HR9 5RB

Kerne Bridge · Herefordshire, County of · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Local authority
Herefordshire, County of
Postcode district
HR9
Postcode sector
HR9 5

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
HR9 5RD 248 m
HR9 5RE 312 m
HR9 5RA 464 m
HR9 5SJ 487 m
HR9 5RQ 664 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
HR9 5RB
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
HR
Postcode district
HR9
Postcode sector
HR9 5
Latitude
51.873431
Longitude
-2.577943
British National Grid easting
360,308
British National Grid northing
219,586

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
West Midlands · E12000005
Local authority district
Herefordshire, County of · E06000019
Parish or community
E04000896
Output area
E00070842
Lower layer super output area
Herefordshire 023B · E01014032
Middle layer super output area
Herefordshire 023 · E02002927

Postcode source versions

Explore HR9

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

View all nearby schools
Open schools
10
Primary
10
Secondary
0
  1. Walford Nursery & Primary School

    Community school

    1.7 km
  2. Ruardean Church of England Primary School

    Voluntary controlled school

    2.8 km
  3. Goodrich CofE Primary School

    Academy converter

    2.9 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
13
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 8
  • Anti social behaviour 2
  • Burglary 1
  • Other crime 1
  • Vehicle crime 1

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
6

4 female, 2 male

Postcode households
3
Residents per household
2.0
HR9 5 residents
7,150

Age bands in HR9 5

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
13.2%

892 residents

Age 15 to 24
8.1%

550 residents

Age 25 to 44
17.9%

1,209 residents

Age 45 to 64
29.4%

1,991 residents

Age 65 and over
31.4%

2,121 residents

This postcode contained 0.1% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider HR9 5 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+
66.7%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
66.7%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
66.7%
Gigabit-capable
66.7%
Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
33.3%
Next Generation Access
66.7%
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

3

within 5 km

  • PENDEEN SURGERY

    KENT AVENUE, ROSS-ON-WYE, HR9 5AH

    ODS code M81061

    4.2 km

  • ALTON STREET SURGERY

    ALTON STREET, ROSS-ON-WYE, HR9 5AB

    ODS code M81044

    4.3 km

  • DRYBROOK SURGERY

    DRYBROOK ROAD, DRYBROOK, GL17 9JE

    ODS code L84024

    4.8 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

  • Forest Green

    BCT · Howle Hill

    0.5 miles
  • Cross

    BCT · Howle Hill

    0.6 miles
  • Bishopswood Leigh

    BCT · Kerne Bridge

    0.9 miles
  • Bishopswood Leigh

    BCT · Kerne Bridge

    1.0 miles
  • Ruardean Turn

    BCT · Lower Lydbrook

    1.0 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Herefordshire 023B, 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

18,201 of 33,755

Income
9 of 10
Employment
8 of 10
Education and skills
9 of 10
Health and disability
9 of 10
Crime
9 of 10
Housing and services
1 of 10
Living environment
1 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

10 open schools are in scope, including 10 primary and 0 secondary schools. Walford Nursery & Primary School is the nearest published school at 1.1 miles.

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

Recorded crime

13 published events cover 12 months, averaging 1.083 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 8 events.

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