GL17 9XQ 100% Forest of Dean 80%

Superfast (30 Mbit/s or more)

GL17 9XQ 100% Forest of Dean 95%
Check one address, and mobile coverage, on Ofcom's checker Compare broadband at another postcode

Source: Ofcom Connected Nations, Connected Nations, Spring 2026, data for January 2026.

When are the bins collected at GL17 9XQ?

BinDayBuddy does not read Forest of Dean District Council's collection days yet, so the council's own checker is the place to look.

Forest of Dean District Council's bin days

Source: BinDayBuddy. It is built from councils' own collection systems and public data, and is run by Towpath Digital, which also runs this site.

Is GL17 9XQ at risk of flooding?

From rivers and the sea, long term

The Environment Agency's list of postcodes with a home or business in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea does not include GL17 9XQ.

Rivers and the sea only, for the land around buildings, not each building. GOV.UK's checker answers for one address, surface water included.

Source: Environment Agency flood risk, published 6 July 2026.

From surface water, across Forest of Dean

The Environment Agency publishes this for the whole council, not for GL17 9XQ: 890 properties in Forest of Dean are at high risk (1.6% of all its properties). All the figures for Forest of Dean

Source: Environment Agency surface water, version 2025-09, listed 18 September 2026.

Flood warnings

The centre of GL17 9XQ is not in any of the Environment Agency's flood warning or alert areas. Part of the postcode may still be, so check your own address when you sign up.

Sign up for flood warnings, free, on GOV.UK Check flood risk at another postcode

Source: Environment Agency flood risk, warning areas read 17 October 2026.

At this postcode

Homes sold in GL17 9XQ

HM Land Registry records 7 standard sales in GL17 9XQ since 1995. No five-year span had enough sales to give a price.

  1. 1995 to 1999, too few sales to price, 2 sales
  2. 2000 to 2004, too few sales to price, one sale
  3. 2005 to 2009, too few sales to price, 2 sales
  4. 2010 to 2014, too few sales to price, 0 sales
  5. 2015 to 2019, too few sales to price, 2 sales
  6. 2020 to 2024, too few sales to price, 0 sales
  7. 2025 to 2026, too few sales to price, 0 sales
Five-year spans from the year shown (the last runs to now), with the number of sales beneath. Middle price of standard sales, all home types, not adjusted for inflation. A dash: fewer than 3 sales, too few to price.

The latest sales

HM Land Registry records no standard sales of homes in GL17 9XQ from January 2024 to September 2026. Typical prices for the homes around it are under Prices.

Sales at market value to a private buyer; the latest months are not complete.

Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, 1995 on, files dated 28 October 2026.

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Food hygiene ratings at GL17 9XQ

The Food Standards Agency lists 3 food businesses at GL17 9XQ. Each opens the agency's own page for it, with what the council's inspector found.

Ratings run from 5, very good, to 0, urgent improvement necessary. A rating comes from the business's last inspection, and can change at the next.

Food hygiene ratings, from the Food Standards Agency

Source: Food Standards Agency ratings, as published on 30 October 2026.

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Who lives at GL17 9XQ?

At the 2021 Census, 5 people (2 female, 3 male) lived at GL17 9XQ, in 3 households.

Census 2021GL17 9XQGL17 9 sector
People56,865
Households32,905
People per household1.72.4

ONS changes small counts a little to protect privacy. People include anyone in a care home or other communal home here. The GL17 9 sector is its 254 postcodes with Census figures, added up.

Source: Census 2021 postcode estimates, Census 2021.

How much energy do homes at GL17 9XQ use?

DESNZ publishes no domestic energy figures for GL17 9XQ. It leaves out any postcode with fewer than 5 domestic meters of a kind, or where two meters use most of the energy. Across the GL17 district, the median electricity meter used 3,147 kWh and the median gas meter used 9,568 kWh in 2024.

Domestic meters only. Electricity from late January 2024 to late January 2025; gas from mid-May 2024 to mid-May 2025, weather corrected. Some small businesses on a home-sized gas meter are counted.

Source: DESNZ postcode energy statistics, 2024, published 18 December 2025.

At its centre point

Is GL17 9XQ in a conservation area?

The centre of GL17 9XQ is not in any conservation area, listed building, tree preservation area, green belt or protected landscape that planning.data.gov.uk holds. Not every council has sent all its data, so check with the council before relying on it.

Source: planning.data.gov.uk, asked at the postcode's centre point.

Near here

Which schools are near GL17 9XQ?

The nearest open primary and secondary schools to GL17 9XQ, in a straight line. Distance is not a catchment. Special schools and alternative provision, which children join by referral, are not listed.

Primary

Secondary

Find and compare schools in England, on GOV.UK More schools near GL17 9XQ, and how we find them

Source: Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026. Each school opens its own record there.

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Where is the nearest station to GL17 9XQ?

The nearest railway station to the centre of GL17 9XQ is Lydney Rail Station, 15.6 km away in a straight line.

  • Lydney Rail Station Railway station 15.6 kmDrive

Straight-line distances from the centre point, not routes. Walk: under 1.2 km. Cycle: 1.2 to 5 km. Drive: further.

11 bus stops within 400 metres, the nearest Hart Lane, 241 m away.

More stations near GL17 9XQ, and how we find them

Source: NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.

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Which GP surgeries are near GL17 9XQ?

The nearest GP practices to the centre of GL17 9XQ, in a straight line. Each sets the area it takes patients from. In England, each opens its page at the Care Quality Commission, which inspects and rates it.

Find a GP on the NHS website

Sources: NHS GP practices, read 17 October 2026; Care Quality Commission, ratings of 1 October 2026.

Near here

Where can I charge an electric car near GL17 9XQ?

OpenStreetMap maps no public charging point within 3 km of the centre of GL17 9XQ on the map as of 23 October 2026. It does not have every charger: Open Charge Map's own map, linked below, may show more.

See more chargers on Open Charge Map

Source: OpenStreetMap charging points, map as of 23 October 2026. © OpenStreetMap contributors.

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Which dentists are near GL17 9XQ?

The nearest to the centre of GL17 9XQ, in a straight line. Those in England open their page at the Care Quality Commission, which inspects them. It gives few dentists a rating.

Source: Care Quality Commission, directory of 22 October 2026.

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Which hospitals are nearest to GL17 9XQ?

The nearest NHS and private hospitals and clinics in England, in a straight line, with the Care Quality Commission's latest overall rating. One in Wales or Scotland may be nearer.

Not every hospital has an accident and emergency department. In an emergency, call 999.

Source: Care Quality Commission, directory of 22 October 2026, ratings of 1 October 2026.

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Which care homes are near GL17 9XQ?

The nearest care homes to the centre of GL17 9XQ, in a straight line, with the Care Quality Commission's latest overall rating.

Source: Care Quality Commission, directory of 22 October 2026, ratings of 1 October 2026.

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Which pharmacies are near GL17 9XQ?

The nearest NHS pharmacies to the centre of GL17 9XQ, in a straight line. Those in England show the opening hours they gave the NHS (list published October 2026) and open their page on the NHS website. A few work online or by post only: check before you go.

Hours can change on bank holidays. For urgent help when a pharmacy is closed, call NHS 111.

Source: NHS pharmacy lists.

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Which vets are near GL17 9XQ?

The nearest vets to the centre of GL17 9XQ on OpenStreetMap, in a straight line. Each opens its entry on the map, with its opening hours and website where they are mapped.

OpenStreetMap may not have every vet. Out of hours, ring your own vet first: the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons requires practices to arrange round-the-clock emergency first aid and pain relief.

Source: OpenStreetMap vets, map as of 23 October 2026. © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Across the GL17 9 sector

What do homes sell for near GL17 9XQ?

Homes in GL17 9 sold for a typical £270,000 in the 12 months to September 2026, across 79 sales, HM Land Registry's figures show. The 12 months before gave £295,000 from 98 sales: not a change larger than chance would explain, given which homes happened to sell.

£270,000 typical price, the 12 months to September 2026
£295,000 12 months to September 2025
  • Detached £362,000 33 sales
  • Semi-detached £236,000 36 sales
  • Terraced £196,750 10 sales

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

Across the whole GL17 district: a typical £275,000 from 135 sales.

How we work this out: house prices by postcode

Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 October 2026.

In its neighbourhood

What council tax band are homes near GL17 9XQ?

The Valuation Office Agency counts about 690 homes in the neighbourhood around GL17 9XQ. The largest share of them, 38%, are in council tax band B. More were built from 1945 to 1964 than in any other period (31%). A home's own band is set for that home: check it on GOV.UK.

Council tax bands, and a year's council tax

Council tax bands of the homes around GL17 9XQ

Band D in Forest of Dean for 2026‑27: £2,443. For the bands the homes here are in, a year's council tax runs from £1,629 (band A) to £3,529 (band F); band B, the most common, is £1,900.

BandHomes around hereA year
Band Aabout 210 (30%)£1,629
Band Babout 260 (38%)£1,900
Band Cabout 110 (16%)£2,172
Band Dabout 60 (9%)£2,443
Band Eabout 40 (6%)£2,986
Band Fabout 10 (1%)£3,529
Band Gwithheld£4,072
Band Hfewer than 5£4,887

When the homes were built

  1. 22% Before 1900
  2. None 1900 to 1918
  3. 6% 1919 to 1939
  4. 31% 1945 to 1964
  5. 22% 1965 to 1982
  6. 7% 1983 to 1999
  7. 9% 2000 to 2009
  8. 1% 2010 to 2019
  9. 1% 2020 or later

1900 to 1918: none of the homes the VOA counts here.

Averages for Forest of Dean before discounts, not any one home's bill.

Source: Band D council tax, published 25 March 2026.

Counts for the neighbourhood the centre of GL17 9XQ is in (ONS area E01022251), rounded by the VOA.

Check one home's band on GOV.UK

Source: Valuation Office Agency council tax bands, at 31 March 2026.

Within a mile

How much crime is there near GL17 9XQ?

Police.uk records 3 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the centre of GL17 9XQ in January 2026, the latest month Gloucestershire Constabulary has published.

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.

Anti-social behaviour1 report
Criminal damage and arson1 report
Other theft1 report

Police.uk places each report at a nearby point, so this is an area, not a street.

Your local policing team on Police.uk How we work this out: crime by postcode, with the last 12 months

Source: police.uk, from its download of 30 September 2026.

The official record for GL17 9XQ

Ward
Mitcheldean, Ruardean & Drybrook
Parish
Ruardean
Region
South West
Country
England
Built-up area
Ruardean
Rural or urban
Smaller rural, further from a major town or city
In use since
January 1980

Source: ONS Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026.

Around GL17 9XQ

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Every postcode in the same sector, district or postcode area.

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Nearby postcodes

The nearest postcodes in use, measured in a straight line between centre points.

GL17 9XT20 mGL17 9UR120 mGL17 9TA120 mGL17 9XH150 mGL17 9XG160 mGL17 9YT170 m
All of GL17

Source: ONS Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026.

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Where the facts on this page come from

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Democracy Club data, licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0). Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2021. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: Office for National Statistics. This uses Care Quality Commission information.

Licences: Open Government Licence v3.0; Open Parliament Licence v3.0; Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0); Open Database Licence (ODbL) 1.0; Each council's own terms for its collection system.

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