HR1 4LR

Backbury · Herefordshire, County of · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Hereford
Local authority
Herefordshire, County of
Constituency
North Herefordshire
Postcode district
HR1
Postcode sector
HR1 4

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
HR1 4LS 89 m
HR1 4LW 422 m
HR1 4LN 510 m
HR1 4LQ 592 m
HR1 4LT 733 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
HR1 4LR
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
HR
Postcode district
HR1
Postcode sector
HR1 4
Latitude
52.032115
Longitude
-2.619854
British National Grid easting
357,573
British National Grid northing
237,259

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
West Midlands · E12000005
Local authority district
Herefordshire, County of · E06000019
Electoral ward
Backbury · E05009440
Parish or community
E04000833
Westminster constituency
North Herefordshire · E14001395
Output area
E00070616
Lower layer super output area
Herefordshire 018A · E01013990
Middle layer super output area
Herefordshire 018 · E02002922

Postcode source versions

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Property

At this postcode

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16 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
The Rock Cottage, Mordiford, Hereford, HR1 4LR 15 November 2024 £255,000
Lower Rock Cottage, Mordiford, Hereford, HR1 4LR 17 May 2024 £275,000
Honeysuckle Cottage, Mordiford, Hereford, HR1 4LR 30 June 2021 £280,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
5
Primary
3
Secondary
1
  1. Mordiford CofE Primary School

    Academy converter

    452 m
  2. St Mary's CofE Primary School

    Voluntary aided school

    2.9 km
  3. Pathway Schools Limited

    Other independent special school

    4.1 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
15
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 7
  • Criminal damage and arson 5
  • Other crime 1
  • Other theft 1
  • Vehicle crime 1

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
38

22 female, 16 male

Postcode households
16
Residents per household
2.4
HR1 4 residents
6,390

Age bands in HR1 4

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
14.1%

910 residents

Age 15 to 24
9.5%

617 residents

Age 25 to 44
17.6%

1,139 residents

Age 45 to 64
31.9%

2,064 residents

Age 65 and over
26.8%

1,736 residents

This postcode contained 0.6% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider HR1 4 sector, not people in this individual postcode.

How to read these estimates
The standard postcode headcounts and the commissioned age table are separate ONS outputs. Small counts are disclosure-controlled, and totals can differ slightly between tables. Coverage is England and Wales only.

Census Day: 21 March 2021. Sources: ONS/Nomis P001-P004 and ONS CT21_0228. Age table version 2024-04-08.

Fixed broadband coverage

Ofcom's predicted availability across all residential and commercial premises in this postcode in January 2026.

Superfast, 30 Mbit/s+
100%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
0%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
0%
Gigabit-capable
0%
Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
0%
Next Generation Access
100%
Decent broadband available from fixed wireless
0%
Coverage is a modelled postcode-level snapshot, not a speed test or a guarantee for a named property. Check availability with providers before making a decision. Ofcom does not publish postcode-level full-fibre coverage in this release for commercial-confidentiality reasons.

Source: Ofcom Connected Nations Spring 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

NHS ODS

GP practices

1

within 5 km

  • FOWNHOPE MEDICAL CENTRE

    FOWNHOPE, HEREFORD, HR1 4PZ

    ODS code M81604

    3.2 km

Organisation records, not service availability
These are records marked active in NHS England's Organisation Data Service for England and Wales. Branch surgeries, pharmacies, dentists and hospitals are not included. They do not confirm patient registration, services, opening hours, appointments or care quality. Distances are straight-line from the postcode point.

Source acquired on 2026-09-03. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • Pentaloe Close

    BCT · Mordiford

    0.1 miles
  • Moon Inn

    BCT · Mordiford

    0.3 miles
  • Moon Inn

    BCT · Mordiford

    0.3 miles
  • School

    BCT · Mordiford

    0.3 miles
  • School

    BCT · Mordiford

    0.3 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Herefordshire 018A, the published LSOA linked to this postcode. Decile 1 contains the most deprived 10% of English LSOAs and decile 10 the least deprived 10%.

Overall IMD decile

7 of 10

Overall England rank

21,870 of 33,755

Income
7 of 10
Employment
7 of 10
Education and skills
7 of 10
Health and disability
8 of 10
Crime
9 of 10
Housing and services
2 of 10
Living environment
5 of 10

These are relative area statistics, not measures of an individual household, affluence or absolute change. They cannot be compared with indices for other UK nations. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, version 2025-v2.

Flood risk

Environment Agency long-term indicators for the area around addresses in this postcode. They are not an assessment of any individual property and do not show current or forecast flooding.

High risk addresses
0
Medium risk addresses
0
Low risk addresses
2
Groundwater flood alert area
Unlikely

Source: Environment Agency flood-risk postcode search tool data, version 2026-06-18. Check the long-term risk for an individual area. © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2025. All rights reserved.

Evidence in context

A factual reading of the data in this report's scope. It is not a location score or a recommendation.

Property market

Recorded sales

The five-year median is £265,000 from 2 recorded sales in HR1 4LR. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.

The latest UK House Price Index average for Herefordshire is £289,715 in June 2026, up 4.8% year on year.

Schools

Published establishments

5 open schools are in scope, including 3 primary and 1 secondary schools. Mordiford CofE Primary School is the nearest published school at 452 m.

Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.

Recorded crime

Published police records

15 published events cover 12 months, averaging 1.25 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 7 events.

The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.