Typical 3-bedroom house£272kmost £235k–£343k
Houses per m²£3,288flats £2,419
Sold last year57440 in five years
Prices in Forest of Dean-1.7%on a year ago
A typical 3-bedroom house in GL18 sold for £272,384 over the last five years, in today's money; most went for between £234,937 and £342,893, for about 86 m² of space.
57 homes sold here in the last year: a smaller market: expect a handful of new listings a month. Flats start at around £92k for one bedroom. Within the district, houses cost the least per m² in GL18 1 (£3,280) and the most in GL18 2 (£3,521).
Across Forest of Dean, prices are down 1.7% on a year ago and up 14.8% over five years. Renting a similar home there costs about £960 a month; a 90% mortgage on the typical price would be around £1,242 a month at 4.5% over 30 years. Lenders would typically want a household income of about £54,000 for that mortgage: what £55,000 buys.
Questions about GL18
Is GL18 a good area to buy a home?
What the numbers say: prices in Forest of Dean are down 1.7% on a year ago; the best state primary nearby is below the England average (29% against 64%); the best secondary is below it (36.1% against 43.8%); 57 homes sold here last year. Whether it suits you depends on your budget and what you need nearby, so compare it with the districts around it below.
How much is a 3-bedroom house in GL18?
A typical 3-bedroom house in GL18 sold for £272,384 over the last five years, in today's money. Most sold between £234,937 and £342,893.
How many homes sell in GL18 each year?
57 homes sold in the last year and 440 in five years: a smaller market: expect a handful of new listings a month.
What are the schools like near GL18?
The best-performing state primary within 2 km is Picklenash Junior School, where 29% of pupils met the expected standard at age 11 (England: 64%).
Where is cheaper near GL18?
For a 3-bedroom house, GL1 (£238k, 15 km).
Sources: HM Land Registry price paid data matched to the EPC register for size and bedrooms, last five years in today's prices; UK House Price Index (July 2026); ONS private rents (August 2026); DfE school performance tables. Districts with fewer than five sales of a kind are left out. The mortgage figure is an illustration, not advice.