HR8 2DB

Ledbury West · 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 2

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
HR8 2DD 64 m
HR8 2BY 95 m
HR8 2BP 123 m
HR8 2DA 123 m
HR8 2DE 129 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
HR8 2DB
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
HR
Postcode district
HR8
Postcode sector
HR8 2
Latitude
52.034274
Longitude
-2.432489
British National Grid easting
370,428
British National Grid northing
237,406

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
West Midlands · E12000005
Local authority district
Herefordshire, County of · E06000019
Parish or community
E04000797
Westminster constituency
North Herefordshire · E14001395
Output area
E00070868
Lower layer super output area
Herefordshire 019A · E01014035
Middle layer super output area
Herefordshire 019 · E02002923

Postcode source versions

Explore HR8

26 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
The White House, Victoria Road, Ledbury, HR8 2DB 10 December 2025 £435,000
Ivy Dene, Victoria Road, Ledbury, HR8 2DB 16 January 2024 £420,000
Maylands, Victoria Road, Ledbury, HR8 2DB 26 October 2023 £335,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
4
Primary
2
Secondary
1
  1. Ledbury Primary School

    Community school

    592 m
  2. John Masefield High School

    Academy converter

    692 m
  3. Eastnor Parochial Primary School

    Academy converter

    2.8 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
503
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 199
  • Anti social behaviour 75
  • Criminal damage and arson 53
  • Public order 44
  • Other theft 27

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
27

18 female, 9 male

Postcode households
14
Residents per household
1.9
HR8 2 residents
9,659

Age bands in HR8 2

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
13.7%

1,291 residents

Age 15 to 24
9.1%

863 residents

Age 25 to 44
20.1%

1,897 residents

Age 45 to 64
27.9%

2,631 residents

Age 65 and over
29.2%

2,751 residents

This postcode contained 0.3% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider HR8 2 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+
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
50%

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

  • LEDBURY HEALTH PARTNERSHIP

    LEDBURY MARKET P/SHIP, MARKET STREET, LEDBURY, HR8 2AQ

    ODS code M81012

    521 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 2026-09-03. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • Victoria Road

    BCT · Ledbury

    0.1 miles
  • Victoria Road

    BCT · Ledbury

    0.1 miles
  • Churchill Meadow

    BCT · Ledbury

    0.1 miles
  • Fairfields Road

    BCT · Ledbury

    0.2 miles
  • Trading Estate

    BCT · Ledbury

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Herefordshire 019A, 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

4 of 10

Overall England rank

10,669 of 33,755

Income
4 of 10
Employment
3 of 10
Education and skills
3 of 10
Health and disability
4 of 10
Crime
4 of 10
Housing and services
4 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

Property market

The five-year median is £345,000 from 7 recorded sales in HR8 2DB. 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 1 secondary schools. Ledbury Primary School is the nearest published school at 592 m.

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

Recorded crime

503 published events cover 12 months, averaging 41.917 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 199 events.

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