Does GL53 flood?

Yes — parts of the GL53 district carry real flood risk: 24 of its 61 at-risk postcodes reach the Environment Agency's High likelihood band. The GL53 postcode district covers College, Charlton Park, Charlton Kings, Park, close to Cheltenham, Gloucester, The Leigh, and surrounding villages in Gloucestershire.

61 postcodes in the GL53 district appear in the Environment Agency's rivers-and-sea flood-risk dataset — worst bands: 24 high, 6 medium, 29 low, 2 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 GL53 postcodes are at risk?

GL53 7LU up to High GL53 7LX up to High GL53 7NE up to High GL53 7NF up to High GL53 7NH up to High GL53 7NJ up to High GL53 7NN up to High GL53 7NP up to High GL53 7NW up to High GL53 7QD up to High GL53 7QE up to High GL53 7QH up to High GL53 7QS up to High GL53 7RS up to High GL53 7RY up to High GL53 7SF up to High GL53 8BE up to High GL53 8BL up to High GL53 8BN up to High GL53 8BS up to High GL53 8BW up to High GL53 8HD up to High GL53 8HW up to High GL53 9NP up to High GL53 7EX up to Medium GL53 7HG up to Medium GL53 7HQ up to Medium GL53 7PX up to Medium GL53 7QB up to Medium GL53 9BG up to Medium GL53 0JH up to Low GL53 0JQ up to Low GL53 7FF up to Low GL53 7HJ up to Low GL53 7HL up to Low GL53 7HN up to Low GL53 7HP up to Low GL53 7HR up to Low GL53 7HS up to Low GL53 7HT up to Low GL53 7HU up to Low GL53 7HW up to Low GL53 7HX up to Low GL53 7HY up to Low GL53 7HZ up to Low GL53 7JJ up to Low GL53 7JN up to Low GL53 7JR up to Low GL53 7JS up to Low GL53 7JT up to Low GL53 7JW up to Low GL53 7PU up to Low GL53 7PY up to Low GL53 7QX up to Low GL53 8AG up to Low GL53 9BP up to Low GL53 9BQ up to Low GL53 9NH up to Low GL53 9NW up to Low GL53 7JL up to Very low GL53 7JU up to Very low

Rivers and flooding history near GL53

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

98 official flood warnings and alerts have been raised within ~10 km of the district's centre since 2006 (20 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

GL52 GL54 GL51 GL55 GL50 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.