Forest of Dean
GL16 house prices in Forest of Dean
Sold prices, council tax, schools, deprivation and planning for Forest of Dean, from official UK data in one place.
Typical sold price
£268,250
Range £164,500–£455,500 · 250 real sales
- Real sales
- 250
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 8 Apr 2025 and 19 Aug 2026.
Summary
House prices in GL16: the typical (median) sold price is £268,250, close to the UK average (£272,611) (UK House Price Index, July 2026). GL16 is an active market, with about 15 recorded sales a month. By property type, 45% were detached homes (typically £375,000) and 34% were semi-detached homes (typically £240,000).
Data from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, up to 28 August 2026.
Council tax on a Band D home there is £2,443 a year: Forest of Dean's published charge for 2026-27.
Source: Council tax: Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government. Council Tax levels set by local authorities, Forest of Dean, 2026-27.
Our take · opinion, not advice
Our take on GL16: a steady market, so let the sold prices lead
At around 15 sales a month, GL16 ticks along steadily, enough to learn from, though the year-on-year comparison is too thin to quote, so lean on the recent sold homes.
When selling here, £164,500 to £455,500 is what most GL16 buyers have actually paid, so narrow down to sold homes that match yours before you pick a price; sales arrive at a steady pace, so there is no need to rush to a low price.
Sell houseFor buyers, GL16 sits close to the UK average for typical prices, so the sold homes of your type are the yardstick to hold an asking price to.
Worth checking before you commit: planning history nearby (502 applications on record within 500 m), long-term flood risk and council tax (Band D is £2,443 a year); your conveyancer should look at the title too.
Prices are only part of the picture: the free GL16 OfferCheck adds flood, crime, planning, council tax and schools, and the Report says which deserve your attention.
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At a glance
GL16 in four numbers
The headline figures from the records below, each one real and dated.
Typical price
£268,250
HM Land Registry
Sales a month
15.3
Across 250 sales
Council tax, Band D
£2,443
A year
On the map
Where GL16 sits in Forest of Dean
The pins are the 5 most recent recorded sales: real prices on real streets, not a valuation.
Latest sales
The most recent sales in GL16
2, TUFTHORN TERRACE, COLEFORD
Terraced · Freehold · 19 Aug 2026
£237,500
36, KINGS MEADE, COLEFORD
Semi-detached · Freehold · 14 Aug 2026
£160,000
FINLEA, GORSE LANE, COLEFORD
Detached · Freehold · 7 Aug 2026
£415,000
32, THE LINKS, COLEFORD
Detached · Freehold · 31 Jul 2026
£237,000
29, CROWN MEADOW, COLEFORD
Semi-detached · Freehold · 31 Jul 2026
£230,000
Sources: HM Land Registry · postcodes.io / ONS · OpenStreetMap (© contributors). GL16 includes the Berry Hill ward.
The data, honestly
House prices in GL16
These 250 sales are what every figure here rests on. The typical price is the middle sale.
By property type
Average house price in GL16 by property type
Detached homes have the highest typical price at £375,000, and flat / maisonette the lowest at £119,000.
See the figures
| Type | Sales | Typical | Range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Detached | 107 | £375,000 | £258,000–£520,000 |
| Semi-detached | 81 | £240,000 | £180,000–£325,000 |
| Terraced | 35 | £197,000 | £165,000–£254,000 |
| Flat / maisonette | 17 | £119,000 | £81,000–£169,800 |
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 8 Apr 2025 and 19 Aug 2026.
24-month trend
Typical price by quarter in GL16
The quarterly typical price rose 8.2%, from £280,000 in Q2 2025 (41 sales) to £303,000 in Q3 2026 (15 sales).
See the figures
| Quarter | Typical price | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Q2 2025 | £280,000 | 41 |
| Q3 2025 | £257,500 | 60 |
| Q4 2025 | £292,500 | 57 |
| Q1 2026 | £295,000 | 33 |
| Q2 2026 | £239,000 | 44 |
| Q3 2026 | £303,000 | 15 |
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 8 Apr 2025 and 19 Aug 2026. Median of each quarter's recorded sales.
Range and mix
The spread of GL16 prices
How far prices run either side of the typical one, who owns what, and homes that have sold twice.
Price range
Where most GL16 homes sold
Eight in ten sales fell between £164,500 and £455,500, around a typical £268,250.
Lower and upper end are the 10th and 90th percentile of recorded sales.
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 8 Apr 2025 and 19 Aug 2026.
Mix of homes
Who is selling in GL16
Detached homes were 45% of recorded sales (107 of 240). 93% of sales were freehold and 7% leasehold.
Property type
- Detached45%
- Semi-detached34%
- Terraced15%
- Flat / maisonette7%
Tenure
- Freehold93%
- Leasehold7%
See the figures
233 freehold (93%) and 17 leasehold (7%) across the 250 most recent recorded sales in GL16. Leasehold is normal for flats; check the remaining lease term before you offer.
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 8 Apr 2025 and 19 Aug 2026.
Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data to 28 August 2026. Updated monthly. Real transactions, never estimates. All sales.
In plain English
What the Forest of Dean (GL16) numbers mean
- The headline number blends very different homes: detached homes sold for a typical £375,000 against £119,000 for flats: about 3.2 times as much. Use the figure for your type of home, not the mix.
- Nearly all of these sales (93%) were freehold, which points to mostly houses.
- This is an active district: about 15 recorded sales a month.
Based on 250 recorded sales between 8 April 2025 and 19 August 2026. HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, to 28 August 2026; page data refreshed 7 October 2026. Compared with the UK House Price Index. Written by Your Property Check (Check Labs Ltd, Birmingham) from this data. How we read the data · spotted a mistake? Tell us. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right. UK House Price Index licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Area data
What else the records hold on GL16
Council tax and schools, each from the body that publishes it, with the sample it rests on stated beside it.
Council tax
What council tax costs in GL16
£2,443
Band D a year in Forest of Dean, 2026-27: the benchmark band every English authority is compared on.
All bands
| Band | 1991 value | A year |
|---|---|---|
| A | up to £40,000 | £1,629 |
| B | £40,001–£52,000 | £1,900 |
| C | £52,001–£68,000 | £2,172 |
| D | £68,001–£88,000 | £2,443 |
| E | £88,001–£120,000 | £2,986 |
| F | £120,001–£160,000 | £3,529 |
| G | £160,001–£320,000 | £4,072 |
| H | over £320,000 | £4,887 |
These are Forest of Dean's charges for 2026-27, the authority GL16 falls in, not an estimate for any individual home. A property's band is set by the Valuation Office Agency and we never guess it; look up a band on GOV.UK and read your row. Bands reflect what a home was worth on 1 April 1991, not today.
Source: Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government. Council Tax levels set by local authorities · 8 of 8 bands published for Forest of Dean · data to 2026-27 financial year
Schools
Schools near GL16
5
open schools within 3 km, nearest St John's C of E Academy.
All schools
St John's C of E Academy
Primary · Academies · GL16 8DU
664 m
Good · 2022
Coalway Primary School
Primary · Local authority maintained schools · GL16 7HL
1.0 km
Good · 2023
Five Acres High School
Middle deemed secondary · Academies · GL16 7QW
1.4 km
Good · 2022
Berry Hill Primary School
Primary · Local authority maintained schools · GL16 7AT
1.9 km
Requires improvement · 2023
Ellwood Primary School
Primary · Local authority maintained schools · GL16 7LY
3.0 km
Good · 2018
School data from the Department for Education “Get Information about Schools” (GIAS) and Ofsted inspection outcomes. Open Government Licence v3.0. The Ofsted grade shown is the last single overall grade on record (single grades were withdrawn in September 2024). Shows nearest schools by distance, not legal catchment areas. Distances are from the GL16 district centroid, not from any address.
Source: Department for Education: Get Information about Schools, with Ofsted grades · 5 open schools within 3 km, 5 with a grade on record
Area context
Planning and deprivation near GL16
What is being built nearby and how the area ranks, as context for the neighbourhood and never a judgement on a home.
Planning applications
Planning activity around GL16
502
applications within 500 m of the district centre, as last checked 24 July 2026.
Recent applications
ForestOfDean/P0790/26/ADVUndecided
459 m
Installation of 2 no. internally illuminated fascia signs, 1 no. internally illuminated projecting sign and 1 no. internally illuminated totem sign.
Received 2026-07-06
ForestOfDean/P0789/26/FULUndecided
459 m
Change of use of an Estate Agent's (Class E), to a hot food takeaway (sui generis), installation of extraction and ventilation equipment, minor external alterations, sinage and associated works.
Received 2026-07-06
ForestOfDean/P0634/26/DISCONUndecided
336 m
Discharge of Condition 09 (LEMP) relating to P0372/24/FUL
Received 2026-05-29
ForestOfDean/P0599/26/DISCONUndecided
382 m
Discharge of condition 13 (Lighting) relating to P1594/23/FUL
Received 2026-05-21
ForestOfDean/P0560/26/LD2Rejected
331 m
Application under section 192 to establish whether the replacement of the existing front elevation timber windows with new white uPVC windows requires planning permission
Received 2026-05-13 · decided 2026-07-03
ForestOfDean/P0512/26/DISCONPermitted
382 m
Discharge of condition 18 (drainage) of planning permission P1594/23/FUL
Received 2026-05-01 · decided 2026-06-11
Applications are matched within 500 m of the GL16 district centroid, so this is activity in the area, not at any one address. Register wording and status are reproduced as the local planning authority published them. Showing 6 of 20 held; run a live planning search for GL16 for the current picture.
Source: Local planning authority records via PlanIt · 502 applications matched within 500 m of the district centre · data to 24 July 2026
Deprivation (IMD)
Area profile for GL16
Decile 5 of 10
Median across 12 sampled postcodes; 1 is the most deprived 10% of England, 10 the least.
Read the detail
Across the 12 sampled GL16 postcodes, deprivation runs decile 3 to decile 8, with a median of decile 5 of 10: where 1 is among the most deprived 10% of England and 10 the least deprived.
GL16 8QT, the sampled postcode sitting at that median: On the English Indices of Deprivation 2025, this postcode falls in decile 5 of 10, where 1 is among the most deprived 10% of England and 10 the least deprived. It's area context for the wider neighbourhood, not a judgement on any individual home.
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0 (English Indices of Deprivation 2025, MHCLG). Deprivation is published for small areas (LSOAs), not for postcode districts, so GL16 spans several. We sampled 12 postcodes in GL16: the ones with the most recent recorded sales, up to a limit of 12. That is a convenience sample, not a random one, so it leans toward streets where homes are changing hands. 12 returned a row. It is context for the neighbourhood, never a judgement on any individual home. How we choose the sample.
Source: Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government. English Indices of Deprivation 2025 · 12 postcodes sampled of 12 checked · data to 2025 indices
Cost to run
Two sources, one table
What it costs to run a home in GL16, band by band
Forest of Dean's council tax for 2026-27 set against the GL16 median sold price of £268,250 across 250 recorded sales: the annual running cost beside the purchase price, which neither source shows on its own.
| Band | 1991 valueVOA basis | A yearForest of Dean | A month÷ 12 | Of the median÷ £268,250 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | up to £40,000 | £1,629 | £136 | 0.61% |
| B | £40,001–£52,000 | £1,900 | £158 | 0.71% |
| C | £52,001–£68,000 | £2,172 | £181 | 0.81% |
| D | £68,001–£88,000 | £2,443 | £204 | 0.91% |
| E | £88,001–£120,000 | £2,986 | £249 | 1.11% |
| F | £120,001–£160,000 | £3,529 | £294 | 1.32% |
| G | £160,001–£320,000 | £4,072 | £339 | 1.52% |
| H | over £320,000 | £4,887 | £407 | 1.82% |
The last column is the band's annual charge divided by the GL16 median sold price. A comparison of two published figures, not a rate anyone charges. It is not a mapping from price to band: a band records what a home was worth on 1 April 1991 and is set by the Valuation Office Agency, so it cannot be worked out from a 2020s sale price. Look up a specific band on GOV.UK. Instalment counts vary by authority, so the monthly column is simply the year over twelve.
Sources: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data to 28 August 2026. Updated monthly. Median across 250 recorded sales. · Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government. Council Tax levels set by local authorities, Forest of Dean, 2026-27.
Address by address
Address by address
What individual homes in GL16 sold for
The 24 most recently sold doors of the 247 distinct addresses in the records we hold for GL16. Real recorded transactions: never estimates.
2, TUFTHORN TERRACE, COLEFORD
GL16 8PY · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£237,500
2026-08-19
36, KINGS MEADE, COLEFORD
GL16 8RS · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£160,000
2026-08-14
FINLEA, GORSE LANE, COLEFORD
GL16 8LT · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£415,000
2026-08-07
32, THE LINKS, COLEFORD
GL16 8HX · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£237,000
2026-07-31
29, CROWN MEADOW, COLEFORD
GL16 7HF · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£230,000
2026-07-31
35, NEWLAND STREET, COLEFORD
GL16 8AJ · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£295,000
2026-07-31
HIGHFIELD, SCOWLES, COLEFORD
GL16 8QT · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£350,000
2026-07-31
49, CRABTREE MEADOW, COLEFORD
GL16 7RL · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£377,500
2026-07-31
WAHROONGA, ELLWOOD ROAD, COLEFORD
GL16 7LE · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£475,000
2026-07-20
34, EDENWALL ROAD, COLEFORD
GL16 7LA · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£320,000
2026-07-20
BRIDEWELL VIEW, HILLERSLAND LANE, COLEFORD
GL16 7NU · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£550,000
2026-07-20
SUNNY SIDE, CAMPBELL ROAD, COLEFORD
GL16 7BS · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£303,000
2026-07-20
3, HAMPSHIRE GARDENS, COLEFORD
GL16 8HU · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£210,000
2026-07-10
HIGHLANDS, 56, GLOUCESTER ROAD, COLEFORD
GL16 8BW · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£465,000
2026-07-03
OLIVE TREE HOUSE, LAMBSQUAY ROAD, COLEFORD
GL16 8QA · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£267,500
2026-07-02
3, OWEN GARDENS, COLEFORD
GL16 8EB · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£210,000
2026-06-30
7, DUKES CLOSE, COLEFORD
GL16 7SB · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£470,000
2026-06-30
3, HOLCOT, COLEFORD
GL16 7HJ · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£235,000
2026-06-30
THE HAVEN, OLD ROAD, COLEFORD
GL16 7JN · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£275,000
2026-06-30
3, COLLIERS LEAZE, COLEFORD
GL16 7SD · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£320,000
2026-06-29
16, CINDERHILL, COLEFORD
GL16 8HJ · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£240,000
2026-06-26
1, POOLWAY COURT, COLEFORD
GL16 8DQ · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£215,000
2026-06-26
11, NASH WAY, COLEFORD
GL16 8RQ · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£255,000
2026-06-26
VALE VIEW, WOODLAND ROAD, COLEFORD
GL16 7NR · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£405,000
2026-06-26
Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. HM Land Registry Price Paid Data to 28 August 2026. Updated monthly. Addresses come from recorded sales since 1995, so homes that have never sold do not appear. 0 of these 24 doors resolve to a confident property record and link through; the rest are listed without a link. We match a door to a property record only where the match is certain, never by guessing.
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Data sources
Every GL16 figure is official and dated
Real recorded data from the UK's official registers, never an estimated valuation.
- HM Land RegistrySold prices
- MHCLGCouncil tax & deprivation
- Department for Education · OfstedSchools
- Local planning authoritiesPlanning applications
- Police.UKStreet-level crime
- Environment AgencyFlood risk
- postcodes.io · ONSGeography
Sources: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data · Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government. Council Tax levels set by local authorities · Department for Education: Get Information about Schools, with Ofsted grades · Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government. English Indices of Deprivation 2025 · Local planning authority records via PlanIt · Police.UK · Environment Agency · postcodes.io / ONS. HM Land Registry Price Paid Data to 28 August 2026. Updated monthly. All figures are real, attributed and carry the sample they rest on: never estimates, never a valuation. All sales · Get Free Valuation · About Your Property Check.