# GL51

Postcode district covering Cheltenham and Hester's Way, in Cheltenham.

GL51 is a postcode district covering Cheltenham and Hester's Way, in Cheltenham. Median sale price £300,000 in 2025. About 54,880 people.

Postcode district. Code GL51. In: [Postcodes](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode) › [GL](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/gl)

Approximate outline worked out by Open Index from the ONS Postcode Directory: each census output area belongs to the district that holds most of its postcodes. People, homes, recorded crime and broadband add up those output areas. House sales count every sale with an GL51 postcode. [How census figures are added up](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/population)

## Key figures

- **Median sale price: £300,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in GL51 was £300,000 in 2025. Joint 1,069th most expensive of 2,235. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/gl51#f-house-sales-median-price
- **Population: 53,748** (2021). GL51 had 53,748 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 147th most populated of 2,756. Source: Census 2021, England and Wales and Scotland's Census 2022 and Census 2021, Northern Ireland, 2021. Published 21 July 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/gl51#f-population
- **People in radon Affected Area squares: 46%** (2022). About 46% of people in GL51 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area. UK 44%. Source: Worked out by Open Index from the UKHSA and BGS radon atlas and census output areas. Published 1 December 2022. https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/gl51#f-radon-affected-share
- **Gigabit broadband coverage: 95.9%** (January 2026). In GL51, 95.9% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026 (Ofcom). UK 87.8%. Source: Connected Nations (Ofcom), January 2026. Published 13 May 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/gl51#f-gigabit-coverage

## On the map

- [Radon Affected Area by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon-affected-areas?place=GL51) (Worked out by Open Index · 2022): About 46% of people in GL51 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
- [Sales per year by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/house-sales-per-year?place=GL51) (Worked out by Open Index · 2025): 812 homes were sold in GL51 in 2025.
- [Population by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/population?place=GL51) (Census 2021, England and Wales): GL51 had 53,748 usual residents at the census.
- [Deprivation score by council](https://openindex.co.uk/map/deprivation-score-england?place=GL51) (English Indices of Deprivation 2025): Published for whole councils, so the map colours all of Cheltenham, where most of this postcode district lies. The outline is GL51.

## How GL51 compares

Each postcode district against every other postcode district the measure covers.

| Measure | GL51 | Rank | Compared with |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Median sale price | £300,000 | 10th cheapest | 27 postcode districts, GL · 2025 |
| Population | 53,748 | 2nd most populated | 27 postcode districts, GL · 2021 |
| People in radon Affected Area squares | 46% | 6th fewest people in radon Affected Areas | 27 postcode districts, GL · 2022 |
| Gigabit broadband coverage | 95.9% | 2nd highest | 27 postcode districts, GL · Jan 2026 |

## What is the population of GL51?

GL51 had 53,748 usual residents at the census.
GL51 is the 147th most populated of 2,756 in the UK.

## Deprivation in GL51, neighbourhood by neighbourhood

- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so GL51 has no single figure. Of its 33 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 2: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 3: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 4: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 5: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 7: 5 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 9 neighbourhoods

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.

## Neighbourhoods in GL51

| Area | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Cheltenham 001B](https://openindex.co.uk/cheltenham/neighbourhood/e01022164) | 1,417 | – | 2 | 99.3% |
| [Cheltenham 001C](https://openindex.co.uk/cheltenham/neighbourhood/e01022165) | 1,458 | – | 9 | 98.0% |
| [Cheltenham 003A](https://openindex.co.uk/cheltenham/neighbourhood/e01022122) | 1,451 | – | 2 | 99.8% |
| [Cheltenham 003B](https://openindex.co.uk/cheltenham/neighbourhood/e01022160) | 2,237 | – | 3 | 99.9% |
| [Cheltenham 003C](https://openindex.co.uk/cheltenham/neighbourhood/e01022161) | 1,463 | – | 6 | 99.9% |
| [Cheltenham 003D](https://openindex.co.uk/cheltenham/neighbourhood/e01022162) | 1,583 | – | 7 | 100.0% |
| [Cheltenham 004B](https://openindex.co.uk/cheltenham/neighbourhood/e01022151) | 1,666 | – | 5 | 99.9% |
| [Cheltenham 005A](https://openindex.co.uk/cheltenham/neighbourhood/e01022120) | 1,636 | – | 2 | 100.0% |
| [Cheltenham 005B](https://openindex.co.uk/cheltenham/neighbourhood/e01022121) | 1,819 | – | 3 | 100.0% |
| [Cheltenham 005C](https://openindex.co.uk/cheltenham/neighbourhood/e01022147) | 1,698 | – | 1 | 99.6% |
| [Cheltenham 005D](https://openindex.co.uk/cheltenham/neighbourhood/e01022157) | 1,511 | – | 3 | 99.8% |
| [Cheltenham 005E](https://openindex.co.uk/cheltenham/neighbourhood/e01022159) | 1,650 | – | 4 | 99.7% |
| [Cheltenham 007A](https://openindex.co.uk/cheltenham/neighbourhood/e01022148) | 1,579 | – | 7 | 99.9% |
| [Cheltenham 007B](https://openindex.co.uk/cheltenham/neighbourhood/e01022149) | 1,486 | – | 4 | 99.8% |
| [Cheltenham 007C](https://openindex.co.uk/cheltenham/neighbourhood/e01022150) | 1,521 | – | 5 | 99.9% |
| [Cheltenham 007D](https://openindex.co.uk/cheltenham/neighbourhood/e01022155) | 1,565 | – | 8 | 96.4% |
| [Cheltenham 007E](https://openindex.co.uk/cheltenham/neighbourhood/e01022156) | 1,912 | – | 5 | 99.9% |
| [Cheltenham 010A](https://openindex.co.uk/cheltenham/neighbourhood/e01022106) | 1,711 | – | 10 | 99.6% |
| [Cheltenham 010B](https://openindex.co.uk/cheltenham/neighbourhood/e01022107) | 1,575 | – | 10 | 99.7% |
| [Cheltenham 010C](https://openindex.co.uk/cheltenham/neighbourhood/e01022108) | 1,672 | – | 9 | 94.4% |
| [Cheltenham 010D](https://openindex.co.uk/cheltenham/neighbourhood/e01022123) | 2,196 | – | 9 | 77.2% |
| [Cheltenham 011A](https://openindex.co.uk/cheltenham/neighbourhood/e01022135) | 1,680 | – | 10 | 85.4% |
| [Cheltenham 011E](https://openindex.co.uk/cheltenham/neighbourhood/e01022174) | 1,358 | – | 10 | 99.7% |
| [Cheltenham 013A](https://openindex.co.uk/cheltenham/neighbourhood/e01022167) | 1,253 | – | 10 | 95.3% |
| [Cheltenham 013B](https://openindex.co.uk/cheltenham/neighbourhood/e01022168) | 1,124 | – | 10 | 97.1% |
| [Cheltenham 013C](https://openindex.co.uk/cheltenham/neighbourhood/e01022169) | 1,506 | – | 8 | 98.6% |
| [Cheltenham 013D](https://openindex.co.uk/cheltenham/neighbourhood/e01022170) | 1,377 | – | 10 | 100.0% |
| [Cheltenham 013E](https://openindex.co.uk/cheltenham/neighbourhood/e01022171) | 1,296 | – | 10 | 99.3% |
| [Cheltenham 013F](https://openindex.co.uk/cheltenham/neighbourhood/e01022172) | 1,457 | – | 10 | 99.6% |
| [Cheltenham 013G](https://openindex.co.uk/cheltenham/neighbourhood/e01022173) | 1,327 | – | 4 | 98.6% |
| [Tewkesbury 004B](https://openindex.co.uk/tewkesbury/neighbourhood/e01022441) | 1,551 | – | 7 | 78.2% |
| [Tewkesbury 008C](https://openindex.co.uk/tewkesbury/neighbourhood/e01022454) | 2,586 | – | 7 | 89.5% |
| [Tewkesbury 008D](https://openindex.co.uk/tewkesbury/neighbourhood/e01034805) | 1,836 | – | 7 | 91.5% |

## Your MP

- [Cheltenham](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/cheltenham): Max Wilkinson (Liberal Democrat), MP since July 2024. 70% of the people here.
- [Tewkesbury](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/tewkesbury): Cameron Thomas (Independent), MP since July 2024. 23% of the people here.
- [North Cotswolds](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/north-cotswolds): Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Conservative), MP since July 2024. 7.4% of the people here.

As of 18 October 2026. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.

## Middle areas in GL51

[Alstone & St Mark's](https://openindex.co.uk/cheltenham/alstone-and-st-marks), [Arle & Hesters Way](https://openindex.co.uk/cheltenham/arle-and-hesters-way), [Benhall & The Reddings](https://openindex.co.uk/cheltenham/benhall-and-the-reddings), [Hatherley](https://openindex.co.uk/cheltenham/hatherley), [Springbank](https://openindex.co.uk/cheltenham/springbank)

## Postcode sectors in GL51

[GL51 0 (337 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/gl51-0), [GL51 3 (260 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/gl51-3), [GL51 4 (74 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/gl51-4), [GL51 6 (255 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/gl51-6), [GL51 7 (240 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/gl51-7), [GL51 8 (172 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/gl51-8), [GL51 9 (227 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/gl51-9)

## Council

[Cheltenham](https://openindex.co.uk/cheltenham)

## Towns in GL51

[Cheltenham](https://openindex.co.uk/cheltenham)

## Postcode districts next to GL51

[GL2](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/gl2), [GL3](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/gl3), [GL19](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/gl19), [GL20](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/gl20), [GL50](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/gl50), [GL52](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/gl52), [GL53](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/gl53)

## Nearest rail stations

[Cheltenham Spa (3.1 km from the middle)](https://openindex.co.uk/map/rail-stations?around=-2.0996,51.8974)

## More in the GL postcode area

[All GL postcode districts](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/gl), [Every UK postcode area](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode)

## GL51 in brief

GL51 is a postcode district covering Cheltenham and Hester's Way, in Cheltenham.
About 54,880 people lived in GL51 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £300,000 in 2025 across 812 sales (HM Land Registry).
The median price paid for a home in GL51 was £300,000 in 2025.
GL51 had 53,748 usual residents at the census.
About 46% of people in GL51 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In GL51, 95.9% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

## About

- Type: Postcode district
- Code: GL51
- Postcode area: [GL](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/gl)
- Constituency: [Cheltenham †](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/cheltenham)
- Council: [Cheltenham †](https://openindex.co.uk/cheltenham)
- Area: 51.61 km²
- People, mid-2024: 54,880*
- Neighbourhoods: 33
- Output areas: 180

* People: worked out by Open Index from neighbourhood estimates, shared out by where people lived at the census (by area in Northern Ireland). This area's edges do not follow neighbourhood edges, so the figure is close but not exact.
† Best fit: the constituency, council, region and nation this postcode district mostly lies in. Its edges do not follow theirs.

## Next door

[GL50](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/gl50), [GL3](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/gl3), [GL53](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/gl53), [GL19](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/gl19), [GL52](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/gl52), [GL20](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/gl20)

## Latest updates for GL51

- August 2026 house prices published: HM Land Registry and partners · Oct 2026.
- September 2026 rent published: ONS private rents · Oct 2026.
- Dental practices updated: NHS England · Oct 2026.
- Schools updated: Ofsted · Oct 2026.

The same figures as JSON: https://openindex.co.uk/v1/places/GL51

## How to cite

Source: Open Index, openindex.co.uk. Link to this page, https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/gl51, or to one figure with its anchor, https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/gl51#f-house-sales-median-price.

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Snapshot 2026.10.9. The HTML page: https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/gl51