HR8 1QW

Hope End · Herefordshire, County of · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Ledbury
Local authority
Herefordshire, County of
Constituency
North Herefordshire
Postcode district
HR8
Postcode sector
HR8 1

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
HR8 1HD 394 m
HR8 1QN 416 m
HR8 1QR 474 m
HR8 1HE 500 m
HR8 1QP 554 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
HR8 1QW
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
HR
Postcode district
HR8
Postcode sector
HR8 1
Latitude
52.093017
Longitude
-2.468701
British National Grid easting
367,986
British National Grid northing
243,955

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
West Midlands · E12000005
Local authority district
Herefordshire, County of · E06000019
Electoral ward
Hope End · E05009461
Parish or community
E04000702
Westminster constituency
North Herefordshire · E14001395
Output area
E00070821
Lower layer super output area
Herefordshire 009A · E01014027
Middle layer super output area
Herefordshire 009 · E02002913

Postcode source versions

Explore HR8

15 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
Brick House, Catley, Ledbury, HR8 1QW 15 December 2023 £392,000
Brick House, Catley, Ledbury, HR8 1QW 13 November 2020 £293,500
Siskin Cottage, Catley, Ledbury, HR8 1QW 27 August 2020 £10,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

View all nearby schools
Open schools
4
Primary
2
Secondary
0
  1. Bosbury CofE Primary School

    Voluntary controlled school

    1.7 km
  2. Compass Community School Hereford

    Other independent special school

    2.6 km
  3. Ashperton Primary Academy

    Academy converter

    4.2 km

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
27

14 female, 13 male

Postcode households
13
Residents per household
2.1
HR8 1 residents
4,482

Age bands in HR8 1

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
11%

498 residents

Age 15 to 24
8.2%

373 residents

Age 25 to 44
17%

771 residents

Age 45 to 64
30.6%

1,390 residents

Age 65 and over
33.3%

1,512 residents

This postcode contained 0.6% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider HR8 1 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+
83.3%
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
83.3%
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.

Nearby transport

  • Chapel

    BCT · Stanley Hill

    0.4 miles
  • Chapel

    BCT · Stanley Hill

    0.4 miles
  • Bosbury Turn

    BCT · Bosbury

    0.9 miles
  • Bosbury Turn

    BCT · Bosbury

    0.9 miles
  • Bell Inn

    BCT · Bosbury

    1.0 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Herefordshire 009A, 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

5 of 10

Overall England rank

16,112 of 33,755

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

Property market

The five-year median is £392,000 from 1 recorded sale in HR8 1QW. 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

4 open schools are in scope, including 2 primary and 0 secondary schools. Bosbury CofE Primary School is the nearest published school at 1.1 miles.

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