HR3 6DS

Castle · Herefordshire, County of · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Hereford
Ward
Castle
Local authority
Herefordshire, County of
Constituency
North Herefordshire
Postcode district
HR3
Postcode sector
HR3 6

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
HR3 6DH 463 m
HR3 6DT 743 m
HR3 6DN 1.3 km
HR3 6BT 1.5 km
HR3 6BS 1.6 km
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
HR3 6DS
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
HR
Postcode district
HR3
Postcode sector
HR3 6
Latitude
52.110653
Longitude
-2.966528
British National Grid easting
333,907
British National Grid northing
246,254

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
West Midlands · E12000005
Local authority district
Herefordshire, County of · E06000019
Electoral ward
Castle · E05009448
Parish or community
E04000875
Westminster constituency
North Herefordshire · E14001395
Output area
E00070716
Lower layer super output area
Herefordshire 006A · E01014008
Middle layer super output area
Herefordshire 006 · E02002910

Postcode source versions

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Property

At this postcode

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5 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
Old Forge, Letton, Hereford, HR3 6DS 14 March 2025 £440,000
Old Post Office, Letton, Hereford, HR3 6DS 14 September 2023 £555,000
Old Forge, Letton, Hereford, HR3 6DS 1 August 2023 £389,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
2
Primary
2
Secondary
0
  1. Staunton-on-Wye Endowed Primary School

    Voluntary aided school

    2.8 km
  2. Eardisley CofE Primary School

    Voluntary controlled school

    3.9 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
8
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 7
  • Anti social behaviour 1

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
4

3 female, 1 male

Postcode households
2
Residents per household
2.0
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 0.1% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider HR3 6 sector, not people in this individual postcode.

How to read these estimates
The standard postcode headcounts and the commissioned age table are separate ONS outputs. Small counts are disclosure-controlled, and totals can differ slightly between tables. Coverage is England and Wales only.

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%
Coverage is a modelled postcode-level snapshot, not a speed test or a guarantee for a named property. Check availability with providers before making a decision. Ofcom does not publish postcode-level full-fibre coverage in this release for commercial-confidentiality reasons.

Source: Ofcom Connected Nations Spring 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Nearby transport

  • The Swan

    BCT · Letton

    0.0 miles
  • The Swan PH

    BCT · Letton

    0.0 miles
  • Kinnersley Turn

    BCT · Letton

    0.4 miles
  • Kinnersley Turn

    BCT · Letton

    0.4 miles
  • Red Lion

    BCT · Bredwardine

    1.1 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Herefordshire 006A, 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

14,564 of 33,755

Income
7 of 10
Employment
8 of 10
Education and skills
7 of 10
Health and disability
8 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
0
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

A factual reading of the data in this report's scope. It is not a location score or a recommendation.

Property market

Recorded sales

The five-year median is £440,000 from 3 recorded sales in HR3 6DS. 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

Published establishments

2 open schools are in scope, including 2 primary and 0 secondary schools. Staunton-on-Wye Endowed Primary School is the nearest published school at 1.8 miles.

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

Recorded crime

Published police records

8 published events cover 12 months, averaging 0.667 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 7 events.

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