HR3 — Hereford
Hereford's HR3 postcode sits in Powys. The board behind it is assembled from 3,530 sales over 32 years of actual sales in 8 areas.
Across the recorded period the typical HR3 sale went from £70,000 in 1995 to £407,500 in 2026 — 5.8× growth. If you could time-travel once, aim for just before 2002 — prices moved +33.3% that year. The one to avoid was 2009: the median moved -18.8%, the roughest year in the local record.
Median sold price in HR3
| Year | Median sold price | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | £70,000 | 79 |
| 2000 | £110,000 | 123 |
| 2005 | £204,995 | 119 |
| 2010 | £263,500 | 110 |
| 2015 | £265,000 | 108 |
| 2020 | £290,000 | 102 |
| 2025 | £320,000 | 89 |
| 2026 | £407,500 | 16 |
The areas on the board
8 areas make up the board, weighted by sales activity:
- Hay On Wye (42% of local sales) — busiest streets: Warren Close, Birch Close, The Meadows
- Eardisley (15% of local sales) — busiest streets: Church Road, Eastfield, Upper Court
- Glasbury (11% of local sales) — busiest streets: Dan Y Bryn, Glasbury Court, Brookside
- Clyro (9% of local sales) — busiest streets: Begwyns Bluff, Buttercup Meadow, The Orchard
- Almeley (7% of local sales) — busiest streets: Bells Orchard, West View, Wootton
- Dorstone (6% of local sales) — busiest streets: Dore View, Middlewood
- Cusop (5% of local sales) — busiest streets: Lower Mead, Coronation Terrace, Grove Cottages
- Winforton (5% of local sales) — busiest streets: Courtlands, The Vineyards, The Paddocks
Reading about 2002 is easy; surviving 2009 is the game. Play the HR3 board.
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Prices are medians of real Land Registry sales. Street lists show street names only — never individual addresses. New to the game? Start with how to play.