HR2 6HL

Saxon Gate · 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
Postcode district
HR2
Postcode sector
HR2 6

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
HR2 6DL 30 m
HR2 6DJ 82 m
HR2 6HJ 89 m
HR2 6HB 112 m
HR2 6HH 134 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
HR2 6HL
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
HR
Postcode district
HR2
Postcode sector
HR2 6
Latitude
52.040337
Longitude
-2.712796
British National Grid easting
351,206
British National Grid northing
238,232

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
West Midlands · E12000005
Local authority district
Herefordshire, County of · E06000019
Parish or community
E04000921
Output area
E00071068
Lower layer super output area
Herefordshire 015D · E01014073
Middle layer super output area
Herefordshire 015 · E02002919

Postcode source versions

Explore HR2

2 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
57, Homestead, Hereford, HR2 6HL 11 June 2021 £115,000
57, Homestead, Hereford, HR2 6HL 9 October 2019 £95,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
30
Primary
13
Secondary
5
  1. St Martin's Primary School

    Academy converter

    840 m
  2. Marlbrook Primary School

    Academy converter

    857 m
  3. Our Lady's RC Primary School

    Voluntary aided school

    914 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
1,658
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 752
  • Anti social behaviour 202
  • Criminal damage and arson 160
  • Shoplifting 106
  • Other theft 97

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
32

23 female, 9 male

Postcode households
24
Residents per household
1.3
HR2 6 residents
8,879

Age bands in HR2 6

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
19.1%

1,738 residents

Age 15 to 24
10.4%

953 residents

Age 25 to 44
27.4%

2,502 residents

Age 45 to 64
25.7%

2,348 residents

Age 65 and over
17.3%

1,581 residents

This postcode contained 0.4% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider HR2 6 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+
100%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
100%
Gigabit-capable
100%
Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
0%
Next Generation Access
100%
Decent broadband available from fixed wireless
42.9%

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

4

within 5 km

  • CANTILUPE SURGERY

    49-51 ST. OWEN STREET, HEREFORD, HR1 2JB

    ODS code M81032

    1.7 km

  • WARGRAVE HOUSE SURGERY

    WARGRAVE HOUSE, 23 ST. OWEN STREET, HEREFORD, HR1 2JB

    ODS code M81066

    1.7 km

  • BELMONT MEDICAL CENTRE

    EASTHOLME AVENUE, BELMONT, HEREFORD, HR2 7XT

    ODS code M81093

    1.8 km

  • HEREFORD MEDICAL GROUP

    STATION MEDICAL CENTRE, STATION APPROACH, HEREFORD, HR1 1BB

    ODS code M81026

    2.4 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 2026-09-05. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • Manor Road

    BCT · Putson

    0.1 miles
  • Telephone Box

    BCT · Putson

    0.1 miles
  • Hoarwithy Road

    BCT · Putson

    0.1 miles
  • Holme Lacy Road

    BCT · Putson

    0.1 miles
  • Hinton Road

    BCT · Hinton

    0.1 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Herefordshire 015D, 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

4 of 10

Overall England rank

10,828 of 33,755

Income
3 of 10
Employment
3 of 10
Education and skills
3 of 10
Health and disability
3 of 10
Crime
4 of 10
Housing and services
5 of 10
Living environment
9 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
4
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

Schools

30 open schools are in scope, including 13 primary and 5 secondary schools. St Martin's Primary School is the nearest published school at 840 m.

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

Recorded crime

1,658 published events cover 12 months, averaging 138.167 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 752 events.

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