HR8 2WG

Ledbury South · 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 2WF 113 m
HR8 2HP 177 m
HR8 2XB 180 m
HR8 2HN 214 m
HR8 2XA 251 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
HR8 2WG
Status
Current
Introduced
1 August 2024
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
HR
Postcode district
HR8
Postcode sector
HR8 2
Latitude
52.026989
Longitude
-2.420817
British National Grid easting
371,224
British National Grid northing
236,591

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
E00168517
Lower layer super output area
Herefordshire 019B · E01014036
Middle layer super output area
Herefordshire 019 · E02002923

Postcode source versions

Explore HR8

12 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
110, Hopfields, Ledbury, HR8 2WG 30 September 2025 £350,000
125, Hopfields, Ledbury, HR8 2WG 30 December 2024 £288,000
123, Hopfields, Ledbury, HR8 2WG 20 December 2024 £437,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
5
Primary
3
Secondary
1
  1. John Masefield High School

    Academy converter

    556 m
  2. Ledbury Primary School

    Community school

    1.5 km
  3. Eastnor Parochial Primary School

    Academy converter

    2.1 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
422
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 168
  • Anti social behaviour 61
  • Criminal damage and arson 50
  • Public order 37
  • Other theft 23

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
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

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
7.7%

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 straight-line

  • LEDBURY HEALTH PARTNERSHIP

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

    ODS code M81012

    1.1 km

Nearby transport

  • Orchard Place

    BCT · Ledbury - Deer Park

    0.1 miles
  • Orchard Place

    BCT · Ledbury - Deer Park

    0.1 miles
  • Ferndown Road

    BCT · Ledbury - Deer Park

    0.2 miles
  • Ferndown Road

    BCT · Ledbury - Deer Park

    0.2 miles
  • Dunns Copse

    BCT · Ledbury - Deer Park

    0.3 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Herefordshire 019B, 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

22,024 of 33,755

Income
6 of 10
Employment
8 of 10
Education and skills
6 of 10
Health and disability
9 of 10
Crime
8 of 10
Housing and services
3 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.

Evidence in context

Property market

The five-year median is £380,000 from 12 recorded sales in HR8 2WG. 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

5 open schools are in scope, including 3 primary and 1 secondary schools. John Masefield High School is the nearest published school at 556 m.

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

Recorded crime

422 published events cover 12 months, averaging 35.167 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 168 events.

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