Map of GL16 8JD postcode

Geography
Latitude 51.772708
Longitude -2.605075
Easting 358347
Northing 208399
Grid reference SO583083
UTM reference 30U 527248 5735832
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Plus code 9C3VQ9FV+3X
Altitude 203 metres (666 feet)
Sunrise (today) 6:21
Sunset (today) 18:18
Distance away
Distance to sea 17.7 KMs (11 miles)
Administrative areas
ParishWest DeanE04004332
Ward Newland & Sling E05012170
Local Authority District Forest of Dean E07000080
County Electoral Division Coleford E58000490
Local Authority Gloucestershire E10000013
County Gloucestershire E10000013
Constituency (2024) Forest of Dean E14001240
MPMatt BishopLabour
Police forceGloucestershire
Water companySevern Trent
NUTS/ITL 3 Gloucestershire CC
NUTS/ITL 2 Gloucestershire and Wiltshire
NUTS/ITL 1 South West
Country England E92000001
Data
Date introduced January 1980
Last updated February 2025
User type Small (addresses receive less than 25 items of mail per day)
Quality Within the building of the matched address closest to the postcode mean
Demographics
Population (2011) 1
Households (2011) 1
Index of Multiple Deprivation (2019)
17,156 / 32,844
Most deprivedLeast deprived
Average household income (2020)
£41,900
Lowest (£22,200) Highest (£108,100)
Rural/urbanRural village
Built up area (2024)SlingE63011547
Census output area (2021)E00113183
Census output area (2011)E00113183
Lower layer super output area (2021)Forest of Dean 008CE01022264
Lower layer super output area (2011)Forest of Dean 008CE01022264
Middle layer super output area (2021)Bream, Pillowell & YorkleyE02004633
Middle layer super output area (2011)Bream, Pillowell & YorkleyE02004633
Travel to work areaCinderford and Ross-on-WyeK01000005
Property sales
Average property price in Gloucester £324,614
Annual change -1.0%
View all properties sold in the GL postcode area
Properties recently sold in this postcode
AddressTypeDatePrice
Unit 12, New Dunn Business Park, SlingOther (freehold)Aug 2023£375,000


View all properties sold in the GL16 8 sector

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