HR4 9YN Herefordshire, County of
Live postcode, introduced January 1992. Ward: Widemarsh. Region: West Midlands.
Streets
- Rosebery Close, Hereford: 12 addresses
- Rosebery Close, 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.
| 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 B (54% of about 790 homes).
Planning and heritage
- Conservation area: no postcode centre in this postcode is in one.
- Listed buildings within 100 m of this postcode: none.
- 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.
Brownfield land registered for housing within 1.0 km
- Great Western Court, Canonmoor Street, Hereford, Herefordshire: up to 14 homes, permissioned (50 m)
- Edgar Street Grid, Hereford: up to 300 homes, not permissioned (270 m)
- Land at Sullivan House, 72-80 Widemarsh Street, Hereford: up to 10 homes, permissioned (470 m)
- 128 Widemarsh Street Hereford Herefordshire HR4 9HN: up to 5 homes, permissioned (470 m)
- Land to the rear of 70 Whitecross Road, Hereford: up to 10 homes, permissioned (510 m)
- Land at, 46-47 Catherine Street, Hereford, Herefordshire, HR1 2DU: up to 10 homes, permissioned (650 m)
- 14 15 & 15a, St Peters Street, Hereford: up to 7 homes, permissioned (670 m)
- Land at 2 Monkmoor Street, Hereford: up to 10 homes, permissioned (690 m)
Flood risk
Rivers, the sea or surface water: in this postcode, 6 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 15 homes the Environment Agency counts, 10 are in areas at high risk, 1 medium, 1 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 3. Zone 3 is a 1% (1 in 100) or greater annual chance of flooding from rivers, or 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 station | Hereford 1.2 million journeys in 2024–25 | 880 m |
| Bus stops | 7 stops within 400 m, 39 within 800 m; nearest Courtyard Theatre Hereford | 180 m |
| Car parks | 5 within 800 m; nearest National Car Parks | 310 m |
| EV charging points | 5 within 1.6 km; nearest Wenea | 420 m |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Bristol Airport BRS | 75.5 km |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | 3 practices within 1.6 km; nearest Hereford Medical Group | 670 m |
| Pharmacies | 10 pharmacies within 1.6 km; nearest Tesco Instore Pharmacy | 440 m |
| NHS dentists | 18 practices within 1.6 km; nearest The Orchards (Dental Practice) | 620 m |
| Hospital | Hereford County Hospital | 940 m |
| Police station | West Mercia Police | 810 m |
| Cash machines | 4 machines within 800 m; nearest Hereford Broad Street NatWest | 630 m |
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 42 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 19% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 26% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 19% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 12% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 3% | 1% |
| Social rented | 55% | 17% |
| Private rented | 23% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 50% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 7% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 29% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 6% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 10% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 47% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 1% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 2% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 39% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km of home (of those who travel to work) | 77% | 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) | 19% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 34% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 10% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 85% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | 5% | 2% |
Deprivation
The neighbourhood around this postcode is in decile 3 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 Rosebery Close.