| Postcode | GL17 9BQ |
|---|---|
| Post Town | Drybrook, Longhope, Lydbrook, Mitcheldean, Ruardean |
| Nearest station | Lydney (16 km) |
| Bus stops |
Varnister House (SE)
Crooked End Place (SW)
Crooked End Place (NE)
Methodist Church (W)
Methodist Church (E)
Tump Farm (SE)
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| Roads in this postcode | |
| Number of UPRNs | 9 View |
| Known addresses |
Apple Tree Cottage, Varnister, Ruardean
The White House, Varnister, Ruardean
Varnister House, Varnister, Ruardean
|
| Main property type | Detached |
| Businesses |
No businesses found
|
| Latitude | 51.857917 | |
|---|---|---|
| Longitude | -2.543054 | |
| Easting | 362697 | |
| Northing | 217843 | |
| Grid reference | SO626178 | |
| UTM reference | 30U 531468 5745334 | |
| what3words | writing.shrimp.remembers | |
| FixPhrase | crisped lustfully spiritual wake | |
| Plus code | 9C3VVF54+5Q | |
| Altitude | 216 metres (708 feet) | |
| Sunrise (today) | 8:12 | |
| Sunset (today) | 16:29 | |
| Distance away | ||
| Distance to sea | 28 KMs (17.4 miles) |
| Parish | Ruardean | E04004321 |
|---|---|---|
| Ward | Mitcheldean, Ruardean & Drybrook | E05012168 |
| Local Authority District | Forest of Dean | E07000080 |
| Local Authority | Gloucestershire | E10000013 |
| County | Gloucestershire | E10000013 |
| Constituency (2024) | Forest of Dean | E14001240 |
| MP | Matt Bishop | Labour |
| Police force | Gloucestershire | |
| NUTS/ITL 3 | Gloucestershire CC | |
| NUTS/ITL 2 | Gloucestershire and Wiltshire | |
| NUTS/ITL 1 | South West | |
| Country | England | E92000001 |
| Date introduced | January 1980 |
|---|---|
| Last updated | December 2025 |
| User type | Small (addresses receive less than 25 items of mail per day) |
| Quality | Within the building of the matched address closest to the postcode mean |
| Population (2011) | 16 | |
|---|---|---|
| Households (2011) | 7 | |
| Index of Multiple Deprivation (2017-2020) |
Most deprivedLeast deprived
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|
| Average household income (2020) |
Lowest (£22,200)
Highest (£108,100)
|
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| Rural/urban (2021) | Smaller rural: Further from a major town or city | |
| Rural/urban (2011) | Rural village | |
| Built up area (2024) | Ruardean | E63011375 |
| Census output area (2021) | E00113122 | |
| Census output area (2011) | E00113122 | |
| Lower layer super output area (2021) | Forest of Dean 003A | E01022251 |
| Lower layer super output area (2011) | Forest of Dean 003A | E01022251 |
| Middle layer super output area (2021) | Mitcheldean, Drybrook & Ruardean | E02004628 |
| Middle layer super output area (2011) | Mitcheldean, Drybrook & Ruardean | E02004628 |
| Travel to work area | Cinderford and Ross-on-Wye | K01000005 |
| Average property price in Gloucester | £323,895 |
|---|---|
| Annual change | -2.4% |
| Address | Type | Date | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apple Tree Cottage, Varnister, Ruardean | Detached (freehold) | Aug 2025 | £300,000 |
| Detached (freehold) | Aug 1995 | £75,000 | |
| The White House, Varnister, Ruardean | Detached (freehold) | Aug 2017 | £355,000 |
| Detached (freehold) | May 2014 | £249,990 | |
| Varnister House, Varnister, Ruardean | Detached (freehold) | Jul 2017 | £415,000 |