GL9 postcode area guide — Cotswold
House prices, crime, broadband speeds, mobile signal, schools and demographics for the GL9 postcode district in Cotswold — every official dataset on one page.
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Broadband & internet speeds in GL9
Strong coverage
Superfast (30Mb+)
85.2%
Ultrafast (300Mb+)
64.3%
Gigabit-capable
64.3%
Below USO (10Mb)
4.5%
Broadband availability in the GL9 postcode district (Cotswold) is Strong — superfast is near-universal and gigabit is rolling out. Across the 112 postcodes Ofcom measures in GL9, superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s or faster) reaches 85.2% of premises and gigabit-capable lines are available to 64.3%.
Around 4.5% of premises in GL9 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 GL9
| Postcode | Superfast | Gigabit |
|---|---|---|
| GL9 1AA | 100% | 100% |
| GL9 1AB | 100% | 100% |
| GL9 1AD | 100% | 100% |
| GL9 1AE | 0% | 0% |
| GL9 1AF | 83.3% | 83.3% |
| GL9 1AG | 100% | 100% |
| GL9 1AH | 25% | 25% |
| GL9 1AJ | 100% | 100% |
| GL9 1AL | 100% | 0% |
| GL9 1AN | 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.
Crime in GL9
Police recorded 1 incidents within about a mile of the centre of GL9 in May 2026 (latest published street-level data). The breakdown:
| Category | Incidents | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Shoplifting | 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 GL9
Based on 11 sales registered with HM Land Registry in the last 12 months, the median sold price in GL9 is £505,000, up 23.8% on the previous year (£408,080).
Detached
£687,000
6 sales
Latest recorded sales in GL9
| Date | Price | Type | Street | Postcode |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 Apr 2026 | £750,000 | Detached | Maypole Close | GL9 1GA |
| 8 Jan 2026 | £360,000 | Terraced | High Street | GL9 1AU |
| 18 Dec 2025 | £690,000 | Detached | The Street | GL9 1DT |
| 28 Nov 2025 | £316,000 | Terraced | High Street | GL9 1AU |
| 31 Oct 2025 | £505,000 | Detached | High Street | GL9 1AU |
| 2 Oct 2025 | £434,000 | Detached | The Street | GL9 1DT |
| 10 Sep 2025 | £300,000 | Semi-detached | St Arilds Road | GL9 1DP |
| 29 Jul 2025 | £891,000 | Other | Badminton Road | GL9 1HE |
| 29 Jul 2025 | £229,000 | Semi-detached | Badminton Road | GL9 1HE |
| 29 Jul 2025 | £879,500 | Detached | GL9 1BX |
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 GL9
| School | Phase | Ages | Pupils | Postcode |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trinity Church of England Primary School | Primary | 4–11 | 99 | GL9 1HJ |
| Hawkesbury Church of England Primary School | Primary | 5–11 | 97 | GL9 1AU |
| Horton CofE VA Primary School | Primary | 4–11 | 34 | BS37 6QP |
| Old Sodbury Church of England Primary School | Primary | 5–11 | 102 | BS37 6NB |
| Luckington Community School | Primary | 4–11 | 43 | SN14 6NU |
| Hillesley Church of England Primary School | Primary | 4–11 | 49 | GL12 7RH |
| Sherston CofE Primary School | Primary | 4–11 | 127 | SN16 0NJ |
| St John's Mead Church of England Primary School | Primary | 3–11 | 338 | BS37 6EE |
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 GL9
20 rated food businesses operate in GL9. 13 hold the top rating of 5, 5 are rated 4, and none are currently rated 2 or below.
Among the 5-rated: Badminton Stores, Beaufort Care At Beaufort House, Bodkin House Hotel, Born Sloppy, BP Oldbury HIll Garage.
Source: Food Standards Agency, food hygiene ratings (FHRS) open data.
Energy performance (EPC) in GL9
From a sample of 60 Energy Performance Certificates across 9 GL9 postcodes, the most common rating is band D (average band D). 17% of sampled homes are rated C or better.
Band B
5%
Band C
12%
Band D
45%
Band E
25%
Band F
12%
Band G
2%
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 GL9 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.