HR3 6BY

Golden Valley North · 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
HR3
Postcode sector
HR3 6

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
HR3 6BX 647 m
HR2 9LF 851 m
HR3 6AX 859 m
HR3 6BU 1.1 km
HR3 6BZ 1.2 km
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
HR3 6BY
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
HR
Postcode district
HR3
Postcode sector
HR3 6
Latitude
52.083896
Longitude
-2.977377
British National Grid easting
333,124
British National Grid northing
243,288

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
West Midlands · E12000005
Local authority district
Herefordshire, County of · E06000019
Parish or community
E04000706
Output area
E00070768
Lower layer super output area
Herefordshire 020A · E01014018
Middle layer super output area
Herefordshire 020 · E02002924

Postcode source versions

Explore HR3

7 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
Little Pentre, Bredwardine, Hereford, HR3 6BY 24 August 2017 £295,000
Old House, Bredwardine, Hereford, HR3 6BY 4 November 2011 £630,000
Ivy Cottage, Bredwardine, Hereford, HR3 6BY 23 November 2004 £282,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
1
Primary
1
Secondary
0
  1. Staunton-on-Wye Endowed Primary School

    Voluntary aided school

    3.8 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

  • Violence and sexual offences 3
  • Drugs 1
  • Burglary 1

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
21

8 female, 13 male

Postcode households
12
Residents per household
1.8
HR3 6 residents
3,086

Age bands in HR3 6

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
12.3%

367 residents

Age 15 to 24
7.4%

222 residents

Age 25 to 44
16.3%

489 residents

Age 45 to 64
30.5%

914 residents

Age 65 and over
33.5%

1,003 residents

This postcode contained 0.7% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider HR3 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+
0%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
0%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
0%
Gigabit-capable
0%
Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
0%
Next Generation Access
0%
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

  • Red Lion

    BCT · Bredwardine

    0.7 miles
  • Red Lion

    BCT · Bredwardine

    0.8 miles
  • Great Llanafon Farm

    BCT · Dorstone

    1.1 miles
  • Great Llanafon Farm

    BCT · Dorstone

    1.1 miles
  • Crossway Corner

    BCT · Dorstone

    1.1 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Herefordshire 020A, 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

16,711 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.

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
2
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

1 open schools are in scope, including 1 primary and 0 secondary schools. Staunton-on-Wye Endowed Primary School is the nearest published school at 2.4 miles.

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 Violence and sexual offences with 3 events.

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