HR6 8RH

Leominster South · 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 8RW 105 m
HR6 8SE 149 m
HR6 8RN 153 m
HR6 8RP 178 m
HR6 8RZ 189 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
HR6 8RH
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1993
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
HR
Postcode district
HR6
Postcode sector
HR6 8
Latitude
52.223538
Longitude
-2.756760
British National Grid easting
348,403
British National Grid northing
258,639

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
E00070918
Lower layer super output area
Herefordshire 003B · E01014046
Middle layer super output area
Herefordshire 003 · E02002907

Postcode source versions

Explore HR6

1 recorded sale at this postcode
Address Date Price
Safeway Service Station, Barons Cross Road, Leominster, HR6 8RH 24 April 2024 £2,600,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
8
Primary
5
Secondary
1
  1. Westfield School

    Community special school

    918 m
  2. Leominster Primary School

    Community school

    1.1 km
  3. Cambian Hereford School

    Other independent special school

    1.3 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
1,028
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 431
  • Anti social behaviour 138
  • Shoplifting 110
  • Criminal damage and arson 95
  • Public order 94

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.

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%

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

2

within 5 km

  • RYELAND SURGERY

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

    ODS code M81016

    1.7 km

  • THE MORTIMER MEDICAL PRAC

    CROASE ORCHARD SURGERY, KINGSLAND, LEOMINSTER, HR6 9QL

    ODS code M81043

    4.9 km

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

  • Morrisons Store

    BCT · Barons Cross

    0.0 miles
  • Morrisons Store

    BCT · Barons Cross

    0.0 miles
  • Morrisons Store

    BCT · Barons Cross

    0.1 miles
  • Baron's Cross Inn

    BCT · Barons Cross

    0.2 miles
  • Baron's Cross Inn

    BCT · Barons Cross

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Herefordshire 003B, 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

6 of 10

Overall England rank

19,428 of 33,755

Income
6 of 10
Employment
5 of 10
Education and skills
4 of 10
Health and disability
7 of 10
Crime
7 of 10
Housing and services
5 of 10
Living environment
5 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
1
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

Property market

The five-year median is £2,600,000 from 1 recorded sale in HR6 8RH. 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.

Schools

8 open schools are in scope, including 5 primary and 1 secondary schools. Westfield School is the nearest published school at 918 m.

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

Recorded crime

1,028 published events cover 12 months, averaging 85.667 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 431 events.

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