Bishop's Castle

Bishop's Castle is covered by postcode district SY9. It is in the Shropshire council area, England.

Typical price £259,500 Homes sold in Bishop's Castle, last 12 months. ▲ 15.3% on the year before Gigabit broadband 22 of 61 postcodes where every home and business can get it Flooding Not on the at-risk list No postcode here has a home or business in an area at risk from rivers or the sea Schools 2 1 primary school and 1 secondary school at its postcodes

Every postcode in Bishop's Castle, by flood risk

Map of every postcode in Bishop's Castle, by flood risk Of the 61 postcodes in Bishop's Castle that ONS places, 61 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. Places named: Bishop's Castle. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 250 m. A488 SY9 5AA: not on the flood risk listSY9 5AB: not on the flood risk listSY9 5AD: not on the flood risk listSY9 5AE: not on the flood risk listSY9 5AF: not on the flood risk listSY9 5AG: not on the flood risk listSY9 5AH: not on the flood risk listSY9 5AJ: not on the flood risk listSY9 5AL: not on the flood risk listSY9 5AN: not on the flood risk listSY9 5AP: not on the flood risk listSY9 5AQ: not on the flood risk listSY9 5AR: not on the flood risk listSY9 5AS: not on the flood risk listSY9 5AU: not on the flood risk listSY9 5AW: not on the flood risk listSY9 5AX: not on the flood risk listSY9 5AY: not on the flood risk listSY9 5AZ: not on the flood risk listSY9 5BA: not on the flood risk listSY9 5BB: not on the flood risk listSY9 5BD: not on the flood risk listSY9 5BE: not on the flood risk listSY9 5BF: not on the flood risk listSY9 5BG: not on the flood risk listSY9 5BH: not on the flood risk listSY9 5BJ: not on the flood risk listSY9 5BN: not on the flood risk listSY9 5BP: not on the flood risk listSY9 5BQ: not on the flood risk listSY9 5BS: not on the flood risk listSY9 5BT: not on the flood risk listSY9 5BU: not on the flood risk listSY9 5BW: not on the flood risk listSY9 5BX: not on the flood risk listSY9 5BY: not on the flood risk listSY9 5BZ: not on the flood risk listSY9 5DA: not on the flood risk listSY9 5DB: not on the flood risk listSY9 5DD: not on the flood risk listSY9 5DE: not on the flood risk listSY9 5DF: not on the flood risk listSY9 5DH: not on the flood risk listSY9 5DJ: not on the flood risk listSY9 5DL: not on the flood risk listSY9 5DN: not on the flood risk listSY9 5DQ: not on the flood risk listSY9 5DW: not on the flood risk listSY9 5ER: not on the flood risk listSY9 5ES: not on the flood risk listSY9 5EW: not on the flood risk listSY9 5EZ: not on the flood risk listSY9 5FA: not on the flood risk listSY9 5FB: not on the flood risk listSY9 5FD: not on the flood risk listSY9 5FF: not on the flood risk listSY9 5HN: not on the flood risk listSY9 5PA: not on the flood risk listSY9 5PB: not on the flood risk listSY9 5PE: not on the flood risk listSY9 5PF: not on the flood risk list Bishop's Castle Map of every postcode in Bishop's Castle, by flood risk Of the 61 postcodes in Bishop's Castle that ONS places, 61 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. Places named: Bishop's Castle. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 250 m. Bishop's Castle
  • A home or business at high risk: 0
  • At medium risk at worst: 0
  • At low risk at worst: 0
  • At very low risk only: 0
  • Not on the at-risk list: 61

Of the 61 postcodes in Bishop's Castle that ONS places, 61 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list.

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. No boundary is drawn.

The middle of its postcodes: latitude 52.4927, longitude -2.9994. 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; flood risk: Environment Agency, published 6 July 2026; 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 is it like to live in Bishop's Castle?

Homes sold for a typical £259,500 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 15.3% on the 12 months before. At 22 of the 61 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. None of its 61 postcodes is on the Environment Agency's list of those with a home or business at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea. It has 1 primary school and 1 secondary school at its postcodes. One GP practice is at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Broome, 11.0 km from the middle of its postcodes in a straight line.

We don't rate places; here are the figures so you can judge.

Source: HM Land Registry, Ofcom, the Environment Agency, the Department for Education, NHS England and the Department for Transport, as each section of this page says. See all our data sources

What do homes cost in Bishop's Castle?

Homes in Bishop's Castle sold for a typical £259,500 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 12 sales, up 15.3% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.

£259,500 typical price, the 12 months to August 2026
£225,000 12 months to August 2025
▲ up 15.3% on the 12 months before
  • Detached 2 sales, too few to price
  • Semi-detached £238,000 5 sales
  • Terraced £276,000 5 sales

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

Across the whole SY9 district, Bishop's Castle's main postcode district: a typical £259,500.

Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Bishop's Castle: 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

Are new homes being built in Bishop's Castle?

2 of the 61 postcodes now in use in Bishop's Castle came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 0 of the 23 homes sold in Bishop's Castle were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the SY9 district, 0%.

The newest postcodes

SY9 5FFsince February 2025SY9 5PFsince October 2020

A new postcode is often a new street or estate, but Royal Mail also makes new postcodes when it reorganises old ones, so not every one means new homes. Only postcodes still in use are counted.

New homes among the homes sold

PeriodIn Bishop's CastleAcross the SY9 district
The 12 months to August 2026 0 of 12 (0%) 0 of 14 (0%)
The 12 months to August 2025 0 of 23 (0%) 0 of 33 (0%)

Standard sales of homes at market value that HM Land Registry marks as newly built. New homes take longer to be registered than other sales, so the latest 12 months count fewer of them than were sold. A share is given from 5 sales or more.

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026; HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2021, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

What broadband can you get in Bishop's Castle?

Ofcom reports on 61 of the 61 postcodes in Bishop's Castle. At 22 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband, and at 1 some cannot get decent broadband (10 Mbit/s).

Postcodes where every home can get gigabit22 of 61
Postcodes where every home can get superfast55 of 61
Postcodes where some cannot get decent broadband1 of 61

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.

Check one address on Ofcom's checker

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

Is Bishop's Castle at risk of flooding?

None of the 61 postcodes in Bishop's Castle is on the Environment Agency's list of postcodes with a home or business in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea.

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

Which schools are in Bishop's Castle?

The open schools at the postcodes in Bishop's Castle. A school for ages 4 to 18 is listed under both. Distances are straight lines from the middle of its postcodes. Distance is not a catchment: each council sets its own admission rules.

Primary

Secondary

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Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. Each school opens its own record there. How we use it

How far is the station from Bishop's Castle?

The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Bishop's Castle is Broome Rail Station, 11.0 km away in a straight line.

  • Broome Rail Station Railway station 11.0 kmDrive
  • Craven Arms Rail Station Railway station 12.3 kmDrive
  • Hopton Heath Rail Station Railway station 12.7 kmDrive

Straight-line distances from the centre point, not routes. Walk: under 1.2 km. Cycle: 1.2 to 5 km. Drive: further.

Straight-line distances from the middle of the postcodes, not routes. Each postcode page lists its own nearest stations and bus stops. The Department for Transport's register does not say how often services run.

Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Which GP surgeries are in Bishop's Castle?

The GP practices at the postcodes in Bishop's Castle. Each practice sets the area it takes patients from, so check with it before registering.

Find a GP on the NHS website

Source: NHS England, Organisation Data Service (GP practices), read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Is Bishop's Castle safe? Crime recorded around it

Police.uk records 123 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Bishop's Castle over the 12 months from September 2025 to August 2026. August 2026 is the latest month it has published. These are counts, not a rate: we hold no count of the people who live, work or pass through, so we do not say whether a place is safe.

Each month, September 2025 to August 2026

  1. 10 September 2025
  2. 18 October 2025
  3. 8 November 2025
  4. 9 December 2025
  5. 7 January 2026
  6. 13 February 2026
  7. 7 March 2026
  8. 5 April 2026
  9. 14 May 2026
  10. 9 June 2026
  11. 11 July 2026
  12. 12 August 2026

By kind, over the 12 months

Violence and sexual offences54 reports
Criminal damage and arson15 reports
Anti-social behaviour12 reports
Other theft11 reports
Public order9 reports
Shoplifting7 reports
Burglary6 reports
Theft from the person3 reports

Also: vehicle crime 2, possession of weapons 2, bicycle theft 1, other crime 1.

Police.uk says its locations "always represent the approximate location of a crime". Each crime is moved to the nearest of a fixed list of map points, each over a street centre, a public place or a commercial premises, chosen so that every point covers at least eight addresses or none. A mile is a wide circle: in a town it takes in the centre and its shops, where much crime is recorded.

Crime around one postcode

Source: Police.uk (data.police.uk), data to August 2026, from its download of 30 September 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Who runs Bishop's Castle?

Council
Shropshire
Parliamentary constituency
South Shropshire
Police force area
West Mercia
Region
West Midlands
Country
England
MP
Stuart Anderson (Conservative)

All 61 postcodes here share these. Wards differ: check a postcode for yours. What council am I in?

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

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Bishop's Castle postcodes

61 postcodes in use in Bishop's Castle, by district:

SY9 postcode district,61 postcodes

That district is in the SY postcode area.

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Places near Bishop's Castle

With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Bishop's Castle's £259,500. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.

Craven Arms12.3 km, £255,000Montgomery12.6 km, £250,000Church Stretton14.1 km, £346,000Knighton16.9 km, £239,648Pontesbury18.8 km, £315,950Welshpool21.2 km, £195,000Newtown21.7 km, £185,000Ludlow23.8 km, £250,000 All places A to Z

Questions about Bishop's Castle

What is it like to live in Bishop's Castle?
Homes sold for a typical £259,500 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 15.3% on the 12 months before. At 22 of the 61 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. None of its 61 postcodes is on the Environment Agency's list of those with a home or business at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea. It has 1 primary school and 1 secondary school at its postcodes. One GP practice is at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Broome, 11.0 km from the middle of its postcodes in a straight line. We don't rate places; here are the figures so you can judge. Source: HM Land Registry, Ofcom, the Environment Agency, the Department for Education, NHS England and the Department for Transport, as each section of this page says.
What is the postcode for Bishop's Castle?
Bishop's Castle is covered by postcode district SY9, across 61 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Which council is Bishop's Castle in?
Bishop's Castle is in the Shropshire council area. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Who is the MP for Bishop's Castle?
Bishop's Castle is in the South Shropshire parliamentary constituency. Its MP is Stuart Anderson (Conservative), as UK Parliament listed them on 14 October 2026. Constituency: ONS Postcode Directory.
How much are houses in Bishop's Castle?
Homes in Bishop's Castle sold for a typical £259,500 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 12 sales, up 15.3% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
What schools are in Bishop's Castle?
In Bishop's Castle, primary schools at its postcodes include Bishops Castle Primary School; secondary schools at its postcodes include The Community College, Bishop's Castle. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026.
Does Bishop's Castle have a railway station?
The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Bishop's Castle is Broome, 11.0 km away in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
What broadband can you get in Bishop's Castle?
Ofcom reports on 61 of the 61 postcodes in Bishop's Castle. At 22 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband, and at 1 some cannot get decent broadband (10 Mbit/s). Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
Is Bishop's Castle at risk of flooding?
None of the 61 postcodes in Bishop's Castle is on the Environment Agency's list of postcodes with a home or business in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea. This is long-term risk for the land, and leaves out surface water. Source: Environment Agency.
Are new homes being built in Bishop's Castle?
2 of the 61 postcodes now in use in Bishop's Castle came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 0 of the 23 homes sold in Bishop's Castle were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the SY9 district, 0%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.

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