GL2
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Quedgeley and Hardwicke, in Gloucester, Stroud and Tewkesbury.
Approximate outline worked out by Open Index from the ONS Postcode Directory: each census output area belongs to the district that holds most of its postcodes. People, homes, recorded crime and broadband add up those output areas. House sales count every sale with an GL2 postcode. How census figures are added up
Radon Affected Area by postcode district
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 14% of people in GL2 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How GL2 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
What is the population of GL2?
GL2 had 61,302 usual residents at the census.
GL2 is the 89th most populated of 2,756 in the UK.
Deprivation in GL2, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so GL2 has no single figure. Of its 37 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 3: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 4: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 5: 5 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 6 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 6 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 5 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 8 neighbourhoods
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in GL2
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gloucester 001A | 1,621 | No figure | 10 | 99.9% |
| Gloucester 001B | 1,474 | No figure | 10 | 98.5% |
| Gloucester 001C | 1,537 | No figure | 10 | 99.9% |
| Gloucester 001D | 1,520 | No figure | 10 | 99.4% |
| Gloucester 001E | 1,714 | No figure | 10 | 99.6% |
| Gloucester 002E | 1,670 | No figure | 9 | 98.8% |
| Gloucester 003A | 1,375 | No figure | 10 | 99.8% |
| Gloucester 003B | 1,542 | No figure | 6 | 98.8% |
| Gloucester 003C | 1,354 | No figure | 10 | 96.2% |
| Gloucester 003D | 1,634 | No figure | 8 | 98.9% |
| Gloucester 004G | 1,498 | No figure | 3 | 82.7% |
| Gloucester 004J | 1,934 | No figure | 8 | 67.9% |
| Gloucester 009E | 1,537 | No figure | 1 | 99.7% |
| Gloucester 014A | 1,762 | No figure | 10 | 99.7% |
| Gloucester 014B | 1,363 | No figure | 8 | 99.8% |
| Gloucester 014C | 2,490 | No figure | 6 | 99.1% |
| Gloucester 014D | 1,699 | No figure | 9 | 98.0% |
| Gloucester 015A | 1,454 | No figure | 7 | 93.5% |
| Gloucester 015B | 1,149 | No figure | 8 | 80.2% |
| Gloucester 015D | 1,324 | No figure | 5 | 100.0% |
| Gloucester 015E | 1,688 | No figure | 5 | 96.0% |
| Gloucester 015G | 1,541 | No figure | 5 | 100.0% |
| Gloucester 015I | 2,157 | No figure | 6 | 99.8% |
| Gloucester 015J | 2,134 | No figure | 4 | 92.3% |
| Gloucester 015K | 1,470 | No figure | 7 | 97.8% |
| Gloucester 015L | 1,915 | No figure | 5 | 94.2% |
| Stroud 001A | 2,199 | No figure | 9 | 95.7% |
| Stroud 001B | 1,430 | No figure | 6 | 100.0% |
| Stroud 001F | 1,823 | No figure | 7 | 86.6% |
| Stroud 001H | 1,961 | No figure | 8 | 97.0% |
| Stroud 003B | 1,798 | No figure | 7 | 88.0% |
| Stroud 003C | 2,043 | No figure | 6 | 96.0% |
| Stroud 003D | 1,179 | No figure | 7 | 85.2% |
| Tewkesbury 006A | 2,342 | No figure | 5 | 87.9% |
| Tewkesbury 006B | 1,672 | No figure | 7 | 89.2% |
| Tewkesbury 006C | 1,487 | No figure | 9 | 73.2% |
| Tewkesbury 006D | 1,633 | No figure | 6 | 51.1% |
MPs for GL2
- Alex McIntyreLabourMP for Gloucester35% of GL2’s postcodes
- Cameron ThomasIndependentMP for Tewkesbury32% of GL2’s postcodes
- Sir Geoffrey Clifton-BrownConservativeMP for North Cotswolds12% of GL2’s postcodes
- Matt BishopLabourMP for Forest of Dean10% of GL2’s postcodes
- Dr Simon OpherLabourMP for Stroud10% of GL2’s postcodes
As of , from the UK Parliament Members API. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.
Middle areas in GL27
Postcode sectors in GL28
Councils GL2 covers3
Towns in GL22
Postcode districts next to GL210
More in the GL postcode area2
GL2 in brief
GL2 is a postcode district covering Quedgeley and Hardwicke, in Gloucester, Stroud and Tewkesbury.
About 64,862 people lived in GL2 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £295,000 in 2025 across 1,156 sales (HM Land Registry).
The median price paid for a home in GL2 was £295,000 in 2025.
GL2 had 61,302 usual residents at the census.
About 14% of people in GL2 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In GL2, 92.2% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.