HR4 8BB Herefordshire, County of
Live postcode, introduced January 1980. Ward: Queenswood. Region: West Midlands.
Streets
- Wellington Court Barns, Wellington: 13 addresses
- Carpenters Cottages, Wellington: 4 addresses
- Unnamed street near Wellington Court Barns, Wellington: 1 address
- Unnamed street near Wellington Court Barns, Wellington: 1 address
- Unnamed street near Wellington Court Barns, Wellington: 1 address
- Unnamed street near Wellington Court Barns, Wellington: 1 address
- Unnamed street near Wellington Court Barns, Wellington: 1 address
- Unnamed street near Wellington Court Barns, Wellington Marsh: 1 address
- A49, Preston Brockhurst: 1 address
- Unnamed street near Wellington Court Barns, Wellington: 1 address
- Unnamed street near Wellington Court Barns, Wellington: 1 address
Council tax
What each band costs in Herefordshire, County of in 2026-27: Band D £2,574 a year on average, including the police, fire and any county and parish charges.
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £1,716 | £2,002 | £2,288 | £2,574 | £3,146 | £3,719 | £4,291 | £5,149 |
Homes by band in the neighbourhood around this postcode: most are in band E (24% of about 820 homes).
Planning and heritage
- Conservation area: no postcode centre in this postcode is in one.
- Listed buildings within 100 m of this postcode: 3.
- Article 4 direction (removing permitted development rights): none recorded, though not every council has published theirs.
- Tree preservation orders: none recorded, though not every council has published theirs.
- Green belt: no.
Listed buildings
Flood risk
Rivers, the sea or surface water: in this postcode, 0 addresses are in areas at high risk, 1 at medium risk and 1 at low risk. Each address counts once, at the higher of its rivers-and-sea and surface-water risk.
Rivers and the sea alone: of the 10 homes the Environment Agency counts, 0 are in areas at high risk, 0 medium, 2 low and 0 very low.
High: 3.3% (1 in 30) or more chance of flooding a year. Medium: 1% to 3.3%. Low: 0.1% to 1%. Very low: under 0.1%. The rivers and sea figures allow for flood defences. Counts cover whole postcodes, which can include other streets.
Flood zone for planning: the postcode centre is in flood zone 2. Zone 2 is between 0.1% and 1% a year from rivers (0.1% and 0.5% from the sea), ignoring defences.
Broadband
Superfast 100%, ultrafast 100%, gigabit 100% of premises; 0% cannot get 10 Mbit/s. Ofcom Connected Nations, data as at January 2026.
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Hereford 1.2 million journeys in 2024–25 | 8.1 km |
| Leominster 260,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 10.5 km | |
| Bus stops | 0 stops within 400 m, 4 within 800 m; nearest Wellington Turn | 410 m |
| EV charging points | Wenea | 8.0 km |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Birmingham Airport BHX | 76.3 km |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | Hereford Medical Group | 7.9 km |
| Pharmacies | Day Lewis Pharmacy | 6.9 km |
| NHS dentists | Dental Centre | 6.3 km |
| Hospital | Wye Valley Hospital | 8.3 km |
| Police station | Hereford Police Station | 8.5 km |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | Queenswood Country Park 72 ha | 2.2 km |
| Play area | Unnamed 3,170 m² | 2.6 km |
| Playing field | Unnamed 6,530 m² | 2.6 km |
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 46 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 19% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 22% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 58% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 38% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 1% | 1% |
| Social rented | 20% | 17% |
| Private rented | 19% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 58% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 5% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 25% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 5% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 24% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 68% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 0% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 1% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 6% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km of home (of those who travel to work) | 45% | 65% |
| Work 30 km or more away | 10% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 30% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 16% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 6% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 99% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | 0% | 2% |
Deprivation
The neighbourhood around this postcode is in decile 6 of 10 on the English Indices of Deprivation 2025, where 1 is the most deprived tenth of England's 33,755 neighbourhoods and 10 the least.
The full dossier for this postcode's main street is on Wellington Court Barns.