GL55 postcode area guide — Cotswold
House prices, crime, broadband speeds, mobile signal, schools and demographics for the GL55 postcode district in Cotswold — every official dataset on one page.
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Broadband & internet speeds in GL55
Strong coverage
Superfast (30Mb+)
95.6%
Ultrafast (300Mb+)
80.4%
Gigabit-capable
79.7%
Below USO (10Mb)
0.6%
Broadband availability in the GL55 postcode district (Cotswold) is Strong — superfast is near-universal and gigabit is rolling out. Across the 287 postcodes Ofcom measures in GL55, superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s or faster) reaches 95.6% of premises and gigabit-capable lines are available to 79.7%.
Around 0.6% of premises in GL55 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 GL55
| Postcode | Superfast | Gigabit |
|---|---|---|
| GL55 6AA | 100% | 0% |
| GL55 6AB | 100% | 50% |
| GL55 6AD | 100% | 83.3% |
| GL55 6AE | 100% | 100% |
| GL55 6AF | 100% | 100% |
| GL55 6AG | 100% | 9.4% |
| GL55 6AJ | 100% | 0% |
| GL55 6AL | 100% | 50% |
| GL55 6AN | 100% | 0% |
| GL55 6AR | 100% | 0% |
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Mobile signal around Cotswold
Ofcom's coverage model for the wider Cotswold district (49,511 premises):
4G indoors — all networks
69.4%
4G outdoors — all networks
97%
5G outdoors — all networks
2.4%
Voice indoors — all networks
77.6%
Signal varies street by street — use the mobile coverage checker to compare EE, O2, Three and Vodafone at an exact postcode.
House prices in GL55
Based on 71 sales registered with HM Land Registry in the last 12 months, the median sold price in GL55 is £542,500, up 4.3% on the previous year (£520,000).
Detached
£685,000
34 sales
Semi-detached
£495,000
20 sales
Terraced
£475,000
15 sales
Latest recorded sales in GL55
| Date | Price | Type | Street | Postcode |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 May 2026 | £580,000 | Detached | Wheatfield Court | GL55 6UA |
| 12 May 2026 | £1,400,000 | Detached | Angel Lane | GL55 6UT |
| 1 May 2026 | £350,000 | Terraced | Castle Nurseries | GL55 6JT |
| 29 Apr 2026 | £650,000 | Detached | Cider Mill Lane | GL55 6HU |
| 28 Apr 2026 | £750,000 | Semi-detached | Station Road | GL55 6HZ |
| 28 Apr 2026 | £240,000 | Semi-detached | Parsons Lane | GL55 6QP |
| 22 Apr 2026 | £975,000 | Detached | Lady Julianas View | GL55 6EU |
| 22 Apr 2026 | £855,000 | Detached | Cotswold Edge | GL55 6TR |
| 17 Apr 2026 | £402,500 | Detached | Ballards Close | GL55 6RS |
| 16 Apr 2026 | £2,650,000 | Other | High Street | GL55 6HB |
Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Who lives here? Cotswold demographics
Census 2021 figures for the wider Cotswold district (90,833 residents, 40,597 households):
| Age profile | |
|---|---|
| Under 15 | 16% |
| 15–29 | 17.6% |
| 30–44 | 17.5% |
| 45–64 | 22.9% |
| 65+ | 26.1% |
| Housing tenure | |
|---|---|
| Owner-occupied | 65.1% |
| Private rented | 17.4% |
| Social rented | 13.7% |
Source: ONS Census 2021 (district level — the finest openly licensed cut we republish). © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.
Schools in and around GL55
| School | Phase | Ages | Pupils | Postcode |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chipping Campden School | Secondary | 11–18 | 1,465 | GL55 6HU |
| Mickleton Primary School | Primary | 5–11 | 203 | GL55 6SJ |
| St James and Ebrington Church of England Primary School | Primary | 2–11 | 149 | GL55 6DB |
| St Catharine's Catholic Primary School | Primary | 5–11 | 114 | GL55 6DZ |
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 GL55
65 rated food businesses operate in GL55. 56 hold the top rating of 5, 4 are rated 4, and none are currently rated 2 or below.
Among the 5-rated: Badgers Hall Tea Rooms, Bantam Tea Rooms, Bromley's Of Cotswolds, Butchers Arms, Campden Bakery Shop.
Source: Food Standards Agency, food hygiene ratings (FHRS) open data.
Energy performance (EPC) in GL55
From a sample of 100 Energy Performance Certificates across 10 GL55 postcodes, the most common rating is band B (average band C). 54% of sampled homes are rated C or better.
Band A
2%
Band B
43%
Band C
9%
Band D
35%
Band E
8%
Band F
3%
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 Cotswold
Landlines around GL55 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.