Property market
The five-year median is £250,000 from 359 recorded sales in HR5. 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.
HR5
UK postcode district
Updated September 2026
District overview
- Postcode units
- 289
- Current units
- 247
- Coordinate coverage
- 100%
- Electoral wards
- 8
Coverage context
- Countries represented
- England, Wales
- English regions represented
- West Midlands, W99999999
- Local authority codes
- 2
- Terminated postcode units
- 42
Postcode sectors in HR5
Choose a sector to browse its complete postcode-unit directory.
Property
2,078 recorded
sales at this postcode
| Address | Date | Price |
|---|---|---|
| The Beeches, 1, Gravel Hill, Kington, HR5 3BS | 23 June 2026 | £315,000 |
| 41, Greenfields, Kington, HR5 3AA | 18 June 2026 | £192,500 |
| The Old House, 3, Church Road, Kington, HR5 3AG | 16 June 2026 | £400,000 |
Schools
Across this district
- Open schools
- 3
- Primary
- 1
- Secondary
- 1
Recorded crime
Across this district
- Published events
- 205
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 92
- Criminal damage and arson 27
- Other theft 19
- Anti social behaviour 18
- Public order 14
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- HR5 usual residents
- 4,788
- Age-profile population
- 4,637
Age bands in HR5
Postcode district- Age 0 to 14
- 13.6%
- 632 residents
- Age 15 to 24
- 8.5%
- 396 residents
- Age 25 to 44
- 18%
- 836 residents
- Age 45 to 64
- 29%
- 1,347 residents
- Age 65 and over
- 30.8%
- 1,426 residents
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
The median Ofcom availability percentage across 244 current postcode units in this district. Each postcode is weighted equally, not by premises.
- Superfast, 30 Mbit/s+
- 100%
- Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
- 50%
- Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
- 50%
- Gigabit-capable
- 50%
- Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
- 0%
- Next Generation Access
- 100%
- Decent broadband available from fixed wireless
- 0%
In this district, 182 postcode units had 100% superfast coverage, 78 postcode units had 100% gigabit-capable coverage, 20 postcode units had at least some premises without decent fixed or fixed-wireless access.
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, coverage at January 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
GP practices
1
in this district
KINGTON MEDICAL PRACTICE
EARDISLEY ROAD, KINGTON, HR5 3EA
ODS code M81054
Evidence in context
Schools
3 open schools are in scope, including 1 primary and 1 secondary schools.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
Recorded crime
205 published events cover 12 months, averaging 17 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 92 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.