HR4 9EA Herefordshire, County of

Streets

• Widemarsh Street, Hereford: 65 addresses
• Wall Street, Hereford: 4 addresses
• Wall Street, Hereford: 1 address
• Unnamed street near Widemarsh Street, Hereford: 1 address
• Unnamed street near Widemarsh Street, Hereford: 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.

Homes by band in the neighbourhood around this postcode: most are in band A (61% of about 1,520 homes).

Sources: Valuation Office Agency, Council Tax: stock of properties, homes at 31 March 2026 (counts rounded to the nearest 10), for the neighbourhood (census area of about 700 homes) around it, not just this postcode; Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, council tax levels 2026-27. Bands are charged as fixed shares of Band D; the actual bill depends on the parish and on discounts such as the single-person discount. Check a home's own band with the official council tax band checker.

Planning and heritage

• Conservation area: no postcode centre in this postcode is in one.
• Listed buildings within 100 m of this postcode: 25.
• 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

• 5 AND 7, WIDEMARSH STREET, grade II*
• BLUE LEADER, grade II*
• GATE HOUSE, grade II*
• 1 AND 2, COMMERCIAL STREET, grade II
• 10, WIDEMARSH STREET, grade II
• 12 AND 13, HIGH TOWN, grade II
• 14 AND 15, HIGH TOWN, grade II
• 21, WIDEMARSH STREET, grade II
• 22, WIDEMARSH STREET, grade II
• 23, WIDEMARSH STREET, grade II
• 32 AND 34, WIDEMARSH STREET, grade II
• 35, 37 AND 39, WIDEMARSH STREET, grade II
• 36, 38 AND 40, WIDEMARSH STREET, grade II
• 4, 6 AND 8, WIDEMARSH STREET, grade II
• 41, WIDEMARSH STREET, grade II
• 43 AND 45, WIDEMARSH STREET, grade II
• 47, 49 AND 51, WIDEMARSH STREET, grade II
• 53, WIDEMARSH STREET, grade II
• 9, HIGH TOWN, grade II
• HOUSE TO REAR OF NUMBERS 2 TO 5, grade II
• IMPERIAL CHAMBERS, grade II
• LLOYDS BANK, grade II
• NUMBER 11 INCLUDING TIMBER FRAMED WING TO REAR, grade II
• THE MANSION HOUSE, grade II
• THE NEW MARKET, grade II

Brownfield land registered for housing within 1.0 km

• Land at Sullivan House, 72-80 Widemarsh Street, Hereford: up to 10 homes, permissioned (170 m)
• 14 15 & 15a, St Peters Street, Hereford: up to 7 homes, permissioned (200 m)
• Land at, 46-47 Catherine Street, Hereford, Herefordshire, HR1 2DU: up to 10 homes, permissioned (300 m)
• Edgar Street Grid, Hereford: up to 300 homes, not permissioned (310 m)
• Land at 2 Monkmoor Street, Hereford: up to 10 homes, permissioned (340 m)
• West Mercia Police Station, Hereford: up to 25 homes, not permissioned (360 m)
• Gaol Street Car Park, Hereford: up to 25 homes, not permissioned (410 m)
• 128 Widemarsh Street Hereford Herefordshire HR4 9HN: up to 5 homes, permissioned (450 m)

Source: planning.data.gov.uk (Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government), compiled from councils and, for listed buildings, Historic England's National Heritage List. Conservation areas, Article 4 directions, tree preservation areas and the green belt are checked at each postcode's centre. Listed buildings and protected trees are counted within 100 m of this postcode. Councils publish Article 4 directions, tree preservation orders and brownfield registers to different standards, and some not yet. Planning applications are not here: there is no national open record of them yet.

Flood risk

Rivers, the sea or surface water: in this postcode, 6 addresses are in areas at high risk, 0 at medium risk and 12 at low risk. Each address counts once, at the higher of its rivers-and-sea and surface-water risk.

Rivers and the sea alone: no home is in an area at risk.

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: no postcode centre is in flood zone 2 or 3.

Sources: Environment Agency Flood risk: postcode search tool data (loaded 29 October 2026), Risk of Flooding from Rivers and Sea: postcodes in areas at risk (loaded 29 October 2026) and Flood Map for Planning (loaded 28 October 2026). Flood zones are checked at each postcode's centre point. These are models of areas, which their publishers say are not suitable for showing whether an individual property is at risk, and they do not cover flooding from sewers or drains. Check an address on the official long-term flood risk service.

Broadband

Superfast 100%, ultrafast 72%, gigabit 72% of premises; 0% cannot get 10 Mbit/s. Ofcom Connected Nations, data as at January 2026.