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HR6 9RF

Bircher · Herefordshire, County of · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Leominster
Ward
Bircher
Local authority
Herefordshire, County of
Constituency
North Herefordshire
Postcode district
HR6
Postcode sector
HR6 9

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
HR6 9RG 328 m
HR6 9RJ 386 m
HR6 9RW 401 m
HR6 9SF 554 m
HR6 9RH 627 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
HR6 9RF
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
HR
Postcode district
HR6
Postcode sector
HR6 9
Latitude
52.239059
Longitude
-2.820859
British National Grid easting
344,044
British National Grid northing
260,413

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
E04000788
Westminster constituency
North Herefordshire · E14001395
Output area
E00070654
Lower layer super output area
Herefordshire 004A · E01013999
Middle layer super output area
Herefordshire 004 · E02002908

Postcode source versions

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Property

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2 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
The Cottage, Shirlheath, Leominster, HR6 9RF 14 October 2016 £237,000
Orchard View, Shirlheath, Leominster, HR6 9RF 16 October 1998 £176,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
3
Primary
2
Secondary
0

  1. Kingsland CofE School

    Voluntary aided school

    1.1 km

  2. Lucton School

    Other independent school

    4.1 km

  3. Shobdon Primary School

    Community school

    4.4 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
24
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 7
  • Anti social behaviour 4
  • Other theft 3
  • Public order 3
  • Criminal damage and arson 3

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
5

3 female, 2 male

Postcode households
3
Residents per household
1.7
HR6 9 residents
5,882

Age bands in HR6 9

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
15.3%

905 residents

Age 15 to 24
8.5%

504 residents

Age 25 to 44
18%

1,062 residents

Age 45 to 64
29.6%

1,747 residents

Age 65 and over
28.6%

1,693 residents

This postcode contained 0.1% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider HR6 9 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+
33.3%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
33.3%
Gigabit-capable
33.3%
Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
0%
Next Generation Access
100%
Decent broadband available from fixed wireless
33.3%

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

  • THE MORTIMER MEDICAL PRAC

    CROASE ORCHARD SURGERY, KINGSLAND, LEOMINSTER, HR6 9QL

    ODS code M81043

    1.3 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

  • Car Auctions

    BCT · Shirl Heath

    0.5 miles

  • Car Auctions

    BCT · Shirl Heath

    0.5 miles

  • The Mill

    BCT · Cobnash

    0.6 miles

  • Whitley Court Turn

    BCT · Cobnash

    0.6 miles

  • Coronation Hall

    BCT · Kingsland

    0.7 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

Schools

3 open schools are in scope, including 2 primary and 0 secondary schools. Kingsland CofE School is the nearest published school at 0.7 miles.

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

Recorded crime

24 published events cover 12 months, averaging 2 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 7 events.

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