GL2 postcode area guide — Forest of Dean
House prices, crime, broadband speeds, mobile signal, schools and demographics for the GL2 postcode district in Forest of Dean — every official dataset on one page.
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Broadband & internet speeds in GL2
Excellent coverage
Superfast (30Mb+)
94.7%
Ultrafast (300Mb+)
85.7%
Gigabit-capable
85.7%
Below USO (10Mb)
0.1%
Broadband availability in the GL2 postcode district (Forest of Dean) is Excellent — gigabit-capable full fibre is widely available. Across the 1,463 postcodes Ofcom measures in GL2, superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s or faster) reaches 94.7% of premises and gigabit-capable lines are available to 85.7%.
Around 0.1% of premises in GL2 fall below the Universal Service Obligation (a minimum of 10 Mbit/s download and 1 Mbit/s upload), so the overwhelming majority of homes and businesses here can already order a decent fixed line. For a business that depends on its connection, the figures that matter most are gigabit and full-fibre availability — the symmetric, low-contention services we quote leased lines and FTTP against.
Sample postcodes in GL2
| Postcode | Superfast | Gigabit |
|---|---|---|
| GL2 0AA | 100% | 82.4% |
| GL2 0AB | 100% | 100% |
| GL2 0AD | 100% | 100% |
| GL2 0AE | 100% | 100% |
| GL2 0AF | 100% | 100% |
| GL2 0AG | 100% | 100% |
| GL2 0AH | 100% | 78.6% |
| GL2 0AJ | 100% | 66.7% |
| GL2 0AL | 100% | 100% |
| GL2 0AN | 100% | 100% |
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Mobile signal around Forest of Dean
Ofcom's coverage model for the wider Forest Of Dean district (43,536 premises):
4G indoors — all networks
68.3%
4G outdoors — all networks
94.3%
5G outdoors — all networks
23.7%
Voice indoors — all networks
75.4%
Signal varies street by street — use the mobile coverage checker to compare EE, O2, Three and Vodafone at an exact postcode.
Crime in GL2
Police recorded 1 incidents within about a mile of the centre of GL2 in May 2026 (latest published street-level data). The breakdown:
| Category | Incidents | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Violence & sexual offences | 1 | 100.0% |
Raw counts favour busy town centres — a high street with shops and nightlife records more incidents than a residential cul-de-sac. Source: police.uk open data (point sample around the district centroid).
House prices in GL2
Based on 771 sales registered with HM Land Registry in the last 12 months, the median sold price in GL2 is £285,500, down 3.2% on the previous year (£295,000).
Detached
£434,300
223 sales
Semi-detached
£290,000
243 sales
Terraced
£230,000
230 sales
Flat / maisonette
£140,000
47 sales
Latest recorded sales in GL2
| Date | Price | Type | Street | Postcode |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 May 2026 | £220,000 | Detached | Church Lane | GL2 7JY |
| 15 May 2026 | £380,000 | Detached | Giles Cox | GL2 4YL |
| 15 May 2026 | £230,000 | Terraced | Sherwood Green | GL2 9BU |
| 15 May 2026 | £225,000 | Semi-detached | The Holly Grove | GL2 4UX |
| 15 May 2026 | £185,000 | Flat | St Swithuns Road | GL2 5LH |
| 15 May 2026 | £235,000 | Semi-detached | Amport Lane Kingsway | GL2 2GG |
| 15 May 2026 | £170,000 | Flat | Orchard Close | GL2 9BB |
| 14 May 2026 | £356,000 | Detached | Pinewood Road | GL2 4RY |
| 14 May 2026 | £255,000 | Semi-detached | Bromley Road Kingsway | GL2 2JB |
| 12 May 2026 | £1,050,000 | Detached | Whitminster Lane | GL2 7HR |
Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Who lives here? Forest of Dean demographics
Census 2021 figures for the wider Forest of Dean district (87,004 residents, 37,217 households):
| Age profile | |
|---|---|
| Under 15 | 16% |
| 15–29 | 20% |
| 30–44 | 16.2% |
| 45–64 | 22.7% |
| 65+ | 25.1% |
| Housing tenure | |
|---|---|
| Owner-occupied | 72.6% |
| Private rented | 13.6% |
| Social rented | 10.8% |
Source: ONS Census 2021 (district level — the finest openly licensed cut we republish). © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.
Schools in and around GL2
| School | Phase | Ages | Pupils | Postcode |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Severn Vale School | Secondary | 11–16 | 1,350 | GL2 4PR |
| Sir Thomas Rich's School | Secondary | 11–18 | 1,240 | GL2 0LF |
| The Crypt School | Secondary | 11–18 | 1,100 | GL2 5AE |
| Elmbridge Primary School | Primary | 4–11 | 632 | GL2 0PE |
| Longlevens Junior School | Primary | 7–11 | 480 | GL2 0AL |
| Kingsway Primary School | Primary | 2–11 | 444 | GL2 2AR |
| Longlevens Infant School | Primary | 4–7 | 403 | GL2 0AX |
| Hunts Grove Primary Academy | Primary | 2–11 | 400 | GL2 4EP |
Source: DfE Get Information about Schools (England & Wales). Check Ofsted report cards for inspection detail — headline one-word grades were retired in 2024.
Food hygiene ratings in GL2
316 rated food businesses operate in GL2. 251 hold the top rating of 5, 38 are rated 4, and 6 are rated 2 or below.
Among the 5-rated: A M Fen & Co, Abbeycare Gloucester, The Hygrove, ABM Catering Limited At Hardwicke Parochial Primary Academy, AGN Private Ltd, Airstream Bar ID104.
Source: Food Standards Agency, food hygiene ratings (FHRS) open data.
Energy performance (EPC) in GL2
From a sample of 168 Energy Performance Certificates across 11 GL2 postcodes, the most common rating is band B (average band C). 54% of sampled homes are rated C or better.
Band B
37%
Band C
17%
Band D
29%
Band E
16%
Band G
1%
Source: MHCLG Energy Performance of Buildings Data (England & Wales), sampled at postcode level and refreshed monthly. Individual certificates are on each postcode’s page.
Phone area codes for Forest of Dean
Landlines around GL2 typically use:
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Sources: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, police.uk street-level crime, Ofcom Connected Nations, ONS Census 2021, DfE Get Information about Schools, Food Standards Agency FHRS — all © Crown copyright, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Figures are area aggregates; individual addresses vary. Energy performance (EPC) data will be added when our Open Data Communities registration is approved.