Gloucestershire · South West
Bed Bug Heat Treatment in Gloucestershire
Gloucestershire runs from the Severn Vale and the Forest of Dean in the west to the Cotswold escarpment in the east. Gloucester and Cheltenham sit side by side but are very different places to work in: Gloucester has dense Victorian terraces, dockside conversions and a large social and private-rented sector, while Cheltenham has Regency townhouses subdivided into flats. Beyond them, Stroud's valley settlements, the Cotswold market towns and the Forest of Dean bring stone, listed and long-approach rural property.
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Gloucestershire coverage map
Select a service area to see its postcode districts. Outlines follow published local authority district boundaries; the map shows geography, not confirmed availability.
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Gloucester
Gloucester
Postcode districts: GL1, GL2, GL3, GL4
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Service hubs
Bed bug heat treatment hubs in Gloucestershire
5 primary service hubs cover Gloucestershire. Every town and village in the region is served from one of them — open a hub for its treatment detail and the areas it covers.
Areas we cover
Gloucestershire districts, service areas and postcodes
Coverage grouped by local authority district, with service areas, postcode districts and boundary detail from the verified geographic registry. A geographic match is not the same as confirmed service availability.
Gloucestershire is still two-tier: Gloucestershire County Council sits above six district councils — Cheltenham, Cotswold, Forest of Dean, Gloucester, Stroud and Tewkesbury. We record which district an address sits in rather than treating the county as one administrative body. South Gloucestershire is a separate unitary authority and is covered on the Bristol & Bath page.
Cheltenham
- Cheltenham · GL50, GL51, GL52, GL53
Postcode districts
GL50 · GL51 · GL52 · GL53
Cotswold
- Bourton-on-the-Water · GL54
- Chipping Campden · GL55
- Cirencester · GL7
- Fairford
- Lechlade-on-Thames
- Moreton-in-Marsh · GL56
- Northleach
- Stow-on-the-Wold
- Tetbury · GL8
Postcode districts
GL7 · GL8 · GL54 · GL55 · GL56
- GL7 — Mostly Cotswold; this district also extends into Stroud, Vale of White Horse, West Oxfordshire, Wiltshire.
- GL8 — Mostly Cotswold and Stroud; this district also extends into Wiltshire.
- GL55 — Mostly Cotswold; this district also extends into Stratford-on-Avon.
- GL56 — Mostly Cotswold and Tewkesbury; this district also extends into Stratford-on-Avon, West Oxfordshire.
Forest of Dean
- Blakeney
- Bream
- Cinderford · GL14
- Coleford · GL16
- Drybrook
- Lydney · GL15
- Mitcheldean · GL17
- Newent · GL18, GL19
- Newnham
Postcode districts
GL14 · GL15 · GL16 · GL17 · GL18 · GL19
- GL16 — Mostly Forest of Dean; this district also extends into Monmouthshire.
- GL17 — Mostly Forest of Dean; this district also extends into Herefordshire, County of.
- GL18 — Mostly Forest of Dean; this district also extends into Herefordshire, County of.
- GL19 — Mostly Forest of Dean and Tewkesbury; this district also extends into Malvern Hills.
Gloucester
- Gloucester · GL1, GL2, GL3, GL4
Postcode districts
GL1 · GL2 · GL3 · GL4
Stroud
- Berkeley · GL13
- Cam
- Dursley · GL11
- Minchinhampton
- Nailsworth
- Painswick
- Stonehouse · GL10
- Stroud · GL5, GL6
- Wotton-under-Edge · GL12
Postcode districts
GL5 · GL6 · GL10 · GL11 · GL12 · GL13
- GL12 — Mostly Cotswold and Stroud; this district also extends into South Gloucestershire.
- GL13 — Mostly Stroud; this district also extends into South Gloucestershire.
Tewkesbury
- Bishop's Cleeve
- Brockworth
- Tewkesbury · GL20
- Winchcombe
Postcode districts
GL20
- GL20 — Mostly Tewkesbury; this district also extends into Malvern Hills, Wychavon.
33 service areas and 89 villages, suburbs and localities are recognised by CoverageMaps Pro™ across Gloucestershire, including Bishop's Cleeve, Brockworth, Quedgeley, Churchdown, Cam, Painswick, Bourton-on-the-Water, Newent. Smaller places are routed to their nearest service area rather than given their own page.
Show the full postcode district table (26 districts) — district, main locality, service area and boundary notes
| District | Main locality | Service area | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| GL1 | Gloucester | Gloucester | Within Gloucestershire |
| GL2 | Gloucester | Gloucester | Within Gloucestershire |
| GL3 | Gloucester | Gloucester | Within Gloucestershire |
| GL4 | Gloucester | Gloucester | Within Gloucestershire |
| GL5 | Stroud | Stroud | Within Gloucestershire |
| GL6 | Stroud | Stroud | Within Gloucestershire |
| GL7 | Cirencester | Cirencester | Mostly Cotswold; this district also extends into Stroud, Vale of White Horse, West Oxfordshire, Wiltshire. |
| GL8 | Tetbury | Tetbury | Mostly Cotswold and Stroud; this district also extends into Wiltshire. |
| GL10 | Stonehouse | Stonehouse | Within Gloucestershire |
| GL11 | Dursley | Dursley | Within Gloucestershire |
| GL12 | Wotton-under-Edge | Wotton-under-Edge | Mostly Cotswold and Stroud; this district also extends into South Gloucestershire. |
| GL13 | Berkeley | Berkeley | Mostly Stroud; this district also extends into South Gloucestershire. |
| GL14 | Cinderford | Cinderford | Within Gloucestershire |
| GL15 | Lydney | Lydney | Within Gloucestershire |
| GL16 | Coleford | Coleford | Mostly Forest of Dean; this district also extends into Monmouthshire. |
| GL17 | Mitcheldean | Mitcheldean | Mostly Forest of Dean; this district also extends into Herefordshire, County of. |
| GL18 | Newent | Newent | Mostly Forest of Dean; this district also extends into Herefordshire, County of. |
| GL19 | Newent | Newent | Mostly Forest of Dean and Tewkesbury; this district also extends into Malvern Hills. |
| GL20 | Tewkesbury | Tewkesbury | Mostly Tewkesbury; this district also extends into Malvern Hills, Wychavon. |
| GL50 | Cheltenham | Cheltenham | Within Gloucestershire |
| GL51 | Cheltenham | Cheltenham | Within Gloucestershire |
| GL52 | Cheltenham | Cheltenham | Within Gloucestershire |
| GL53 | Cheltenham | Cheltenham | Within Gloucestershire |
| GL54 | Bourton-on-the-Water | Bourton-on-the-Water | Within Gloucestershire |
| GL55 | Chipping Campden | Chipping Campden | Mostly Cotswold; this district also extends into Stratford-on-Avon. |
| GL56 | Moreton-in-Marsh | Moreton-in-Marsh | Mostly Cotswold and Tewkesbury; this district also extends into Stratford-on-Avon, West Oxfordshire. |
Source: ONS Postcode Directory via postcodes.io (postcode districts, local authorities, parishes) and ONS 2013 LAD boundaries (geometry). OGL v3. Last verified 2026-08-17. Districts that straddle a boundary are shown with the boundary stated rather than claimed as Gloucestershire coverage.
Property and access
What affects a Gloucestershire heat treatment
The practical detail of the building changes the plan far more than the region does.
Gloucester's terraced and converted housing
Barton, Tredworth, Kingsholm and the streets around the city centre are largely Victorian terraces, many subdivided into flats and bedsits that share party walls, stairs and roof voids. Who prepares which room, and who holds keys, is the practical planning question.
Cheltenham's Regency conversions
Central Cheltenham, Montpellier, Pittville and Lansdown include large Regency and Victorian townhouses divided into flats and short lets. Ceiling heights, protected interiors and shared entrances all have to be checked before a treatment plan is fixed.
Shared, student and let property
Both cities have a significant private-rented and shared sector, including university-related housing in Gloucester and Cheltenham. Frequent occupant turnover and shared kitchens and laundry shape preparation rather than the treatment itself.
Stroud valleys and Cotswold stone
Around Stroud, Nailsworth, Painswick, Tetbury and the Cotswold towns, stone-built, listed and steeply sited property is common. Irregular layouts, narrow lanes and protection status need an individual assessment.
Forest of Dean rural property
Coleford, Cinderford, Lydney, Mitcheldean and the forest villages include older detached and semi-rural housing with long approaches, where loading distance and electrical capacity are checked as part of the enquiry.
Access, parking and electrical supply
Central Cheltenham and Gloucester have permit and loading restrictions, and older rural property across the west of the county is where electrical supply most often needs confirming beforehand.
The treatment
How the treatment itself works
The method does not change between towns. These are the authoritative pages.
Quotations
How treatment is quoted in Gloucestershire
Quotations follow the same national approach. There is no Gloucestershire surcharge and no automated price — every quotation is prepared by a person.
Quoted individually
Every property is quoted on its own treatment requirements
Prepared by a person
No automated calculator and no published price list
Guarantee
Six-month guarantee
6-Month Guarantee
Our six-month guarantee provides additional reassurance following qualifying treatments. Full guarantee conditions are provided before treatment and form part of the customer agreement.
Terms and conditions apply. The guarantee is conditional, and known operational conditions include matters such as:
- Bed bug activity originating from an adjoining property
- Reintroduction following treatment
- Activity outside the agreed treatment scope
- Failure to comply with agreed preparation requirements
- Failure to follow relevant aftercare requirements
Full conditions are provided in writing before treatment. This page explains the principle of the guarantee only — it is not the customer agreement.
Guarantee InformationEvidence
Gloucestershire treatment evidence
We do not publish invented local case studies. Anonymised Gloucestershire evidence will appear here once genuine treatment records have been through our approval and anonymisation process.
Questions
Gloucestershire questions
- Which districts make up Gloucestershire?
- Cheltenham, Cotswold, Forest of Dean, Gloucester, Stroud and Tewkesbury, under Gloucestershire County Council. Hubs on this page are labelled by the district the address actually sits in.
- Is South Gloucestershire part of this page?
- No. South Gloucestershire is a separate unitary authority in the Bristol urban area, so Yate, Thornbury, Chipping Sodbury and the settlements around them are covered on the Bristol & Bath page.
- Do you treat Cotswold and Forest of Dean villages?
- Yes, subject to access. Rural approaches, parking and electrical supply are checked at enquiry stage so nothing is discovered for the first time on treatment day.
- Do you have an office in Gloucestershire?
- We are a specialist mobile heat treatment service and do not publish local office addresses. Gloucestershire is a service area, not a branch location.
- How quickly can you attend in Gloucestershire?
- We do not publish response times we cannot guarantee. Availability is confirmed when we discuss your enquiry.
Request treatment in Gloucestershire
Send us your postcode, property type and what you have found. We will confirm whether we can help and what the treatment would involve.
Enquiries: enquiries@bedbugheatexpertsuk.co.uk · 01727 601007