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LD8 2LN

Mortimer · Herefordshire, County of · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Presteigne
Ward
Mortimer
Local authority
Herefordshire, County of
Constituency
North Herefordshire
Postcode district
LD8
Postcode sector
LD8 2

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
LD8 2AG 111 m
LD8 2LW 153 m
LD8 2AQ 180 m
LD8 2AF 189 m
LD8 2BS 209 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
LD8 2LN
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
LD
Postcode district
LD8
Postcode sector
LD8 2
Latitude
52.275875
Longitude
-3.002477
British National Grid easting
331,699
British National Grid northing
264,664

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
West Midlands · E12000005
Local authority district
Herefordshire, County of · E06000019
Electoral ward
Mortimer · E05009473
Parish or community
E04000873
Westminster constituency
North Herefordshire · E14001395
Output area
E00070953
Lower layer super output area
Herefordshire 001C · E01014052
Middle layer super output area
Herefordshire 001 · E02002905

Postcode source versions

Explore LD8

Property

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1 recorded sale at this postcode
Address Date Price
The Old Grove, Ford Street, Presteigne, LD8 2LN 11 December 2024 £585,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
1
Primary
0
Secondary
0

  1. Presteigne C.P. School

    Welsh establishment

    743 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
133
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 71
  • Anti social behaviour 14
  • Public order 12
  • Criminal damage and arson 12
  • Burglary 7

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
15

6 female, 9 male

Postcode households
6
Residents per household
2.5
LD8 2 residents
4,491

Age bands in LD8 2

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
11.7%

492 residents

Age 15 to 24
8.5%

356 residents

Age 25 to 44
16.6%

699 residents

Age 45 to 64
28.7%

1,210 residents

Age 65 and over
34.5%

1,455 residents

This postcode contained 0.3% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider LD8 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+
20%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
20%
Gigabit-capable
20%
Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
0%
Next Generation Access
100%
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

1

within 5 km

  • PRESTEIGNE MEDICAL PRACTICE

    LUGG VIEW, PRESTEIGNE, LD8 2RJ

    ODS code W96438

    404 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 2026-09-05. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • Radnorshire Arms Hotel

    BCT · Presteigne

    0.3 miles

  • Presteigne Police Station

    BCT · Presteigne

    0.3 miles

  • Presteigne Police Station

    BCT · Presteigne

    0.3 miles

  • Bank

    BCT · Presteigne

    0.3 miles

  • Radnorshire Car Park

    BCT · Presteigne

    0.3 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Herefordshire 001C, 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

13,628 of 33,755

Income
8 of 10
Employment
8 of 10
Education and skills
9 of 10
Health and disability
9 of 10
Crime
10 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
4
Medium risk addresses
1
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 £585,000 from 1 recorded sale in LD8 2LN. 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

1 open schools are in scope, including 0 primary and 0 secondary schools. Presteigne C.P. School is the nearest published school at 743 m.

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

Recorded crime

133 published events cover 12 months, averaging 11.083 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 71 events.

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