HR6 0FB

Bircher · Herefordshire, County of · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Ward: Bircher
Local authority: Herefordshire, County of
Constituency: North Herefordshire
Postcode district: HR6
Postcode sector: HR6 0

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode	Distance
HR6 0BS	262 m
HR6 0BT	290 m
HR6 0AZ	402 m
HR6 0BU	496 m
HR6 0BP	655 m

Complete postcode fields and official codes

Postcode: HR6 0FB
Status: Current
Introduced: 1 May 2016
Terminated: Not published
Postcode area: HR
Postcode district: HR6
Postcode sector: HR6 0
Latitude: 52.294991
Longitude: -2.783652
British National Grid easting: 346,652
British National Grid northing: 266,606

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country: England · E92000001
Region: West Midlands · E12000005
Local authority district: Herefordshire, County of · E06000019
Electoral ward: Bircher · E05009443
Parish or community: E04000735
Westminster constituency: North Herefordshire · E14001395
Output area: E00070653
Lower layer super output area: Herefordshire 004A · E01013999
Middle layer super output area: Herefordshire 004 · E02002908

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 HR6

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Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools: 3
Primary: 2
Secondary: 0

Orleton CofE Primary School

Voluntary controlled school
3.1 km
Lucton School

Other independent school
3.5 km
Luston Primary School

Community school
3.8 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events: 12
Months covered: 12
Latest month: June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

Violence and sexual offences 5
Other theft 3
Anti social behaviour 3
Other crime 1

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents: 2
Postcode households: 1
Residents per household: 2.0
HR6 0 residents: 4,530

Age bands in HR6 0

Wider postcode sector

Age 0 to 14: 10.8%
Age 15 to 24: 8%
Age 25 to 44: 17.1%
Age 45 to 64: 31.7%
Age 65 and over: 32.5%

This postcode contained 0% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider HR6 0 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

Telephone Box

BCT · Bircher Common
0.3 miles
Bircher Common Turn

BCT · Bircher
0.6 miles
Yarpole Turn

BCT · Cock Gate
0.7 miles
Yarpole Turn

BCT · Cock Gate
0.7 miles
Yarpole Turn

BCT · Cock Gate
0.8 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Herefordshire 004A, 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

7 of 10

Overall England rank

21,172 of 33,755

Income: 8 of 10
Employment: 8 of 10
Education and skills: 7 of 10
Health and disability: 9 of 10
Crime: 10 of 10
Housing and services: 1 of 10
Living environment: 3 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.

Schools

Published establishments

3 open schools are in scope, including 2 primary and 0 secondary schools. Orleton CofE Primary School is the nearest published school at 1.9 miles.

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

Recorded crime

Published police records

12 published events cover 12 months, averaging 1 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 5 events.

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