Waterloo Road Kington, Herefordshire, County of
11 addresses across 4 postcodes (HR5), about 430 m (0.3 miles) long, classed as a local road. USRN 23213133.
- Energy: 1 homes have an energy certificate (D: 1).
- Flood: 10 addresses on its postcodes are in areas 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 0% to 50% of premises.
- Transport: The nearest railway station is Knighton, about 15.5 km (9.6 miles) away in a straight line.
- Green space: The nearest park or garden is about 720 m (0.4 miles) away.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 2.7 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 4.8 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: Its addresses are 147 to 152 m above sea level.
- Noise: 2 of its 11 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is Kington Medical Practice, about 830 m (0.5 miles) away.
- People: About 1,020 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 70% of households owned their home and 31% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
- Crime: 8 crimes were recorded within 250 m between September 2025 and August 2026, most often violence and sexual offences.
Sales on this street
No sales recorded on this street since January 1995 under this street name.
Energy performance certificates
1 home with a current certificate; median floor area 196 m². Most common: House, detached (1). Built: 1983-1990 (1). Tenure at assessment: owner-occupied (1).
Each home's certificates and sales (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 neighbourhoods around this street: most are in band D (26% of about 1,630 homes).
Planning and heritage
- Conservation area: no postcode centre in this street's postcodes is in one.
- Listed buildings on or by this street: 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 km (0.6 miles)
- Land at Deacon's Yard, 36 Victoria Road, Kington, Herefordshire: up to 10 homes, permissioned (380 m)
Roadworks
No street works under way, planned or finished in the last three months on this street, in permits up to 31 October 2026.
Flood risk
Rivers, the sea or surface water: in this street's postcodes, 4 addresses are in areas at high risk, 6 at medium risk and 41 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 61 homes the Environment Agency counts, 2 are in areas at high risk, 1 medium, 36 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: at least one 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.
| Postcode | Planning zone | Addresses at high / medium / low risk | Groundwater |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR5 3RF | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 1 / 0 | unlikely |
| HR5 3DD | zone 2 | 1 / 1 / 33 | unlikely |
| HR5 3SE | zone 3 | 1 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| HR5 3RB | zone 2 | 2 / 4 / 8 | unlikely |
Height above sea level
The street's 11 addresses are between 147 m and 152 m above sea level (149 m on average); the ground rises about 5 m from the lowest to the highest.
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HR5 3DD | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| HR5 3RB | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| HR5 3RF | 70% | 10% | 10% | 0% |
| HR5 3SE | 100% | 50% | 50% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway station | Knighton 19,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 15.5 km (9.6 miles) |
| Bus stops | 3 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 17 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Telephone Box Hatton Gardens | 200 m |
| EV charging points | 1 within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Wenea | 1 km (0.6 miles) |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Birmingham Airport BHX | 90.9 km (56 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | 1 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Kington Medical Practice | 830 m (0.5 miles) |
| Pharmacies | 1 pharmacies within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Kington Pharmacy | 840 m (0.5 miles) |
| Hospital | Knighton Hospital | 15.2 km (9.5 miles) |
| Police station | West Mercia Police - Kington Police Station | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) |
| Cash machines | Morrisons Daily Cashzone | 830 m (0.5 miles) |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 1.2 ha | 720 m (0.4 miles) |
| Play area | 2 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 720 m² | 640 m (0.4 miles) |
| Playing field | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 1.7 ha | 660 m (0.4 miles) |
| Allotments | 2 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 6,900 m² | 350 m |
Within 800 m (0.5 miles): 1 park or garden, 1.2 hectares in all.
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Churchyard cross in St Mary the Virgin's churchyard, a scheduled monument, 1.3 km (0.8 miles) west. 104 listed buildings are within 1 km (0.6 miles).
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Churchyard cross in St Mary the Virgin's churchyard | Scheduled monument | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) west |
| Mound 150yds (140m) N of church | Scheduled monument | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) west |
| Hergest Croft | Registered park or garden, Grade II* | 2.3 km (1.4 miles) west |
| Eywood | Registered park or garden, Grade II | 2.9 km (1.8 miles) north-east |
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Piers Grove Wood | Wood | 950 m (0.6 miles) east |
| Yaidon Coppice | Wood | 1.2 km (0.7 miles) east |
| Castle Hill | Hill | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) west |
| Heath Coppice | Wood | 1.5 km (0.9 miles) east |
| Penrhos Wood | Wood | 1.5 km (0.9 miles) south-east |
| Tramway Pool | Lake or reservoir | 2 km (1.2 miles) east |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 2.7 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 4.8 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 9.4 | 40 | 15 |
All three are within both the UK limits and the WHO guidelines.
Road and rail noise
| Level | Road traffic | Railways |
|---|---|---|
| 70 to 74 | 1 | 0 |
| 65 to 69 | 1 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 9 | 11 |
2 of the street's 11 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kington Primary School | Primary | 2–11 | 1 km (0.6 miles) | No overall grade (May 2025, graded inspection without an overall judgement): Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Good |
| Lady Hawkins' School | Secondary | 11–16 | 1.5 km (0.9 miles) | No overall grade (Oct 2024, graded inspection without an overall judgement): Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Good |
Food hygiene ratings nearby
| Business | Type | Distance | Rating | Rated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kington Court Nursing Home HR5 3BX | Hospitals/Childcare/Caring Premises | 370 m | 5 Very good | 17 Jun 2026 |
| Ye Olde Tavern HR5 3BX | Pub/bar/nightclub | 400 m (0.2 miles) | 5 Very good | 5 Nov 2025 |
Crime within 250 m
| Category | Crimes |
|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 4 |
| Other theft | 2 |
| Criminal damage and arson | 1 |
| Burglary | 1 |
Most of these are attached to: On or near Hatton Gardens (7); On or near Waterloo Road (1).
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 56 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 12% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 34% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 70% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 49% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | under 1% | 1% |
| Social rented | 8% | 17% |
| Private rented | 21% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 51% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 3% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 36% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 3% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 32% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 58% | 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) | 44% | 65% |
| Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away | 9% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 31% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 20% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 6% | 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 4 to 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
- HR5 3RF: 5 addresses of 28 in the postcode
- HR5 3DD: 3 addresses of 62 in the postcode
- HR5 3SE: 2 addresses
- HR5 3RB: 1 address of 31 in the postcode
Nearby streets
Waterloo Road · Hatton Gardens Industrial Estate · Sunset Row · Sunset Row · Hatton Gardens · Hatton Gardens · A44 · Victoria Road · Elizabeth Road · Elizabeth Road · Meads Close · Meads Close
All the streets in HR5 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.