HR5 3QS

Old Radnor · Powys · Wales

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town: Kington
Ward: Old Radnor
Local authority: Powys
Constituency: Brecon, Radnor and Cwm Tawe
Postcode district: HR5
Postcode sector: HR5 3

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode	Distance
HR5 3QU	823 m
HR5 3QW	1.2 km
HR5 3QH	1.4 km
HR5 3QP	1.8 km
HR5 3QT	1.8 km

Complete postcode fields and official codes

Postcode: HR5 3QS
Status: Current
Introduced: 1 January 1980
Terminated: Not published
Postcode area: HR
Postcode district: HR5
Postcode sector: HR5 3
Latitude: 52.156508
Longitude: -3.171601
British National Grid easting: 319,946
British National Grid northing: 251,561

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country: Wales · W92000004
Region: W99999999
Local authority district: Powys · W06000023
Electoral ward: Old Radnor · W05001164
Parish or community: W04000274
Westminster constituency: Brecon, Radnor and Cwm Tawe · W07000085
Output area: W00002583
Lower layer super output area: Powys 011E · W01000484
Middle layer super output area: Powys 011 · W02000107

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

Explore HR5

Property

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4 recorded sales at this postcode

Address	Date	Price
Cwmceste Farm House, Newchurch, Kington, HR5 3QS	3 March 2017	£340,000
Cwmgwilym School House, Newchurch, Kington, HR5 3QS	21 July 2006	£460,000
Cwmgwilym School House, Newchurch, Kington, HR5 3QS	1 March 2000	£135,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools: 1
Primary: 0
Secondary: 0

Gladestry C.I.W. School

Welsh establishment
4.9 km

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents: 13
Postcode households: 5
Residents per household: 2.6
HR5 3 residents: 4,788

Age bands in HR5 3

Wider postcode sector

Age 0 to 14: 13.6%
Age 15 to 24: 8.5%
Age 25 to 44: 18%
Age 45 to 64: 29%
Age 65 and over: 30.8%

This postcode contained 0.3% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider HR5 3 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+: 66.7%
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%

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

Gwern-Y-Bwch Turn

BCT · Huntington
2.8 miles
Gwern-Y-Bwch Turn

BCT · Huntington
2.8 miles
Village Hall

BCT · Huntington
3.3 miles
Village Hall

BCT · Huntington
3.3 miles
Rhydspence

BCT · Bronydd
3.8 miles

Evidence in context

Schools

1 open schools are in scope, including 0 primary and 0 secondary schools. Gladestry C.I.W. School is the nearest published school at 3.1 miles.

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