SY8 2HP

Mortimer · Herefordshire, County of · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Ludlow
Local authority
Herefordshire, County of
Constituency
North Herefordshire
Postcode district
SY8
Postcode sector
SY8 2

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
SY8 2HW 380 m
SY8 2HL 581 m
SY8 2HR 1.3 km
HR6 9UP 1.7 km
HR6 9US 1.7 km
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
SY8 2HP
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
SY
Postcode district
SY8
Postcode sector
SY8 2
Latitude
52.321467
Longitude
-2.831171
British National Grid easting
343,445
British National Grid northing
269,587

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
E04000798
Westminster constituency
North Herefordshire · E14001395
Output area
E00070948
Lower layer super output area
Herefordshire 001C · E01014052
Middle layer super output area
Herefordshire 001 · E02002905

Postcode source versions

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Property

At this postcode

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31 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
Ashlea, Leinthall Starkes, Ludlow, SY8 2HP 17 October 2025 £800,000
Pear Tree Cottage, Leinthall Starkes, Ludlow, SY8 2HP 9 October 2025 £460,000
Oak House, Leinthall Starkes, Ludlow, SY8 2HP 19 June 2025 £670,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
2
Primary
1
Secondary
1
  1. Wigmore School

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    1.9 km
  2. Wigmore Primary School

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    2.0 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
1
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Anti social behaviour 1

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
73

38 female, 35 male

Postcode households
32
Residents per household
2.3
SY8 2 residents
3,839

Age bands in SY8 2

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
15.3%

581 residents

Age 15 to 24
9.6%

364 residents

Age 25 to 44
19.2%

730 residents

Age 45 to 64
27.8%

1,055 residents

Age 65 and over
28.1%

1,066 residents

This postcode contained 1.9% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider SY8 2 sector, not people in this individual postcode.

How to read these estimates
The standard postcode headcounts and the commissioned age table are separate ONS outputs. Small counts are disclosure-controlled, and totals can differ slightly between tables. Coverage is England and Wales only.

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+
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
0%
Coverage is a modelled postcode-level snapshot, not a speed test or a guarantee for a named property. Check availability with providers before making a decision. Ofcom does not publish postcode-level full-fibre coverage in this release for commercial-confidentiality reasons.

Source: Ofcom Connected Nations Spring 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Nearby transport

  • Burrington Turn

    BCT · Leinthall Starkes

    0.1 miles
  • Burrington Turn

    BCT · Leinthall Starkes

    0.1 miles
  • High School

    BCT · Wigmore

    1.2 miles
  • High School

    BCT · Wigmore

    1.2 miles
  • The Castle Inn

    BCT · Wigmore

    1.2 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
1
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

A factual reading of the data in this report's scope. It is not a location score or a recommendation.

Property market

Recorded sales

The five-year median is £518,500 from 8 recorded sales in SY8 2HP. 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

Published establishments

2 open schools are in scope, including 1 primary and 1 secondary schools. Wigmore School is the nearest published school at 1.2 miles.

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

Recorded crime

Published police records

1 published events cover 12 months, averaging 0.083 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Anti social behaviour with 1 events.

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