SY postcode area: Shrewsbury
The SY postcode area is known as the Shrewsbury area. It is every postcode that begins SY followed by a number. It has 26 districts and 14,641 postcodes in use, across 10 councils.
Homes in the SY area sold for a typical £265,000 in the 12 months to August 2026. By district, that runs from £205,000 in SY18 (Llanidloes) to £380,000 in SY6 (Church Stretton).
For the town itself, see Shrewsbury postcodes.
Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026. The name is the one the area is commonly known by; it is not part of the ONS data. See all our data sources
Where it is
Latitude 52.6667
Longitude -3.0488
This is the middle of the postcodes in the SY area. An area can be many miles across, and we do not draw its boundary.
Open this area on OpenStreetMapSource: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026. How we use it
What do homes cost in the SY area?
Homes in the SY area sold for a typical £265,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 3,869 sales, no change on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.
- Detached £360,500 1,630 sales
- Semi-detached £239,250 1,198 sales
- Terraced £195,000 810 sales
- Flat or maisonette £150,000 231 sales
Each bar is that kind's typical price, against the most expensive kind here.
Standard sales of homes at market value at the area's postcodes. A typical price is the median, the middle sale. Each district below has its own, and each postcode page the figure for its sector.
Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2021. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
How do the SY districts compare?
A district is the first half of a postcode. Each row gives its typical home price, how many of its postcodes can get gigabit broadband for every home, and how many have a home at flood risk. Each opens the district.
- SY1 postcode district: ShrewsburyShropshire 1,035 postcodes Typical price£230,000 Gigabit, every home698 of 913 At flood risk150 of 1,035
- SY2 postcode district: ShrewsburyShropshire 580 postcodes Typical price£286,000 Gigabit, every home515 of 571 At flood risk37 of 580
- SY3 postcode district: ShrewsburyShropshire 1,113 postcodes Typical price£310,000 Gigabit, every home917 of 1,088 At flood risk93 of 1,113
- SY4 postcode district: WemShropshire, Telford and Wrekin 1,083 postcodes Typical price£291,250 Gigabit, every home484 of 1,063 At flood risk60 of 1,083
- SY5 postcode district: PontesburyShropshire, Powys 1,069 postcodes Typical price£320,000 Gigabit, every home230 of 1,061 At flood risk107 of 1,034
- SY6 postcode district: Church StrettonShropshire 322 postcodes Typical price£380,000 Gigabit, every home103 of 319 At flood risk80 of 322
- SY7 postcode district: Craven ArmsShropshire, County of Herefordshire, Powys 566 postcodes Typical price£355,000 Gigabit, every home146 of 557 At flood risk100 of 565
- SY8 postcode district: LudlowShropshire, County of Herefordshire, Malvern Hills 824 postcodes Typical price£272,750 Gigabit, every home455 of 807 At flood risk91 of 824
- SY9 postcode district: Bishop's CastleShropshire, Powys 137 postcodes Typical price£259,500 Gigabit, every home26 of 135 At flood risk10 of 136
- SY10 postcode district: Weston RhynShropshire, Powys, Wrexham 834 postcodes Typical price£310,000 Gigabit, every home352 of 808 At flood risk87 of 607
- SY11 postcode district: OswestryShropshire 994 postcodes Typical price£225,000 Gigabit, every home702 of 979 At flood risk30 of 994
- SY12 postcode district: EllesmereShropshire 381 postcodes Typical price£268,750 Gigabit, every home201 of 378 At flood risk9 of 381
- SY13 postcode district: WhitchurchShropshire, Wrexham, Cheshire East, Cheshire West and Chester 882 postcodes Typical price£275,000 Gigabit, every home445 of 866 At flood risk25 of 758
- SY14 postcode district: MalpasCheshire West and Chester, Cheshire East, Wrexham, Shropshire 347 postcodes Typical price£340,000 Gigabit, every home173 of 345 At flood risk12 of 318
- SY15 postcode district: MontgomeryPowys, Shropshire 255 postcodes Typical price£260,000 Gigabit, every home77 of 254 At flood risk6 of 45
- SY16 postcode district: NewtownPowys 691 postcodes Typical price£210,000 Gigabit, every home473 of 672
- SY17 postcode district: No place listedPowys 178 postcodes Typical price£228,000 Gigabit, every home84 of 178
- SY18 postcode district: LlanidloesPowys 226 postcodes Typical price£205,000 Gigabit, every home124 of 220
- SY19 postcode district: No place listedPowys 55 postcodes Typical price£236,000 Gigabit, every home49 of 55
- SY20 postcode district: MachynllethPowys, Gwynedd, Ceredigion 421 postcodes Typical price£220,000 Gigabit, every home195 of 416
- SY21 postcode district: WelshpoolPowys, Shropshire 872 postcodes Typical price£247,000 Gigabit, every home432 of 857 At flood risk5 of 18
- SY22 postcode district: LlanfyllinPowys, Shropshire 420 postcodes Typical price£257,000 Gigabit, every home134 of 417 At flood risk7 of 18
- SY23 postcode district: AberystwythCeredigion, Powys 985 postcodes Typical price£235,000 Gigabit, every home491 of 956
- SY24 postcode district: No place listedCeredigion 145 postcodes Typical price£225,000 Gigabit, every home51 of 145
- SY25 postcode district: No place listedCeredigion, Powys 218 postcodes Typical price£219,000 Gigabit, every home71 of 216
- SY99 postcode district: ShrewsburyShropshire 8 postcodes Typical priceToo few sales At flood riskNone listed
Prices: HM Land Registry, files dated 28 September 2026; the bar is set against the dearest district. Gigabit: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026, counting postcodes. Flood: Environment Agency, published 6 July 2026, postcodes in England with a home or business in an area at risk from rivers or the sea. How we use them
One row for every district in the area. "No place listed" means no town or village is large enough to list for it.
Places in the SY area
Towns and villages with postcodes in the SY area, each with the typical price of a home there where at least 5 sold.
Councils in the SY area
How many of the area's postcodes fall under each council.
- Shropshire9,216 postcodes
- Powys3,113 postcodes
- Ceredigion1,383 postcodes
- Cheshire West and Chester293 postcodes
- County of Herefordshire194 postcodes
- Wrexham162 postcodes
- Gwynedd143 postcodes
- Cheshire East110 postcodes
- Telford and Wrekin25 postcodes
- Malvern Hills1 postcode
Near the SY area
The postcode areas whose centre points are nearest to this one's, nearest first.
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