The UK Postcode Database

GL2 5RG

a postcode in Gloucestershire

Introduced in December 1995
GL2 5RG Normal (geographic) postcodes Large user postcodes

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Streets Associated with GL2 5RG

Merchants Road - 37 properties, USRN 15301119

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

Coordinates

Latitude: 51.8607 / 51°51'38"N

Longitude: -2.2538 / 2°15'13"W

UTM Reference: 30U 551385 5745807

OS Easting: 382618

OS Northing: 218042

OS Grid: SO826180

Location Encoding

Mapcode Local: GBR 1L5.70M

Mapcode Global: VH94B.WHCG

Open Location Code: 9C3VVP6W+7F

Maidenhead Locator System: IO81uu96

Demographics

Urban/Rural Indicator: C1

  • urban city or town
  • a town or city, surrounded by populated countryside

ONS Population Classification: 8b3

  • Legacy Communities
  • Legacy and Demographically Mixed Communities
  • Young Families and Neighbourhood Turnover

Index of Multiple Deprivation (IMD): 19357 / 32844

  • 6th decile
  • slightly less deprived

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

Sun and Moon Times for GL2 5RG on Wednesday 1 July 2026

Nautical twilight begins (First light) 02:51
Civil twilight begins (Dawn) 04:06
Sunrise 04:54
Transit (sun is at its highest) 13:12
Sunset 21:31
Civil twilight ends (Dusk) 22:19
Nautical twilight ends (Nightfall) 23:34
Hours of daylight today04:24 to 22:01
Hours of darkness tonight
(lighting-up time)
22:01 to 04:25
Moon Phase Waning Gibbous
Moon Sets 04:46
Moon Rises 21:52

For a full sun and moon calendar for GL2 5RG, go to The Time and Place

Residential Property Sales in GL2 5RG

DateAddressProperty TypeTenurePrice
18 December 2020 Unit R03, Gloucester Quays Oulet Centre, Merchants Road, Gloucester GL2 5RG Other property type Leasehold £19,200

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 GL2 5RG

United Kingdom Parliament
Constituency

Gloucester

MP

Alex McIntyre Labour

Gloucester City Council
District council ward

Westgate

Councillors

Pam Tracey Conservative

Rebecca Trimnell Liberal Democrats

Howard Hyman Liberal Democrats

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

Government Statistical Services (GSS) data for GL2 5RG

CodeNameData TypeData ThemeActive SinceData Owner
E00113602 Output Areas Statistical Building Block 1 January 2009 ONS
E00168945 Output Areas Statistical Building Block 31 December 2011 ONS
E01022348 Gloucester 004C Lower layer Super Output Areas Statistical Building Block 1 February 2004 ONS
E01034791 Gloucester 004G Lower layer Super Output Areas Statistical Building Block 21 March 2021 ONS
E02004639 Gloucester 004 Middle layer Super Output Areas Statistical Building Block 1 August 2004 ONS
E05010967 Westgate Electoral Wards/Divisions Administrative/Electoral 5 May 2016 DLUHC
E07000081 Gloucester 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
E14001248 Gloucester Westminster Parliamentary Constituencies Electoral 4 July 2024 LGBC
E23000037 Gloucestershire Police Force Areas Other 1 January 2009 Home Office
E30000209 Gloucester Travel to Work Areas Other 31 July 2015 ONS
E33046983 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
E43000067 Gloucester, unparished area Non-Civil Parished Areas Census 31 December 2011 ONS
E54000043 Gloucestershire Integrated Care Boards Health 1 April 2016 NHS
E56000033 Somerset, Wiltshire, Avon and Gloucestershire Cancer Alliances Health 1 July 2023 NHS England
E58002011 Hempsted & Westgate ED County Electoral Divisions Electoral 1 May 2025 DLUHC
E63011389 Gloucester 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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