GL3 postcode area guide — Gloucester
House prices, crime, broadband speeds, mobile signal, schools and demographics for the GL3 postcode district in Gloucester — every official dataset on one page.
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Broadband & internet speeds in GL3
Excellent coverage
Superfast (30Mb+)
91.6%
Ultrafast (300Mb+)
88.6%
Gigabit-capable
88.6%
Below USO (10Mb)
0.1%
Broadband availability in the GL3 postcode district (Gloucester) is Excellent — gigabit-capable full fibre is widely available. Across the 1,002 postcodes Ofcom measures in GL3, superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s or faster) reaches 91.6% of premises and gigabit-capable lines are available to 88.6%.
Around 0.1% of premises in GL3 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 GL3
| Postcode | Superfast | Gigabit |
|---|---|---|
| GL3 1AA | 100% | 100% |
| GL3 1AB | 0% | 0% |
| GL3 1AD | 95.2% | 95.2% |
| GL3 1AE | 90.6% | 90.6% |
| GL3 1AF | 0% | 0% |
| GL3 1AL | 89.5% | 89.5% |
| GL3 1AN | 80% | 80% |
| GL3 1AP | 0% | 0% |
| GL3 1AQ | 94.7% | 94.7% |
| GL3 1AR | 90.9% | 90.9% |
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Mobile signal around Gloucester
Ofcom's coverage model for the wider Gloucester district (62,466 premises):
4G indoors — all networks
98%
4G outdoors — all networks
100%
5G outdoors — all networks
93.5%
Voice indoors — all networks
99.6%
Signal varies street by street — use the mobile coverage checker to compare EE, O2, Three and Vodafone at an exact postcode.
House prices in GL3
Based on 453 sales registered with HM Land Registry in the last 12 months, the median sold price in GL3 is £290,000, down 6.5% on the previous year (£310,000).
Detached
£420,000
92 sales
Semi-detached
£300,000
196 sales
Terraced
£255,000
100 sales
Flat / maisonette
£158,000
56 sales
Latest recorded sales in GL3
| Date | Price | Type | Street | Postcode |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 May 2026 | £250,000 | Semi-detached | Ermin Park | GL3 4DG |
| 22 May 2026 | £360,000 | Detached | De Havilland Gardens | GL3 4YX |
| 15 May 2026 | £180,000 | Flat | Pinemount Road | GL3 3EJ |
| 15 May 2026 | £170,000 | Flat | Raleigh Close | GL3 1NT |
| 15 May 2026 | £235,000 | Terraced | Ermin Park | GL3 4DD |
| 14 May 2026 | £210,000 | Semi-detached | Swallow Crescent | GL3 1BW |
| 14 May 2026 | £270,000 | Terraced | Stearman Walk | GL3 4FL |
| 14 May 2026 | £270,000 | Terraced | Stearman Walk | GL3 4FL |
| 14 May 2026 | £280,000 | Terraced | Stearman Walk | GL3 4FL |
| 8 May 2026 | £400,000 | Semi-detached | Brookfield Lane | GL3 2PR |
Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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Who lives here? Gloucester demographics
Census 2021 figures for the wider Gloucester district (132,416 residents, 55,406 households):
| Age profile | |
|---|---|
| Under 15 | 19.2% |
| 15–29 | 25.1% |
| 30–44 | 19.4% |
| 45–64 | 19.5% |
| 65+ | 16.7% |
| Housing tenure | |
|---|---|
| Owner-occupied | 63.9% |
| Private rented | 21.4% |
| Social rented | 8.6% |
Source: ONS Census 2021 (district level — the finest openly licensed cut we republish). © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.
Schools in and around GL3
| School | Phase | Ages | Pupils | Postcode |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Churchdown School | Secondary | 11–18 | 1,430 | GL3 2RB |
| Chosen Hill School | Secondary | 11–18 | 1,295 | GL3 2PL |
| Henley Bank High School | Secondary | 11–18 | 916 | GL3 4QF |
| Coopers Edge School | Primary | 4–11 | 403 | GL3 4DY |
| Lift Brockworth | Primary | 4–11 | 386 | GL3 4JL |
| Dinglewell Junior School | Primary | 7–11 | 359 | GL3 3HS |
| Hillview Primary School | Primary | 3–11 | 252 | GL3 3LH |
| Churchdown Village Junior School | Primary | 7–11 | 238 | GL3 2JX |
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 GL3
131 rated food businesses operate in GL3. 104 hold the top rating of 5, 17 are rated 4, and 2 are rated 2 or below.
Among the 5-rated: 164 Hucclecote Road, 270 Climbing, 417 Project Cafe, AIP C/O Innsworth Infant School, Aldi.
Source: Food Standards Agency, food hygiene ratings (FHRS) open data.
Energy performance (EPC) in GL3
From a sample of 156 Energy Performance Certificates across 11 GL3 postcodes, the most common rating is band C (average band C). 66% of sampled homes are rated C or better.
Band A
1%
Band B
24%
Band C
41%
Band D
25%
Band E
6%
Band F
2%
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 Gloucester
Landlines around GL3 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.