Hereford
Hereford is covered by postcode districts HR1, HR2, HR3, HR4 and HR7. It is in the County of Herefordshire council area, England.
Every postcode in Hereford, and which are new since 2020
- New since 2020: 39
- In use before 2020: 1,531
- Outline: where 5 or more new postcodes since 2020 lie together
Of the 1,570 postcodes in Hereford that ONS places, 39 are new since 2020 and 1,531 were in use before 2020.
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. New since 2020 means it came into use in January 2020 or later. A dashed outline shows where 5 or more lie within 150 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 52.0546, longitude -2.7170. 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; when each came into use: the same directory; 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 5 newest postcodes
Where the new postcodes lie together
- 7 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. HR4 9FP, is the newest of them.
What is it like to live in Hereford?
Homes sold for a typical £250,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, down 3% on the 12 months before. At 1,305 of the 1,495 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 1,386 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 203 of its 1,570 postcodes. It has at least 7 primary schools, 3 secondary schools and 1 all-through school at its postcodes. 4 GP practices are at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Hereford, 950 metres from the middle of its postcodes in a straight line.
We don't rate places; here are the figures so you can judge.
Source: HM Land Registry, Ofcom, the Environment Agency, the Department for Education, NHS England and the Department for Transport, as each section of this page says. See all our data sources
What do homes cost in Hereford?
Homes in Hereford sold for a typical £250,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 716 sales, down 3% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.
- Detached £355,000 160 sales
- Semi-detached £270,000 226 sales
- Terraced £217,500 246 sales
- Flat or maisonette £135,000 84 sales
Each bar is that kind's typical price, against the most expensive kind here.
Across the whole HR1 district, Hereford's main postcode district: a typical £300,000.
Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Hereford: 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
Are new homes being built in Hereford?
39 of the 1,570 postcodes now in use in Hereford came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 31 of the 880 homes sold in Hereford were newly built (4%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the HR1 district, 2%.
The newest postcodes
A new postcode is often a new street or estate, but Royal Mail also makes new postcodes when it reorganises old ones, so not every one means new homes. Only postcodes still in use are counted.
New homes among the homes sold
| Period | In Hereford | Across the HR1 district |
|---|---|---|
| The 12 months to August 2026 | 4 of 716 (Under 1%) | 5 of 394 (1%) |
| The 12 months to August 2025 | 31 of 880 (4%) | 9 of 475 (2%) |
Standard sales of homes at market value that HM Land Registry marks as newly built. New homes take longer to be registered than other sales, so the latest 12 months count fewer of them than were sold. A share is given from 5 sales or more.
Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026; HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2021, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
What broadband can you get in Hereford?
Ofcom reports on 1,495 of the 1,570 postcodes in Hereford. At 1,305 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband.
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.
Check one address on Ofcom's checkerSource: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026, data for January 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Is Hereford at risk of flooding?
203 of the 1,570 postcodes in Hereford 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 1,386 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk.
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
Which schools are in Hereford?
The open schools at the postcodes in Hereford (the first 8 primaries by distance from its middle). A school for ages 4 to 18 is listed under both. Distances are straight lines from the middle of its postcodes. Distance is not a catchment: each council sets its own admission rules.
Primary
- Hereford Cathedral School With A Junior School150 m 682 pupils, 949 places
- Lord Scudamore Primary Academy300 m 507 pupils, 616 places
- St Thomas Cantilupe CofE Academy550 m 231 pupils, 264 places
- St James' Church of England Primary School750 m 219 pupils, 218 places
- Riverside Primary School800 m 631 pupils, 630 places
- St Martin's Primary School850 m 304 pupils, 420 places
- Our Lady's RC Primary School1.1 km 181 pupils, 210 places
- Holmer CofE Academy1.4 km 417 pupils, 420 places
Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. Each school opens its own record there. How we use it
How far is the station from Hereford?
The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Hereford is Hereford Rail Station, 950 m away in a straight line.
- Hereford Rail Station Railway station 950 mWalk
- Leominster Rail Station Railway station 19.0 kmDrive
- Ledbury Rail Station Railway station 19.9 kmDrive
Straight-line distances from the centre point, not routes. Walk: under 1.2 km. Cycle: 1.2 to 5 km. Drive: further.
Straight-line distances from the middle of the postcodes, not routes. Each postcode page lists its own nearest stations and bus stops. The Department for Transport's register does not say how often services run.
Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Which GP surgeries are in Hereford?
The GP practices at the postcodes in Hereford. Each practice sets the area it takes patients from, so check with it before registering.
- Cantilupe Surgery Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report January 2024 · Phone 01432 268031 350 mWalk
- Wargrave House Surgery Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report January 2026 · Phone 01432 272285 350 mWalk
- Hereford Medical Group Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report July 2025 · Phone 01432 272175 900 mWalk
- Belmont Medical Centre Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report November 2025 · Phone 01432 354366 2.1 kmCycle
Source: NHS England, Organisation Data Service (GP practices), read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Is Hereford safe? Crime recorded around it
Police.uk records 4,037 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Hereford over the 12 months from September 2025 to August 2026. August 2026 is the latest month it has published. These are counts, not a rate: we hold no count of the people who live, work or pass through, so we do not say whether a place is safe.
Each month, September 2025 to August 2026
- 306 September 2025
- 331 October 2025
- 343 November 2025
- 346 December 2025
- 295 January 2026
- 280 February 2026
- 337 March 2026
- 285 April 2026
- 301 May 2026
- 365 June 2026
- 389 July 2026
- 459 August 2026
By kind, over the 12 months
Also: other crime 65, burglary 60, vehicle crime 52, possession of weapons 44, robbery 31, theft from the person 25.
Police.uk says its locations "always represent the approximate location of a crime". Each crime is moved to the nearest of a fixed list of map points, each over a street centre, a public place or a commercial premises, chosen so that every point covers at least eight addresses or none. A mile is a wide circle: in a town it takes in the centre and its shops, where much crime is recorded.
Crime around one postcodeSource: Police.uk (data.police.uk), data to August 2026, from its download of 30 September 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Who runs Hereford?
- Council
- County of Herefordshire
- Parliamentary constituencies
- Hereford and South Herefordshire (1,438) and North Herefordshire (132)
- Police force area
- West Mercia
- Region
- West Midlands
- Country
- England
Where the place crosses a boundary, a row lists each side with its number of postcodes. Check a postcode for its own. What council am I in?
Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026. See all our data sources
Moving to Hereford
Who to tell and what to sort out in your first week.
- Tell County of Herefordshire about council tax Council tax, on herefordshire.gov.uk
- Register to vote at the new address Register to vote on GOV.UK
- Register with a GP practice The GP practices in Hereford
- Take meter readings on the day you move in
- Power cut? Call 105. It is free. About 105, the power cut number
- Find out your bin day Check your bin day on BinDayBuddy, which reads the council's own collection system
Hereford postcodes
1,570 postcodes in use in Hereford, by district:
Those districts are all in the HR postcode area.
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Enter a full postcode to see its ward, its flood risk, house prices in its sector and its nearest schools.
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Places near Hereford
With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Hereford's £250,000. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.
Questions about Hereford
- What is it like to live in Hereford?
- Homes sold for a typical £250,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, down 3% on the 12 months before. At 1,305 of the 1,495 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 1,386 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 203 of its 1,570 postcodes. It has at least 7 primary schools, 3 secondary schools and 1 all-through school at its postcodes. 4 GP practices are at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Hereford, 950 metres from the middle of its postcodes in a straight line. We don't rate places; here are the figures so you can judge. Source: HM Land Registry, Ofcom, the Environment Agency, the Department for Education, NHS England and the Department for Transport, as each section of this page says.
- What is the postcode for Hereford?
- Hereford is covered by postcode districts HR1, HR2, HR3, HR4 and HR7, across 1,570 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
- Which council is Hereford in?
- Hereford is in the County of Herefordshire council area. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
- How much are houses in Hereford?
- Homes in Hereford sold for a typical £250,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 716 sales, down 3% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
- What schools are in Hereford?
- In Hereford, primary schools at its postcodes include Hereford Cathedral School With A Junior School, Lord Scudamore Primary Academy and St Thomas Cantilupe CofE Academy; secondary schools at its postcodes include Hereford Cathedral School With A Junior School, Herefordshire Pupil Referral Service and Barrs Court School. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026.
- Does Hereford have a railway station?
- Yes: Hereford is 950 metres from the centre point of the postcodes in Hereford, in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
- What broadband can you get in Hereford?
- Ofcom reports on 1,495 of the 1,570 postcodes in Hereford. At 1,305 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband. Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
- Is Hereford at risk of flooding?
- 203 of the 1,570 postcodes in Hereford 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 1,386 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk. This is long-term risk for the land, and leaves out surface water. Source: Environment Agency.
- Are new homes being built in Hereford?
- 39 of the 1,570 postcodes now in use in Hereford came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 31 of the 880 homes sold in Hereford were newly built (4%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the HR1 district, 2%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.
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