The UK Postcode Database

GL5 2QS

a postcode in Gloucestershire

Introduced in January 1980
GL5 2QS Normal (geographic) postcodes Large user postcodes

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Streets Associated with GL5 2QS

Orchard Lane - 7 properties, USRN 38501050

Brimscombe Hill - 1 property, USRN 38502920

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

Coordinates

Latitude: 51.7182 / 51°43'5"N

Longitude: -2.1956 / 2°11'44"W

UTM Reference: 30U 555570 5729997

OS Easting: 386586

OS Northing: 202176

OS Grid: SO865021

Location Encoding

Mapcode Local: GBR 1MZ.9Q5

Mapcode Global: VH954.W2NP

Open Location Code: 9C3VPR93+7Q

Maidenhead Locator System: IO81vr62

Demographics

Urban/Rural Indicator: C1

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

ONS Population Classification: 2b2

  • Suburbanites and Peri-Urbanites
  • Rural Amenity
  • Rural Mix

Index of Multiple Deprivation (IMD): 31042 / 32844

  • 10th decile
  • least deprived

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

Sun and Moon Times for GL5 2QS on Sunday 5 July 2026

Nautical twilight begins (First light) 02:59
Civil twilight begins (Dawn) 04:11
Sunrise 04:57
Transit (sun is at its highest) 13:13
Sunset 21:28
Civil twilight ends (Dusk) 22:15
Nautical twilight ends (Nightfall) 23:27
Hours of daylight today04:27 to 21:58
Hours of darkness tonight
(lighting-up time)
21:58 to 04:28
Moon Phase Waning Gibbous
Moon Sets 08:36
Moon Rises 22:36

For a full sun and moon calendar for GL5 2QS, go to The Time and Place

Residential Property Sales in GL5 2QS

DateAddressProperty TypeTenurePrice
16 December 2022 2 Orchard Lane, Brimscombe, Stroud GL5 2QS Semi-detached Freehold £365,000
3 June 2019 2 Orchard Lane, Brimscombe, Stroud GL5 2QS Semi-detached Freehold £235,000
29 September 2016 Stonebank House, Orchard Lane, Brimscombe, Stroud GL5 2QS Detached Freehold £322,500
21 July 2003 5 Orchard Lane, Brimscombe, Stroud GL5 2QS Detached Freehold £183,000
5 July 2002 Stonebank House, Orchard Lane, Brimscombe, Stroud GL5 2QS Detached Freehold £178,000
7 December 2001 1 Orchard Lane, Brimscombe, Stroud GL5 2QS Semi-detached Freehold £92,500
19 November 1999 1 Orchard Lane, Brimscombe, Stroud GL5 2QS Semi-detached Freehold £69,000
9 July 1999 3 Orchard Lane, Brimscombe, Stroud GL5 2QS Detached Freehold £89,950

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 GL5 2QS

United Kingdom Parliament
Constituency

North Cotswolds

MP

Geoffrey Clifton-Brown Conservative

Stroud District Council
District council ward

Minchinhampton

Councillors

Gill Thomas Green Party (E&W)

Chloe Turner Green Party (E&W)

GL5 2QS also falls within the Civil Parish of Minchinhampton, 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 GL5 2QS

CodeNameData TypeData ThemeActive SinceData Owner
E00113783 Output Areas Statistical Building Block 1 January 2009 ONS
E01022382 Stroud 010B Lower layer Super Output Areas Statistical Building Block 1 February 2004 ONS
E02004660 Stroud 010 Middle layer Super Output Areas Statistical Building Block 1 August 2004 ONS
E04013007 Minchinhampton Civil Parishes Administrative 1 April 2020 DLUHC
E05013192 Minchinhampton 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
E14001386 North Cotswolds 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
E33049993 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
E58002019 Minchinhampton ED County Electoral Divisions Electoral 1 May 2025 DLUHC
E63011647 Brimscombe and Thrupp 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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