The UK Postcode Database

GL12 8SQ

a postcode in Gloucestershire

Introduced in February 1990
GL12 8SQ Normal (geographic) postcodes Large user postcodes

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Streets Associated with GL12 8SQ

Laxton Drive - 13 properties, USRN 38500070

Unnamed road - 1 property, USRN 38502697

Unnamed road - 1 property, USRN 38504207

Street names are those nearest to properties in this postcode, they are not necessarily the postal address

Coordinates

Latitude: 51.6258 / 51°37'32"N

Longitude: -2.3649 / 2°21'53"W

UTM Reference: 30U 543961 5719607

OS Easting: 374835

OS Northing: 191945

OS Grid: ST748919

Location Encoding

Mapcode Local: GBR 0ML.2WK

Mapcode Global: VH95F.YDMJ

Open Location Code: 9C3VJJGP+82

Maidenhead Locator System: IO81tp60

Demographics

Urban/Rural Indicator: D1

  • rural town
  • a small town or larger village, surrounded by populated countryside

ONS Population Classification: 2c2

  • Suburbanites and Peri-Urbanites
  • Ageing Communities
  • Ageing Independent Living

Index of Multiple Deprivation (IMD): 29208 / 32844

  • 9th decile
  • much less deprived

Demographics are based on the LSOA containing this postcode and not necessarily this postcode alone

Sun and Moon Times for GL12 8SQ on Thursday 2 July 2026

Nautical twilight begins (First light) 02:56
Civil twilight begins (Dawn) 04:09
Sunrise 04:56
Transit (sun is at its highest) 13:13
Sunset 21:30
Civil twilight ends (Dusk) 22:17
Nautical twilight ends (Nightfall) 23:30
Hours of daylight today04:26 to 22:00
Hours of darkness tonight
(lighting-up time)
22:00 to 04:27
Moon Phase Waning Gibbous
Moon Sets 06:03
Moon Rises 22:09

For a full sun and moon calendar for GL12 8SQ, go to The Time and Place

Residential Property Sales in GL12 8SQ

DateAddressProperty TypeTenurePrice
5 November 2021 4 Laxton Drive, Kingswood, Wotton-Under-Edge GL12 8SQ Detached Freehold £370,000
17 May 2021 3 Laxton Drive, Kingswood, Wotton-Under-Edge GL12 8SQ Detached Freehold £317,000
14 March 2014 6 Laxton Drive, Kingswood, Wotton-Under-Edge GL12 8SQ Semi-detached Freehold £220,000
18 December 2013 6 Laxton Drive, Kingswood, Wotton-Under-Edge GL12 8SQ Semi-detached Freehold £230,000
31 July 2013 1 Laxton Drive, Kingswood, Wotton-Under-Edge GL12 8SQ Detached Freehold £280,000
15 January 2013 4 Laxton Drive, Kingswood, Wotton-Under-Edge GL12 8SQ Detached Freehold £220,000
24 August 2010 11 Laxton Drive, Kingswood, Wotton-Under-Edge GL12 8SQ Semi-detached Freehold £210,000
18 July 2008 6 Laxton Drive, Kingswood, Wotton-Under-Edge GL12 8SQ Semi-detached Freehold £232,000
28 November 2007 12 Laxton Drive, Kingswood, Wotton-Under-Edge GL12 8SQ Detached Freehold £342,000
21 November 2006 7 Laxton Drive, Kingswood, Wotton-Under-Edge GL12 8SQ Semi-detached Freehold £250,000
6 January 2000 6 Laxton Drive, Kingswood, Wotton-Under-Edge GL12 8SQ Semi-detached Freehold £119,950
22 December 1997 12 Laxton Drive, Kingswood, Wotton-Under-Edge GL12 8SQ Detached Freehold £122,500
3 June 1996 6 Laxton Drive, Kingswood, Wotton-Under-Edge GL12 8SQ Semi-detached Freehold £76,000
15 May 1996 7 Laxton Drive, Kingswood, Wotton-Under-Edge GL12 8SQ Semi-detached Freehold £89,000
23 June 1995 4 Laxton Drive, Kingswood, Wotton-Under-Edge GL12 8SQ Semi-detached Freehold £78,000

Key to property sale icons:

First sale of newbuild property. This includes new properties created from existing properties, such as residential conversions of commercial or agricultural property, or subdivision of a larger residential property.
Subsequent sale of existing property.
Standard sale at market value to private individual.
Additional (non-standard) sale. This includes repossessions, buy-to-lets and transfers of property sold to non-private individuals.

Elected Representatives for GL12 8SQ

United Kingdom Parliament
Constituency

South Cotswolds

MP

Roz Savage Liberal Democrat

Stroud District Council
District council ward

Kingswood

Councillor

Holly Simkiss Liberal Democrats

GL12 8SQ also falls within the Civil Parish of Kingswood, which has its own parish council and parish councillors. These are not shown here.

Elected representative data is updated approximately monthly, so may not include recent by-elections or vacancies.

Government Statistical Services (GSS) data for GL12 8SQ

CodeNameData TypeData ThemeActive SinceData Owner
E00113775 Output Areas Statistical Building Block 1 January 2009 ONS
E01022381 Stroud 015A Lower layer Super Output Areas Statistical Building Block 1 February 2004 ONS
E02004665 Stroud 015 Middle layer Super Output Areas Statistical Building Block 1 August 2004 ONS
E04013026 Kingswood Civil Parishes Administrative 1 April 2020 DLUHC
E05013191 Kingswood Electoral Wards/Divisions Administrative/Electoral 6 May 2021 DLUHC
E07000082 Stroud Non-metropolitan Districts Administrative 1 January 2009 DLUHC
E10000013 Gloucestershire Counties Administrative 1 January 2009 DLUHC
E12000009 South West Regions Administrative 1 January 2009 DLUHC
E14001482 South Cotswolds Westminster Parliamentary Constituencies Electoral 4 July 2024 LGBC
E23000037 Gloucestershire Police Force Areas Other 1 January 2009 Home Office
E30000180 Bristol Travel to Work Areas Other 31 July 2015 ONS
E33050020 Workplace Zones Census 31 December 2011 ONS
E37000011 Gloucestershire Local Enterprise Partnerships Other 18 May 2011 BEIS
E38000062 NHS Gloucestershire CCG Sub Integrated Care Board Locations Health 1 April 2020 ODS
E40000006 South West NHS England Regions Health 1 April 2018 ODS
E54000043 Gloucestershire Integrated Care Boards Health 1 April 2016 NHS
E56000033 Somerset, Wiltshire, Avon and Gloucestershire Cancer Alliances Health 1 July 2023 NHS England
E58002039 Wotton-under-Edge ED County Electoral Divisions Electoral 1 May 2025 DLUHC
E63011867 Kingswood (Stroud) Built Up Areas Census 17 April 2024 OS
E65000001 England Non-National Park Area England Non-National Park Area Census 27 February 2023 ONS
E92000001 England Country Administrative 1 January 2009 ONS

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