Forest of Dean
GL17 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
£265,000
Range £177,900–£541,500 · 250 real sales
- Real sales
- 250
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 14 Feb 2025 and 21 Aug 2026.
Summary
House prices in GL17: the typical (median) sold price is £265,000, close to the UK average (£272,611) (UK House Price Index, July 2026). GL17 is a quiet market, with about 14 recorded sales a month. By property type, 46% were detached homes (typically £385,000) and 40% were semi-detached homes (typically £225,500).
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 GL17: a quiet market, so take your time
GL17 has seen just 250 sales since February 2025, so no single figure here should carry much weight, and the individual sold homes are the better guide.
If you are selling, a spread from £177,900 to £541,500 makes £265,000 a poor guide to any one home, so benchmark against near-identical homes, not the headline; sales are too rare here to hurry, so give the price a local agent’s sense-check; cash buyers typically offer around 70–85% of market value (a rough guide, not a quote), which only makes sense if certainty is worth that much to you.
Sell houseIf you are buying, GL17 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.
Our checklist before an offer: what has been applied for nearby (288 applications on record within 500 m), flood risk over the long term and council tax (Band D is £2,443 a year), plus the title, which your conveyancer should review.
Averages only go so far, so the free GL17 OfferCheck sets flood, crime, planning and council tax beside the sold prices.
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At a glance
GL17 in four numbers
The headline figures from the records below, each one real and dated.
Typical price
£265,000
HM Land Registry
Sales a month
13.8
Across 250 sales
Council tax, Band D
£2,443
A year
The data, honestly
House prices in GL17
These 250 sales are what every figure here rests on. The typical price is the middle sale.
By property type
Average house price in GL17 by property type
Detached homes have the highest typical price at £385,000, and flat / maisonette the lowest at £70,000.
See the figures
| Type | Sales | Typical | Range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Detached | 106 | £385,000 | £230,000–£586,250 |
| Semi-detached | 92 | £225,500 | £175,300–£316,200 |
| Terraced | 28 | £200,000 | £144,000–£278,000 |
| Flat / maisonette | 3 | £70,000 | £68,000–£155,600 |
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 14 Feb 2025 and 21 Aug 2026.
24-month trend
Typical price by quarter in GL17
The quarterly typical price fell 31.4%, from £320,500 in Q1 2025 (38 sales) to £220,000 in Q3 2026 (11 sales).
See the figures
| Quarter | Typical price | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Q1 2025 | £320,500 | 38 |
| Q2 2025 | £247,000 | 33 |
| Q3 2025 | £265,000 | 45 |
| Q4 2025 | £330,000 | 49 |
| Q1 2026 | £265,000 | 43 |
| Q2 2026 | £245,000 | 31 |
| Q3 2026 | £220,000 | 11 |
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 14 Feb 2025 and 21 Aug 2026. Median of each quarter's recorded sales.
Range and mix
The spread of GL17 prices
How far prices run either side of the typical one, who owns what, and homes that have sold twice.
Price range
Where most GL17 homes sold
Eight in ten sales fell between £177,900 and £541,500, around a typical £265,000.
Lower and upper end are the 10th and 90th percentile of recorded sales.
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 14 Feb 2025 and 21 Aug 2026.
Mix of homes
Who is selling in GL17
Detached homes were 46% of recorded sales (106 of 229). 97% of sales were freehold and 3% leasehold.
Property type
- Detached46%
- Semi-detached40%
- Terraced12%
- Flat / maisonette1%
Tenure
- Freehold97%
- Leasehold3%
See the figures
243 freehold (97%) and 7 leasehold (3%) across the 250 most recent recorded sales in GL17, including 2 new-build sales. Leasehold is normal for flats; check the remaining lease term before you offer.
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 14 Feb 2025 and 21 Aug 2026.
Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data to 28 August 2026. Updated monthly. Real transactions, never estimates. All sales.
On the map
Where GL17 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 GL17
26, CROOKED END PLACE, RUARDEAN
Semi-detached · Freehold · 21 Aug 2026
£220,000
30, HAZEL ROAD, DRYBROOK
Semi-detached · Freehold · 12 Aug 2026
£230,000
22, PARKS ROAD, MITCHELDEAN
Semi-detached · Freehold · 7 Aug 2026
£300,000
14, WEST AVENUE, DRYBROOK
Semi-detached · Freehold · 31 Jul 2026
£205,000
CHERRY TREE COTTAGE, NOTTSWOOD HILL, LONGHOPE
Detached · Freehold · 30 Jul 2026
£580,000
Sources: HM Land Registry · postcodes.io / ONS · OpenStreetMap (© contributors). GL17 includes the Berry Hill ward.
In plain English
What the Forest of Dean (GL17) numbers mean
- The headline number blends very different homes: detached homes sold for a typical £385,000 against £200,000 for terraced homes: about 1.9 times as much. Use the figure for your type of home, not the mix.
- Prices here are widely spread: most sales fell between £177,900 and £541,500, so the median says little about any one home.
- Nearly all of these sales (97%) were freehold, which points to mostly houses.
Only 250 sales sit behind these figures, so they are a rough guide rather than a firm reading.
- This is a quiet district: only about 14 recorded sales a month.
Based on 250 recorded sales between 14 February 2025 and 21 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 GL17
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 GL17
£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 GL17 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 GL17
6
open schools within 3 km, nearest Drybrook Primary School.
All schools
Drybrook Primary School
Primary · Academies · GL17 9JF
433 m
Inadequate · 2018
Steam Mills Primary School
Primary · Local authority maintained schools · GL14 3JD
1.8 km
Good · 2012
Mitcheldean Endowed Primary School
Primary · Local authority maintained schools · GL17 0BS
1.8 km
Good · 2012
Dene Magna and Sixth Form
Middle deemed secondary · Academies · GL17 0DU
1.9 km
Outstanding · 2012
Woodside Primary School
Primary · Local authority maintained schools · GL17 9XP
2.4 km
Good · 2018
Ruardean Church of England Primary School
Primary · Local authority maintained schools · GL17 9XQ
2.8 km
Good · 2023
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 GL17 district centroid, not from any address.
Source: Department for Education: Get Information about Schools, with Ofsted grades · 6 open schools within 3 km, 6 with a grade on record
Area context
Planning and deprivation near GL17
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 GL17
288
applications within 500 m of the district centre, as last checked 23 July 2026.
Recent applications
ForestOfDean/P0116/26/FULPermitted
495 m
Erection of a single storey side and rear extension
Received 2026-01-30 · decided 2026-05-12
ForestOfDean/P1351/25/FULPermitted
469 m
Part retention of outbuilding as log store / shed and retention of additional outbuilding as garden store. (Part retrospective)
Received 2025-11-03 · decided 2026-04-02
ForestOfDean/P1067/25/FULPermitted
349 m
Erection of a single storey side extension with associated works.
Received 2025-08-26 · decided 2025-10-21
ForestOfDean/P0725/25/FULPermitted
275 m
Erection of single storey rear extension to provide bedroom and wet room for disabled child and associated works.
Received 2025-06-12 · decided 2025-08-06
ForestOfDean/P0661/25/FULPermitted
479 m
Erection of a single storey porch to front elevation with associated works.
Received 2025-06-03 · decided 2025-10-09
ForestOfDean/P0652/25/FULPermitted
482 m
Erection of a detached ancillary garden annexe
Received 2025-06-02 · decided 2025-08-05
Applications are matched within 500 m of the GL17 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 GL17 for the current picture.
Source: Local planning authority records via PlanIt · 288 applications matched within 500 m of the district centre · data to 23 July 2026
Deprivation (IMD)
Area profile for GL17
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 GL17 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.
GL17 0DH, 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 GL17 spans several. We sampled 12 postcodes in GL17: 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 GL17, band by band
Forest of Dean's council tax for 2026-27 set against the GL17 median sold price of £265,000 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÷ £265,000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | up to £40,000 | £1,629 | £136 | 0.61% |
| B | £40,001–£52,000 | £1,900 | £158 | 0.72% |
| C | £52,001–£68,000 | £2,172 | £181 | 0.82% |
| D | £68,001–£88,000 | £2,443 | £204 | 0.92% |
| E | £88,001–£120,000 | £2,986 | £249 | 1.13% |
| F | £120,001–£160,000 | £3,529 | £294 | 1.33% |
| G | £160,001–£320,000 | £4,072 | £339 | 1.54% |
| H | over £320,000 | £4,887 | £407 | 1.84% |
The last column is the band's annual charge divided by the GL17 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 GL17 sold for
The 24 most recently sold doors of the 246 distinct addresses in the records we hold for GL17. Real recorded transactions: never estimates.
26, CROOKED END PLACE, RUARDEAN
GL17 9YN · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£220,000
2026-08-21
30, HAZEL ROAD, DRYBROOK
GL17 9EP · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£230,000
2026-08-12
22, PARKS ROAD, MITCHELDEAN
GL17 0DH · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£300,000
2026-08-07
14, WEST AVENUE, DRYBROOK
GL17 9HX · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£205,000
2026-07-31
CHERRY TREE COTTAGE, NOTTSWOOD HILL, LONGHOPE
GL17 0AN · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£580,000
2026-07-30
72, GREENFIELD ROAD, LYDBROOK
GL17 9RE · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£220,000
2026-07-17
23, FORGE ROW, LYDBROOK
GL17 9NP · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£188,500
2026-07-17
4, PARK VIEW, RUARDEAN
GL17 9YW · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£240,000
2026-07-14
4, SPRING PLACE, RUARDEAN
GL17 9TA · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£253,000
2026-07-10
4, THE YARD, LYDBROOK
GL17 9PP · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£182,000
2026-07-03
7, LINING WOOD, MITCHELDEAN
GL17 0EN · Flat / maisonette · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£177,000
2026-07-03
20, CHURCHILL WAY, MITCHELDEAN
GL17 0AZ · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£215,000
2026-06-29
STATION SIDE, TOWNSEND, MITCHELDEAN
GL17 0BD · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£365,000
2026-06-29
10, WINTLES CLOSE, MITCHELDEAN
GL17 0JP · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£237,500
2026-06-26
8, COLCHESTER CLOSE, MITCHELDEAN
GL17 0JS · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£300,000
2026-06-26
14, CHURCHILL WAY, MITCHELDEAN
GL17 0AZ · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£220,000
2026-06-25
BRIDGEWOOD, CHURCH ROAD, LONGHOPE
GL17 0LG · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£415,000
2026-06-24
4, CHURCHILL WAY, MITCHELDEAN
GL17 0AZ · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£207,500
2026-06-24
MILLBANK, CHESSGROVE LANE, LONGHOPE
GL17 0LE · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£610,000
2026-06-24
3, BATCHELORS MEWS, MITCHELDEAN
GL17 0BS · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£190,000
2026-06-24
SORRENTO, CHESSGROVE LANE, LONGHOPE
GL17 0LE · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£440,000
2026-06-24
4, FOREST RISE, LYDBROOK
GL17 9SQ · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£260,000
2026-06-15
DRESDEN HOUSE, GLASSHOUSE HILL, LONGHOPE
GL17 0NN · Other · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£1,050,000
2026-06-12
42, DEAN MEADOWS, MITCHELDEAN
GL17 0EJ · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£168,000
2026-06-11
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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- House prices in GL18 (Newent) 7.2 miles
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Data sources
Every GL17 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.