Does GL5 flood?

Yes — parts of the GL5 district carry real flood risk: 63 of its 97 at-risk postcodes reach the Environment Agency's High likelihood band. The GL5 postcode district covers Thrupp, Amberley and Woodchester, Cainscross, close to Stroud, Nailsworth, Cambridge, and surrounding villages in Gloucestershire.

97 postcodes in the GL5 district appear in the Environment Agency's rivers-and-sea flood-risk dataset — worst bands: 63 high, 17 medium, 8 low, 9 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 GL5 postcodes are at risk?

GL5 1QG up to High GL5 1QN up to High GL5 1QW up to High GL5 2AZ up to High GL5 2BB up to High GL5 2BU up to High GL5 2BY up to High GL5 2QG up to High GL5 2QJ up to High GL5 2SA up to High GL5 2SB up to High GL5 2SD up to High GL5 2SE up to High GL5 2SQ up to High GL5 2SU up to High GL5 2TA up to High GL5 2TB up to High GL5 2TD up to High GL5 2TE up to High GL5 2TG up to High GL5 2TH up to High GL5 2TJ up to High GL5 2TL up to High GL5 2UF up to High GL5 2UG up to High GL5 2UH up to High GL5 2UL up to High GL5 3AE up to High GL5 3AS up to High GL5 3AT up to High GL5 3EH up to High GL5 3EW up to High GL5 3EX up to High GL5 3HA up to High GL5 3HB up to High GL5 3HF up to High GL5 3HQ up to High GL5 3JU up to High GL5 3LB up to High GL5 3LH up to High GL5 3NH up to High GL5 3NJ up to High GL5 3NX up to High GL5 3QG up to High GL5 4EP up to High GL5 4FP up to High GL5 4TR up to High GL5 5BQ up to High GL5 5EQ up to High GL5 5ES up to High GL5 5EX up to High GL5 5EY up to High GL5 5EZ up to High GL5 5HA up to High GL5 5HG up to High GL5 5HL up to High GL5 5HT up to High GL5 5JA up to High GL5 5LJ up to High GL5 5NA up to High GL5 5NS up to High GL5 5NT up to High GL5 5PA up to High GL5 1QA up to Medium GL5 1QU up to Medium GL5 1UT up to Medium GL5 2JZ up to Medium GL5 2SG up to Medium GL5 2TN up to Medium GL5 3BZ up to Medium GL5 3EQ up to Medium GL5 3EY up to Medium GL5 3JG up to Medium GL5 3JS up to Medium GL5 3JT up to Medium GL5 4BJ up to Medium GL5 4BP up to Medium GL5 5EF up to Medium GL5 5ND up to Medium GL5 5NX up to Medium GL5 1UY up to Low GL5 2UN up to Low GL5 3HU up to Low GL5 5ET up to Low GL5 5HF up to Low GL5 5HH up to Low GL5 5NN up to Low GL5 5PB up to Low GL5 2BA up to Very low GL5 2BD up to Very low GL5 2BX up to Very low GL5 2QL up to Very low GL5 2QN up to Very low GL5 2QQ up to Very low GL5 3EJ up to Very low GL5 3ET up to Very low GL5 4LE up to Very low

Rivers and flooding history near GL5

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

103 official flood warnings and alerts have been raised within ~10 km of the district's centre since 2006 (49 at warning level or above), most recently 18 December 2025. 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

GL4 GL6 GL3 GL7 GL2 GL8 GL1 GL9

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.