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Does GL6 flood?

Yes — parts of the GL6 district carry real flood risk: 30 of its 53 at-risk postcodes reach the Environment Agency's High likelihood band. The GL6 postcode district covers Nailsworth, Chalford, Painswick and Upton, Minchinhampton, close to Stroud, Quedgeley, Gloucester, and surrounding villages in parts of Gloucestershire and Wiltshire.

53 postcodes in the GL6 district appear in the Environment Agency's rivers-and-sea flood-risk dataset — worst bands: 30 high, 9 medium, 13 low, 1 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 GL6 postcodes are at risk?

GL6 0AE up to High GL6 0AH up to High GL6 0BE up to High GL6 0BS up to High GL6 0PL up to High GL6 0QB up to High GL6 0RF up to High GL6 6LY up to High GL6 6SA up to High GL6 6SE up to High GL6 7HX up to High GL6 7JY up to High GL6 8DH up to High GL6 8DJ up to High GL6 8DN up to High GL6 8DW up to High GL6 8DX up to High GL6 8HN up to High GL6 8JH up to High GL6 8JL up to High GL6 8JQ up to High GL6 8NR up to High GL6 8NS up to High GL6 8NT up to High GL6 8NU up to High GL6 8NW up to High GL6 8NX up to High GL6 8PF up to High GL6 9AN up to High GL6 9LT up to High GL6 0AG up to Medium GL6 6NU up to Medium GL6 7EP up to Medium GL6 7QE up to Medium GL6 7RQ up to Medium GL6 8DT up to Medium GL6 9AW up to Medium GL6 9LR up to Medium GL6 9LS up to Medium GL6 0AA up to Low GL6 0AB up to Low GL6 0BL up to Low GL6 0DU up to Low GL6 0JN up to Low GL6 0JP up to Low GL6 0JQ up to Low GL6 0LA up to Low GL6 0LS up to Low GL6 6NF up to Low GL6 6UD up to Low GL6 7HJ up to Low GL6 9AL up to Low GL6 8PN up to Very low

Rivers and flooding history near GL6

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 (44 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

GL5 GL7 GL4 GL8 GL3 GL9 GL10 GL2

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.