GL4 5BS postcode in Gloucester, Gloucestershire

GL4 5BS is a postcode in Gloucester, in the Abbeymead ward. It is in the Gloucester parliamentary constituency and the Gloucestershire police force area, and has been in use since December 1995.

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 GL4 5BS can get it Across Gloucester: 95% Typical price £315,000 Homes sold in GL4 5, last 12 months. ▲ 5% on the year before Nearest station Gloucester 3.7 km in a straight line

Where GL4 5BS is, and what is near it

Map of GL4 5BS and what is near it Map of GL4 5BS: its centre point, with the 158 other postcodes in the GL4 5 sector, 4 schools (2 beyond the edge, shown by arrows), 2 railway stations (2 beyond the edge, shown by arrows), 3 GP practices (2 beyond the edge, shown by arrows), 14 bus stops and 1 EV charging point. North is up; the scale bar is 250 m. GL4 5BA: also in GL4 5GL4 5BH: also in GL4 5GL4 5BJ: also in GL4 5GL4 5BL: also in GL4 5GL4 5BN: also in GL4 5GL4 5BP: also in GL4 5GL4 5BW: also in GL4 5GL4 5BX: also in GL4 5GL4 5BZ: also in GL4 5GL4 5DF: also in GL4 5GL4 5DG: also in GL4 5GL4 5DN: also in GL4 5GL4 5DP: also in GL4 5GL4 5DW: also in GL4 5GL4 5DY: also in GL4 5GL4 5EA: also in GL4 5GL4 5EB: also in GL4 5GL4 5ED: also in GL4 5GL4 5EE: also in GL4 5GL4 5EQ: also in GL4 5GL4 5ER: also in GL4 5GL4 5ES: also in GL4 5GL4 5ET: also in GL4 5GL4 5EU: also in GL4 5GL4 5EX: also in GL4 5GL4 5EY: also in GL4 5GL4 5FA: also in GL4 5GL4 5FE: also in GL4 5GL4 5FJ: also in GL4 5GL4 5FW: also in GL4 5GL4 5FY: also in GL4 5GL4 5GW: also in GL4 5GL4 5JT: also in GL4 5GL4 5JU: also in GL4 5GL4 5JY: also in GL4 5GL4 5JZ: also in GL4 5GL4 5SG: also in GL4 5GL4 5SL: also in GL4 5GL4 5SQ: also in GL4 5GL4 5SZ: also in GL4 5GL4 5TA: also in GL4 5GL4 5TB: also in GL4 5GL4 5TF: also in GL4 5GL4 5TJ: also in GL4 5GL4 5TL: also in GL4 5GL4 5TN: also in GL4 5GL4 5TZ: also in GL4 5GL4 5UA: also in GL4 5GL4 5UB: also in GL4 5GL4 5UD: also in GL4 5GL4 5UE: also in GL4 5GL4 5UF: also in GL4 5GL4 5UG: also in GL4 5GL4 5UH: also in GL4 5GL4 5UJ: also in GL4 5GL4 5UL: also in GL4 5GL4 5UN: also in GL4 5GL4 5UR: also in GL4 5GL4 5US: also in GL4 5GL4 5UT: also in GL4 5GL4 5UU: also in GL4 5GL4 5UW: also in GL4 5GL4 5UX: also in GL4 5GL4 5UY: also in GL4 5GL4 5WD: also in GL4 5GL4 5WE: also in GL4 5GL4 5WF: also in GL4 5GL4 5WH: also in GL4 5GL4 5WJ: also in GL4 5GL4 5WL: also in GL4 5GL4 5XN: also in GL4 5GL4 5XP: also in GL4 5GL4 5XT: also in GL4 5GL4 5XW: also in GL4 5GL4 5XY: also in GL4 5GL4 5XZ: also in GL4 5GL4 5YA: also in GL4 5GL4 5YB: also in GL4 5GL4 5YG: also in GL4 5GL4 5YH: also in GL4 5GL4 5YN: also in GL4 5GL4 5YS: also in GL4 5GL4 5YW: also in GL4 5 Barnwood Park School 1.8 kmAbbeymead GL4 5BS Map of GL4 5BS and what is near it Map of GL4 5BS: its centre point, with the 158 other postcodes in the GL4 5 sector, 4 schools (3 beyond the edge, shown by arrows), 2 railway stations (2 beyond the edge, shown by arrows), 3 GP practices (2 beyond the edge, shown by arrows), 14 bus stops and 1 EV charging point. North is up; the scale bar is 250 m. Cheltenham Spa station 9.3 kmAbbeymead GL4 5BS
  • GL4 5BS
  • Other postcodes in GL4 5: press one for its page
  • 4 schools
  • 2 railway stations
  • 3 GP practices
  • 14 bus stops
  • 1 EV charging point
  • Further out, with the distance

Points are centre points, not buildings, 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 51.8413, longitude -2.2005)

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026; schools: Department for Education; stations and bus stops: Department for Transport; GP practices: NHS England; charging points: © OpenStreetMap contributors, Open Database Licence; street map: Ordnance Survey, OS Open Zoomstack, Open Government Licence v3.0, drawn with MapLibre. How we use them

Who looks after GL4 5BS?

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.

Council, police force area and constituency: ONS Postcode Directory, August 2026. What each council does: GOV.UK. The MP: UK Parliament, read 14 October 2026.

What broadband can you get at GL4 5BS?

Every home and business at GL4 5BS can get gigabit broadband from a line, Ofcom says.

Share of homes and businesses that can get it

Gigabit (1,000 Mbit/s)

GL4 5BS 100% Gloucester 95%

Superfast (30 Mbit/s or more)

GL4 5BS 100% Gloucester Over 99%
Check one address, and mobile coverage, on Ofcom's checker Compare broadband at another postcode

Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026, data for January 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

When are the bins collected at GL4 5BS?

BinDayBuddy does not read Gloucester City Council's collection days yet, so the council's own checker is the place to look.

Gloucester City Council's bin days

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

Is GL4 5BS 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 GL4 5BS.

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, Risk of Flooding from Rivers and Sea (postcodes in areas at risk), published 6 July 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0.

From surface water, across Gloucester

The Environment Agency publishes this for the whole council, not for GL4 5BS: 3,453 properties in Gloucester are at high risk (5.2% of all its properties). All the figures for Gloucester

Source: Environment Agency, Risk of Flooding from Surface Water, properties at risk by local authority, version 2025-09, listed 18 September 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Flood warnings

The centre of GL4 5BS 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.

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Source: Environment Agency, flood warning areas read 17 October 2026. Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use these

What do homes sell for near GL4 5BS?

Homes in GL4 5 sold for a typical £315,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 93 sales, up 5% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.

£315,000 typical price, the 12 months to August 2026
£300,000 12 months to August 2025
▲ up 5% on the 12 months before
  • Detached £406,500 46 sales
  • Semi-detached £282,000 25 sales
  • Terraced £235,000 19 sales
  • Flat or maisonette 3 sales, too few to price

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

Across the whole GL4 district: a typical £270,000 from 501 sales.

How we work this out: house prices by postcode

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

Homes sold in GL4 5BS

HM Land Registry records no standard sales of homes in GL4 5BS from January 2024 to August 2026. The prices above are for the homes around it.

Sales at market value to a private buyer; the latest months are not complete. Own or live in a home listed here and would rather it were not? Ask us to take it off.

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

What council tax band are homes near GL4 5BS?

The Valuation Office Agency counts about 650 homes in the neighbourhood around GL4 5BS. The largest share of them, 31%, are in council tax band C. More were built from 1983 to 1999 than in any other period (63%). 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 GL4 5BS

Band D in Gloucester for 2026‑27: £2,356. For the bands the homes here are in, a year's council tax runs from £1,571 (band A) to £3,403 (band F); band C, the most common, is £2,094.

BandHomes around hereA year
Band Aabout 70 (11%)£1,571
Band Babout 70 (11%)£1,832
Band Cabout 200 (31%)£2,094
Band Dabout 180 (28%)£2,356
Band Eabout 90 (14%)£2,879
Band Fabout 40 (6%)£3,403
Band Gwithheld£3,926
Band Hfewer than 5£4,712

When the homes were built

  1. Withheld Before 1900
  2. Withheld 1900 to 1918
  3. 2% 1919 to 1939
  4. 2% 1945 to 1964
  5. 30% 1965 to 1982
  6. 63% 1983 to 1999
  7. 5% 2000 to 2009
  8. None 2010 to 2019
  9. None 2020 or later

2010 to 2019, 2020 or later: none of the homes the VOA counts here.

Averages for Gloucester before discounts, not any one home's bill.

Council tax: Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, Council Tax levels set by local authorities in England 2026 to 2027, Table 10, published 25 March 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Counts for the neighbourhood the centre of GL4 5BS is in (ONS area E01022277), rounded by the VOA.

Check one home's band on GOV.UK

Source: Valuation Office Agency, Council Tax: stock of properties, at 31 March 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Which schools are near GL4 5BS?

The nearest open schools to GL4 5BS, in a straight line. Distance is not a catchment.

Primary

Secondary

Find and compare schools in England, on GOV.UK More schools near GL4 5BS, and how we find them

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

Where is the nearest station to GL4 5BS?

The nearest railway station to the centre of GL4 5BS is Gloucester Rail Station, 3.7 km away in a straight line.

  • Gloucester Rail Station Railway station 3.7 kmCycle
  • Cheltenham Spa 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.

14 bus stops within 400 metres, the nearest Longborough Drive, 48 m away.

More stations near GL4 5BS, and how we find them

Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Which GP surgeries are near GL4 5BS?

The nearest GP practices to the centre of GL4 5BS, 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

Source: NHS England, Organisation Data Service (GP practices), read 17 October 2026; ratings: Care Quality Commission, 1 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Where can I charge an electric car near GL4 5BS?

1 within 1 km 8 within 3 km

The nearest charging points to the centre of GL4 5BS, as OpenStreetMap had them on 20 October 2026:

  • Morrisons Gloucester Abbeydale Charging point · 2 chargers 300 mWalk
  • A charging point Charging point · 2 chargers 1.8 kmCycle
  • Custodian Capital (FarmFoods, Denmans, Charging point · 4 chargers · CCS, CHAdeMO · up to 75 kW 2.2 kmCycle

OpenStreetMap is mapped by volunteers. It does not have every charger, and not every one it has gives its speed or plugs. Check a charger's own app before you set off.

See more chargers on Open Charge Map

Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors, Open Database Licence, map as of 20 October 2026. How we use it

Which dentists are near GL4 5BS?

The nearest to the centre of GL4 5BS, 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 14 October 2026), Open Government Licence v3.0. This uses Care Quality Commission information. How we use it

Which hospitals are nearest to GL4 5BS?

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 14 October 2026, ratings of 1 October 2026), Open Government Licence v3.0. This uses Care Quality Commission information. How we use it

Which care homes are near GL4 5BS?

The nearest care homes to the centre of GL4 5BS, in a straight line, with the Care Quality Commission's latest overall rating.

  • Abbeymead Lodge Care Quality Commission rating: Outstanding CQC report October 2018, over 3 years old · Phone 01452 617566 700 mWalk
  • Hannacott Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report January 2020, over 3 years old · Phone 0333 344 3095 700 mWalk
  • Jendot Care Quality Commission rating: Outstanding CQC report June 2018, over 3 years old · Phone 01452 535963 1.3 kmCycle

Source: Care Quality Commission (directory of 14 October 2026, ratings of 1 October 2026), Open Government Licence v3.0. This uses Care Quality Commission information. How we use it

Which pharmacies are near GL4 5BS?

The nearest NHS pharmacies to the centre of GL4 5BS, in a straight line. Those in England show the opening hours they gave the NHS (list published July 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 Business Services Authority (phone numbers: NHS Organisation Data Service), Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Which vets are near GL4 5BS?

The nearest vets to the centre of GL4 5BS 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’s number first: the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons says vets in practice must arrange round-the-clock emergency first aid and pain relief, themselves or through another service.

Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors, Open Database Licence, map as of 20 October 2026. How we use it

Is GL4 5BS in a conservation area?

The centre of GL4 5BS 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. Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

How much crime is there near GL4 5BS?

Police.uk records 146 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the centre of GL4 5BS 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.

Violence and sexual offences53 reports
Anti-social behaviour30 reports
Criminal damage and arson12 reports
Shoplifting9 reports
Vehicle crime8 reports
Burglary7 reports

Also: drugs 7, public order 5, bicycle theft 4, robbery 4, other theft 3, other crime 3, possession of weapons 1.

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: data.police.uk, from its download of 30 September 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

The official record for GL4 5BS

Ward
Abbeymead
Parish
Not in a parish
Region
South West
Country
England
Built-up area
Gloucester
Rural or urban
Urban, nearer to a major town or city
In use since
December 1995

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026. See all our data sources

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Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026, the centre point of each postcode. How we use it

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