WR8 9ES

Eckington · Wychavon · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Local authority
Wychavon
Constituency
West Worcestershire
Postcode district
WR8
Postcode sector
WR8 9

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
WR8 9BY 752 m
WR8 9AT 784 m
WR8 9AP 993 m
WR8 9AS 1.1 km
WR8 9AJ 1.2 km
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
WR8 9ES
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 2008
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
WR
Postcode district
WR8
Postcode sector
WR8 9
Latitude
52.100425
Longitude
-2.144330
British National Grid easting
390,210
British National Grid northing
244,685

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
West Midlands · E12000005
Local authority district
Wychavon · E07000238
Electoral ward
Eckington · E05015452
Parish or community
E04010361
Westminster constituency
West Worcestershire · E14001579
Output area
E00165109
Lower layer super output area
Wychavon 019C · E01032372
Middle layer super output area
Wychavon 019 · E02006766

Postcode source versions

Explore WR8

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
5
Primary
5
Secondary
0
  1. Defford-Cum-Besford CofE School

    Voluntary controlled school

    2.1 km
  2. Eckington CofE First School

    Voluntary controlled school

    4.0 km
  3. Abbey Park Primary School

    Community school

    4.5 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
8
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 6
  • Other crime 1
  • Criminal damage and arson 1

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
WR8 9 residents
2,533

Age bands in WR8 9

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
12.2%

336 residents

Age 15 to 24
8.8%

244 residents

Age 25 to 44
14.9%

413 residents

Age 45 to 64
36.1%

999 residents

Age 65 and over
27.9%

772 residents

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
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

2

within 5 km

  • ABBOTTSWOOD MEDICAL CENTRE

    DEFFORD ROAD, PERSHORE, WR10 1HZ

    ODS code M81046

    4.7 km

  • PERSHORE MEDICAL PRACTICE

    QUEEN ELIZABETH HOUSE, QUEEN ELIZABETH DRIVE, PERSHORE, WR10 1PX

    ODS code M81074

    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 2026-09-03. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • Besford Court

    BCT · Besford

    0.8 miles
  • Besford Court

    BCT · Besford

    0.8 miles
  • Besford Turn

    BCT · Besford

    0.8 miles
  • Besford Turn

    BCT · Besford

    0.8 miles
  • Church

    BCT · Defford

    1.3 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Wychavon 019C, 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

16,449 of 33,755

Income
8 of 10
Employment
6 of 10
Education and skills
7 of 10
Health and disability
7 of 10
Crime
7 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.

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

5 open schools are in scope, including 5 primary and 0 secondary schools. Defford-Cum-Besford CofE School is the nearest published school at 1.3 miles.

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

Recorded crime

8 published events cover 12 months, averaging 0.667 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 6 events.

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