WV15 postcode district: Bridgnorth and around

WV15 is a postcode district in England, with 294 postcodes in use in 2 sectors. It has postcodes in Bridgnorth and Alveley. It is split between 2 councils: Shropshire (291 postcodes) and South Staffordshire (3). 3 of its 294 postcodes are in Staffordshire. ONS lists no county for the other 291.

Postcodes in use
294
Sectors
2
Councils
2 councils
Places
2 places

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026. See all our data sources

Every postcode in WV15, and which are new since 2020

Map of every postcode in WV15, by new since 2020 Of the 294 postcodes in WV15 that ONS places, 8 are new since 2020 and 286 were in use before 2020. Places named: Bridgnorth, Highley, Alveley, Pattingham. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 2.5 km. 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Places named: Bridgnorth, Highley, Alveley. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 2.5 km. BridgnorthHighleyAlveley
  • New since 2020: 8
  • In use before 2020: 286

Of the 294 postcodes in WV15 that ONS places, 8 are new since 2020 and 286 were in use before 2020.

Each mark is a postcode's centre point as ONS gives it, not a building. Press one to see its postcode and open its page. New since 2020 means it came into use in January 2020 or later. No boundary is drawn. Where marks overlap, the one first in the key is drawn; the counts include every postcode.

The middle of its postcodes: latitude 52.5148, longitude -2.3740. Open this area on OpenStreetMap

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026, the centre point of each postcode; when each came into use: the same directory; roads, rivers and built-up areas: Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Drawn by us. Street map: Ordnance Survey, OS Open Zoomstack, Open Government Licence v3.0, drawn with MapLibre. How we use them

What broadband can you get in WV15?

Ofcom reports on 290 of the 294 postcodes in WV15. At 166 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband, and at 9 some cannot get decent broadband (10 Mbit/s).

Postcodes where every home can get gigabit166 of 290
Postcodes where every home can get superfast201 of 290
Postcodes where some cannot get decent broadband9 of 290

Ofcom gives each postcode's share of homes and businesses, not how many there are, so these count postcodes. Each postcode page has its own figures. A provider's checker answers for one address.

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Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026, data for January 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Is WV15 at risk of flooding?

29 of the 294 postcodes in WV15 have a home or business in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, the Environment Agency says. At those, it puts 97 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk.

Homes and businesses in an area at risk, at 29 of 294 postcodes High: 57Medium: 40Low: 96

High: 3.3% or more a year (1 in 30). Medium: 1% to 3.3% a year. Low: 0.1% to 1% a year. Very low: under 0.1% a year (1 in 1,000). Each band is the chance of flooding in any one year.

Homes and businesses in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, as the Environment Agency counts them, added up over the postcodes. It is for the land, not each building, and leaves out surface water, groundwater and sewers. Each postcode page has its own figures and its flood warning areas.

Source: Environment Agency, Risk of Flooding from Rivers and Sea (postcodes in areas at risk), published 6 July 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

What do homes sell for in WV15?

Homes in WV15 sold for a typical £280,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 100 sales, up 3.7% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.

£280,000 typical price, the 12 months to August 2026
£270,000 12 months to August 2025
▲ up 3.7% on the 12 months before
  • Detached £375,000 31 sales
  • Semi-detached £272,550 38 sales
  • Terraced £220,000 27 sales
  • Flat or maisonette 4 sales, too few to price

Each bar is that kind's typical price, against the most expensive kind here.

Standard sales of homes at market value. A typical price is the median, the middle sale. Sales take weeks to be registered, so the last month or two are incomplete. Each postcode page gives the figure for its own postcode 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

Postcodes in WV15

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Places in WV15

Towns and villages with postcodes in WV15, and how many each has here.

Who covers WV15

How many of the district's postcodes in use fall under each council, constituency and police force area.

Councils

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Constituencies

  • South Shropshire291
  • Kingswinford and South Staffordshire3

Police force areas

  • West Mercia291
  • Staffordshire3

Next to WV15

"Next to" is by number: the districts before and after WV15 in the WV area.

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