Ellesmere

Ellesmere is covered by postcode district SY12. It is in the Shropshire council area, England.

Typical price £220,000 Homes sold in Ellesmere, last 12 months. ▲ 18.9% on the year before Gigabit broadband 105 of 138 postcodes where every home and business can get it Flooding Low risk only 2 of 139 postcodes have a home or business in an area at risk Schools 3 1 primary school, 1 secondary school and 1 all-through school at its postcodes

Every postcode in Ellesmere, by flood risk

Map of every postcode in Ellesmere, by flood risk Of the 139 postcodes in Ellesmere that ONS places, 2 are at low risk at worst and 137 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. Places named: Ellesmere. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 250 m. A495 SY12 0AA: not on the flood risk listSY12 0AB: not on the flood risk listSY12 0AD: not on the flood risk listSY12 0AE: not on the flood risk listSY12 0AJ: not on the flood risk listSY12 0AL: not on the flood risk listSY12 0AN: not on the flood risk listSY12 0AQ: not on the flood risk listSY12 0AR: not on the flood risk listSY12 0AS: not on the flood risk listSY12 0AT: not on the flood risk listSY12 0AU: not on the flood risk listSY12 0AW: not on the flood risk listSY12 0AX: not on the flood risk listSY12 0AY: not on the flood risk listSY12 0BA: not on the flood risk listSY12 0BB: not on the flood risk listSY12 0BD: not on the flood risk listSY12 0BE: not on the flood risk listSY12 0BF: not on the flood risk listSY12 0BG: not on the flood risk listSY12 0BH: not on the flood risk listSY12 0BJ: not on the flood risk listSY12 0BL: not on the flood risk listSY12 0BN: not on the flood risk listSY12 0BP: not on the flood risk listSY12 0BQ: not on the flood risk listSY12 0BS: not on the flood risk listSY12 0BT: not on the flood risk listSY12 0BU: not on the flood risk listSY12 0BW: not on the flood risk listSY12 0BY: not on the flood risk listSY12 0BZ: not on the flood risk listSY12 0DA: not on the flood risk listSY12 0DB: not on the flood risk listSY12 0DD: not on the flood risk listSY12 0DE: not on the flood risk listSY12 0DG: not on the flood risk listSY12 0DH: not on the flood risk listSY12 0DJ: not on the flood risk listSY12 0DL: not on the flood risk listSY12 0DN: not on the flood risk listSY12 0DP: not on the flood risk listSY12 0DQ: not on the flood risk listSY12 0DR: not on the flood risk listSY12 0DS: not on the flood risk listSY12 0DT: not on the flood risk listSY12 0DU: not on the flood risk listSY12 0DW: not on the flood risk listSY12 0DX: not on the flood risk listSY12 0DY: not on the flood risk listSY12 0DZ: not on the flood risk listSY12 0EA: not on the flood risk listSY12 0EB: not on the flood risk listSY12 0ED: not on the flood risk listSY12 0EE: not on the flood risk listSY12 0EF: not on the flood risk listSY12 0EG: not on the flood risk listSY12 0EH: not on the flood risk listSY12 0EJ: not on the flood risk listSY12 0EL: not on the flood risk listSY12 0EN: not on the flood risk listSY12 0EP: not on the flood risk listSY12 0ES: not on the flood risk listSY12 0ET: not on the flood risk listSY12 0EU: not on the flood risk listSY12 0EW: not on the flood risk listSY12 0EX: not on the flood risk listSY12 0EY: not on the flood risk listSY12 0EZ: not on the flood risk listSY12 0FA: not on the flood risk listSY12 0FB: not on the flood risk listSY12 0FD: not on the flood risk listSY12 0FE: not on the flood risk listSY12 0FG: not on the flood risk listSY12 0FH: not on the flood risk listSY12 0FJ: not on the flood risk listSY12 0FL: not on the flood risk listSY12 0FN: not on the flood risk listSY12 0FP: not on the flood risk listSY12 0FR: not on the flood risk listSY12 0FY: not on the flood risk listSY12 0GA: not on the flood risk listSY12 0GE: not on the flood risk listSY12 0HA: not on the flood risk listSY12 0HB: not on the flood risk listSY12 0HD: not on the flood risk listSY12 0HF: not on the flood risk listSY12 0HG: not on the flood risk listSY12 0HH: not on the flood risk listSY12 0HJ: not on the flood risk listSY12 0HL: not on the flood risk listSY12 0HN: not on the flood risk listSY12 0HP: not on the flood risk listSY12 0HQ: not on the flood risk listSY12 0LJ: not on the flood risk listSY12 0LW: not on the flood risk listSY12 0LZ: not on the flood risk listSY12 0NA: not on the flood risk listSY12 0NU: not on the flood risk listSY12 0NX: not on the flood risk listSY12 0NY: not on the flood risk listSY12 0QZ: not on the flood risk listSY12 0RA: not on the flood risk listSY12 0RD: not on the flood risk listSY12 9AB: not on the flood risk listSY12 9BE: not on the flood risk listSY12 9BF: not on the flood risk listSY12 9DG: not on the flood risk listSY12 9ER: not on the flood risk listSY12 9ES: not on the flood risk listSY12 9ET: not on the flood risk listSY12 9EU: not on the flood risk listSY12 9EX: not on the flood risk listSY12 9FD: not on the flood risk listSY12 9FE: not on the flood risk listSY12 9FF: not on the flood risk listSY12 9FG: not on the flood risk listSY12 9PA: not on the flood risk listSY12 9PB: not on the flood risk listSY12 9PD: not on the flood risk listSY12 9PE: not on the flood risk listSY12 9PG: not on the flood risk listSY12 9PH: not on the flood risk listSY12 9PJ: not on the flood risk listSY12 9PL: not on the flood risk listSY12 9PN: not on the flood risk listSY12 9PP: not on the flood risk listSY12 9PQ: not on the flood risk listSY12 9PS: not on the flood risk listSY12 9PT: not on the flood risk listSY12 9PU: not on the flood risk listSY12 9PW: not on the flood risk listSY12 9PX: not on the flood risk listSY12 9PY: not on the flood risk listSY12 9QA: not on the flood risk listSY12 9QB: not on the flood risk listSY12 0BX: low flood risk at worstSY12 9PF: low flood risk at worst Ellesmere Map of every postcode in Ellesmere, by flood risk Of the 139 postcodes in Ellesmere that ONS places, 2 are at low risk at worst and 137 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. Places named: Ellesmere. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 250 m. Ellesmere
  • A home or business at high risk: 0
  • At medium risk at worst: 0
  • At low risk at worst: 2
  • At very low risk only: 0
  • Not on the at-risk list: 137

Of the 139 postcodes in Ellesmere that ONS places, 2 are at low risk at worst and 137 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 52.9074, longitude -2.8981. 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 Ellesmere?

Homes sold for a typical £220,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 18.9% on the 12 months before. At 105 of the 138 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts no home or business at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 2 of its 139 postcodes. It has 1 primary school, 1 secondary school and 1 all-through school at its postcodes. One GP practice is at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Gobowen, 9.5 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 Ellesmere?

Homes in Ellesmere sold for a typical £220,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 59 sales, up 18.9% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.

£220,000 typical price, the 12 months to August 2026
12 months to August 2025
£185,000
12 months to August 2026
£220,000

▲ up 18.9% on the 12 months before

Detached£324,500 18 sales
Semi-detached£200,000 26 sales
Terraced£199,995 9 sales
Flat or maisonette£123,000 6 sales

Across the whole SY12 district, Ellesmere's main postcode district: a typical £268,750.

Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Ellesmere: 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 Ellesmere?

5 of the 139 postcodes now in use in Ellesmere came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 3 of the 86 homes sold in Ellesmere were newly built (3%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the SY12 district, 22%.

The newest postcodes

SY12 0FYsince September 2025SY12 9FGsince May 2023SY12 9FDsince April 2020SY12 9FEsince April 2020SY12 9BFsince January 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 EllesmereAcross the SY12 district
The 12 months to August 2026 0 of 59 (0%) 7 of 112 (6%)
The 12 months to August 2025 3 of 86 (3%) 37 of 170 (22%)

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 Ellesmere?

Ofcom reports on 138 of the 139 postcodes in Ellesmere. At 105 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband.

Postcodes where every home can get gigabit105 of 138
Postcodes where every home can get superfast134 of 138

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 Ellesmere at risk of flooding?

2 of the 139 postcodes in Ellesmere 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 none of the homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk.

Homes and businesses in an area at risk, at 2 of 139 postcodes Low: 5

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 Ellesmere?

The open schools at the postcodes in Ellesmere. 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 Ellesmere?

The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Ellesmere is Gobowen Rail Station, 9.5 km away in a straight line.

  • Gobowen Rail Station Railway station 9.5 kmDrive
  • Chirk Rail Station Railway station 11.6 kmDrive
  • Ruabon Rail Station Railway station 13.2 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 Ellesmere?

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

Police.uk records 289 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Ellesmere 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. 29 September 2025
  2. 21 October 2025
  3. 25 November 2025
  4. 17 December 2025
  5. 20 January 2026
  6. 18 February 2026
  7. 18 March 2026
  8. 21 April 2026
  9. 24 May 2026
  10. 25 June 2026
  11. 44 July 2026
  12. 27 August 2026

By kind, over the 12 months

Violence and sexual offences131 reports
Anti-social behaviour43 reports
Shoplifting28 reports
Criminal damage and arson24 reports
Public order23 reports
Burglary15 reports
Other theft12 reports
Other crime5 reports

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

Council
Shropshire
Parliamentary constituency
North Shropshire
Police force area
West Mercia
Region
West Midlands
Country
England
MP
Helen Morgan (Liberal Democrat)

All 139 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 Ellesmere

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Ellesmere postcodes

139 postcodes in use in Ellesmere, by district:

SY12 postcode district,139 postcodes

That district is in the SY postcode area.

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Places near Ellesmere

With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Ellesmere's £220,000. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.

St Martins7.4 km, £241,250Whittington, Shropshire8.1 km, £270,000Gobowen9.3 km, £174,500Weston Rhyn10.9 km, £219,250Chirk11.1 km, £204,000Oswestry11.6 km, £210,000Wem13.0 km, £234,500Ruabon13.1 km, £191,000 All places A to Z

Questions about Ellesmere

What is it like to live in Ellesmere?
Homes sold for a typical £220,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 18.9% on the 12 months before. At 105 of the 138 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts no home or business at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 2 of its 139 postcodes. It has 1 primary school, 1 secondary school and 1 all-through school at its postcodes. One GP practice is at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Gobowen, 9.5 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 Ellesmere?
Ellesmere is covered by postcode district SY12, across 139 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Which council is Ellesmere in?
Ellesmere is in the Shropshire council area. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Who is the MP for Ellesmere?
Ellesmere is in the North Shropshire parliamentary constituency. Its MP is Helen Morgan (Liberal Democrat), as UK Parliament listed them on 14 October 2026. Constituency: ONS Postcode Directory.
How much are houses in Ellesmere?
Homes in Ellesmere sold for a typical £220,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 59 sales, up 18.9% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
What schools are in Ellesmere?
In Ellesmere, primary schools at its postcodes include Ellesmere Primary School and Ellesmere College; secondary schools at its postcodes include Lakelands Academy and Ellesmere College. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026.
Does Ellesmere have a railway station?
The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Ellesmere is Gobowen, 9.5 km away in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
What broadband can you get in Ellesmere?
Ofcom reports on 138 of the 139 postcodes in Ellesmere. At 105 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband. Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
Is Ellesmere at risk of flooding?
2 of the 139 postcodes in Ellesmere 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 none of the 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 Ellesmere?
5 of the 139 postcodes now in use in Ellesmere came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 3 of the 86 homes sold in Ellesmere were newly built (3%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the SY12 district, 22%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.

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