HR6 8ED

Leominster East · Herefordshire, County of · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
HR6 8LR 30 m
HR6 8ND 43 m
HR6 8LT 46 m
HR6 8NG 56 m
HR6 8LP 62 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
HR6 8ED
Status
Current
Introduced
1 July 1995
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
HR
Postcode district
HR6
Postcode sector
HR6 8
Latitude
52.227462
Longitude
-2.737676
British National Grid easting
349,711
British National Grid northing
259,062

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
E00187303
Lower layer super output area
Herefordshire 003D · E01014048
Middle layer super output area
Herefordshire 003 · E02002907

Postcode source versions

Explore HR6

2 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
Woodstock House, Church Street, Leominster, HR6 8ED 20 August 2003 £261,000
Woodstock House, Church Street, Leominster, HR6 8ED 16 May 2002 £122,500

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

    332 m
  2. Westfield School

    Community special school

    459 m
  3. Earl Mortimer College

    Community school

    557 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
1,059
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 428
  • Anti social behaviour 139
  • Shoplifting 123
  • Public order 101
  • Criminal damage and arson 92

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
1

1 female, 0 male

Postcode households
1
Residents per household
1.0
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

This postcode contained 0% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider HR6 8 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+
100%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
0%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
0%
Gigabit-capable
0%
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.

GP practices

1

within 5 km

  • RYELAND SURGERY

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

    ODS code M81016

    673 m

Main GP practices only; branch surgeries are excluded. Distances are straight-line. Contact the practice to check registration, services, opening hours and appointments.

Source acquired on 2026-09-05. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • New Street

    BCT · Leominster

    0.1 miles
  • Brook Hall

    BCT · Leominster

    0.1 miles
  • Bus Station

    BCT · Leominster

    0.2 miles
  • Bus Station

    BCT · Leominster

    0.2 miles
  • Bus Station

    BCT · Leominster

    0.2 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 332 m.

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

Recorded crime

1,059 published events cover 12 months, averaging 88.25 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 428 events.

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