Craven Arms

Craven Arms is covered by postcode districts SY6, SY7 and SY9. It is in the Shropshire council area, England.

Typical price £255,000 Homes sold in Craven Arms, last 12 months. ▲ 15.4% on the year before Gigabit broadband 67 of 98 postcodes where every home and business can get it Flooding Some at high risk 13 of 110 postcodes have a home or business in an area at risk; 35 homes and businesses at high or medium risk Schools 1 1 primary school at its postcodes

Every postcode in Craven Arms, by flood risk

Map of every postcode in Craven Arms, by flood risk Of the 110 postcodes in Craven Arms that ONS places, 8 have a home or business at high risk, 5 are at low risk at worst and 97 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. Places named: Craven Arms. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 250 m. SY6 6WR: not on the flood risk listSY7 8BT: not on the flood risk listSY7 8BU: not on the flood risk listSY7 8DU: not on the flood risk listSY7 8DX: not on the flood risk listSY7 8DZ: not on the flood risk listSY7 8NR: not on the flood risk listSY7 8NT: not on the flood risk listSY7 8NU: not on the flood risk listSY7 8PF: not on the flood risk listSY7 9AA: not on the flood risk listSY7 9AD: not on the flood risk listSY7 9AE: not on the flood risk listSY7 9AF: not on the flood risk listSY7 9BF: not on the flood risk listSY7 9BZ: not on the flood risk listSY7 9EG: not on the flood risk listSY7 9EH: not on the flood risk listSY7 9EJ: not on the flood risk listSY7 9EQ: not on the flood risk listSY7 9FA: not on the flood risk listSY7 9FB: not on the flood risk listSY7 9FF: not on the flood risk listSY7 9LX: not on the flood risk listSY7 9LZ: not on the flood risk listSY7 9NB: not on the flood risk listSY7 9ND: not on the flood risk listSY7 9NE: not on the flood risk listSY7 9NG: not on the flood risk listSY7 9NH: not on the flood risk listSY7 9NN: not on the flood risk listSY7 9NP: not on the flood risk listSY7 9NR: not on the flood risk listSY7 9NS: not on the flood risk listSY7 9NT: not on the flood risk listSY7 9NU: not on the flood risk listSY7 9NW: not on the flood risk listSY7 9NY: not on the flood risk listSY7 9NZ: not on the flood risk listSY7 9PA: not on the flood risk listSY7 9PB: not on the flood risk listSY7 9PD: not on the flood risk listSY7 9PF: not on the flood risk listSY7 9PH: not on the flood risk listSY7 9PJ: not on the flood risk listSY7 9PL: not on the flood risk listSY7 9PN: not on the flood risk listSY7 9PP: not on the flood risk listSY7 9PQ: not on the flood risk listSY7 9PR: not on the flood risk listSY7 9PS: not on the flood risk listSY7 9PT: not on the flood risk listSY7 9PU: not on the flood risk listSY7 9PW: not on the flood risk listSY7 9PX: not on the flood risk listSY7 9PY: not on the flood risk listSY7 9QD: not on the flood risk listSY7 9QE: not on the flood risk listSY7 9QF: not on the flood risk listSY7 9QG: not on the flood risk listSY7 9QH: not on the flood risk listSY7 9QJ: not on the flood risk listSY7 9QL: not on the flood risk listSY7 9QN: not on the flood risk listSY7 9QP: not on the flood risk listSY7 9QQ: not on the flood risk listSY7 9QR: not on the flood risk listSY7 9QT: not on the flood risk listSY7 9QU: not on the flood risk listSY7 9QY: not on the flood risk listSY7 9QZ: not on the flood risk listSY7 9RA: not on the flood risk listSY7 9RE: not on the flood risk listSY7 9RF: not on the flood risk listSY7 9RH: not on the flood risk listSY7 9RJ: not on the flood risk listSY7 9RL: not on the flood risk listSY7 9RN: not on the flood risk listSY7 9RP: not on the flood risk listSY7 9RQ: not on the flood risk listSY7 9RR: not on the flood risk listSY7 9RT: not on the flood risk listSY7 9RU: not on the flood risk listSY7 9RW: not on the flood risk listSY7 9RX: not on the flood risk listSY7 9BW: low flood risk at worstSY7 9NL: low flood risk at worstSY7 9NQ: low flood risk at worstSY7 9PE: low flood risk at worstSY7 9RG: low flood risk at worstSY7 9NX: high flood riskSY7 9PG: high flood riskSY7 9QS: high flood riskSY7 9QW: high flood riskSY7 9QX: high flood riskSY7 9RB: high flood riskSY7 9RD: high flood riskSY7 9RS: high flood risk Craven Arms Map of every postcode in Craven Arms, by flood risk Of the 110 postcodes in Craven Arms that ONS places, 8 have a home or business at high risk, 5 are at low risk at worst and 97 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. Places named: Craven Arms. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 250 m. Craven Arms
  • A home or business at high risk: 8
  • At medium risk at worst: 0
  • At low risk at worst: 5
  • At very low risk only: 0
  • Not on the at-risk list: 97

Of the 110 postcodes in Craven Arms that ONS places, 8 have a home or business at high risk, 5 are at low risk at worst and 97 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. Where marks overlap, the one first in the key is drawn; the counts include every postcode.

The middle of its postcodes: latitude 52.4418, longitude -2.8375. 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

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

SY7 9QW8 at high riskSY7 9RB8 at high riskSY7 9QX6 at high riskSY7 9RD4 at high riskSY7 9QS3 at high riskSY7 9NX1 at high riskSY7 9PG1 at high riskSY7 9RS1 at high risk

What is it like to live in Craven Arms?

Homes sold for a typical £255,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 15.4% on the 12 months before. At 67 of the 98 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 35 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 13 of its 110 postcodes. It has 1 primary school at its postcodes. One GP practice is at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Craven Arms, 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 Craven Arms?

Homes in Craven Arms sold for a typical £255,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 21 sales, up 15.4% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.

£255,000 typical price, the 12 months to August 2026
£221,000 12 months to August 2025
▲ up 15.4% on the 12 months before
  • Detached £355,000 9 sales
  • Semi-detached £222,500 8 sales
  • Terraced 3 sales, too few to price
  • Flat or maisonette 1 sale, too few to price

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

Across the whole SY7 district, Craven Arms's main postcode district: a typical £355,000.

Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Craven Arms: 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 Craven Arms?

5 of the 110 postcodes now in use in Craven Arms came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 0 of the 34 homes sold in Craven Arms were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the SY7 district, 2%.

The newest postcodes

SY7 7DFsince May 2026SY6 6WZsince March 2026SY7 9FFsince September 2025SY7 7BUsince November 2021SY7 7BSsince February 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 Craven ArmsAcross the SY7 district
The 12 months to August 2026 0 of 21 (0%) 2 of 113 (2%)
The 12 months to August 2025 0 of 34 (0%) 3 of 132 (2%)

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 Craven Arms?

Ofcom reports on 98 of the 110 postcodes in Craven Arms. At 67 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband.

Postcodes where every home can get gigabit67 of 98
Postcodes where every home can get superfast94 of 98

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 Craven Arms at risk of flooding?

13 of the 110 postcodes in Craven Arms 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 35 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk.

Homes and businesses in an area at risk, at 13 of 110 postcodes High: 32Medium: 3Low: 24

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 Craven Arms?

The primary schools are at the postcodes in Craven Arms. Distances are straight lines from the middle of its postcodes. Distance is not a catchment: each council sets its own admission rules.

Primary

Find and compare schools in England, on GOV.UK

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 Craven Arms?

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

  • Craven Arms Rail Station Railway station 100 mWalk
  • Broome Rail Station Railway station 3.9 kmCycle
  • Hopton Heath Rail Station Railway station 7.5 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 Craven Arms?

The GP practices at the postcodes in Craven Arms. 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 Craven Arms safe? Crime recorded around it

Police.uk records 204 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Craven Arms 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. 16 September 2025
  2. 20 October 2025
  3. 17 November 2025
  4. 19 December 2025
  5. 13 January 2026
  6. 20 February 2026
  7. 15 March 2026
  8. 13 April 2026
  9. 21 May 2026
  10. 17 June 2026
  11. 13 July 2026
  12. 20 August 2026

By kind, over the 12 months

Violence and sexual offences108 reports
Other theft20 reports
Anti-social behaviour16 reports
Public order12 reports
Criminal damage and arson11 reports
Shoplifting11 reports
Other crime8 reports
Burglary5 reports

Also: drugs 4, vehicle crime 3, possession of weapons 3, theft from the person 1, bicycle theft 1, robbery 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 Craven Arms?

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

All 110 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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Craven Arms postcodes

110 postcodes in use in Craven Arms, by district:

SY7 postcode district,106 postcodesSY6 postcode district,3 postcodesSY9 postcode district,1 postcode

Those districts are all in the SY postcode area.

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Places near Craven Arms

With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Craven Arms's £255,000. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.

Church Stretton10.9 km, £346,000Ludlow11.7 km, £250,000Bishop's Castle12.3 km, £259,500Knighton18.1 km, £239,648Presteigne22.0 km, £241,000Tenbury Wells22.0 km, £258,125Pontesbury23.2 km, £315,950Leominster24.9 km, £212,500 All places A to Z

Questions about Craven Arms

What is it like to live in Craven Arms?
Homes sold for a typical £255,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 15.4% on the 12 months before. At 67 of the 98 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 35 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 13 of its 110 postcodes. It has 1 primary school at its postcodes. One GP practice is at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Craven Arms, 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 Craven Arms?
Craven Arms is covered by postcode districts SY6, SY7 and SY9, across 110 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Which council is Craven Arms in?
Craven Arms is in the Shropshire council area. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Who is the MP for Craven Arms?
Craven Arms 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 Craven Arms?
Homes in Craven Arms sold for a typical £255,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 21 sales, up 15.4% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
What schools are in Craven Arms?
In Craven Arms, primary schools at its postcodes include Stokesay Primary School. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026.
Does Craven Arms have a railway station?
Yes: Craven Arms is 100 metres from the centre point of the postcodes in Craven Arms, in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
What broadband can you get in Craven Arms?
Ofcom reports on 98 of the 110 postcodes in Craven Arms. At 67 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband. Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
Is Craven Arms at risk of flooding?
13 of the 110 postcodes in Craven Arms 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 35 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 Craven Arms?
5 of the 110 postcodes now in use in Craven Arms came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 0 of the 34 homes sold in Craven Arms were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the SY7 district, 2%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.

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