HR3 6HJ

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 6HW 1.2 km
HR3 6HH 1.3 km
HR3 6HQ 1.3 km
HR3 6JN 1.4 km
HR3 6BW 1.6 km
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
HR3 6HJ
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
HR
Postcode district
HR3
Postcode sector
HR3 6
Latitude
52.136070
Longitude
-3.119034
British National Grid easting
323,507
British National Grid northing
249,231

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
E04000710
Westminster constituency
North Herefordshire · E14001395
Output area
E00168506
Lower layer super output area
Herefordshire 006B · E01014009
Middle layer super output area
Herefordshire 006 · E02002910

Postcode source versions

Explore HR3

2 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
Pentremiley, Whitney On Wye, Hereford, HR3 6HJ 26 August 2022 £1,900,000
Pentre Grove, Whitney On Wye, Hereford, HR3 6HJ 25 February 2020 £40,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
0
Primary
0
Secondary
0

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
1
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Anti social behaviour 1

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
13

8 female, 5 male

Postcode households
5
Residents per household
2.6
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 0.4% 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
20%
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

  • Rhydspence

    BCT · Bronydd

    1.3 miles
  • Rhydspence

    BCT · Bronydd

    1.4 miles
  • School

    BCT · Brilley

    1.7 miles
  • School

    BCT · Brilley

    1.7 miles
  • Church

    BCT · Whitney-on-Wye

    2.3 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Herefordshire 006B, 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

13,944 of 33,755

Income
8 of 10
Employment
8 of 10
Education and skills
8 of 10
Health and disability
9 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

Property market

The five-year median is £1,900,000 from 1 recorded sale in HR3 6HJ. 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

0 open schools are in scope, including 0 primary and 0 secondary schools.

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

Recorded crime

1 published events cover 12 months, averaging 0.083 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Anti social behaviour with 1 events.

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