HR3 5QU

Gwernyfed · Powys · Wales

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town: Hereford
Ward: Gwernyfed
Local authority: Powys
Constituency: Brecon, Radnor and Cwm Tawe
Postcode district: HR3
Postcode sector: HR3 5

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode	Distance
HR3 5PZ	57 m
HR3 5QT	93 m
HR3 5PQ	123 m
HR3 5RP	157 m
HR3 5TQ	214 m

Complete postcode fields and official codes

Postcode: HR3 5QU
Status: Current
Introduced: 1 April 1985
Terminated: Not published
Postcode area: HR
Postcode district: HR3
Postcode sector: HR3 5
Latitude: 52.054823
Longitude: -3.148215
British National Grid easting: 321,367
British National Grid northing: 240,226

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country: Wales · W92000004
Region: W99999999
Local authority district: Powys · W06000023
Electoral ward: Gwernyfed · W05001134
Parish or community: W04000317
Westminster constituency: Brecon, Radnor and Cwm Tawe · W07000085
Output area: W00002376
Lower layer super output area: Powys 015C · W01000445
Middle layer super output area: Powys 015 · W02000111

Postcode source versions

Ordnance Survey: Code-Point Open Version 2026-08 · Current postcode units in Great Britain · OGL-3.0
Office for National Statistics: ONS Postcode Directory Version 2026-08 · United Kingdom; Northern Ireland excluded pending rights review; Crown Dependencies outside product scope · OGL-3.0 with third-party rights
Ordnance Survey: Boundary-Line Version 2026-05 · Local-authority boundaries in Great Britain · OS OpenData Licence

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Property

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3 recorded sales at this postcode

Address	Date	Price
Drumddu, Llanigon, Hereford, HR3 5QU	10 September 1999	£82,500
Avalon, Llanigon, Hereford, HR3 5QU	15 September 1998	£84,000
Meadow Breeze, Llanigon, Hereford, HR3 5QU	16 January 1998	£80,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools: 3
Primary: 0
Secondary: 0

Hay-On-Wye C.P. School

Welsh establishment
2.5 km
Clyro C.I.W. School

Welsh establishment
2.8 km
Gwernyfed High School

Welsh establishment
4.8 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events: 7
Months covered: 12
Latest month: June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

Violence and sexual offences 5
Burglary 2

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents: 5
Postcode households: 3
Residents per household: 1.7
HR3 5 residents: 4,516

Age bands in HR3 5

Wider postcode sector

Age 0 to 14: 12.9%
Age 15 to 24: 7.6%
Age 25 to 44: 17.6%
Age 45 to 64: 29.4%
Age 65 and over: 32.5%

This postcode contained 0.1% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider HR3 5 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: 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

Llanigon Crossroads

BCT · Llanigon
0.2 miles
Little Ffordd-Fawr

BCT · Llanigon
0.7 miles
Little Ffordd-Fawr

BCT · Llanigon
0.7 miles
Lower Sheephouse

BCT · Hay-on-Wye
0.7 miles
Lower Sheephouse

BCT · Hay-on-Wye
0.7 miles

Evidence in context

Schools

3 open schools are in scope, including 0 primary and 0 secondary schools. Hay-On-Wye C.P. School is the nearest published school at 1.5 miles.

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

Recorded crime

7 published events cover 12 months, averaging 0.583 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 5 events.

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