The GL postcode area, also known as the Gloucester postcode area, is a group of postcode districts around Badminton, Berkeley

Berkeley, Gloucestershire

Berkeley is a town and civil parish in Gloucestershire, England. It lies in the Vale of Berkeley between the east bank of the River Severn and the M5 motorway within the Stroud administrative district. The town is noted for Berkeley Castle where the imprisoned Edward II was murdered.- Geography...

, Blakeney

Blakeney, Gloucestershire

Blakeney is a village in Gloucestershire, England. It is the largest village in the parish of Awre. It has views of the Forest of Dean.It dates back to AD 75, and was home to Thomas Sternhold, a groom of King Henry VIII's Robes.-References:*...

, Cheltenham

Cheltenham

Cheltenham , also known as Cheltenham Spa, is a large spa town and borough in Gloucestershire, on the edge of the Cotswolds in the South-West region of England. It is the home of the flagship race of British steeplechase horse racing, the Gold Cup, the main event of the Cheltenham Festival held...

, Chipping Campden

Chipping Campden

Chipping Campden is a small market town within the Cotswold district of Gloucestershire, England. It is notable for its elegant terraced High Street, dating from the 14th century to the 17th century...

, Cinderford

Cinderford

Cinderford is a small town on the eastern fringe of the Forest of Dean in Gloucestershire, England. A population of 8,116 people is recorded in the 2001 census....

, Cirencester

Cirencester

Cirencester is a market town in east Gloucestershire, England, 93 miles west northwest of London. Cirencester lies on the River Churn, a tributary of the River Thames, and is the largest town in the Cotswold District. It is the home of the Royal Agricultural College, the oldest agricultural...

, Coleford

Coleford, Gloucestershire

Coleford is a small market town in Gloucestershire, England in the west of the Forest of Dean with a population of 8,351 . It is situated some four miles east of the Welsh border, and is close to the Wye Valley, a popular walking and canoeing area...

, Drybrook, Dursley

Dursley

Dursley is a market town in Gloucestershire, England. It is under the North East flank of Stinchcombe Hill , and about 6 km South East of the River Severn. The town is adjacent with Cam which, though a village, is a community of double the size...

, Dymock

Dymock

Dymock is a small village in the Forest of Dean district of Gloucestershire, England about four miles south of Ledbury, with a population of approx. 300 people....

, Fairford

Fairford

Fairford is a small town in Gloucestershire, England. The town lies in the Cotswolds on the River Coln, about east of Cirencester, west of Lechlade and north of Swindon. Nearby are RAF Fairford and the Cotswold Water Park.-Schools:...

, Gloucester

Gloucester

Gloucester is a city, district and county town of Gloucestershire in the South West region of England. Gloucester lies close to the Welsh border, and on the River Severn, approximately north-east of Bristol, and south-southwest of Birmingham....

, Lechlade

Lechlade

Lechlade, or Lechlade-on-Thames, is a town at the southern edge of the Cotswolds in Gloucestershire, England. It is the highest point at which the River Thames is navigable. The town is named after the River Leach that joins the Thames near here....

, Longhope

Longhope

Longhope is a village in west Gloucestershire, situated just outside the Forest of Dean, England, United Kingdom.The placename Longhope means "long, enclosed valley" which describes the aspect of the village....

, Lydbrook

Lydbrook

Lydbrook is a civil parish in the Forest of Dean, a local government district in the English county of Gloucestershire. It comprises the districts of Lower Lydbrook, Upper Lydbrook, and Joys Green.-Introduction:...

, Lydney

Lydney

Lydney is a small town and civil parish in the English county of Gloucestershire. It is located on the west bank of the River Severn, close to the Forest of Dean. The town lies on the A48 road, next to the Lydney Park gardens with its Roman temple in honour of Nodens.-Transport:The Severn Railway...

, Mitcheldean

Mitcheldean

Mitcheldean is a small town in the east of the Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire, England.-History:Mitcheldean was a thriving community for many centuries due to the town's proximity to iron ore deposits...

, Moreton-in-Marsh

Moreton-in-Marsh

Moreton-in-Marsh is a town and civil parish in northeastern Gloucestershire, England. The town is at the crossroads of the Fosse Way Roman road and the A44. The parish and environs are relatively flat and low-lying compared with the surrounding Cotswold Hills...

, Newent

Newent

Newent is a small market town about 8 miles north west of Gloucester City, on the northern edge of the Forest of Dean, and lying within the Forest of Dean Local Authority District. Its population at the 2001 census was 5,073...

, Newnham, Ruardean

Ruardean

Ruardean is a village in the Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire, England, to the west of Cinderford. It is situated on a hillside with views west towards the mountains of South Wales. Little now remains of the village's industrial history, but once it was a centre for iron ore smelting furnaces,...

, Stonehouse

Stonehouse, Gloucestershire

Stonehouse, Gloucestershire is an urban area within the Stroud District, in the UK. It is home to a number of factories, such as Dairy Crest and Schlumberger. The town is close to the M5 motorway. Stonehouse railway station has a regular train service to London...

, Stroud

Stroud, Gloucestershire

Stroud is a market town and civil parish in the county of Gloucestershire, England. It is the main town in Stroud District.Situated below the western escarpment of the Cotswold Hills at the meeting point of the Five Valleys, the town is noted for its steep streets and cafe culture...

, Tetbury

Tetbury

Tetbury is a town and civil parish within the Cotswold district of Gloucestershire, England. It lies on the site of an ancient hill fort, on which an Anglo-Saxon monastery was founded, probably by Ine of Wessex, in 681. The population of the parish was 5,250 in the 2001 census.In the Middle Ages,...

, Tewkesbury

Tewkesbury

Tewkesbury is a town in Gloucestershire, England. It stands at the confluence of the River Severn and the River Avon, and also minor tributaries the Swilgate and Carrant Brook...

, Westbury-on-Severn

Westbury-on-Severn

Westbury-on-Severn is a rural village in England that is the centre of the large, rural parish, also called Westbury-on-Severn.-Location:The village is situated on the A48 road and bounded by the River Severn to the south and west.The village has a large parish church which is distinctive as the...

 and Wotton-under-Edge

Wotton-under-Edge

Wotton-under-Edge is a market town within the Stroud district of Gloucestershire, England. Located near the southern end of the Cotswolds, the Cotswold Way long-distance footpath passes through the town. Standing on the B4058 Wotton is about from the M5 motorway. The nearest railway station is...

 in England

England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...

. The GL16 district extends across the border into Wales

Wales

Wales is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and the island of Great Britain, bordered by England to its east and the Atlantic Ocean and Irish Sea to its west. It has a population of three million, and a total area of 20,779 km²...

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Coverage

The approximate coverage of the postcode districts:
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! GL1
| GLOUCESTER
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| GLOUCESTER CITY COUNCIL
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! GL2
| GLOUCESTER
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| GLOUCESTER CITY COUNCIL
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! GL3
| GLOUCESTER
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| GLOUCESTER CITY COUNCIL/ TEWKESBURY BOROUGH COUNCIL
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! GL4
| GLOUCESTER
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| GLOUCESTER CITY COUNCIL
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! GL5
| STROUD
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| STROUD DISTRICT COUNCIL
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! GL6
| STROUD
| Nailsworth, Painswick
| STROUD DISTRICT COUNCIL
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! GL7
| CIRENCESTER, FAIRFORD, LECHLADE
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| COTSWOLD DISTRICT COUNCIL / WEST OXFORDSHIRE
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! GL8
| TETBURY
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| COTSWOLD DISTRICT COUNCIL
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! GL9
| BADMINTON
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! GL10
| STONEHOUSE
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| STROUD DISTRICT COUNCIL
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! GL11
| DURSLEY
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| STROUD DISTRICT COUNCIL
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! GL12
| WOTTON-UNDER-EDGE
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| STROUD DISTRICT COUNCIL / South Gloucestershire

South Gloucestershire

South Gloucestershire is a unitary district in the ceremonial county of Gloucestershire, in South West England.-History:The district was created in 1996, when the county of Avon was abolished, by the merger of former area of the districts of Kingswood and Northavon...

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! GL13
| BERKELEY
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! GL14
| CINDERFORD, NEWNHAM, WESTBURY-ON-SEVERN
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! GL15
| BLAKENEY, LYDNEY
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! GL16
| COLEFORD
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| Forest of Dean, Monmouthshire
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! GL17
| DRYBROOK, LONGHOPE, LYDBROOK, MITCHELDEAN, RUARDEAN
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! GL18
| DYMOCK, NEWENT
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! GL19
| GLOUCESTER
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! GL20
| TEWKESBURY, BREDON
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! GL50
| CHELTENHAM
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! GL51
| CHELTENHAM
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| TEWKESBURY BOROUGH COUNCIL
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! GL52
| CHELTENHAM
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! GL53
| CHELTENHAM
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! GL54
| CHELTENHAM
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! GL55
| CHIPPING CAMPDEN
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! GL56
| MORETON-IN-MARSH
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