HR3 postcode district: Hay-on-Wye and around

HR3 is a postcode district mostly in England, with 435 postcodes in use in 2 sectors. It has postcodes in Hay-on-Wye and Hereford. It is split between 2 councils: County of Herefordshire (226 postcodes) and Powys (209). It crosses a national border: 226 are in England and 209 in Wales.

Postcodes in use
435
Sectors
2
Councils
2 councils
Places
2 places

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026. See all our data sources

Every postcode in HR3, by flood risk

Map of every postcode in HR3, by flood risk Of the 226 postcodes in HR3 in England that ONS places, 22 have a home or business at high risk, 12 are at medium risk at worst, 17 are at low risk at worst and 175 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. The other 209 are in Wales or Scotland, which the Environment Agency's list does not cover. One group of postcodes at high or medium risk is outlined: 11 postcodes at high or medium risk. Places named: Hay-on-Wye, Hereford. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 5 km. A438A480A4110A49 HR3 5AA: not covered by the flood listHR3 5AB: not covered by the flood listHR3 5AD: not covered by the flood listHR3 5AF: not covered by the flood listHR3 5DR: not covered by the flood listHR3 5DS: not covered by the flood listHR3 5DY: not covered by the flood listHR3 5EH: not covered by the flood listHR3 5EL: not covered by the flood listHR3 5FB: not covered by the flood listHR3 5FG: not covered by the flood listHR3 5FJ: not covered by the flood listHR3 5HZ: not covered by the flood listHR3 5JA: not covered by the flood listHR3 5JD: not covered by the flood listHR3 5JE: not covered by the flood listHR3 5JF: not covered by the flood listHR3 5JG: not covered by the flood listHR3 5JH: not covered by the flood listHR3 5JJ: not covered by the flood listHR3 5JL: not covered by the flood listHR3 5JP: not covered by the flood listHR3 5JR: not covered by the flood listHR3 5JS: not covered by the flood listHR3 5JT: not covered by the flood listHR3 5JW: not covered by the flood listHR3 5JX: not covered by the flood listHR3 5JY: not covered by the flood listHR3 5JZ: not covered by the flood listHR3 5LA: not covered by the flood listHR3 5LB: not covered by the flood listHR3 5LD: not covered by the flood listHR3 5LE: not covered by the flood listHR3 5LF: not covered by the flood listHR3 5LG: not covered by the flood listHR3 5LH: not covered by the flood listHR3 5LP: not covered by the flood listHR3 5LQ: not covered by the flood listHR3 5LR: not covered by the flood listHR3 5LU: not covered by the flood listHR3 5LX: not covered by the flood listHR3 5LY: not covered by the flood listHR3 5LZ: not covered by the flood listHR3 5NA: not covered by the flood listHR3 5NB: not covered by the flood listHR3 5ND: not covered by the flood listHR3 5NE: not covered by the flood listHR3 5NG: not covered by the flood listHR3 5NJ: not covered by the flood listHR3 5NL: not covered by the flood listHR3 5NP: not covered by the flood listHR3 5NS: not covered by the flood listHR3 5NT: not covered by the flood listHR3 5NW: not covered by the flood listHR3 5NX: not covered by the flood listHR3 5NY: not covered by the flood listHR3 5NZ: not covered by the flood listHR3 5PA: not covered by the flood listHR3 5PB: not covered by the flood listHR3 5PL: not covered by the flood listHR3 5PN: not covered by the flood listHR3 5PP: not covered by the flood listHR3 5PR: not covered by the flood listHR3 5PS: not covered by the flood listHR3 5PT: not covered by the flood listHR3 5PU: not covered by the flood listHR3 5PW: not covered by the flood listHR3 5PX: not covered by the flood listHR3 5PY: not covered by the flood listHR3 5QA: not covered by the flood listHR3 5QB: not covered by the flood listHR3 5QD: not covered by the flood listHR3 5QE: not covered by the flood listHR3 5QF: not covered by the flood listHR3 5QG: not covered by the flood listHR3 5QH: not covered by the flood listHR3 5QJ: not covered by the flood listHR3 5QL: not covered by the flood listHR3 5QN: not covered by the flood listHR3 5QQ: not covered by the flood listHR3 5QT: not covered by the flood listHR3 5QW: not covered by the flood listHR3 5RH: not covered by the flood listHR3 5RJ: not covered by the flood listHR3 5RL: not covered by the flood listHR3 5RS: not covered by the flood listHR3 5RT: not covered by the flood listHR3 5RU: not covered by the flood listHR3 5RX: not covered by the flood listHR3 5RY: not covered by the flood listHR3 5SG: not covered by the flood listHR3 5SH: not covered by the flood listHR3 5SJ: not covered by the flood listHR3 5SL: not covered by the flood listHR3 5SN: not covered by the flood listHR3 5SQ: not covered by the flood listHR3 5SW: not covered by the flood listHR3 5TJ: not covered by the flood listHR3 5TN: not covered by the flood listHR3 5TR: not covered by the flood listHR3 6BW: not covered by the flood listHR3 6EY: not covered by the flood listHR3 6HA: not covered by the flood listHR3 6HL: not covered by the flood listHR3 6HN: not covered by the flood listHR3 6JU: not covered by the flood listHR3 6JW: not covered by the flood listHR3 6JX: not covered by the flood listHR3 6JY: not covered by the flood listHR3 5AL: not on the flood risk listHR3 5EP: not on the flood risk listHR3 5ER: not on the flood risk listHR3 5EU: not on the flood risk listHR3 5EX: not on the flood risk listHR3 5EY: not on the flood risk listHR3 5FE: not on the flood risk listHR3 5HA: not on the flood risk listHR3 5HD: not on the flood risk listHR3 5HE: not on the flood risk listHR3 5HF: not on the flood risk listHR3 5HH: not on the flood risk listHR3 5HJ: not on the flood risk listHR3 5HL: not on the flood risk listHR3 5HQ: not on the flood risk listHR3 5HT: not on the flood risk listHR3 5QY: not on the flood risk listHR3 5RF: not on the flood risk listHR3 5RN: not on the flood risk listHR3 5ST: not on the flood risk listHR3 5SU: not on the flood risk listHR3 5SY: not on the flood risk listHR3 5TA: not on the flood risk listHR3 5TB: not on the flood risk listHR3 5TD: not on the flood risk listHR3 5TE: not on the flood risk listHR3 5TF: not on the flood risk listHR3 5TG: not on the flood risk listHR3 6AA: not on the flood risk listHR3 6AF: not on the flood risk listHR3 6AG: not on the flood risk listHR3 6AH: not on the flood risk listHR3 6AQ: not on the flood risk listHR3 6AS: not on the flood risk listHR3 6AT: not on the flood risk listHR3 6AU: not on the flood risk listHR3 6AX: not on the flood risk listHR3 6AY: not on the flood risk listHR3 6AZ: not on the flood risk listHR3 6BA: not on the flood risk listHR3 6BB: not on the flood risk listHR3 6BG: not on the flood risk listHR3 6BJ: not on the flood risk listHR3 6BL: not on the flood risk listHR3 6BN: not on the flood risk listHR3 6BQ: not on the flood risk listHR3 6BS: not on the flood risk listHR3 6BU: not on the flood risk listHR3 6BX: not on the flood risk listHR3 6BY: not on the flood risk listHR3 6BZ: not on the flood risk listHR3 6DA: not on the flood risk listHR3 6DD: not on the flood risk listHR3 6DE: not on the flood risk listHR3 6DT: not on the flood risk listHR3 6EB: not on the flood risk listHR3 6EJ: not on the flood risk listHR3 6EL: not on the flood risk listHR3 6EN: not on the flood risk listHR3 6EP: not on the flood risk listHR3 6EQ: not on the flood risk listHR3 6ER: not on the flood risk listHR3 6ES: not on the flood risk listHR3 6ET: not on the flood risk listHR3 6EU: not on the flood risk listHR3 6EW: not on the flood risk listHR3 6EZ: not on the flood risk listHR3 6HE: not on the flood risk listHR3 6HF: not on the flood risk listHR3 6HG: not on the flood risk listHR3 6HH: not on the flood risk listHR3 6HJ: not on the flood risk listHR3 6HQ: not on the flood risk listHR3 6HT: not on the flood risk listHR3 6HU: not on the flood risk listHR3 6HW: not on the flood risk listHR3 6HX: not on the flood risk listHR3 6HY: not on the flood risk listHR3 6HZ: not on the flood risk listHR3 6JA: not on the flood risk listHR3 6JB: not on the flood risk listHR3 6JE: not on the flood risk listHR3 6JF: not on the flood risk listHR3 6JG: not on the flood risk listHR3 6JH: not on the flood risk listHR3 6JL: not on the flood risk listHR3 6JN: not on the flood risk listHR3 6JP: not on the flood risk listHR3 6JQ: not on the flood risk listHR3 6JR: not on the flood risk listHR3 6JS: not on the flood risk listHR3 6JT: not on the flood risk listHR3 6LA: not on the flood risk listHR3 6LB: not on the flood risk listHR3 6LD: not on the flood risk listHR3 6LE: not on the flood risk listHR3 6LG: not on the flood risk listHR3 6LH: not on the flood risk listHR3 6LL: not on the flood risk listHR3 6LN: not on the flood risk listHR3 6LP: not on the flood risk listHR3 6LQ: not on the flood risk listHR3 6LR: not on the flood risk listHR3 6LS: not on the flood risk listHR3 6LU: not on the flood risk listHR3 6LW: not on the flood risk listHR3 6LX: not on the flood risk listHR3 6LY: not on the flood risk listHR3 6NA: not on the flood risk listHR3 6ND: not on the flood risk listHR3 6NF: not on the flood risk listHR3 6NU: not on the flood risk listHR3 6NX: not on the flood risk listHR3 6NY: not on the flood risk listHR3 6PD: not on the flood risk listHR3 6PR: not on the flood risk listHR3 6PS: not on the flood risk listHR3 6PT: not on the flood risk listHR3 6PU: not on the flood risk listHR3 6PX: not on the flood risk listHR3 6PY: not on the flood risk listHR3 6QA: not on the flood risk listHR3 6QB: not on the flood risk listHR3 6QD: not on the flood risk listHR3 6QE: not on the flood risk listHR3 6QF: not on the flood risk listHR3 6QG: not on the flood risk listHR3 6QH: not on the flood risk listHR3 6QJ: not on the flood risk listHR3 6QL: not on the flood risk listHR3 6QN: not on the flood risk listHR3 6QP: not on the flood risk listHR3 6QQ: not on the flood risk listHR3 6QR: not on the flood risk listHR3 6QS: not on the flood risk listHR3 6QT: not on the flood risk listHR3 6QU: not on the flood risk listHR3 6QW: not on the flood risk listHR3 6QX: not on the flood risk listHR3 5RD: low flood risk at worstHR3 5SX: low flood risk at worstHR3 6AD: low flood risk at worstHR3 6PQ: low flood risk at worstHR3 6DH: low flood risk at worstHR3 6DL: low flood risk at worstHR3 6DS: low flood risk at worstHR3 6DX: low flood risk at worstHR3 6ED: low flood risk at worstHR3 6LJ: low flood risk at worstHR3 6NB: low flood risk at worstHR3 6PA: low flood risk at worstHR3 6PP: low flood risk at worstHR3 5ES: medium flood risk at worstHR3 5EW: medium flood risk at worstHR3 5EZ: medium flood risk at worstHR3 6EA: medium flood risk at worstHR3 6BE: medium flood risk at worstHR3 6BT: medium flood risk at worstHR3 6HP: medium flood risk at worstHR3 6NZ: medium flood risk at worstHR3 6PB: medium flood risk at worstHR3 5BB: high flood riskHR3 5HB: high flood riskHR3 5HU: high flood riskHR3 5RQ: high flood riskHR3 6AB: high flood riskHR3 6AE: high flood riskHR3 6AW: high flood riskHR3 6AR: high flood riskHR3 6DN: high flood riskHR3 6DP: high flood riskHR3 6EE: high flood riskHR3 6EG: high flood riskHR3 6JD: high flood riskHR3 6LT: high flood riskHR3 6NH: high flood riskHR3 6NS: high flood riskHR3 6NT: high flood riskHR3 6PL: high flood risk Hay-on-WyeHereford 11 postcodes at high or medium risk, outlined: this goes to HR3 6PL, the one with most homes and businesses at high risk11 postcodes at high or medium risk Map of every postcode in HR3, by flood risk Of the 226 postcodes in HR3 in England that ONS places, 22 have a home or business at high risk, 12 are at medium risk at worst, 17 are at low risk at worst and 175 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. The other 209 are in Wales or Scotland, which the Environment Agency's list does not cover. One group of postcodes at high or medium risk is outlined: 11 postcodes at high or medium risk. Places named: Hay-on-Wye, Hereford. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 10 km. A438A4110A480 Hay-on-WyeHereford
  • A home or business at high risk: 22
  • At medium risk at worst: 12
  • At low risk at worst: 17
  • At very low risk only: 0
  • Not on the at-risk list: 175
  • In Wales or Scotland: not covered by the Environment Agency: 209
  • Outline: where 5 or more postcodes at high or medium risk lie together

Of the 226 postcodes in HR3 in England that ONS places, 22 have a home or business at high risk, 12 are at medium risk at worst, 17 are at low risk at worst and 175 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. The other 209 are in Wales or Scotland, which the Environment Agency's list does not cover.

Each mark is a postcode's centre point as ONS gives it, not a building. Press one to see its postcode and open its page. A dashed outline shows where 5 or more lie within 590 metres of each other. It is not a boundary, and no boundary is drawn. Where marks overlap, the one first in the key is drawn; the counts include every postcode.

The middle of its postcodes: latitude 52.0946, longitude -3.0879. Open this area on OpenStreetMap

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026, the centre point of each postcode; flood risk: Environment Agency, published 6 July 2026; roads, rivers and built-up areas: Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Drawn by us. Street map: Ordnance Survey, OS Open Zoomstack, Open Government Licence v3.0, drawn with MapLibre. How we use them

The postcodes at high risk

22 postcodes here have a home or business at high risk. These are the 12 with the most homes and businesses at that risk.

Beside each: how many of its homes and businesses the Environment Agency puts at that risk.

HR3 6PL10 at high riskHR3 6LT8 at high riskHR3 5BD7 at high riskHR3 6NS5 at high riskHR3 6NJ3 at high riskHR3 5HU3 at high riskHR3 6NN3 at high riskHR3 6AE3 at high riskHR3 5RQ3 at high riskHR3 6AB3 at high riskHR3 6NH2 at high riskHR3 6DN2 at high risk

Where the postcodes at high or medium risk lie together

  • 11 postcodes at high or medium risk, outlined on the map. HR3 6PL, is the one with most homes and businesses at high risk.

What broadband can you get in HR3?

Ofcom reports on 428 of the 435 postcodes in HR3. At 160 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband, and at 20 some cannot get decent broadband (10 Mbit/s).

Postcodes where every home can get gigabit160 of 428
Postcodes where every home can get superfast285 of 428
Postcodes where some cannot get decent broadband20 of 428

Ofcom gives each postcode's share of homes and businesses, not how many there are, so these count postcodes. Each postcode page has its own figures. A provider's checker answers for one address.

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Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026, data for January 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Is HR3 at risk of flooding?

51 of the 226 postcodes in HR3 that are in England have a home or business in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, the Environment Agency says. At those, it puts 138 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk.

Homes and businesses in an area at risk, at 51 of 226 postcodes High: 65Medium: 73Low: 196

High: 3.3% or more a year (1 in 30). Medium: 1% to 3.3% a year. Low: 0.1% to 1% a year. Very low: under 0.1% a year (1 in 1,000). Each band is the chance of flooding in any one year.

Homes and businesses in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, as the Environment Agency counts them, added up over the postcodes. It is for the land, not each building, and leaves out surface water, groundwater and sewers. Each postcode page has its own figures and its flood warning areas.

Source: Environment Agency, Risk of Flooding from Rivers and Sea (postcodes in areas at risk), published 6 July 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

What do homes sell for in HR3?

Homes in HR3 sold for a typical £375,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 78 sales, up 1.8% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.

£375,000 typical price, the 12 months to August 2026
£368,500 12 months to August 2025
▲ up 1.8% on the 12 months before
  • Detached £442,500 44 sales
  • Semi-detached £275,000 18 sales
  • Terraced £300,000 15 sales
  • Flat or maisonette 1 sale, too few to price

Each bar is that kind's typical price, against the most expensive kind here.

Standard sales of homes at market value. A typical price is the median, the middle sale. Sales take weeks to be registered, so the last month or two are incomplete. Each postcode page gives the figure for its own postcode 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

Postcodes in HR3

Pick a sector, then a postcode. A sector is the district plus the next digit.

HR3 5248 postcodesHR3 6187 postcodes
UK postcode format explained

Places in HR3

Towns and villages with postcodes in HR3, and how many each has here.

Hay-on-Wye postcodes,90Hereford postcodes,3

Who covers HR3

How many of the district's postcodes in use fall under each council, constituency and police force area.

Councils

What council am I in?

Constituencies

  • Brecon, Radnor and Cwm Tawe209
  • North Herefordshire138
  • Hereford and South Herefordshire88

Police force areas

  • West Mercia226
  • Dyfed-Powys209

Next to HR3

HR2 postcode district HR4 postcode district All HR districts Hay-on-Wye postcodes

"Next to" is by number: the districts before and after HR3 in the HR area.

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