Forest of Dean
GL18 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
£281,750
Range £159,800–£580,000 · 250 real sales
- Real sales
- 250
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 29 Aug 2024 and 7 Aug 2026.
Summary
House prices in GL18: the typical (median) sold price is £281,750, close to the UK average (£272,611) (UK House Price Index, July 2026). GL18 is a quiet market, with about 11 recorded sales a month. By property type, 40% were detached homes (typically £440,000) and 26% were semi-detached homes (typically £255,000).
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 GL18: few sales, so go in with your eyes open
GL18 has seen just 250 sales since August 2024, so no single figure here should carry much weight, and the individual sold homes are the better guide.
For sellers, the spread in GL18 is wide, with most sales between £159,800 and £580,000, so the closest sold homes of your type say much more than the middle; sales are too rare here to hurry, so give the price a local agent’s sense-check; a quick cash sale buys certainty at a cost, usually about 70–85% of market value as a rough guide, not a quote, so weigh it carefully.
Sell houseWhen buying here, GL18 sits close to the UK average for typical prices, so hold any asking price up against the sold homes of the same type.
Before you offer in GL18, check planning history nearby (26 applications on record within 500 m), long-term flood risk and council tax (Band D is £2,443 a year), and ask your conveyancer about the title.
With averages this broad, the free GL18 OfferCheck adds flood, crime, planning and council tax from the official sources.
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At a glance
GL18 in four numbers
The headline figures from the records below, each one real and dated.
Typical price
£281,750
HM Land Registry
Sales a month
10.7
Across 250 sales
Council tax, Band D
£2,443
A year
The data, honestly
House prices in GL18
These 250 sales are what every figure here rests on. The typical price is the middle sale.
By property type
Average house price in GL18 by property type
Detached homes have the highest typical price at £440,000, and flat / maisonette the lowest at £113,000.
See the figures
| Type | Sales | Typical | Range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Detached | 95 | £440,000 | £302,000–£674,600 |
| Semi-detached | 61 | £255,000 | £210,000–£340,000 |
| Terraced | 55 | £225,000 | £180,268–£288,000 |
| Flat / maisonette | 24 | £113,000 | £61,500–£187,365 |
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 29 Aug 2024 and 7 Aug 2026.
24-month trend
Typical price by quarter in GL18
The quarterly typical price fell 5.5%, from £275,000 in Q4 2024 (39 sales) to £260,000 in Q3 2026 (7 sales).
See the figures
| Quarter | Typical price | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Q4 2024 | £275,000 | 39 |
| Q1 2025 | £268,000 | 47 |
| Q2 2025 | £345,000 | 25 |
| Q3 2025 | £275,000 | 35 |
| Q4 2025 | £330,000 | 36 |
| Q1 2026 | £252,500 | 23 |
| Q2 2026 | £248,000 | 23 |
| Q3 2026 | £260,000 | 7 |
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 29 Aug 2024 and 7 Aug 2026. Median of each quarter's recorded sales.
Range and mix
The spread of GL18 prices
How far prices run either side of the typical one, who owns what, and homes that have sold twice.
Price range
Where most GL18 homes sold
Eight in ten sales fell between £159,800 and £580,000, around a typical £281,750.
Lower and upper end are the 10th and 90th percentile of recorded sales.
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 29 Aug 2024 and 7 Aug 2026.
Mix of homes
Who is selling in GL18
Detached homes were 40% of recorded sales (95 of 235). 88% of sales were freehold and 12% leasehold.
Property type
- Detached40%
- Semi-detached26%
- Terraced23%
- Flat / maisonette10%
Tenure
- Freehold88%
- Leasehold12%
See the figures
221 freehold (88%) and 29 leasehold (12%) across the 250 most recent recorded sales in GL18, including 1 new-build sale. Leasehold is normal for flats; check the remaining lease term before you offer.
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 29 Aug 2024 and 7 Aug 2026.
Sold twice: what the same home resold for
The strongest price signal there is: the same door, sold twice. Change shown in £, %, and per year. A big % over two decades is smaller than it looks.
1, MAY HILL VIEW, NEWENT
£245,000 (2025)£235,000 (2026)-4.1% over 0.6 yrs (-6.4%/yr)
SCILLONIA, BURY BAR, NEWENT
£116,000 (2025)£136,000 (2026)+17.2% over 0.6 yrs (+32.6%/yr)
Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data to 28 August 2026. Updated monthly. Real transactions, never estimates. All sales.
On the map
Where GL18 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 GL18
2, THE CROFTS, NEWENT
Semi-detached · Freehold · 7 Aug 2026
£185,000
40, MAY HILL VIEW, NEWENT
Terraced · Freehold · 4 Aug 2026
£260,000
3, KYRLESIDE, DYMOCK
Terraced · Freehold · 31 Jul 2026
£295,000
5, SCHOOL VIEW, NEWENT
Detached · Freehold · 17 Jul 2026
£345,000
2, MERLIN NOOK, NEWENT
Detached · Freehold · 17 Jul 2026
£392,000
Sources: HM Land Registry · postcodes.io / ONS · OpenStreetMap (© contributors). GL18 includes the Dymock ward.
In plain English
What the Forest of Dean (GL18) numbers mean
- The headline number blends very different homes: detached homes sold for a typical £440,000 against £113,000 for flats: about 3.9 times as much. Use the figure for your type of home, not the mix.
- Prices here are widely spread: most sales fell between £159,800 and £580,000, so the median says little about any one home.
- This is a quiet district: only about 11 recorded sales a month.
Only 250 sales sit behind these figures, so they are a rough guide rather than a firm reading.
Based on 250 recorded sales between 29 August 2024 and 7 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 GL18
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 GL18
£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 GL18 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 GL18
4
open schools within 3 km, nearest Picklenash Junior School.
All schools
Picklenash Junior School
Primary · Local authority maintained schools · GL18 1BG
844 m
Good · 2019
Glebe Infants' School
Primary · Local authority maintained schools · GL18 1BL
901 m
Good · 2020
Newent Community School and Sixth Form Centre
Middle deemed secondary · Academies · GL18 1QF
1.5 km
Good · 2014
Pauntley Church of England Primary School
Primary · Local authority maintained schools · GL18 1LL
2.7 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 GL18 district centroid, not from any address.
Source: Department for Education: Get Information about Schools, with Ofsted grades · 4 open schools within 3 km, 4 with a grade on record
Area context
Planning and deprivation near GL18
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 GL18
26
applications within 500 m of the district centre, as last checked 21 October 2026.
Recent applications
ForestOfDean/P0440/25/AGPermitted
475 m
Prior notification for the construction of a farm track
Received 2025-04-07 · decided 2025-05-02
ForestOfDean/P1433/23/TPOPermitted
311 m
Undertake the following work to four Lime trees covered by groups G2 and G3 of DFTPO 29 (Tree numbers as per the submitted tree survey and accompanying sketch plan). T2630 (G2); Crown lift to 5 metres over road and entrance. T2634 (G2); Crown lift over marquee to give 2 metres clearance. T2635 (G3); Remove basal shoots. T2637 (G3); Carefully sever and remove a section of the girdled root on the northern side of the tree.
Received 2023-10-26 · decided 2023-11-30
ForestOfDean/P0471/23/FULPermitted
481 m
Retention of re-sited access track to dwelling (RETROSPECTIVE)
Received 2023-04-03 · decided 2023-06-22
ForestOfDean/P0470/23/FULPermitted
332 m
Change of use of paddock and former track to residential curtilage.
Received 2023-04-03 · decided 2023-08-23
ForestOfDean/P0306/23/FULPermitted
341 m
Erection of front, rear and side extensions and loft conversion.
Received 2023-03-03 · decided 2023-05-17
ForestOfDean/P0332/21/FULWithdrawn
340 m
Conversion of former care home (C2) to residential (C3) providing 8 no flats. Erection of a single storey rear extension with roof accommodation, single storey link extension and single storey extension, creating bin/cycle storage and demolition of 5 outbuildings.
Received 2021-02-15 · decided 2021-09-29
Applications are matched within 500 m of the GL18 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 GL18 for the current picture.
Source: Local planning authority records via PlanIt · 26 applications matched within 500 m of the district centre · data to 21 October 2026
Deprivation (IMD)
Area profile for GL18
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 GL18 postcodes, deprivation runs decile 4 to decile 7, with a median of decile 5 of 10: where 1 is among the most deprived 10% of England and 10 the least deprived.
GL18 1UB, 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 GL18 spans several. We sampled 12 postcodes in GL18: 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 GL18, band by band
Forest of Dean's council tax for 2026-27 set against the GL18 median sold price of £281,750 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÷ £281,750 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | up to £40,000 | £1,629 | £136 | 0.58% |
| B | £40,001–£52,000 | £1,900 | £158 | 0.67% |
| C | £52,001–£68,000 | £2,172 | £181 | 0.77% |
| D | £68,001–£88,000 | £2,443 | £204 | 0.87% |
| E | £88,001–£120,000 | £2,986 | £249 | 1.06% |
| F | £120,001–£160,000 | £3,529 | £294 | 1.25% |
| G | £160,001–£320,000 | £4,072 | £339 | 1.45% |
| H | over £320,000 | £4,887 | £407 | 1.73% |
The last column is the band's annual charge divided by the GL18 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 GL18 sold for
The 24 most recently sold doors of the 243 distinct addresses in the records we hold for GL18. Real recorded transactions: never estimates.
2, THE CROFTS, NEWENT
GL18 1SQ · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£185,000
2026-08-07
40, MAY HILL VIEW, NEWENT
GL18 1UB · Terraced · Freehold · 2 recorded sales
£260,000
2026-08-04
3, KYRLESIDE, DYMOCK
GL18 2EN · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£295,000
2026-07-31
5, SCHOOL VIEW, NEWENT
GL18 1RX · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£345,000
2026-07-17
2, MERLIN NOOK, NEWENT
GL18 1FN · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£392,000
2026-07-17
10, RUSSETT WAY, NEWENT
GL18 1TS · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£215,000
2026-07-17
17, RUSSETT WAY, NEWENT
GL18 1TS · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£185,000
2026-07-10
5, THE CRYPT ESTATE, DYMOCK
GL18 2AL · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£193,000
2026-06-26
1, CROWN CLOSE, DYMOCK
GL18 2AZ · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£305,000
2026-06-25
124, MANOR ROAD, NEWENT
GL18 1UJ · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£210,000
2026-06-25
44, DAFFODIL COURT, NEWENT
GL18 1TY · Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 2 recorded sales
£132,500
2026-06-19
11, THE CROFTS, NEWENT
GL18 1SQ · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£200,000
2026-06-19
14, LAKESIDE, NEWENT
GL18 1SZ · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£345,000
2026-06-12
26, MANTLEY GROVE, NEWENT
GL18 1RU · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£580,000
2026-05-28
3, MARKET SQUARE, NEWENT
GL18 1PS · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£155,000
2026-05-22
CHIDLEY HOUSE, HIGH STREET, NEWENT
GL18 1AN · Other · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£210,000
2026-05-19
33, ONSLOW ROAD, NEWENT
GL18 1TL · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£389,950
2026-05-13
13, CROFT ROAD, NEWENT
GL18 1SW · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£285,000
2026-05-08
115, MANOR ROAD, NEWENT
GL18 1UJ · Terraced · Leasehold · 1 recorded sale
£115,000
2026-05-05
9, KESTREL CLOSE, NEWENT
GL18 1FH · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£395,000
2026-05-01
33, WESTERN WAY, DYMOCK
GL18 2AU · Semi-detached · Leasehold · 1 recorded sale
£100,000
2026-04-30
10, VALEGRO AVENUE, NEWENT
GL18 1RT · Terraced · Freehold · 2 recorded sales
£228,000
2026-04-29
1, FRIARS WALK, NEWENT
GL18 1TG · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£310,000
2026-04-21
103, WATERY LANE, NEWENT
GL18 1PY · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£247,500
2026-04-21
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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- 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.