HR1 4NY

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 4PE 134 m
HR1 4PB 135 m
HR1 4PA 158 m
HR1 4PP 176 m
HR1 4PG 188 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
HR1 4NY
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
HR
Postcode district
HR1
Postcode sector
HR1 4
Latitude
52.008119
Longitude
-2.614496
British National Grid easting
357,918
British National Grid northing
234,587

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
E04000761
Westminster constituency
North Herefordshire · E14001395
Output area
E00070610
Lower layer super output area
Herefordshire 018A · E01013990
Middle layer super output area
Herefordshire 018 · E02002922

Postcode source versions

Explore HR1

29 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
42, Court Orchard, Fownhope, Hereford, HR1 4NY 9 June 2025 £208,000
36, Court Orchard, Fownhope, Hereford, HR1 4NY 6 March 2024 £228,000
4, Court Orchard, Fownhope, Hereford, HR1 4NY 1 December 2023 £255,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
2
Primary
2
Secondary
0
  1. St Mary's CofE Primary School

    Voluntary aided school

    214 m
  2. Mordiford CofE Primary School

    Academy converter

    3.0 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
34
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 18
  • Anti social behaviour 5
  • Public order 3
  • Criminal damage and arson 3
  • Burglary 2

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
113

58 female, 55 male

Postcode households
43
Residents per household
2.6
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 1.8% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider HR1 4 sector, not people in this individual postcode.

Small counts are adjusted for privacy, so totals can differ slightly between Census tables.

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+
97.8%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
97.8%
Gigabit-capable
97.8%
Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
0%
Next Generation Access
100%
Decent broadband available from fixed wireless
0%

Predicted coverage, not measured speeds. Check availability for your address with a provider. Postcode-level full-fibre figures are not published in this release.

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

GP practices

1

within 5 km

  • FOWNHOPE MEDICAL CENTRE

    FOWNHOPE, HEREFORD, HR1 4PZ

    ODS code M81604

    1.4 km

Main GP practices only; branch surgeries are excluded. Distances are straight-line. Contact the practice to check registration, services, opening hours and appointments.

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

Nearby transport

  • Wye Leisure

    BCT · Fownhope

    0.1 miles
  • Court Orchard

    BCT · Fownhope

    0.1 miles
  • Nover Wood Drive

    BCT · Fownhope

    0.1 miles
  • Church Croft

    BCT · Fownhope

    0.2 miles
  • Church

    BCT · Fownhope

    0.2 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
1
Low risk addresses
3
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

Property market

The five-year median is £228,000 from 3 recorded sales in HR1 4NY. 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

2 open schools are in scope, including 2 primary and 0 secondary schools. St Mary's CofE Primary School is the nearest published school at 214 m.

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

Recorded crime

34 published events cover 12 months, averaging 2.833 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 18 events.

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