SY8 4EA

Bircher · Herefordshire, County of · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town: Ludlow
Ward: Bircher
Local authority: Herefordshire, County of
Constituency: North Herefordshire
Postcode district: SY8
Postcode sector: SY8 4

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode	Distance
SY8 4FA	139 m
SY8 4EZ	191 m
SY8 4EP	202 m
SY8 4EW	215 m
SY8 4EN	241 m

Complete postcode fields and official codes

Postcode: SY8 4EA
Status: Current
Introduced: 1 February 2023
Terminated: Not published
Postcode area: SY
Postcode district: SY8
Postcode sector: SY8 4
Latitude: 52.323093
Longitude: -2.742272
British National Grid easting: 349,506
British National Grid northing: 269,702

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country: England · E92000001
Region: West Midlands · E12000005
Local authority district: Herefordshire, County of · E06000019
Electoral ward: Bircher · E05009443
Parish or community: E04000860
Westminster constituency: North Herefordshire · E14001395
Output area: E00070660
Lower layer super output area: Herefordshire 001A · E01013998
Middle layer super output area: Herefordshire 001 · E02002905

Postcode source versions

Ordnance Survey: Code-Point Open Version 2026-08 · Current postcode units in Great Britain · OGL-3.0
Office for National Statistics: ONS Postcode Directory Version 2026-08 · United Kingdom; Northern Ireland excluded pending rights review; Crown Dependencies outside product scope · OGL-3.0 with third-party rights
Ordnance Survey: Boundary-Line Version 2026-05 · Local-authority boundaries in Great Britain · OS OpenData Licence

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Property

At this postcode

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9 recorded sales at this postcode

Address	Date	Price
1, Brook Crescent, Richards Castle, Ludlow, SY8 4EA	23 July 2024	£370,000
8, Brook Crescent, Richards Castle, Ludlow, SY8 4EA	6 November 2023	£650,000
9, Brook Crescent, Richards Castle, Ludlow, SY8 4EA	27 September 2023	£700,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools: 4
Primary: 2
Secondary: 0

Moor Park School

Other independent school
1.8 km
Orleton CofE Primary School

Voluntary controlled school
2.3 km
Overton School

Other independent special school
2.6 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events: 18
Months covered: 12
Latest month: June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

Violence and sexual offences 7
Criminal damage and arson 4
Burglary 3
Other crime 1
Other theft 1

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents: Not supplied
Postcode households: Not supplied
Residents per household: Not available
SY8 4 residents: 3,443

Age bands in SY8 4

Wider postcode sector

Age 0 to 14: 11.1%
Age 15 to 24: 7.4%
Age 25 to 44: 14.7%
Age 45 to 64: 31.4%
Age 65 and over: 35.3%

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+: 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: 100%

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

Castle Inn

BCT · Richards Castle
0.1 miles
Castle Inn

BCT · Richards Castle
0.1 miles
Hallets Well

BCT · Orleton
1.5 miles
Hallets Well

BCT · Orleton
1.5 miles
Baker's Arms Bus Shelter

BCT · Orleton
1.5 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Herefordshire 001A, 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

20,481 of 33,755

Income: 8 of 10
Employment: 8 of 10
Education and skills: 8 of 10
Health and disability: 9 of 10
Crime: 10 of 10
Housing and services: 1 of 10
Living environment: 2 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

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 £420,000 from 8 recorded sales in SY8 4EA. 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

4 open schools are in scope, including 2 primary and 0 secondary schools. Moor Park 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

Published police records

18 published events cover 12 months, averaging 1.5 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 7 events.

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