SY7 9BH

Mortimer · Herefordshire, County of · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Craven Arms
Local authority
Herefordshire, County of
Constituency
North Herefordshire
Postcode district
SY7
Postcode sector
SY7 9

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
SY7 9BQ 538 m
SY8 2LA 893 m
SY7 9BJ 1.1 km
SY8 2LJ 1.1 km
SY7 9BG 1.3 km
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
SY7 9BH
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
SY
Postcode district
SY7
Postcode sector
SY7 9
Latitude
52.389180
Longitude
-2.817411
British National Grid easting
344,468
British National Grid northing
277,108

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
E04000799
Westminster constituency
North Herefordshire · E14001395
Output area
E00070951
Lower layer super output area
Herefordshire 001B · E01014051
Middle layer super output area
Herefordshire 001 · E02002905

Postcode source versions

Explore SY7

2 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
Wetmore Barn, Wetmore, Craven Arms, SY7 9BH 5 February 2016 £575,000
Quarry Cottage, Wetmore, Craven Arms, SY7 9BH 26 July 2013 £245,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
2
Primary
2
Secondary
0
  1. Onny CofE (A) Primary School

    Academy converter

    2.3 km
  2. Leintwardine Endowed CE Primary School

    Voluntary aided school

    4.8 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
4
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Vehicle crime 1
  • Anti social behaviour 1
  • Criminal damage and arson 1
  • Violence and sexual offences 1

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
21

9 female, 12 male

Postcode households
8
Residents per household
2.6
SY7 9 residents
4,360

Age bands in SY7 9

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
15.1%

645 residents

Age 15 to 24
8.4%

357 residents

Age 25 to 44
19.8%

844 residents

Age 45 to 64
30%

1,276 residents

Age 65 and over
26.7%

1,138 residents

This postcode contained 0.5% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider SY7 9 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+
0%
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
100%
Decent broadband available from fixed wireless
87.5%

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

  • The Criftins

    BCT · Leintwardine

    3.0 miles
  • Lion Hotel

    BCT · Leintwardine

    3.2 miles
  • Church

    BCT · Pipe Aston

    3.4 miles
  • Church

    BCT · Pipe Aston

    3.4 miles
  • Broome Rail Station

    RLY · Broome

    3.7 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Herefordshire 001B, 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

12,139 of 33,755

Income
5 of 10
Employment
6 of 10
Education and skills
5 of 10
Health and disability
8 of 10
Crime
8 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

2 open schools are in scope, including 2 primary and 0 secondary schools. Onny CofE (A) Primary School is the nearest published school at 1.4 miles.

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

Recorded crime

4 published events cover 12 months, averaging 0.333 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Vehicle crime with 1 events.

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