Orchard View Rushall, Herefordshire, County of
34 addresses across 3 postcodes (HR8), about 1.6 km (1 mile) long. USRN 23219687.
- Sales: 5 recorded sales since 1995; in 2006 the median was £248,000 across 1 sale.
- Energy: 12 homes have an energy certificate (C: 1, D: 7, E: 4).
- 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 F; Band D in Herefordshire, County of costs £2,574 a year in 2026-27.
- Broadband: Gigabit broadband is available to 64% to 100% of premises.
- Transport: The nearest railway station is Ledbury, about 7.8 km (4.8 miles) away in a straight line.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 3.0 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 5.5 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: Its addresses are 63 to 96 m above sea level.
- Noise: 6 of its 34 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is Fownhope Medical Centre, about 5 km (3.1 miles) away.
- People: About 340 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 68% of households owned their home and 44% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
Sales on this street
| Year | Sales | Median price | Lowest | Highest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 1 | £248,000 | £248,000 | £248,000 |
| 2004 | 1 | £170,000 | £170,000 | £170,000 |
| 2002 | 1 | £144,750 | £144,750 | £144,750 |
| 2000 | 1 | £98,950 | £98,950 | £98,950 |
| 1999 | 1 | £89,000 | £89,000 | £89,000 |
| Date | Address | Type | Price | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 Dec 2006 | 10 HR8 2PE | Semi-detached | £248,000 | |
| 28 Oct 2004 | 5 HR8 2PE | Semi-detached | £170,000 | |
| 31 Jul 2002 | 2 HR8 2PE | Semi-detached | £144,750 | |
| 17 Nov 2000 | 10 HR8 2PE | Semi-detached | £98,950 | |
| 6 Aug 1999 | 10 HR8 2PE | Semi-detached | £89,000 |
Energy performance certificates
12 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 101 m². Most common: House, semi-detached (7); House, detached (4); Bungalow, detached (1). Built: 1930-1949 (4); 1950-1966 (3); before 1900 (3). Tenure at assessment: owner-occupied (5); rented (social) (3); rented (private) (2).
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 F (19% of about 630 homes).
Planning and heritage
- Conservation area: no postcode centre in this street's postcodes is in one.
- Listed buildings on or by this street: 5.
- 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
- CHANDOS, grade II*
- BARN ABOUT 115 METRES NORTH-WEST OF CHANDOS, grade II
- BARN ABOUT 40 YARDS NORTH OF UPPER WOLTON FARMHOUSE, grade II
- COCKYARD FARMHOUSE, grade II
- GATCHPIN, 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
Rivers, the sea or surface water: in this street's postcodes, 0 addresses are in areas at high risk, 0 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: 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.
| Postcode | Planning zone | Addresses at high / medium / low risk | Groundwater |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR8 2PE | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| HR8 2PA | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 1 | unlikely |
| HR8 2NY | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
Height above sea level
The street's 34 addresses are between 63 m and 96 m above sea level (81 m on average); the ground rises about 33 m from the lowest to the highest.
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HR8 2NY | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| HR8 2PA | 64% | 64% | 64% | 36% |
| HR8 2PE | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Ledbury 195,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 7.8 km (4.8 miles) |
| Colwall 63,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 13.8 km (8.6 miles) | |
| Hereford 1.2 million journeys in 2024–25 | 14 km (8.7 miles) | |
| Bus stops | 1 stop within 400 m (0.2 miles), 2 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Telephone Box Rushall | 390 m |
| EV charging points | bp pulse Charging Station | 6.5 km (4 miles) |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Bristol Airport BRS | 71 km (44 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | Fownhope Medical Centre | 5 km (3.1 miles) |
| Pharmacies | Day Lewis Pharmacy | 7.4 km (4.6 miles) |
| NHS dentists | Dental Access Centre | 7.3 km (4.5 miles) |
| Hospital | Ross Community Hospital | 11.5 km (7.1 miles) |
| Police station | West Mercia Police | 7.5 km (4.6 miles) |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Play area | Unnamed 560 m² | 1.8 km (1.1 miles) |
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Chandos, a listed building (Grade II*), 170 m south-east. 9 listed buildings are within 1 km (0.6 miles), 2 of them Grade II*.
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Chandos | Listed building, Grade II* | 170 m south-east |
| Hall Court | Listed building, Grade II* | 770 m (0.5 miles) north |
| Homme House | Registered park or garden, Grade II | 3 km (1.8 miles) south-east |
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Jones's Wood | Wood | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) north-west |
| Hoar Wood | Wood | 1.4 km (0.9 miles) west |
| Ridge Hill | Hill | 1.6 km (1 mile) south-west |
| Knowle Wood | Wood | 1.8 km (1.1 miles) west |
| Millpound Coppice | Wood | 1.9 km (1.2 miles) north |
| Old Mill Pond | Lake or reservoir | 3.1 km (1.9 miles) north |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 3.0 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 5.5 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 9.6 | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 55 to 59 | 6 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 28 | 34 |
6 of the street's 34 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
No open schools within 2 km (1.2 miles).
Food hygiene ratings nearby
| Business | Type | Distance | Rating | Rated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rushall Social Club HR8 2PE | Pub/bar/nightclub | 430 m (0.3 miles) | 4 Good | 4 Oct 2016 |
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 | 59 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 7% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 37% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 68% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 53% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | under 1% | 1% |
| Social rented | 5% | 17% |
| Private rented | 27% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 58% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 4% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 33% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | under 1% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 35% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 52% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 0% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 0% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 9% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 35% | 65% |
| Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away | 18% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 44% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 12% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 4% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 99% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | 0% | 2% |
Deprivation
The neighbourhood around this street is in decile 5 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
- HR8 2PE: 20 addresses of 23 in the postcode
- HR8 2PA: 13 addresses of 21 in the postcode
- HR8 2NY: 1 address of 23 in the postcode
All the streets in HR8 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.