Kitchen Hill Road Orleton, Herefordshire, County of
44 addresses across 3 postcodes (SY8), about 1.1 km (0.7 miles) long, classed as a minor road. USRN 23205916.
- Energy: 22 homes have an energy certificate (C: 4, E: 7, F: 10, G: 1).
- 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 D; Band D in Herefordshire, County of costs £2,574 a year in 2026-27.
- Broadband: Gigabit broadband is available to 33% to 86% of premises.
- Transport: The nearest railway station is Leominster, about 8 km (5 miles) away in a straight line.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 2.6 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 4.9 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: Its addresses are 89 to 101 m above sea level.
- Noise: 12 of its 44 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is The Mortimer Medical Prac, about 6.6 km (4.1 miles) away.
- People: About 530 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 83% of households owned their home and 39% 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
22 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 148 m². Most common: House, detached (13); House, semi-detached (6); Bungalow, detached (2). Built: before 1900 (12); 1900-1929 (3); 1967-1975 (2). Tenure at assessment: owner-occupied (15); rented (private) (1).
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 street: most are in band D (23% of about 770 homes).
Planning and heritage
- Conservation area: yes, Orleton (council page). Extensions, demolition, some windows and doors, and work on trees need consent.
- Listed buildings on or by this street: 13.
- 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
- ORLETON MANOR, grade II*
- 1, CHURCH LANE, grade II
- BRICK HOUSE, grade II
- CHURCH CROFT, grade II
- DEACONS COTTAGE YE OLD HOUSE, grade II
- MILL BROOK COTTAGE, grade II
- ORLETON HOUSE, grade II
- Orleton War Memorial, grade II
- OUTBUILDING ABOUT 10 METRES NORTH OF THE BOOT INN, grade II
- THE BOOT INN, grade II
- THE UPPER HOUSE, grade II
- WELL COTTAGES, grade II
- WOODCOTE, grade II
Roadworks
No street works under way, planned or finished in the last three months on this street, in permits up to 30 September 2026.
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 44 addresses are between 89 m and 101 m above sea level (92 m on average); the ground rises about 12 m from the lowest to the highest.
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SY8 4HN | 100% | 86% | 86% | 0% |
| SY8 4HP | 100% | 33% | 33% | 0% |
| SY8 4JA | 100% | 86% | 86% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Leominster 260,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 8 km (5 miles) |
| Ludlow 271,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 8.8 km (5.5 miles) | |
| Bucknell 3,860 journeys in 2024–25 | 14.8 km (9.2 miles) | |
| Bus stops | 0 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 5 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Millbrook Way Orleton | 570 m (0.4 miles) |
| EV charging points | InstaVolt Charging Station | 7.1 km (4.4 miles) |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Birmingham Airport BHX | 70.8 km (44 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | The Mortimer Medical Prac | 6.6 km (4.1 miles) |
| Pharmacies | W S & B Rees Chemists | 7.7 km (4.8 miles) |
| NHS dentists | Morton Hudson And Mileson | 7.7 km (4.8 miles) |
| Hospital | Leominster Community Hospital | 8.3 km (5.2 miles) |
| Police station | Ludlow Police Station | 8.5 km (5.3 miles) |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Play area | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 550 m² | 620 m (0.4 miles) |
| Playing field | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 3.4 ha | 650 m (0.4 miles) |
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Orleton Manor, a listed building (Grade II*), 560 m (0.3 miles) north-east. 18 listed buildings are within 1 km (0.6 miles), 1 of them Grade I and 1 of them Grade II*.
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Orleton Manor | Listed building, Grade II* | 560 m (0.3 miles) north-east |
| Churchyard cross in St George's churchyard | Scheduled monument | 1 km (0.6 miles) north-east |
| Church of St George | Listed building, Grade I | 1 km (0.6 miles) north-east |
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Orleton Wood | Wood | 1.7 km (1.1 miles) north-west |
| Bircher Coppice | Wood | 2 km (1.2 miles) west |
| Woodcock Hill | Hill | 2.3 km (1.4 miles) north-west |
| The Dam | Lake or reservoir | 3.1 km (1.9 miles) south-east |
| Fishpool Valley | Valley | 3.6 km (2.2 miles) west |
| The Island | Island | 4.4 km (2.7 miles) south-east |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 2.6 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 4.9 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 9.1 | 40 | 15 |
All three are within both the UK limits and the WHO guidelines.
Road and rail noise
| Level | Road traffic | Railways |
|---|---|---|
| 65 to 69 | 1 | 0 |
| 60 to 64 | 1 | 0 |
| 55 to 59 | 10 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 32 | 44 |
12 of the street's 44 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Orleton CofE Primary School Church of England | Primary | 5–11 | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) | No published inspection |
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 | 60 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 10% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 40% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 83% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 64% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 1% | 1% |
| Social rented | 6% | 17% |
| Private rented | 10% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 47% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 2% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 43% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 1% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 35% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 57% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | under 1% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | under 1% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 6% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 46% | 65% |
| Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away | 27% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 39% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 14% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 7% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 99% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | under 1% | 2% |
Deprivation
The neighbourhood around this street is in decile 7 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
Nothing new since the change feed started on 30 October 2026. New sales and energy certificates, and hygiene ratings, school inspections and flood figures nearby, will be listed here as the sources update.
Postcodes on this street
- SY8 4HN: 36 addresses of 56 in the postcode
- SY8 4HP: 5 addresses of 8 in the postcode
- SY8 4JA: 3 addresses of 22 in the postcode
Nearby streets
Kitchen Hill Road · Little Furlongs · Little Furlongs · Overton Lane · Overton Lane
All the streets in SY8 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.