HR2 8FN

Birch · Herefordshire, County of · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Hereford
Ward
Birch
Local authority
Herefordshire, County of
Postcode district
HR2
Postcode sector
HR2 8

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
HR2 8NT 138 m
HR2 8QA 233 m
HR2 8NN 252 m
HR2 8NU 375 m
HR2 8QB 566 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
HR2 8FN
Status
Current
Introduced
1 March 2023
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
HR
Postcode district
HR2
Postcode sector
HR2 8
Latitude
51.911916
Longitude
-2.735141
British National Grid easting
349,529
British National Grid northing
223,964

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
West Midlands · E12000005
Local authority district
Herefordshire, County of · E06000019
Electoral ward
Birch · E05009442
Parish or community
E04000867
Output area
E00070999
Lower layer super output area
Herefordshire 021B · E01014059
Middle layer super output area
Herefordshire 021 · E02002925

Postcode source versions

Explore HR2

22 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
20, Clifton Close, St Weonards, Hereford, HR2 8FN 25 July 2025 £550,000
14, Clifton Close, St Weonards, Hereford, HR2 8FN 31 March 2025 £565,000
23, Clifton Close, St Weonards, Hereford, HR2 8FN 30 August 2024 £320,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
2
Primary
2
Secondary
0
  1. St Weonard's Academy

    Academy converter

    366 m
  2. Garway Primary School

    Community school

    3.6 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
5
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Drugs 1
  • Shoplifting 1
  • Anti social behaviour 1
  • Criminal damage and arson 1
  • Violence and sexual offences 1

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
HR2 8 residents
4,559

Age bands in HR2 8

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
13.8%

579 residents

Age 15 to 24
8.3%

348 residents

Age 25 to 44
17.2%

720 residents

Age 45 to 64
32%

1,342 residents

Age 65 and over
28.8%

1,209 residents

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
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.

Nearby transport

  • Clifton Meadows

    BCT · St Weonards

    0.0 miles
  • Clifton Meadows

    BCT · St Weonards

    0.0 miles
  • Post Office

    BCT · St Weonards

    0.2 miles
  • Post Office

    BCT · St Weonards

    0.2 miles
  • Ark Cottages

    BCT · St Weonards

    0.5 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Herefordshire 021B, 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

5 of 10

Overall England rank

15,419 of 33,755

Income
8 of 10
Employment
9 of 10
Education and skills
8 of 10
Health and disability
10 of 10
Crime
10 of 10
Housing and services
1 of 10
Living environment
1 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.

Evidence in context

Property market

The five-year median is £520,000 from 21 recorded sales in HR2 8FN. 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 Weonard's Academy is the nearest published school at 366 m.

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

Recorded crime

5 published events cover 12 months, averaging 0.417 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Drugs with 1 events.

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