# GL56

Postcode district covering Moreton-in-Marsh and Blockley, in Cotswold and Stratford-on-Avon.

GL56 is a postcode district covering Moreton-in-Marsh and Blockley, in Cotswold and Stratford-on-Avon. Median sale price £453,000 in 2025. About 10,227 people.

Postcode district. Code GL56. 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 GL56 postcode. [How census figures are added up](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/population)

## Key figures

- **Median sale price: £453,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in GL56 was £453,000 in 2025. Joint 407th 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/gl56#f-house-sales-median-price
- **Population: 10,073** (2021). GL56 had 10,073 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 720th least 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/gl56#f-population
- **People in radon Affected Area squares: 100%** (2022). About 100% of people in GL56 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/gl56#f-radon-affected-share
- **Gigabit broadband coverage: 86.4%** (January 2026). In GL56, 86.4% 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/gl56#f-gigabit-coverage

## On the map

- [Radon Affected Area by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon-affected-areas?place=GL56) (Worked out by Open Index · 2022): About 100% of people in GL56 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=GL56) (Worked out by Open Index · 2025): 196 homes were sold in GL56 in 2025.
- [Population by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/population?place=GL56) (Census 2021, England and Wales): GL56 had 10,073 usual residents at the census.
- [Deprivation score by council](https://openindex.co.uk/map/deprivation-score-england?place=GL56) (English Indices of Deprivation 2025): Published for whole councils, so the map colours all of Cotswold, where most of this postcode district lies. The outline is GL56.

## How GL56 compares

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

| Measure | GL56 | Rank | Compared with |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Median sale price | £453,000 | 5th most expensive | 27 postcode districts, GL · 2025 |
| Population | 10,073 | 7th least populated | 27 postcode districts, GL · 2021 |
| People in radon Affected Area squares | 100% | joint most people in radon Affected Areas | 27 postcode districts, GL · 2022 |
| Gigabit broadband coverage | 86.4% | 12th highest | 27 postcode districts, GL · Jan 2026 |

## What is the population of GL56?

GL56 had 10,073 usual residents at the census.
GL56 is the 720th least populated of 2,756 in the UK.

## Deprivation in GL56, neighbourhood by neighbourhood

- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so GL56 has no single figure. Of its 6 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 6: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 1 neighbourhood

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

## Neighbourhoods in GL56

| Area | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Cotswold 001A](https://openindex.co.uk/cotswold/neighbourhood/e01022179) | 1,960 | – | 7 | 88.2% |
| [Cotswold 002B](https://openindex.co.uk/cotswold/neighbourhood/e01022178) | 1,301 | – | 6 | 50.1% |
| [Cotswold 002C](https://openindex.co.uk/cotswold/neighbourhood/e01022205) | 1,792 | – | 6 | 75.9% |
| [Cotswold 002D](https://openindex.co.uk/cotswold/neighbourhood/e01022211) | 1,946 | – | 7 | 95.4% |
| [Cotswold 002F](https://openindex.co.uk/cotswold/neighbourhood/e01034781) | 1,771 | – | 7 | 93.2% |
| [Cotswold 002G](https://openindex.co.uk/cotswold/neighbourhood/e01034782) | 1,296 | – | 9 | 95.9% |

## Your MP

- [North Cotswolds](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/north-cotswolds): Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Conservative), MP since July 2024. 87% of the people here.
- [Stratford-on-Avon](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/stratford-on-avon): Manuela Perteghella (Liberal Democrat), MP since July 2024. 11% of the people here.
- [Banbury](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/banbury): Sean Woodcock (Labour), MP since July 2024. 2.1% of the people here.
- [Tewkesbury](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/tewkesbury): Cameron Thomas (Independent), MP since July 2024. 0.4% 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 GL56

[Moreton & Stow-on-the-Wold](https://openindex.co.uk/cotswold/moreton-and-stow-on-the-wold)

## Postcode sectors in GL56

[GL56 0 (333 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/gl56-0), [GL56 9 (199 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/gl56-9)

## Councils GL56 covers

[Cotswold](https://openindex.co.uk/cotswold), [Stratford-on-Avon](https://openindex.co.uk/stratford-on-avon)

## Postcode districts next to GL56

[CV36](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/cv36), [GL54](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/gl54), [GL55](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/gl55), [OX7](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ox7), [WR12](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/wr12)

## Nearest rail stations

[Moreton-In-Marsh (4.8 km from the middle)](https://openindex.co.uk/map/rail-stations?around=-1.7004,51.9923)

## 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)

## GL56 in brief

GL56 is a postcode district covering Moreton-in-Marsh and Blockley, in Cotswold and Stratford-on-Avon.
About 10,227 people lived in GL56 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £453,000 in 2025 across 196 sales (HM Land Registry).
The median price paid for a home in GL56 was £453,000 in 2025.
GL56 had 10,073 usual residents at the census.
About 100% of people in GL56 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In GL56, 86.4% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

## About

- Type: Postcode district
- Code: GL56
- Postcode area: [GL](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/gl)
- Constituency: [North Cotswolds †](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/north-cotswolds)
- Council: [Cotswold †](https://openindex.co.uk/cotswold)
- Area: 140 km²
- People, mid-2024: 10,227*
- Neighbourhoods: 6
- Output areas: 37

* 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

[GL55](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/gl55), [CV36](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/cv36), [GL54](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/gl54), [OX7](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ox7), [WR12](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/wr12)

## Latest updates for GL56

- 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/GL56

## How to cite

Source: Open Index, openindex.co.uk. Link to this page, https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/gl56, or to one figure with its anchor, https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/gl56#f-house-sales-median-price.

Open Index's own text and the figures it works out are licensed under CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Source data keeps its publishers' licences, named with each figure. Give each figure's period and source with it.

Snapshot 2026.10.9. The HTML page: https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/gl56