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Does GL16 flood?

Yes — parts of the GL16 district carry real flood risk: 21 of its 25 at-risk postcodes reach the Environment Agency's High likelihood band. The GL16 postcode district covers Coleford, Newland & Sling, close to Parkend, Lydbrook, Lydney, and surrounding villages in parts of Gloucestershire and Herefordshire.

25 postcodes in the GL16 district appear in the Environment Agency's rivers-and-sea flood-risk dataset — worst bands: 21 high, 1 medium, 3 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 GL16 postcodes are at risk?

GL16 7LU up to High GL16 8AA up to High GL16 8AE up to High GL16 8AF up to High GL16 8AJ up to High GL16 8AL up to High GL16 8AN up to High GL16 8AP up to High GL16 8AR up to High GL16 8AW up to High GL16 8BA up to High GL16 8DE up to High GL16 8DF up to High GL16 8DP up to High GL16 8DQ up to High GL16 8NA up to High GL16 8NB up to High GL16 8NF up to High GL16 8NJ up to High GL16 8NQ up to High GL16 8TR up to High GL16 8BH up to Medium GL16 8AQ up to Low GL16 8BB up to Low GL16 8DD up to Low

Rivers and flooding history near GL16

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

147 official flood warnings and alerts have been raised within ~10 km of the district's centre since 2006 (22 at warning level or above), most recently 13 March 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

GL15 GL17 GL14 GL18 GL13 GL19 GL12 GL20

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.