B4221 Gorsley Common, Herefordshire, County of
51 addresses across 8 postcodes (HR9), about 3.7 km (2.3 miles) long, classed as a b road. USRN 23218484.
- Energy: 16 homes have an energy certificate (B: 2, C: 2, D: 6, E: 3, F: 3).
- Flood: No address on its postcodes is in an area at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers, the sea or surface water.
- Council tax: Most homes around it are in council tax band E; Band D in Herefordshire, County of costs £2,574 a year in 2026-27.
- Broadband: Gigabit broadband is available to 0% to 100% of premises.
- Transport: The nearest railway station is Ledbury, about 13.5 km (8.4 miles) away in a straight line.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 3.6 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 5.6 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: Its addresses are 85 to 142 m above sea level.
- Noise: 21 of its 51 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is Alton Street Surgery, about 6 km (3.7 miles) away.
- People: About 950 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 74% of households owned their home and 41% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
Sales on this street
No sales recorded on this street since January 1995 under this street name.
Energy performance certificates
16 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 188 m². Most common: House, detached (12); Bungalow, detached (4). Built: 1950-1966 (4); before 1900 (4); 1967-1975 (2). Tenure at assessment: owner-occupied (10); rented (private) (1).
Each home's certificates and sales (8 addresses)
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 neighbourhoods around this street: most are in band E (18% of about 1,790 homes).
Planning and heritage
- Conservation area: no postcode centre in this street's postcodes is in one.
- Listed buildings on or by this street: 4.
- 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
- BARN APPROXIMATELY 20 METRES NORTH OF TWO PARK FARMHOUSE, grade II
- DOVECOTE APPROXIMATELY 15 METRES SOUTH EAST OF FELLHAMPTON, grade II
- FELLHAMPTON, grade II
- THE BARN AT MARSH FARM, grade II
Roadworks
Finished in the last three months
- 5 October 2026: BT, Utility repair and maintenance works, two-way signals, on the verge (minor works)
Flood risk
No address in this street's postcodes is in an area at high, medium or low risk of flooding from rivers, the sea or surface water. The rest are in areas at very low risk: less than a 0.1% (1 in 1,000) chance a year.
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 on this street is in flood zone 2 or 3.
Height above sea level
The street's 51 addresses are between 85 m and 142 m above sea level (102 m on average); the ground rises about 57 m from the lowest to the highest.
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HR9 7TT | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| HR9 7TU | 100% | 47% | 47% | 0% |
| HR9 7UB | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| HR9 7UD | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| HR9 7UG | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| HR9 7UH | 50% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| HR9 7UQ | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| HR9 7WB | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway station | Ledbury 195,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 13.5 km (8.4 miles) |
| Bus stops | 0 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 4 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Two Park Farm Hill Top | 420 m (0.3 miles) |
| EV charging points | MFG Charging Station | 5.7 km (3.5 miles) |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Bristol Airport BRS | 63.1 km (39 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | Alton Street Surgery | 6 km (3.7 miles) |
| Pharmacies | Boots | 6 km (3.7 miles) |
| NHS dentists | Warrendale Dental Surgery | 5.8 km (3.6 miles) |
| Hospital | Ross Community Hospital | 6 km (3.7 miles) |
| Police station | West Mercia Police | 6.1 km (3.8 miles) |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Play area | Unnamed 220 m² | 1.6 km (1 mile) |
| Playing field | Unnamed 1.2 ha | 1.8 km (1.1 miles) |
| Allotments | Unnamed 1,500 m² | 1.8 km (1.1 miles) |
Landmarks
7 listed buildings are within 1 km (0.6 miles).
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Holmes Grove | Wood | 140 m east |
| Lynders Wood | Wood | 520 m (0.3 miles) west |
| Grove Wood | Wood | 870 m (0.5 miles) north-west |
| Hartleton Water | Lake or reservoir | 890 m (0.6 miles) south-west |
| Linton Hill | Hill | 2.1 km (1.3 miles) south-east |
| Frog's Bottom | Valley | 4.9 km (3 miles) south |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 3.6 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 5.6 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 10.2 | 40 | 15 |
All three are within the UK legal limits; PM2.5 is above the WHO guideline, as in most towns and cities.
Road and rail noise
| Level | Road traffic | Railways |
|---|---|---|
| 65 to 69 | 4 | 0 |
| 60 to 64 | 6 | 0 |
| 55 to 59 | 11 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 30 | 51 |
21 of the street's 51 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic, above the WHO guidelines.
Climate, daylight and earthquakes
Monthly temperatures and rainfall, sunrise and sunset through the year, and earthquakes recorded nearby since 1970 are much the same across the area, so they are worked out once for Herefordshire, County of: see them on the Herefordshire, County of page.
Nearest schools
| School | Phase | Ages | Distance | Inspection |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gorsley Goffs Primary School | Primary | 4–11 | 1.8 km (1.1 miles) | Good (Mar 2023, overall grade under the previous framework) |
Food hygiene ratings nearby
No rated food businesses within 500 m (0.3 miles).
Crime within 250 m
No crimes recorded at anonymised points within 250 m in this period (west-mercia).
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 53 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 15% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 29% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 74% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 49% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 2% | 1% |
| Social rented | 11% | 17% |
| Private rented | 14% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 54% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 4% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 32% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 4% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 43% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 53% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 0% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 0% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 2% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 30% | 65% |
| Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away | 25% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 41% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 15% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 5% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 99% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | under 1% | 2% |
Deprivation
The 2 neighbourhoods around this street are in deciles 5 to 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.
What has changed
- Roadworks Street works permit: BT: Utility repair and maintenance works, 5 October 2026 (two-way signals) found 3 November 2026
Postcodes on this street
- HR9 7TT: 24 addresses of 35 in the postcode
- HR9 7TU: 7 addresses of 22 in the postcode
- HR9 7UB: 5 addresses of 7 in the postcode
- HR9 7UH: 5 addresses of 9 in the postcode
- HR9 7UD: 4 addresses of 20 in the postcode
- HR9 7UG: 3 addresses of 10 in the postcode
- HR9 7UQ: 2 addresses of 10 in the postcode
- HR9 7WB: 1 address of 14 in the postcode
Nearby streets
All the streets in HR9 and across Herefordshire, County of.
What this page cannot tell you
- Whether a particular house is at risk of flooding, subsiding or anything else: the flood map is a model of areas and there is no property-level data here.
- What a home is worth now: sales are historic prices for the homes that happened to sell.
- How safe the street is: crime points are moved to anonymised locations and many crimes are never reported.
- Whether you would get a place at a school: distances are straight lines, not catchments.
- Who lives on the street now: census figures describe the small areas around it in March 2021, during a lockdown.
- How long a journey takes or how often anything runs: transport distances are straight lines to the nearest stops.
- Whether a GP practice is taking new patients, or a dentist new NHS patients.
- How loud a home is inside, or noise from industry, neighbours or smaller airfields: noise figures are models of road, rail and air traffic outside.
How each figure on this page is matched to the street and worked out: methodology.