GL4 house prices are built from 25,912 sales lodged with HM Land Registry, the oldest in 1995 and the most recent on 25 Jun 2026. The median price paid across the whole record is £142,000. Across the 10 years from 2016 to 2026 the median moved +50.0% in cash — but once inflation is taken out, the change in 2026 money is +7.4%.
Median price paid
£142,000
Change in cash, 2016–2026
+50.0%
Change in real terms
+7.4%
Median per m²
£1,867
HM Land Registry25,912 sales1,428 with floor areaLatest sale 25 Jun 2026
Section 01
How GL4 prices moved
The chart tracks the median GL4 house price for every year with a recorded sale, from 1995 to 2026. The dashed line restates each year in 2026 money, so the two lines separate exactly as much as inflation has eroded the cash figure.
| Decade | Years with sales | Median paid | In today's money |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 5 | £55,500 | £123,236 |
| 2000s | 10 | £140,000 | £255,039 |
| 2010s | 10 | £164,000 | £231,240 |
| 2020s | 7 | £260,500 | £266,163 |
The highest yearly median on record for GL4 is £270,000 in 2025; the lowest is £52,000 in 1995. Across the full 32-year record the cash median has moved from £52,000 to £270,000.
In 2026 money that first median is worth £115,465, so the real change over the whole record is +133.8% — about +2.78% a year after inflation. Cash growth and real growth are not the same story, and the gap is the part most price reports leave out.
Over the last decade alone the difference is stark: +50.0% in cash against +7.4% once inflation is removed. A buyer who sold at the end of that decade would have needed the real figure, not the headline one, to know whether they had actually gained.
Section 02
The most recent sales
Every row is a completed sale as lodged with HM Land Registry. The right-hand column restates the price in 2026 money, which is the only fair way to compare a sale from the 1990s with one from last year.
| Address | Sold | Type | Price paid | In today's money |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| UPTON KNOLL LODGE Upton Hill | 25 Jun 2026 | Detached | £679,500 | £679,500 |
| 1 Richmond Avenue | 19 Jun 2026 | Terraced | £229,000 | £229,000 |
| 21 Woods Orchard Road | 16 Jun 2026 | Detached | £405,000 | £405,000 |
| 23 Beacon Road | 12 Jun 2026 | Terraced | £217,000 | £217,000 |
| 7 Warwick Avenue | 12 Jun 2026 | Terraced | £200,000 | £200,000 |
| 189 Grange Road | 8 Jun 2026 | Detached | £356,500 | £356,500 |
| 21 Kingscote Drive | 5 Jun 2026 | Terraced | £215,000 | £215,000 |
| 6 Saunders Court | 5 Jun 2026 | Flat or maisonette | £150,000 | £150,000 |
| 210 Bodiam Avenue | 4 Jun 2026 | Semi-detached | £250,000 | £250,000 |
| 14 Barnfields | 3 Jun 2026 | Semi-detached | £273,000 | £273,000 |
| 66 Swift Road | 2 Jun 2026 | Semi-detached | £265,000 | £265,000 |
| 6 Southfield Road | 1 Jun 2026 | Semi-detached | £375,000 | £375,000 |
| 29 Stirling Way | 1 Jun 2026 | Flat or maisonette | £137,000 | £137,000 |
| 33 Kennett Gardens | 29 May 2026 | Detached | £520,000 | £520,000 |
| 12 Forbes Close | 29 May 2026 | Detached | £425,000 | £425,000 |
| 4 Denham Close | 29 May 2026 | Semi-detached | £355,000 | £355,000 |
| 14 Rissington Road | 29 May 2026 | Detached | £350,000 | £350,000 |
| 31 Stewarts Mill Lane | 29 May 2026 | Semi-detached | £290,000 | £290,000 |
| 11 Althorp Close | 29 May 2026 | Semi-detached | £260,000 | £260,000 |
| 60 Matson Avenue | 29 May 2026 | Terraced | £250,000 | £250,000 |
| 6 Oakbank | 28 May 2026 | Detached | £605,000 | £605,000 |
| 22 Campden Road | 28 May 2026 | Semi-detached | £395,000 | £395,000 |
| 39 Rumsey Close | 27 May 2026 | Detached | £570,000 | £570,000 |
| 4 Lasborough Drive | 26 May 2026 | Terraced | £295,000 | £295,000 |
| 28 Meerstone Way | 22 May 2026 | Semi-detached | £287,000 | £287,000 |
Section 03
Homes that sold twice
These addresses appear in the register more than once, so the same bricks are being priced twice. That makes them the strongest evidence of what actually happened to GL4 values — no mix of property types can flatter the number.
| Address | First recorded sale | Most recent sale | Cash a year | Real a year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| UPTON KNOLL LODGE Upton Hill | £356,450 (2016) | £679,500 (2026) | +6.7% | +3.2% |
| 1 Richmond Avenue | £19,500 (1996) | £229,000 (2026) | +8.6% | +5.8% |
| 21 Woods Orchard Road | £91,000 (1999) | £405,000 (2026) | +5.7% | +2.9% |
| 33 the Plantation | £158,000 (2004) | £415,000 (2026) | +4.5% | +1.6% |
| 7 Warwick Avenue | £115,000 (2005) | £200,000 (2026) | +2.7% | -0.2% |
| 23 Beacon Road | £90,000 (2011) | £217,000 (2026) | +6.0% | +3.1% |
| 189 Grange Road | £122,000 (2000) | £356,500 (2026) | +4.2% | +1.5% |
| 6 Saunders Court | £137,500 (2019) | £150,000 (2026) | +1.3% | -2.6% |
| 21 Kingscote Drive | £49,500 (1999) | £215,000 (2026) | +5.6% | +2.8% |
| 210 Bodiam Avenue | £48,000 (1997) | £250,000 (2026) | +5.9% | +3.1% |
| 14 Barnfields | £84,500 (2001) | £273,000 (2026) | +4.8% | +2.0% |
| 66 Swift Road | £50,500 (1996) | £265,000 (2026) | +5.7% | +3.0% |
Section 04
What sells here
The mix of property types explains a large part of any area's median. GL4 is dominated by the type at the top of this table, so its overall median leans that way.
| Property type | Sales | Share | Median paid | Range |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Semi-detached | 9,291 | 35.9% | £140,000 | £1,425 – £912,000 |
| Detached | 8,145 | 31.4% | £202,950 | £10,000 – £2,100,000 |
| Terraced | 6,590 | 25.4% | £123,000 | £5,500 – £715,000 |
| Flat or maisonette | 1,886 | 7.3% | £111,000 | £13,200 – £535,000 |
Section 05
How big homes are in GL4
Energy Performance Certificates record a floor area for every home that has been surveyed, sold or let — far more homes than have changed hands. 6,009 certificates cover GL4, and their median floor area is 75 m².
The median across the whole register is 76 m², so homes here are about the same size than average — -1.3%. Size explains a large part of why one area's median price sits above another's, which is why the price per square metre further up this page is the fairer comparison.
| Measure | Floor area | Sample |
|---|---|---|
| Median floor area | 75 m² | about 807 sq ft |
| Smaller quarter, up to | 59 m² | about 635 sq ft |
| Larger quarter, from | 93 m² | about 1,001 sq ft |
| Under 60 m² | 25.5% | 1,532 homes |
| 150 m² and over | 4.2% | 255 homes |
Section 06
Ownership and new build in GL4
2,011 of the sales on record are leasehold and 23,901 freehold — 7.8% of the market. Tenure is not a detail: a leasehold flat and a freehold house are different assets, and mixing them into one median hides the difference.
The median leasehold sale is £108,000 and the median freehold sale £148,000 — a gap of +37.0%. Most of that gap is property type rather than tenure itself: leasehold here is largely flats, freehold largely houses.
| Category | Sales | Share | Median paid |
|---|---|---|---|
| Leasehold | 2,011 | 7.8% | £108,000 |
| Freehold | 23,901 | 92.2% | £148,000 |
| New build | 2,329 | 9.0% | £131,995 |
| Existing home | 23,583 | 91.0% | £143,000 |
New builds sold for less than the median existing home — -7.7%. A new-build premium is normal: the buyer gets a warranty and nothing to fix, and the price is set by a developer rather than negotiated between two households.
A further 768 transfers for this area are on the register but are left out of every figure above. HM Land Registry marks them as additional price paid entries: repossessions, buy-to-let portfolio moves, transfers between companies or family, and sales at a discount such as right to buy. They are real records but they are not open-market prices, and including them would drag the median somewhere no buyer ever paid.
Section 07
Living in GL4
Every certificate carries an energy efficiency band as well as a floor area. Across Cotswold, 39.3% of 49,354 certificates sit in bands A to C, and 9.5% in F or G — the bands that cost the most to heat and are hardest to mortgage.
| Energy band | Certificates | Share |
|---|---|---|
| A | 328 | 0.7% |
| B | 7,113 | 14.4% |
| C | 11,955 | 24.2% |
| D | 15,222 | 30.8% |
| E | 10,054 | 20.4% |
| F | 3,707 | 7.5% |
| G | 975 | 2.0% |
The Office for National Statistics puts the mean private rent in Cotswold at £1,251 a month as of Jun 2026 — £869 for a one-bedroom home and £1,342 for three bedrooms.
Against the median sale of £142,000 here, that rent is a gross yield of 10.57% a year. It is a measured figure rather than an assumption: a real local rent over a real local price, before any cost of ownership.
No street-level crime was published for GL4 in Jun 2026 by Gloucestershire. Several forces do not supply street-level data to police.uk, so this is a gap in the source rather than a crime-free month — and printing a zero would say something the data does not.
Section 08
The neighbourhood around GL4
The 2021 census counted 90,832 residents in Cotswold across 40,597 households. 67.3% of those households own their home and 32.7% rent — a split the sold record cannot show, because only owners appear in it.
17 state and independent schools have a GL4 postcode: 13 primary, 4 secondary. Catchment areas do not follow postcodes, so treat this as what is nearby rather than what a child would be offered.
| School | Phase | Type | Pupils |
|---|---|---|---|
| St Peter's Catholic High School and Sixth Form Centre | Secondary | Academy converter | 1,545 |
| Holmleigh Park High School | Secondary | Academy sponsor led | 1,416 |
| Gloucester Academy | Secondary | Academy sponsor led | 1,014 |
| Barnwood Park School | Secondary | Academy converter | 909 |
| Hillside Primary School | Primary | Academy converter | 495 |
| Abbeymead Primary School | Primary | Community school | 421 |
| Upton St Leonards Church of England Primary School | Primary | Voluntary controlled school | 420 |
| Finlay Community School | Primary | Foundation school | 412 |
| Heron Primary School | Primary | Foundation school | 402 |
| Harewood Junior School | Primary | Foundation school | 356 |
| Station | Mode | Distance from the district centre |
|---|---|---|
| Gloucester Rail Station | Rail | 3.1 km |
| Cheltenham Spa Rail Station | Rail | 10.4 km |
| Stroud (Glos) Rail Station | Rail | 10.6 km |
| Stonehouse Rail Station | Rail | 11.3 km |
Section 09
How GL4 compares
The median across the whole archive is £157,500. GL4 sits below that national figure — -9.8%.
Where an EPC floor area could be matched to the sale, the median works out at £1,867 per square metre, across 1,428 of the 25,912 sales on record. Price per square metre is the only figure that compares a two-bed flat with a four-bed house honestly.
The full range on record runs from £1,425 to £2,100,000. Extremes usually mean something unusual — a plot sold without a house on it, a transfer between family members, or a very large property — so the median is the number to trust.
GL4 sits in Cotswold, in the South West.
The Office for National Statistics puts the median home in Cotswold at 13.4 times median local earnings of £33,872 a year, measured to Sep 2025. Across England and Wales the same ratio is 7.6. That number, not the price alone, is what decides whether a place is within reach of the people who work in it.
Section 10
Nearby on the record
Sectors inside GL4
- GL4 0£140,000 median
- GL4 3£158,000 median
- GL4 4£135,500 median
- GL4 5£148,000 median
- GL4 6£125,000 median
- GL4 8£300,000 median
The closest districts
- GL12.7 km · £112,500
- GL23.5 km · £165,995
- GL33.8 km · £172,000
- GL519.9 km · £160,000
- GL5311.2 km · £250,000
- GL511.4 km · £167,500
- GL5011.6 km · £180,000
- GL5214.1 km · £198,000
This district mostly covers Gloucester.
Quick answers
Common questions about this data
What is the average house price in GL4?
The median price paid in GL4 across every sale on the register is £142,000. The median is used rather than the mean because a handful of very large sales would otherwise drag the average away from what a typical buyer paid.
How many homes have sold in GL4?
25,912 sales are on record for GL4, the most recent completing on 25 Jun 2026. Every one is a completed transfer lodged with HM Land Registry, not an asking price or an estimate.
Have GL4 house prices actually risen?
In cash, the median rose +50.0% between 2016 and 2026. In 2026 money — that is, after inflation — the change is +7.4%. Both numbers are true; only the second one tells you whether buying here preserved value.
When were GL4 house prices at their highest?
The highest yearly median on record is £270,000, set in 2025. That is the cash figure; measured in 2026 money the peak may fall in a different year, because inflation reshapes the series.
What is the price per square metre in GL4?
£1,867 per square metre, from the 1,428 sales where an EPC floor area could be matched to the address. Price per square metre strips out size, so a flat and a house can be compared on the same basis.
How current is this data?
The latest sale shown here completed on 25 Jun 2026. HM Land Registry publishes Price Paid Data monthly and a sale can take a month or two to appear after completion, so the most recent weeks are always incomplete.
Cite this page: Sold Price History, “GL4 house prices”, 2026. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data © Crown copyright and database right, used under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Inflation adjustment: ONS CPIH.