Does GL52 flood?

Yes — parts of the GL52 district carry real flood risk: 37 of its 120 at-risk postcodes reach the Environment Agency's High likelihood band. The GL52 postcode district covers Oakley, Prestbury, Pittville, Cleeve West, close to Cheltenham, The Leigh, Gloucester, and surrounding villages in parts of Gloucestershire and Worcestershire.

120 postcodes in the GL52 district appear in the Environment Agency's rivers-and-sea flood-risk dataset — worst bands: 37 high, 17 medium, 48 low, 18 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 GL52 postcodes are at risk?

GL52 2DJ up to High GL52 2DL up to High GL52 2RD up to High GL52 3BG up to High GL52 3DU up to High GL52 3EH up to High GL52 3LY up to High GL52 5AN up to High GL52 5AT up to High GL52 5BS up to High GL52 5BX up to High GL52 5BY up to High GL52 5JB up to High GL52 5JR up to High GL52 5NE up to High GL52 5NF up to High GL52 5NH up to High GL52 5NJ up to High GL52 5NL up to High GL52 5NP up to High GL52 5NR up to High GL52 5NS up to High GL52 5NT up to High GL52 5NU up to High GL52 5PP up to High GL52 5PR up to High GL52 5PS up to High GL52 5PT up to High GL52 5PU up to High GL52 5PZ up to High GL52 5QA up to High GL52 5QE up to High GL52 5QF up to High GL52 7AJ up to High GL52 7AL up to High GL52 9RG up to High GL52 9SE up to High GL52 2DE up to Medium GL52 2DT up to Medium GL52 2DU up to Medium GL52 2RB up to Medium GL52 3DP up to Medium GL52 3HF up to Medium GL52 3HT up to Medium GL52 5AP up to Medium GL52 5DN up to Medium GL52 5LA up to Medium GL52 6YB up to Medium GL52 6YG up to Medium GL52 7AB up to Medium GL52 7DG up to Medium GL52 8EN up to Medium GL52 8SA up to Medium GL52 8SB up to Medium GL52 2DQ up to Low GL52 2RA up to Low GL52 3DG up to Low GL52 3DR up to Low GL52 3DS up to Low GL52 3DY up to Low GL52 3DZ up to Low GL52 3EA up to Low GL52 3EB up to Low GL52 3ED up to Low GL52 3EE up to Low GL52 3JN up to Low GL52 3LH up to Low GL52 3LJ up to Low GL52 3LL up to Low GL52 3LR up to Low GL52 3LU up to Low GL52 3NE up to Low GL52 4RT up to Low GL52 5AA up to Low GL52 5AL up to Low GL52 5BD up to Low GL52 5BZ up to Low GL52 5EY up to Low GL52 5EZ up to Low GL52 5JX up to Low GL52 5JZ up to Low GL52 5LB up to Low GL52 5LD up to Low GL52 5LF up to Low GL52 5LG up to Low GL52 5LH up to Low GL52 5LJ up to Low GL52 5LQ up to Low GL52 5LU up to Low GL52 5ND up to Low GL52 5NQ up to Low GL52 5NX up to Low GL52 5PG up to Low GL52 5QG up to Low GL52 6HB up to Low GL52 6LT up to Low GL52 6NW up to Low GL52 8ND up to Low GL52 8RS up to Low GL52 8SF up to Low GL52 8TW up to Low GL52 8XT up to Low GL52 2AP up to Very low GL52 2DG up to Very low GL52 5AQ up to Very low GL52 5GA up to Very low GL52 5GB up to Very low GL52 5GD up to Very low GL52 5JU up to Very low GL52 5NG up to Very low GL52 5NN up to Very low GL52 5NW up to Very low GL52 5NY up to Very low GL52 5NZ up to Very low GL52 5PB up to Very low GL52 5PD up to Very low GL52 5PF up to Very low GL52 5QB up to Very low GL52 5QD up to Very low GL52 7SG up to Very low

Rivers and flooding history near GL52

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

49 official flood warnings and alerts have been raised within ~10 km of the district's centre since 2006 (17 at warning level or above), most recently 18 February 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 GL53 GL50 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.