HR6 8DA

Leominster East · Herefordshire, County of · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Local authority
Herefordshire, County of
Constituency
North Herefordshire
Postcode district
HR6
Postcode sector
HR6 8

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
HR6 8DB 18 m
HR6 8EQ 72 m
HR6 8NH 144 m
HR6 8NJ 149 m
HR6 8EF 161 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
HR6 8DA
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 January 1983
Terminated
1 July 2023
Postcode area
HR
Postcode district
HR6
Postcode sector
HR6 8
Latitude
52.229825
Longitude
-2.735080
British National Grid easting
349,891
British National Grid northing
259,323

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
West Midlands · E12000005
Local authority district
Herefordshire, County of · E06000019
Parish or community
E04000800
Westminster constituency
North Herefordshire · E14001395
Output area
E00070932
Lower layer super output area
Herefordshire 003D · E01014048
Middle layer super output area
Herefordshire 003 · E02002907

Postcode source versions

Explore HR6

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
8
Primary
5
Secondary
1
  1. Cambian Hereford School

    Other independent special school

    633 m
  2. Westfield School

    Community special school

    744 m
  3. Earl Mortimer College

    Community school

    845 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
985
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 418
  • Anti social behaviour 135
  • Public order 89
  • Criminal damage and arson 89
  • Shoplifting 85

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
HR6 8 residents
10,550

Age bands in HR6 8

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
16.7%

1,719 residents

Age 15 to 24
9.8%

1,009 residents

Age 25 to 44
22.8%

2,348 residents

Age 45 to 64
25.2%

2,592 residents

Age 65 and over
25.4%

2,609 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.

GP practices

1

within 5 km straight-line

  • RYELAND SURGERY

    MARSH COURT HEALTH CENTRE, 1 MARSH COURT ROAD, LEOMINSTER, HR6 8FU

    ODS code M81016

    431 m

Nearby transport

  • Brook Hall

    BCT · Leominster

    0.2 miles
  • New Street

    BCT · Leominster

    0.2 miles
  • Marsh Court Health Centre

    BCT · Ridgemoor

    0.3 miles
  • Octagon Gardens

    BCT · Ridgemoor

    0.3 miles
  • Railway Station

    BCT · Leominster

    0.3 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Herefordshire 003D, 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

2 of 10

Overall England rank

3,766 of 33,755

Income
2 of 10
Employment
1 of 10
Education and skills
2 of 10
Health and disability
2 of 10
Crime
1 of 10
Housing and services
8 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

Schools

8 open schools are in scope, including 5 primary and 1 secondary schools. Cambian Hereford School is the nearest published school at 633 m.

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

Recorded crime

985 published events cover 12 months, averaging 82.083 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 418 events.

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