Does GL50 flood?

Yes — parts of the GL50 district carry real flood risk: 22 of its 119 at-risk postcodes reach the Environment Agency's High likelihood band. The GL50 postcode district covers Park, College, Lansdown, St Paul's, close to Cheltenham, Gloucester, The Leigh, and surrounding villages in Gloucestershire.

119 postcodes in the GL50 district appear in the Environment Agency's rivers-and-sea flood-risk dataset — worst bands: 22 high, 28 medium, 41 low, 28 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 GL50 postcodes are at risk?

GL50 1HR up to High GL50 1HX up to High GL50 1JX up to High GL50 1NB up to High GL50 1XN up to High GL50 2AW up to High GL50 2BA up to High GL50 2BD up to High GL50 2BQ up to High GL50 2EF up to High GL50 2EL up to High GL50 2EN up to High GL50 2EW up to High GL50 2HA up to High GL50 2HH up to High GL50 2QR up to High GL50 2TB up to High GL50 3NA up to High GL50 3QN up to High GL50 3QP up to High GL50 3QW up to High GL50 4SJ up to High GL50 1HH up to Medium GL50 1HN up to Medium GL50 1HZ up to Medium GL50 1JJ up to Medium GL50 1JZ up to Medium GL50 1LE up to Medium GL50 1NW up to Medium GL50 1PH up to Medium GL50 1PJ up to Medium GL50 1RS up to Medium GL50 1WG up to Medium GL50 1XZ up to Medium GL50 2AL up to Medium GL50 2BE up to Medium GL50 2BH up to Medium GL50 2EG up to Medium GL50 2EQ up to Medium GL50 2FA up to Medium GL50 2QE up to Medium GL50 2RE up to Medium GL50 3DN up to Medium GL50 3DS up to Medium GL50 3DT up to Medium GL50 3EG up to Medium GL50 3NH up to Medium GL50 3RQ up to Medium GL50 4HN up to Medium GL50 4SD up to Medium GL50 1HT up to Low GL50 1JU up to Low GL50 1LY up to Low GL50 1NA up to Low GL50 1NL up to Low GL50 1PT up to Low GL50 1QB up to Low GL50 1QX up to Low GL50 1XL up to Low GL50 1XY up to Low GL50 2BG up to Low GL50 2BP up to Low GL50 2EZ up to Low GL50 2FB up to Low GL50 2HG up to Low GL50 2JA up to Low GL50 2QT up to Low GL50 2QZ up to Low GL50 2RA up to Low GL50 2SD up to Low GL50 2SS up to Low GL50 2SU up to Low GL50 2TG up to Low GL50 3DA up to Low GL50 3DU up to Low GL50 3DZ up to Low GL50 3EB up to Low GL50 3ET up to Low GL50 3NL up to Low GL50 3PN up to Low GL50 3PP up to Low GL50 3PQ up to Low GL50 3PR up to Low GL50 3PT up to Low GL50 3PU up to Low GL50 3QB up to Low GL50 3QE up to Low GL50 3SH up to Low GL50 3WG up to Low GL50 4GP up to Low GL50 4ST up to Low GL50 1JN up to Very low GL50 1JS up to Very low GL50 1PR up to Very low GL50 1TH up to Very low GL50 1UH up to Very low GL50 1XP up to Very low GL50 3PB up to Very low GL50 3QD up to Very low GL50 4BT up to Very low GL50 4BY up to Very low GL50 4BZ up to Very low GL50 4DH up to Very low GL50 4DN up to Very low GL50 4DR up to Very low GL50 4EE up to Very low GL50 4EL up to Very low GL50 4GB up to Very low GL50 4GF up to Very low GL50 4GL up to Very low GL50 4GN up to Very low GL50 4HF up to Very low GL50 4HG up to Very low GL50 4LN up to Very low GL50 4NL up to Very low GL50 4RN up to Very low GL50 4SB up to Very low GL50 4SN up to Very low GL50 4SQ up to Very low

Rivers and flooding history near GL50

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

179 official flood warnings and alerts have been raised within ~10 km of the district's centre since 2006 (69 at warning level or above), most recently 2 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

GL51 GL52 GL53 GL54 GL55 GL56 GL20 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.