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GL54 house prices in Cheltenham

Sold prices, council tax, schools, deprivation and planning for Cheltenham, from official UK data in one place.

Typical sold price

£460,000

Range £257,000–£1,100,000 · 250 real sales

Real sales
250

HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 12 Nov 2025 and 28 Aug 2026.

Summary

House prices in GL54: the typical (median) sold price is £460,000, well above the UK average (£272,611) (UK House Price Index, July 2026). GL54 is an active market, with about 26 recorded sales a month. By property type, 42% were detached homes (typically £620,000) and 26% were semi-detached homes (typically £390,000).

Data from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, up to 28 August 2026.

Council tax on a Band D home there is £2,370 a year: Cheltenham's published charge for 2026-27.

Source: Council tax: Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government. Council Tax levels set by local authorities, Cheltenham, 2026-27.

Our take · opinion, not advice

Our take on GL54: a steady market, so let the sold prices lead

Roughly 26 homes a month change hands in GL54, which suits pricing from the latest sold homes better than from any single average or trend.

For sellers, the spread in GL54 is wide, with most sales between £257,000 and £1,100,000, so the closest sold homes of your type say much more than the middle; buyers can compare homes at this pace but are not spoilt for choice.

Sell house

When buying here, typical prices in GL54 sit well above the UK average, so a premium over the average needs a reason you can see in the sold homes of the same type.

Worth checking before you commit: planning history nearby (44 applications on record within 500 m), long-term flood risk and council tax (Band D is £2,370 a year); your conveyancer should look at the title too.

The sold prices leave a lot open; the free GL54 OfferCheck closes some of the gap with flood, crime, planning and council tax.

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At a glance

GL54 in four numbers

The headline figures from the records below, each one real and dated.

  • Typical price

    £460,000

    HM Land Registry

  • Sales a month

    26.3

    Across 250 sales

  • Council tax, Band D

    £2,370

    A year

The data, honestly

House prices in GL54

These 250 sales are what every figure here rests on. The typical price is the middle sale.

By property type

Average house price in GL54 by property type

Detached homes have the highest typical price at £620,000, and flat / maisonette the lowest at £306,000.

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Sales, typical price and middle-80% range by property type in GL54
TypeSalesTypicalRange
Detached96£620,000£400,250–£1,430,000
Semi-detached58£390,000£288,950–£711,500
Terraced54£326,000£221,450–£563,000
Flat / maisonette19£306,000£145,800–£487,480

HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 12 Nov 2025 and 28 Aug 2026.

24-month trend

Typical price by quarter in GL54

The quarterly typical price fell 12.8%, from £556,000 in Q4 2025 (68 sales) to £485,000 in Q3 2026 (39 sales).

See the figures
Median sold price and number of recorded sales for each recent quarter in GL54
QuarterTypical priceSales
Q4 2025£556,00068
Q1 2026£407,50079
Q2 2026£439,25064
Q3 2026£485,00039

HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 12 Nov 2025 and 28 Aug 2026. Median of each quarter's recorded sales.

Range and mix

The spread of GL54 prices

How far prices run either side of the typical one, who owns what, and homes that have sold twice.

Price range

Where most GL54 homes sold

Eight in ten sales fell between £257,000 and £1,100,000, around a typical £460,000.

Lower and upper end are the 10th and 90th percentile of recorded sales.

HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 12 Nov 2025 and 28 Aug 2026.

Mix of homes

Who is selling in GL54

Detached homes were 42% of recorded sales (96 of 227). 91% of sales were freehold and 9% leasehold.

Property type

  • Detached42%
  • Semi-detached26%
  • Terraced24%
  • Flat / maisonette8%

Tenure

  • Freehold91%
  • Leasehold9%
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227 freehold (91%) and 23 leasehold (9%) across the 250 most recent recorded sales in GL54. Leasehold is normal for flats; check the remaining lease term before you offer.

HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 12 Nov 2025 and 28 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 GL54 sits in Cheltenham

The pins are the 5 most recent recorded sales: real prices on real streets, not a valuation.

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Latest sales

The most recent sales in GL54

  • ROSE COTTAGE, LANSDOWNE, CHELTENHAM

    Terraced · Freehold · 28 Aug 2026

    £490,000

  • 8, SPARROWS WAY, CHELTENHAM

    Detached · Freehold · 20 Aug 2026

    £665,000

  • THE PATCH, BROADWAY ROAD, CHELTENHAM

    Detached · Freehold · 20 Aug 2026

    £485,000

  • 1, STANLEY COTTAGES, CHELTENHAM

    Semi-detached · Freehold · 19 Aug 2026

    £380,000

  • MANOR FARM, POUND LANE, CHELTENHAM

    Semi-detached · Freehold · 19 Aug 2026

    £360,000

All sales

Sources: HM Land Registry · postcodes.io / ONS · OpenStreetMap (© contributors). GL54 includes the Battledown ward.

In plain English

What the Cheltenham (GL54) numbers mean

  • The headline number blends very different homes: detached homes sold for a typical £620,000 against £306,000 for flats: about 2.0 times as much. Use the figure for your type of home, not the mix.
  • Prices here are widely spread: most sales fell between £257,000 and £1,100,000, so the median says little about any one home.
  • Nearly all of these sales (91%) were freehold, which points to mostly houses.
  • This is an active district: about 26 recorded sales a month.

Based on 250 recorded sales between 12 November 2025 and 28 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 GL54

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 GL54

£2,370

Band D a year in Cheltenham, 2026-27: the benchmark band every English authority is compared on.

All bands
Annual council tax charge for each band in Cheltenham, 2026-27
Band1991 valueA year
Aup to £40,000£1,580
B£40,001–£52,000£1,843
C£52,001–£68,000£2,106
D£68,001–£88,000£2,370
E£88,001–£120,000£2,896
F£120,001–£160,000£3,423
G£160,001–£320,000£3,949
Hover £320,000£4,739

These are Cheltenham's charges for 2026-27, the authority GL54 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 Cheltenham · data to 2026-27 financial year

Schools

Schools near GL54

No open schools are recorded within 3 km of the GL54 centroid in the Department for Education's register (Cheltenham). Rural districts are often served by schools further out than that.

Source: Department for Education: Get Information about Schools, with Ofsted grades

Area context

Planning and deprivation near GL54

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 GL54

44

applications within 500 m of the district centre, as last checked 4 October 2026.

Recent applications
  • Certificate of Lawful Existing Use under Section 191 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 for use of agricultural land as residential garden

    Received 2024-07-05 · decided 2024-09-03

  • Retention of agricultural track (retrospective)

    Received 2023-03-17 · decided 2023-05-31

  • Change of use of agricultural land to residential (retrospective)

    Received 2023-03-17 · decided 2023-05-31

  • Erection of agricultural storage/livestock building and associated works

    Received 2023-02-24 · decided 2023-05-31

  • Erection of detached residential garage/storage

    Received 2022-03-16

  • Compliance with Condition 02 (window details) relating to consent 21/02508/LBC

    Received 2021-11-04 · decided 2022-01-11

Applications are matched within 500 m of the GL54 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 GL54 for the current picture.

Source: Local planning authority records via PlanIt · 44 applications matched within 500 m of the district centre · data to 4 October 2026

Deprivation (IMD)

Area profile for GL54

Decile 7 of 10

Median across 12 sampled postcodes; 1 is the most deprived 10% of England, 10 the least.

1 · most deprived10 · least deprived
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Across the 12 sampled GL54 postcodes, deprivation runs decile 6 to decile 9, with a median of decile 7 of 10: where 1 is among the most deprived 10% of England and 10 the least deprived.

GL54 5JJ, the sampled postcode sitting at that median: On the English Indices of Deprivation 2025, this postcode falls in decile 7 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 GL54 spans several. We sampled 12 postcodes in GL54: 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 GL54, band by band

Cheltenham's council tax for 2026-27 set against the GL54 median sold price of £460,000 across 250 recorded sales: the annual running cost beside the purchase price, which neither source shows on its own.

Council tax band, its 1991 valuation range, the annual and monthly charge in Cheltenham for 2026-27, and that charge as a share of the GL54 median sold price
Band1991 valueVOA basisA yearCheltenhamA month÷ 12Of the median÷ £460,000
Aup to £40,000£1,580£1320.34%
B£40,001–£52,000£1,843£1540.40%
C£52,001–£68,000£2,106£1760.46%
D£68,001–£88,000£2,370£1980.52%
E£88,001–£120,000£2,896£2410.63%
F£120,001–£160,000£3,423£2850.74%
G£160,001–£320,000£3,949£3290.86%
Hover £320,000£4,739£3951.03%

The last column is the band's annual charge divided by the GL54 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, Cheltenham, 2026-27.

Address by address

Address by address

What individual homes in GL54 sold for

The 24 most recently sold doors of the 247 distinct addresses in the records we hold for GL54. Real recorded transactions: never estimates.

  • ROSE COTTAGE, LANSDOWNE, CHELTENHAM

    GL54 2AR · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale

    £490,000

    2026-08-28

  • 8, SPARROWS WAY, CHELTENHAM

    GL54 2QP · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale

    £665,000

    2026-08-20

  • THE PATCH, BROADWAY ROAD, CHELTENHAM

    GL54 5JJ · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale

    £485,000

    2026-08-20

  • 1, STANLEY COTTAGES, CHELTENHAM

    GL54 5EY · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale

    £380,000

    2026-08-19

  • MANOR FARM, POUND LANE, CHELTENHAM

    GL54 2NB · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale

    £360,000

    2026-08-19

  • 66A, GRETTON ROAD, CHELTENHAM

    GL54 5EL · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale

    £685,000

    2026-08-18

  • 6, RATHMORE CLOSE, CHELTENHAM

    GL54 5YX · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale

    £440,000

    2026-08-07

  • 8, LANDGATE YARD, CHELTENHAM

    GL54 1DG · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale

    £580,000

    2026-08-03

  • 14, BULL LANE, CHELTENHAM

    GL54 5HY · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale

    £300,000

    2026-07-31

  • 8, HAILES STREET, CHELTENHAM

    GL54 5HU · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale

    £376,500

    2026-07-31

  • 11, BLENHEIM COURT, CHELTENHAM

    GL54 5PW · Terraced · Leasehold · 1 recorded sale

    £199,950

    2026-07-31

  • 16, HARVEYS LANE, CHELTENHAM

    GL54 5QT · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale

    £550,000

    2026-07-31

  • 31, CHARDWAR GARDENS, CHELTENHAM

    GL54 2BL · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale

    £345,000

    2026-07-28

  • 21, WARD ROAD, CHELTENHAM

    GL54 3RL · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale

    £252,500

    2026-07-28

  • NEWLANDS COTTAGE, MORETON ROAD, CHELTENHAM

    GL54 1EG · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale

    £375,000

    2026-07-27

  • WREN COTTAGE, 7, CHELTENHAM

    GL54 3DU · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale

    £850,000

    2026-07-27

  • 35, HAWKER SQUARE, CHELTENHAM

    GL54 2NT · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale

    £350,000

    2026-07-24

  • 97, GLOUCESTER STREET, CHELTENHAM

    GL54 5NA · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale

    £290,000

    2026-07-24

  • 10, WILLETT GARDENS, CHELTENHAM

    GL54 5JH · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale

    £370,000

    2026-07-24

  • CORELEY, FOSSE LANE, CHELTENHAM

    GL54 1EH · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale

    £875,000

    2026-07-24

  • COLNSIDE, GLOUCESTER ROAD, CHELTENHAM

    GL54 4HR · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale

    £165,000

    2026-07-24

  • 10, FOREMARKE ROAD, CHELTENHAM

    GL54 5GL · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale

    £527,500

    2026-07-21

  • 8, SHORT HEDGES CLOSE, CHELTENHAM

    GL54 3PD · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale

    £245,000

    2026-07-17

  • 16, WRIGHT CLOSE, CHELTENHAM

    GL54 2NR · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale

    £286,800

    2026-07-17

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.

Questions, answered

The GL54 report: your questions

What is the average house price in GL54?
The typical (median) sold price in GL54 is £460,000, from 250 recorded sales between 12 November 2025 and 28 August 2026. Most sales fell between £257,000 and £1,100,000. That is well above the UK average (£272,611) (UK House Price Index averages). A median is the middle sale, so a few very expensive homes do not pull it up the way they pull up an average.
What does each type of home cost in GL54?
Typical sold prices by type in GL54: detached homes £620,000 (96 sales), semi-detached homes £390,000 (58 sales), terraced homes £326,000 (54 sales), flats £306,000 (19 sales). Use the figure for your type of home rather than the all-homes median.
How much is council tax in GL54?
GL54 is billed by Cheltenham, whose Band D charge for 2026-27 is £2,370 a year. Every band from A to H is listed on this page. A property's band is set by the Valuation Office Agency and there is no free per-address dataset for it, so we never guess an individual home's band. Look it up on GOV.UK and read your row.
How up to date are the GL54 sold prices?
Sold prices come from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, covering sales up to 28 August 2026. The store is rebuilt monthly. New sales can take several weeks to appear in the official register after completion, so the very latest transactions may not show yet.
Is GL54 a deprived area?
On the English Indices of Deprivation 2025, the 12 GL54 postcodes we sampled (the ones with the most recent recorded sales, not a random sample) run from decile 6 to decile 9, with a median of decile 7 of 10, where 1 is among the most deprived 10% of England and 10 the least deprived. Deprivation is published for small areas, not postcode districts, so a district like GL54 usually spans several. It is area context, never a judgement on an individual home.
Have there been planning applications near GL54?
The last check of the local planning authority register found 44 applications within 500 m of the GL54 district centre; the most recent are listed on this page with their reference, description and status as the authority published them. For an up-to-the-minute search, use the planning tool with your full postcode.
Can I see what an individual address in GL54 sold for?
Yes. This page lists the 24 most recently sold doors of the 247 distinct addresses in the records we hold for GL54, each with its price and date. Addresses come from recorded sales since 1995, so a home that has never been sold does not appear; and we link an address to its own property page only where the match is certain, never by guessing.
Does GL54 cover my exact street?
GL54 is the outward half of the postcode and covers the whole district, so the district-wide figures on this page are medians and ranges, not a valuation of any single property. The address list gives you the door-level picture, and the free checks take a full postcode.

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Data sources

Every GL54 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.