Church Stretton

Church Stretton is covered by postcode district SY6. It is in the Shropshire council area, England.

Typical price £346,000 Homes sold in Church Stretton, last 12 months. ▼ 2.5% on the year before Gigabit broadband 86 of 137 postcodes where every home and business can get it Flooding Some at high risk 47 of 137 postcodes have a home or business in an area at risk; 308 homes and businesses at high or medium risk Schools 2 1 primary school and 1 secondary school at its postcodes

Every postcode in Church Stretton, by flood risk

Map of every postcode in Church Stretton, by flood risk Of the 137 postcodes in Church Stretton that ONS places, 37 have a home or business at high risk, 3 are at medium risk at worst, 7 are at low risk at worst and 90 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. One group of postcodes at high or medium risk is outlined: 30 postcodes at high or medium risk. Places named: Church Stretton. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 250 m. A49 SY6 6AA: not on the flood risk listSY6 6AD: not on the flood risk listSY6 6AF: not on the flood risk listSY6 6AG: not on the flood risk listSY6 6AH: not on the flood risk listSY6 6AJ: not on the flood risk listSY6 6AL: not on the flood risk listSY6 6AQ: not on the flood risk listSY6 6BB: not on the flood risk listSY6 6BJ: not on the flood risk listSY6 6BU: not on the flood risk listSY6 6DB: not on the flood risk listSY6 6DF: not on the flood risk listSY6 6DG: not on the flood risk listSY6 6DH: not on the flood risk listSY6 6DN: not on the flood risk listSY6 6DQ: not on the flood risk listSY6 6DR: not on the flood risk listSY6 6DS: not on the flood risk listSY6 6DT: not on the flood risk listSY6 6DU: not on the flood risk listSY6 6DW: not on the flood risk listSY6 6DY: not on the flood risk listSY6 6DZ: not on the flood risk listSY6 6EH: not on the flood risk listSY6 6EL: not on the flood risk listSY6 6EN: not on the flood risk listSY6 6EQ: not on the flood risk listSY6 6EU: not on the flood risk listSY6 6EY: not on the flood risk listSY6 6EZ: not on the flood risk listSY6 6FD: not on the flood risk listSY6 6GA: not on the flood risk listSY6 6HA: not on the flood risk listSY6 6HD: not on the flood risk listSY6 6HU: not on the flood risk listSY6 6HX: not on the flood risk listSY6 6HY: not on the flood risk listSY6 6JH: not on the flood risk listSY6 6JJ: not on the flood risk listSY6 6JQ: not on the flood risk listSY6 6JY: not on the flood risk listSY6 6PF: not on the flood risk listSY6 6PH: not on the flood risk listSY6 6QX: not on the flood risk listSY6 6QY: not on the flood risk listSY6 6QZ: not on the flood risk listSY6 6RA: not on the flood risk listSY6 7AA: not on the flood risk listSY6 7AB: not on the flood risk listSY6 7AD: not on the flood risk listSY6 7AE: not on the flood risk listSY6 7AF: not on the flood risk listSY6 7AG: not on the flood risk listSY6 7AH: not on the flood risk listSY6 7AJ: not on the flood risk listSY6 7AL: not on the flood risk listSY6 7AN: not on the flood risk listSY6 7AP: not on the flood risk listSY6 7AQ: not on the flood risk listSY6 7AR: not on the flood risk listSY6 7AS: not on the flood risk listSY6 7AT: not on the flood risk listSY6 7AU: not on the flood risk listSY6 7AW: not on the flood risk listSY6 7AX: not on the flood risk listSY6 7AY: not on the flood risk listSY6 7BA: not on the flood risk listSY6 7BB: not on the flood risk listSY6 7BD: not on the flood risk listSY6 7BE: not on the flood risk listSY6 7BG: not on the flood risk listSY6 7BH: not on the flood risk listSY6 7BJ: not on the flood risk listSY6 7BL: not on the flood risk listSY6 7BN: not on the flood risk listSY6 7BP: not on the flood risk listSY6 7BQ: not on the flood risk listSY6 7BS: not on the flood risk listSY6 7BT: not on the flood risk listSY6 7BU: not on the flood risk listSY6 7BW: not on the flood risk listSY6 7BX: not on the flood risk listSY6 7BY: not on the flood risk listSY6 7BZ: not on the flood risk listSY6 7EE: not on the flood risk listSY6 7EG: not on the flood risk listSY6 7EH: not on the flood risk listSY6 7ER: not on the flood risk listSY6 7ET: not on the flood risk listSY6 6BL: low flood risk at worstSY6 6DL: low flood risk at worstSY6 6EB: low flood risk at worstSY6 6EE: low flood risk at worstSY6 6FA: low flood risk at worstSY6 6JA: low flood risk at worstSY6 6JD: low flood risk at worstSY6 6BQ: medium flood risk at worstSY6 6BZ: medium flood risk at worstSY6 6EX: medium flood risk at worstSY6 6AB: high flood riskSY6 6AE: high flood riskSY6 6AR: high flood riskSY6 6AS: high flood riskSY6 6AT: high flood riskSY6 6AU: high flood riskSY6 6AX: high flood riskSY6 6AY: high flood riskSY6 6AZ: high flood riskSY6 6BD: high flood riskSY6 6BF: high flood riskSY6 6BG: high flood riskSY6 6BH: high flood riskSY6 6BN: high flood riskSY6 6BW: high flood riskSY6 6BX: high flood riskSY6 6BY: high flood riskSY6 6DA: high flood riskSY6 6DD: high flood riskSY6 6DE: high flood riskSY6 6DJ: high flood riskSY6 6DP: high flood riskSY6 6DX: high flood riskSY6 6EA: high flood riskSY6 6EF: high flood riskSY6 6EG: high flood riskSY6 6EP: high flood riskSY6 6ER: high flood riskSY6 6ES: high flood riskSY6 6ET: high flood riskSY6 6EW: high flood riskSY6 6HT: high flood riskSY6 6JB: high flood riskSY6 6JE: high flood riskSY6 6JF: high flood riskSY6 6PG: high flood riskSY6 6PQ: high flood risk Church Stretton 30 postcodes at high or medium risk, outlined: this goes to SY6 6AS, the one with most homes and businesses at high risk30 postcodes at high or medium risk Map of every postcode in Church Stretton, by flood risk Of the 137 postcodes in Church Stretton that ONS places, 37 have a home or business at high risk, 3 are at medium risk at worst, 7 are at low risk at worst and 90 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. One group of postcodes at high or medium risk is outlined: 30 postcodes at high or medium risk. Places named: Church Stretton. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 500 m. A49 Church Stretton
  • A home or business at high risk: 37
  • At medium risk at worst: 3
  • At low risk at worst: 7
  • At very low risk only: 0
  • Not on the at-risk list: 90
  • Outline: where 5 or more postcodes at high or medium risk lie together

Of the 137 postcodes in Church Stretton that ONS places, 37 have a home or business at high risk, 3 are at medium risk at worst, 7 are at low risk at worst and 90 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. A dashed outline shows where 5 or more lie within 160 metres of each other. It is not a boundary, and no boundary is drawn.

The middle of its postcodes: latitude 52.5381, longitude -2.8045. 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

The postcodes at high risk

37 postcodes here have a home or business at high risk. These are the 12 with the most homes and businesses at that risk.

Beside each: how many of its homes and businesses the Environment Agency puts at that risk.

SY6 6AS35 at high riskSY6 6AT19 at high riskSY6 6DX15 at high riskSY6 6AX15 at high riskSY6 6BD11 at high riskSY6 6EW9 at high riskSY6 6JF9 at high riskSY6 6BN9 at high riskSY6 6JB9 at high riskSY6 6AY8 at high riskSY6 6BG8 at high riskSY6 6AR8 at high risk

Where the postcodes at high or medium risk lie together

  • 30 postcodes at high or medium risk, outlined on the map. SY6 6AS, is the one with most homes and businesses at high risk.

What is it like to live in Church Stretton?

Homes sold for a typical £346,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, down 2.5% on the 12 months before. At 86 of the 137 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 308 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 47 of its 137 postcodes. It has 1 primary school and 1 secondary school at its postcodes. One GP practice is at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Church Stretton, 100 metres 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 Church Stretton?

Homes in Church Stretton sold for a typical £346,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 60 sales, down 2.5% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.

£346,000 typical price, the 12 months to August 2026
£355,000 12 months to August 2025
▼ down 2.5% on the 12 months before
  • Detached £507,500 30 sales
  • Semi-detached £341,250 12 sales
  • Terraced £250,000 5 sales
  • Flat or maisonette £155,000 13 sales

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

Across the whole SY6 district, Church Stretton's main postcode district: a typical £380,000.

Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Church Stretton: 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 Church Stretton?

2 of the 137 postcodes now in use in Church Stretton came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 0 of the 73 homes sold in Church Stretton were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the SY6 district, 0%.

The newest postcodes

SY6 6FDsince February 2022SY6 7ERsince September 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 Church StrettonAcross the SY6 district
The 12 months to August 2026 0 of 60 (0%) 0 of 91 (0%)
The 12 months to August 2025 0 of 73 (0%) 0 of 98 (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 Church Stretton?

Ofcom reports on 137 of the 137 postcodes in Church Stretton. At 86 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband.

Postcodes where every home can get gigabit86 of 137
Postcodes where every home can get superfast136 of 137

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 Church Stretton at risk of flooding?

47 of the 137 postcodes in Church Stretton 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 308 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk.

Homes and businesses in an area at risk, at 47 of 137 postcodes High: 242Medium: 66Low: 109

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

Which schools are in Church Stretton?

The open schools at the postcodes in Church Stretton. 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 Church Stretton?

The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Church Stretton is Church Stretton Rail Station, 100 m away in a straight line.

  • Church Stretton Rail Station Railway station 100 mWalk
  • Craven Arms Rail Station Railway station 10.9 kmDrive
  • Broome Rail Station Railway station 13.9 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 Church Stretton?

The GP practices at the postcodes in Church Stretton. 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 Church Stretton safe? Crime recorded around it

Police.uk records 119 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Church Stretton 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. 11 September 2025
  2. 8 October 2025
  3. 11 November 2025
  4. 6 December 2025
  5. 9 January 2026
  6. 7 February 2026
  7. 12 March 2026
  8. 7 April 2026
  9. 16 May 2026
  10. 11 June 2026
  11. 13 July 2026
  12. 8 August 2026

By kind, over the 12 months

Violence and sexual offences54 reports
Anti-social behaviour14 reports
Other theft11 reports
Public order8 reports
Burglary7 reports
Criminal damage and arson6 reports
Shoplifting6 reports
Other crime5 reports

Also: vehicle crime 4, drugs 2, bicycle theft 1, possession of weapons 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 Church Stretton?

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

All 137 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

Moving to Church Stretton

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Church Stretton postcodes

137 postcodes in use in Church Stretton, by district:

SY6 postcode district,137 postcodes

That district is in the SY postcode area.

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Places near Church Stretton

With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Church Stretton's £346,000. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.

Craven Arms10.9 km, £255,000Pontesbury13.5 km, £315,950Bishop's Castle14.1 km, £259,500Bayston Hill15.3 km, £270,000Much Wenlock17.8 km, £295,000Ludlow19.7 km, £250,000Shrewsbury19.7 km, £270,000Montgomery23.3 km, £250,000 All places A to Z

Questions about Church Stretton

What is it like to live in Church Stretton?
Homes sold for a typical £346,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, down 2.5% on the 12 months before. At 86 of the 137 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 308 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 47 of its 137 postcodes. It has 1 primary school and 1 secondary school at its postcodes. One GP practice is at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Church Stretton, 100 metres 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 Church Stretton?
Church Stretton is covered by postcode district SY6, across 137 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Which council is Church Stretton in?
Church Stretton is in the Shropshire council area. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Who is the MP for Church Stretton?
Church Stretton 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 Church Stretton?
Homes in Church Stretton sold for a typical £346,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 60 sales, down 2.5% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
What schools are in Church Stretton?
In Church Stretton, primary schools at its postcodes include St Lawrence CofE Primary School; secondary schools at its postcodes include Church Stretton School. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026.
Does Church Stretton have a railway station?
Yes: Church Stretton is 100 metres from the centre point of the postcodes in Church Stretton, in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
What broadband can you get in Church Stretton?
Ofcom reports on 137 of the 137 postcodes in Church Stretton. At 86 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband. Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
Is Church Stretton at risk of flooding?
47 of the 137 postcodes in Church Stretton 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 308 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk. This is long-term risk for the land, and leaves out surface water. Source: Environment Agency.
Are new homes being built in Church Stretton?
2 of the 137 postcodes now in use in Church Stretton came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 0 of the 73 homes sold in Church Stretton were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the SY6 district, 0%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.

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