WR postcode area: Worcester
The WR postcode area is known as the Worcester area. It is every postcode that begins WR followed by a number. It has 16 districts and 9,020 postcodes in use, across 10 councils.
Homes in the WR area sold for a typical £300,000 in the 12 months to August 2026. By district, that runs from £195,500 in WR1 (Worcester) to £540,000 in WR12 (Broadway).
For the town itself, see Worcester postcodes.
Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026. The name is the one the area is commonly known by; it is not part of the ONS data. See all our data sources
Where it is
Latitude 52.1655
Longitude -2.1860
This is the middle of the postcodes in the WR area. An area can be many miles across, and we do not draw its boundary.
Open this area on OpenStreetMapSource: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026. How we use it
What do homes cost in the WR area?
Homes in the WR area sold for a typical £300,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 3,531 sales, no change on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.
- Detached £435,000 1,301 sales
- Semi-detached £280,000 1,082 sales
- Terraced £237,550 790 sales
- Flat or maisonette £150,000 358 sales
Each bar is that kind's typical price, against the most expensive kind here.
Standard sales of homes at market value at the area's postcodes. A typical price is the median, the middle sale. Each district below has its own, and each postcode page the figure for its sector.
Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2021. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
How do the WR districts compare?
A district is the first half of a postcode. Each row gives its typical home price, how many of its postcodes can get gigabit broadband for every home, and how many have a home at flood risk. Each opens the district.
- WR1 postcode district: WorcesterWorcester 432 postcodes Typical price£195,500 Gigabit, every home268 of 394 At flood risk61 of 432
- WR2 postcode district: WorcesterWorcester, Malvern Hills 815 postcodes Typical price£290,000 Gigabit, every home523 of 783 At flood risk50 of 815
- WR3 postcode district: WorcesterWorcester, Wychavon 535 postcodes Typical price£280,000 Gigabit, every home453 of 529 At flood risk32 of 535
- WR4 postcode district: WorcesterWorcester, Wychavon 626 postcodes Typical price£238,000 Gigabit, every home521 of 551 At flood risk7 of 626
- WR5 postcode district: WorcesterWorcester, Malvern Hills, Wychavon 815 postcodes Typical price£282,800 Gigabit, every home637 of 795 At flood risk61 of 815
- WR6 postcode district: WorcesterMalvern Hills, County of Herefordshire, Wyre Forest, Worcester, Wychavon 522 postcodes Typical price£485,500 Gigabit, every home209 of 513 At flood risk49 of 522
- WR7 postcode district: InkberrowWychavon, Worcester 221 postcodes Typical price£512,500 Gigabit, every home45 of 215 At flood risk13 of 221
- WR8 postcode district: Upton upon SevernMalvern Hills, Wychavon, Tewkesbury, Worcester 343 postcodes Typical price£395,000 Gigabit, every home157 of 333 At flood risk77 of 343
- WR9 postcode district: Droitwich SpaWychavon, Wyre Forest 892 postcodes Typical price£325,000 Gigabit, every home594 of 875 At flood risk67 of 892
- WR10 postcode district: PershoreWychavon 675 postcodes Typical price£336,000 Gigabit, every home364 of 612 At flood risk47 of 675
- WR11 postcode district: EveshamWychavon, Stratford-on-Avon, Tewkesbury, Cotswold 1,212 postcodes Typical price£300,000 Gigabit, every home872 of 1,173 At flood risk143 of 1,212
- WR12 postcode district: BroadwayWychavon, Cotswold, Tewkesbury 207 postcodes Typical price£540,000 Gigabit, every home116 of 203 At flood risk35 of 207
- WR13 postcode district: Colwall StoneCounty of Herefordshire, Malvern Hills, Forest of Dean 377 postcodes Typical price£396,000 Gigabit, every home224 of 371 At flood risk27 of 377
- WR14 postcode district: Great MalvernMalvern Hills, County of Herefordshire 1,085 postcodes Typical price£305,000 Gigabit, every home849 of 1,025 At flood risk11 of 1,085
- WR15 postcode district: Tenbury WellsMalvern Hills, Shropshire, County of Herefordshire 260 postcodes Typical price£293,000 Gigabit, every home73 of 253 At flood risk46 of 260
- WR99 postcode district: WorcesterWorcester 3 postcodes Typical priceToo few sales At flood riskNone listed
Prices: HM Land Registry, files dated 28 September 2026; the bar is set against the dearest district. Gigabit: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026, counting postcodes. Flood: Environment Agency, published 6 July 2026, postcodes in England with a home or business in an area at risk from rivers or the sea. How we use them
One row for every district in the area. "No place listed" means no town or village is large enough to list for it.
Places in the WR area
Towns and villages with postcodes in the WR area, each with the typical price of a home there where at least 5 sold.
Councils in the WR area
How many of the area's postcodes fall under each council.
- Wychavon3,431 postcodes
- Worcester2,552 postcodes
- Malvern Hills2,521 postcodes
- County of Herefordshire327 postcodes
- Shropshire59 postcodes
- Cotswold43 postcodes
- Stratford-on-Avon41 postcodes
- Tewkesbury35 postcodes
- Wyre Forest9 postcodes
- Forest of Dean2 postcodes
Near the WR area
The postcode areas whose centre points are nearest to this one's, nearest first.
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