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Buying at GL20 8SH

Before you offer on a home at GL20 8SH: the checks to raise with your surveyor and conveyancer, whether an asking price stands up against what sold nearby, how prices here have moved since 1995, what it costs to run a home, and a buyer's report for every home on the postcode.

Nothing at this postcode stands out to raise before an offer, and a street where the typical sale was £270k. In Tewkesbury East & Ashchurch.

4 clear£270k typical on Merrett Close

The checklist

Before you make an offer

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Radon: up to 1–3% of homes above the action levelThis 1 km square includes a radon affected area. Ask whether the home has been tested; a three-month test is simple and cheap, and only a test shows a home's level (UKHSA/BGS).
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Ground: shrink-swell clay (subsidence) moderateBGS rates the wider 5 km area for these; it describes the area, not the plot. Mention it to your surveyor, especially for an older home or big trees near the house.
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2 listed buildings within 200 mIf the home itself is listed, most changes inside and out need consent: check the National Heritage List.
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Busy road: M5, 830 m awayAbout 90,651 vehicles a day in 2025 (DfT traffic counts).
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No coal mining riskOutside the Coal Authority's coalfield.
Clear
No river or sea flood risk recordedNot in the Environment Agency's high or medium risk areas. Surface water isn't included: check the exact address on GOV.UK.
Clear
Quiet by WHO standardsRoad traffic about 53 dB (24-hour average), under the WHO guideline of 53.
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Gigabit broadband100% of premises in the postcode can get it (Ofcom).

Xoserve, UKHSA/BGS radon atlas, BGS GeoSure, Coal Authority, Environment Agency (© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026), Defra noise maps, Historic England, Ofcom, council planning registers (OGL). For a particular home, its buyer's report (below) adds tenure, energy rating, age and extensions.

Price

Is the asking price fair?

£270ktypical sale on Merrett Close, last 10 years

£3,243typical price per m² in Tewkesbury East & Ashchurch

£2,310–£3,030per m² for homes at GL20 8SH sold since 2015

Multiply a home's floor area (on its energy certificate) by £3,243 for a neighbourhood benchmark: 90 m² comes to about £292k. Homes at GL20 8SH have sold below it. Check an asking price.

HM Land Registry sold prices; floor areas from energy certificates.

Trend

Prices in Tewkesbury East & Ashchurch

Tewkesbury East & Ashchurch

+61% over ten years (2015 to 2025).

Typical (median) sale price each year, all home types, HM Land Registry.

Comparables

What sold nearby in the last two years

Type	Sales	Typical	Range
Detached	128	£394k	£212k – £915k
Semi-detached	101	£280k	£128k – £491k
Terraced	110	£238k	£108k – £413k
Flat	10	£155k	£112k – £245k

Standard sales in Tewkesbury East & Ashchurch. Every recent sale.

Running costs

What it costs to live here

A home's own band, energy rating and typical bills are in its buyer's report.

MHCLG council tax; Xoserve gas connections.

Supply

How often homes come up

1sales on Merrett Close in the last two years

349sales in Tewkesbury East & Ashchurch in the last two years

HM Land Registry standard sales.

Check a home

Buyer's reports for homes at GL20 8SH

Home	Last sold	Floor area
1, Merrett CloseDetached	£228,000, Mar 2007	–	Buyer's report →
2, Merrett CloseDetached	£345,000, Dec 2022	142 m²	Buyer's report →
3, Merrett CloseDetached	£277,500, Sept 2019	120 m²	Buyer's report →
4, Merrett CloseDetached	£317,500, Jan 2021	126 m²	Buyer's report →
5, Merrett CloseSemi-detached	£270,000, Oct 2025	89 m²	Buyer's report →
6, Merrett CloseSemi-detached	£260,000, Feb 2024	88 m²	Buyer's report →
7, Merrett CloseSemi-detached	£212,500, Oct 2018	–	Buyer's report →
8, Merrett CloseDetached	£149,950, Jul 2003	–	Buyer's report →
9, Merrett CloseDetached	£249,950, Jul 2007	–	Buyer's report →
10, Merrett CloseDetached

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Buying at GL20 8SH

Nothing at this postcode stands out to raise before an offer, and a street where the typical sale was £270k. In Tewkesbury East & Ashchurch.

4 clear£270k typical on Merrett Close

Before you make an offer

Note

Radon: up to 1–3% of homes above the action levelThis 1 km square includes a radon affected area. Ask whether the home has been tested; a three-month test is simple and cheap, and only a test shows a home's level (UKHSA/BGS).

Note

Ground: shrink-swell clay (subsidence) moderateBGS rates the wider 5 km area for these; it describes the area, not the plot. Mention it to your surveyor, especially for an older home or big trees near the house.

Note

2 listed buildings within 200 mIf the home itself is listed, most changes inside and out need consent: check the National Heritage List.

Note

Busy road: M5, 830 m awayAbout 90,651 vehicles a day in 2025 (DfT traffic counts).

Clear

No coal mining riskOutside the Coal Authority's coalfield.

Clear

No river or sea flood risk recordedNot in the Environment Agency's high or medium risk areas. Surface water isn't included: check the exact address on GOV.UK.

Clear

Quiet by WHO standardsRoad traffic about 53 dB (24-hour average), under the WHO guideline of 53.

Clear

Gigabit broadband100% of premises in the postcode can get it (Ofcom).

Is the asking price fair?

£270ktypical sale on Merrett Close, last 10 years

£3,243typical price per m² in Tewkesbury East & Ashchurch

£2,310–£3,030per m² for homes at GL20 8SH sold since 2015

Multiply a home's floor area (on its energy certificate) by £3,243 for a neighbourhood benchmark: 90 m² comes to about £292k. Homes at GL20 8SH have sold below it. Check an asking price.

HM Land Registry sold prices; floor areas from energy certificates.

What homes cost and rent in Tewkesbury East & Ashchurch, by size

Size	Typical value today	Cheaper quarter	Estimated rent	Gross yield
1 bed	£161k	£138k	£800 a month	6.0%
2 beds	£224k	£200k	£940 a month	5.0%
3 beds	£274k	£250k	£1,170 a month	5.1%
4+ beds	£380k	£305k	£1,600 a month	5.1%
All homes	£266k	£228k	£1,020 a month	4.6%

Values: sales since 2021 of homes with an energy certificate (bedrooms estimated from its rooms), carried to today on the local price index; the cheaper quarter is what a quarter of them go for under. Rents are estimates: the council's typical private rent (ONS) adjusted for how values here compare. Gross yield = a year's rent ÷ value, before costs. Compare it with other places