Abbeymead
Ward in Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England
| Coordinates: | 51.845, -2.196 |
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| OS grid ref: | SO 86 16 |
| Dialling code: | 01452 (Gloucester) |
Abbeymead is a residential ward on the north‑eastern edge of Gloucester in Gloucestershire, England. Largely built from the 1970s on former farmland, it comprises a mix of private and council housing focused around local parades such as Abbeymead Avenue, neighbourhood parks and primary schools; the name reflects historic ties to nearby Llanthony Secunda Abbey and the area's agricultural past.
Today it feels family‑oriented and community‑minded, with a community centre, sports clubs and active residents’ groups. Economically it is largely commuter‑based, with locals travelling into the city, to nearby industrial and retail areas or along the M5, while also enjoying relatively easy access to the countryside and the Cotswolds.
Postcode districts covering Abbeymead
Most populated places nearby
- Gloucester 1.3 miles
- Cheltenham 5.9 miles
- Worcester 24.3 miles
- Stroud 7.3 miles
- Great Malvern 19.1 miles
- Chipping Sodbury 22.9 miles
- Yate 23.1 miles
- Evesham 20 miles
- Tewkesbury 10.3 miles
- Cirencester 13.3 miles
- Dursley 13 miles
- Bishop's Cleeve 8.9 miles
Neighbouring places
- Abbeydale Ward 0.7 miles
- Upton St. Leonards Built-up area 0.9 miles
- Barnwood Ward 0.9 miles
- Hucclecote Parish 1 mile
- Coney Hill Ward 1.1 miles
- Matson, Robinswood and White City Ward 1.2 miles
- Gloucester Built-up area 1.3 miles
- Brockworth West Ward 1.4 miles
- Brockworth Built-up area 1.4 miles
- Churchdown Brookfield with Hucclecote Ward 1.5 miles
- Elmbridge Ward 1.8 miles
- Barton and Tredworth Ward 1.8 miles
Example postcodes in Abbeymead
GL4 5BX, GL4 5UY, GL4 4GT, GL4 4SD, GL4 5YJ, GL4 5EH, GL4 4DX, GL4 5BS, GL4 5UQ … See all
Transport links
- Bristol Airport 39.1 miles
- Birmingham International Airport 46.1 miles
- Gloucester Railway Station 2.3 miles
- Cheltenham Spa Railway Station 5.5 miles
- Cheltenham Bus Station 6.3 miles
Hotels near Abbeymead Ad
- Central Hotel Gloucester 3 2.4 miles
- Holiday Inn Gloucester / Cheltenham 4 1.3 miles
- Hatton Court Hotel 3 1.9 miles
- The Greenway Hotel and Spa 3 3.5 miles
- The Edward Hotel 2 2.2 miles
- Ibis Gloucester Hotel 2.5 1.5 miles
- Central Hotel Gloucester 2.4 miles
- Premier Inn Gloucester Business Park 3 0.8 miles
- Hotel Indigo Gloucester The Forum 4 2.4 miles
- Gloucester Robinswood Hotel 3 1.2 miles
Schools in Abbeymead
- Abbeymead Primary School Primary
Local points of interest
- Whaddon Road Stadium 7.2 miles
- Cheltenham Racecourse Recreation 7.9 miles
- The New Lawn Stadium 10.3 miles
- Flaxley Abbey Historic site 10.9 miles
- Cotswold Hills Hill 11.3 miles
- Stowell Park Estate 14.2 miles
- Forest of Dean Forest 15.7 miles
- Westonbirt Arboretum Gardens 16.6 miles
- Kingswood Abbey Historic site 16.8 miles
- Blackmore Park Estate 16.8 miles
- Croome Court Estate 17.6 miles
- Hoar Wood Forest 18.4 miles