Does GL15 flood?

Yes — parts of the GL15 district carry real flood risk: 59 of its 95 at-risk postcodes reach the Environment Agency's High likelihood band. The GL15 postcode district covers Newnham, Bream, close to Lydney, Parkend, Newtown, and surrounding villages in parts of Gloucestershire and South Gloucestershire.

95 postcodes in the GL15 district appear in the Environment Agency's rivers-and-sea flood-risk dataset — worst bands: 59 high, 14 medium, 21 low, 1 very low. A postcode not listed here has no properties in any recorded risk band (which is good news, but never proof it cannot flood).

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Which GL15 postcodes are at risk?

GL15 4AA up to High GL15 4AF up to High GL15 4DA up to High GL15 4DB up to High GL15 4DG up to High GL15 4DH up to High GL15 4DP up to High GL15 4DQ up to High GL15 4DR up to High GL15 4DW up to High GL15 4DX up to High GL15 4DY up to High GL15 4EB up to High GL15 4ED up to High GL15 4ER up to High GL15 4ES up to High GL15 4ET up to High GL15 4HG up to High GL15 4JA up to High GL15 4JD up to High GL15 4JE up to High GL15 4JQ up to High GL15 4PA up to High GL15 4PE up to High GL15 4PN up to High GL15 4PS up to High GL15 5DA up to High GL15 5EL up to High GL15 5ET up to High GL15 5EU up to High GL15 5EW up to High GL15 5LB up to High GL15 5LD up to High GL15 5LE up to High GL15 5LG up to High GL15 5LU up to High GL15 5NH up to High GL15 5PE up to High GL15 5PU up to High GL15 5QR up to High GL15 5RA up to High GL15 5RF up to High GL15 5RH up to High GL15 5RN up to High GL15 5RR up to High GL15 5RS up to High GL15 5RU up to High GL15 6AE up to High GL15 6AH up to High GL15 6BN up to High GL15 6BX up to High GL15 6BY up to High GL15 6DU up to High GL15 6PP up to High GL15 6PW up to High GL15 6QF up to High GL15 6QG up to High GL15 6QH up to High GL15 6QQ up to High GL15 4AU up to Medium GL15 4DD up to Medium GL15 4DZ up to Medium GL15 4EA up to Medium GL15 4EE up to Medium GL15 5DS up to Medium GL15 5ES up to Medium GL15 5NQ up to Medium GL15 5PY up to Medium GL15 5PZ up to Medium GL15 5QA up to Medium GL15 5RL up to Medium GL15 5RT up to Medium GL15 6DR up to Medium GL15 4AZ up to Low GL15 4DJ up to Low GL15 4EG up to Low GL15 4PB up to Low GL15 4PD up to Low GL15 4PQ up to Low GL15 4PX up to Low GL15 5AA up to Low GL15 5FD up to Low GL15 5LF up to Low GL15 5PB up to Low GL15 5PF up to Low GL15 5PT up to Low GL15 5QB up to Low GL15 5QF up to Low GL15 5RJ up to Low GL15 6AB up to Low GL15 6AD up to Low GL15 6AL up to Low GL15 6RB up to Low GL15 6RR up to Low GL15 6DN up to Very low

Rivers and flooding history near GL15

The rivers that matter here, each monitored live on FloodRadar:

367 official flood warnings and alerts have been raised within ~10 km of the district's centre since 2006 (24 at warning level or above), most recently 4 April 2026. Warnings cover flood areas, not individual addresses.

Recorded flood extents near the district (Environment Agency record):

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Flood risk in nearby postcode districts

GL14 GL16 GL13 GL17 GL12 GL18 GL11 GL19

Band = the worst likelihood band of any property in that postcode (EA Risk of Flooding from Rivers & Sea, defence-adjusted, area-level). Check any postcode in detail — or get the full £19 property report — at the property flood-risk report. © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2025. All rights reserved. Some features of this map are based on digital spatial data from the Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, © NERC (CEH). © Crown Copyright and Database Rights 2025 OS AC0000807064. This product is produced in part from PAF® and Multiple Residence Data, the copyright in which is owned by Royal Mail Group Limited and/or Royal Mail Group plc. All rights reserved. Licence number AC0000807064.