GL52 vs GL53: house prices per square metre compared
GL52 (Bishops Cleeve) has a median of £4,060 per m² against £5,010 in GL53 (Charlton Kings). GL53 is the more expensive of the two: GL52 is 19.0% cheaper per m². The figures come from 395 and 186 matched sales in the last 12 months of HM Land Registry data.
£522,000, the median sale price in GL53, buys about 104 m² there and about 129 m² in GL52, a difference of 25 m² at each district’s own median. Over the 10 years to Q1 2026, GL52 moved +3.9% a year against GL53 at +3.7% a year, before inflation.
Sales in the last 12 months.
| Measure | GL52High confidence Bishops Cleeve, Cheltenham £4,060median per m² | GL53High confidence Charlton Kings, Cheltenham £5,010median per m² | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median price per m² | £4,060 | £5,010 | +23.4% |
| Median sale price | £350,000 | £522,000 | +49.1% |
| Middle 60% of salesp20 to p80 | £3,340–£4,890 | £4,290–£5,700 | |
| Sales (last 12 months) | 709 | 297 | −412 |
| With a matched floor areaThe denominator behind each median per unit area | 395 | 186 | −209 |
| Mean floor area (matched sales) | 102 m² | 111 m² | +9.3% |
| Annual change over 9.6–9.8 years | +3.9% a year | +3.7% a year | −0.2 pts |
| By property typeMedian price per m² for each property type sold in the last 12 months. | |||
| Detached | £4,650n = 71 | £5,430n = 43 | +16.7% |
| Semi-detached | £4,350n = 104 | £5,160n = 68 | +18.6% |
| Terraced | £4,000n = 113 | £4,770n = 53 | +19.3% |
| Flat | £3,530n = 107 | no sales | n/a |
| Difference: GL52 minus GL53. | |||
| All GL52 sold prices | All GL53 sold prices |
Each trend line is that district’s own quarterly median price per square metre, scaled to its own range: compare directions, not heights. Gaps are quarters with too few matched sales to publish a median.
Frequently asked questions
Why compare GL52 and GL53 on price per square metre rather than price?
A raw sale price mostly reflects how big homes are; price per square metre corrects for size, so GL52 and GL53 can be compared on what a buyer actually gets for the money. Both figures here are medians of sold price divided by EPC floor area, from HM Land Registry sales, computed the same way for both areas.
Why do GL52 and GL53 show different numbers of sales?
The two districts are different sizes and trade at different rates, and each figure is computed over the matched sales its own area produced in its stated window. The matched-sale count is printed beside each median because it is that median's own denominator.
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Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026 · Licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0 · Floor areas from the Energy Performance of Buildings Register · how these figures are made