Birch · Herefordshire, County of · England
Updated September 2026
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At this postcode
| Address | Date | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Hurstley, Much Birch, Hereford, HR2 8HX | 16 January 2026 | £322,500 |
| Claypitts House, Much Birch, Hereford, HR2 8HX | 18 December 2024 | £760,000 |
| Rainbow Lodge, Much Birch, Hereford, HR2 8HX | 17 May 2024 | £475,000 |
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
Much Birch CofE Primary School
Voluntary controlled school
Little Dewchurch CofE Primary School
Voluntary controlled school
The Steiner Academy Hereford
Academy sponsor led
Within 1 mile of this postcode
Census 2021
37 female, 47 male
579 residents
348 residents
720 residents
1,342 residents
1,209 residents
This postcode contained 1.8% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider HR2 8 sector, not people in this individual postcode.
Census Day: 21 March 2021. Sources: ONS/Nomis P001-P004 and ONS CT21_0228. Age table version 2024-04-08.
Ofcom's predicted availability across all residential and commercial premises in this postcode in January 2026.
Source: Ofcom Connected Nations Spring 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
NHS ODS
1
within 5 km
MUCH BIRCH, HEREFORD, HR2 8HT
ODS code M81024
873 m
Source acquired on 2026-09-03. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.
Axe and Cleaver PH
BCT · Much Birch
Inglenook
BCT · Much Birch
Axe and Cleaver PH
BCT · Much Birch
Hollybush Lane
BCT · Much Birch
Church
BCT · Much Birch
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Herefordshire 021C, 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
6 of 10
Overall England rank
17,115 of 33,755
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.
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.
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.
A factual reading of the data in this report's scope. It is not a location score or a recommendation.
Recorded sales
The five-year median is £465,000 from 7 recorded sales in HR2 8HX. 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.
Published establishments
3 open schools are in scope, including 2 primary and 0 secondary schools. Much Birch CofE Primary School is the nearest published school at 0.8 miles.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
Published police records
26 published events cover 12 months, averaging 2.167 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 15 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.