Oswestry
Oswestry is covered by postcode districts SY10, SY11, SY12 and SY22. It is in the Shropshire council area, England.
Every postcode in Oswestry, and which are new since 2020
- New since 2020: 15
- In use before 2020: 609
- Outline: where 5 or more new postcodes since 2020 lie together
Of the 624 postcodes in Oswestry that ONS places, 15 are new since 2020 and 609 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. A dashed outline shows where 5 or more lie within 150 metres of each other. It is not a boundary, and 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 52.8585, longitude -3.0501. 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
The 5 newest postcodes
3 further out, not drawn
These postcodes lie well apart from the rest, so the map is drawn without them to show the rest closer; they are in every count.
Where the new postcodes lie together
- 9 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. SY10 1HH, is the newest of them.
What is it like to live in Oswestry?
Homes sold for a typical £210,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, no change on the 12 months before. At 478 of the 596 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 20 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 4 of its 624 postcodes. It has 4 primary schools, 1 secondary school and 1 all-through school at its postcodes. 3 GP practices are at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Gobowen, 4.0 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 Oswestry?
Homes in Oswestry sold for a typical £210,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 204 sales, no change on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.
- Detached £300,000 62 sales
- Semi-detached £201,000 74 sales
- Terraced £172,250 58 sales
- Flat or maisonette £112,475 10 sales
Each bar is that kind's typical price, against the most expensive kind here.
Across the whole SY11 district, Oswestry's main postcode district: a typical £225,000.
Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Oswestry: 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 Oswestry?
15 of the 624 postcodes now in use in Oswestry came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 2 of the 274 homes sold in Oswestry were newly built (Under 1%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the SY11 district, 5%.
The newest postcodes
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
| Period | In Oswestry | Across the SY11 district |
|---|---|---|
| The 12 months to August 2026 | 0 of 204 (0%) | 13 of 336 (4%) |
| The 12 months to August 2025 | 2 of 274 (Under 1%) | 22 of 426 (5%) |
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 Oswestry?
Ofcom reports on 596 of the 624 postcodes in Oswestry. At 478 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband.
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 checkerSource: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026, data for January 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Is Oswestry at risk of flooding?
4 of the 624 postcodes in Oswestry 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 20 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk.
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 Oswestry?
The open schools at the postcodes in Oswestry. 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
- Holy Trinity Church of England Primary Academy and Nursery550 m 316 pupils, 350 places
- Our Lady and St Oswald's Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy800 m 130 pupils, 140 places
- Woodside Primary School800 m 558 pupils, 504 places
- Oswestry School950 m 458 pupils, 570 places
- The Meadows Primary School1.2 km 268 pupils, 278 places
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 Oswestry?
The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Oswestry is Gobowen Rail Station, 4.0 km away in a straight line.
- Gobowen Rail Station Railway station 4.0 kmCycle
- Chirk Rail Station Railway station 8.4 kmDrive
- Ruabon Rail Station Railway station 14.3 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 Oswestry?
The GP practices at the postcodes in Oswestry. Each practice sets the area it takes patients from, so check with it before registering.
- Plas Ffynnon Medical Ctre Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report January 2018, over 3 years old · Phone 01691 655844 100 mWalk
- The Caxton Surgery Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report October 2025 · Phone 01691 654646 350 mWalk
- Cambrian Medical Practice Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report September 2025 · Phone 01691 652929 500 mWalk
Source: NHS England, Organisation Data Service (GP practices), read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Is Oswestry safe? Crime recorded around it
Police.uk records 1,505 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Oswestry 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
- 113 September 2025
- 100 October 2025
- 120 November 2025
- 117 December 2025
- 140 January 2026
- 97 February 2026
- 123 March 2026
- 156 April 2026
- 147 May 2026
- 138 June 2026
- 127 July 2026
- 127 August 2026
By kind, over the 12 months
Also: drugs 27, vehicle crime 19, robbery 17, possession of weapons 8, bicycle theft 6, theft from the person 2.
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 postcodeSource: 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 Oswestry?
- Council
- Shropshire
- Parliamentary constituency
- North Shropshire
- Police force area
- West Mercia
- Region
- West Midlands
- Country
- England
- MP
- Helen Morgan (Liberal Democrat)
All 624 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 Oswestry
Who to tell and what to sort out in your first week.
- Tell Shropshire about council tax Council tax, on next.shropshire.gov.uk
- Register to vote at the new address Register to vote on GOV.UK
- Register with a GP practice The GP practices in Oswestry
- Take meter readings on the day you move in
- Power cut? Call 105. It is free. About 105, the power cut number
- Find out your bin day Find your rubbish collection day on GOV.UK
Oswestry postcodes
624 postcodes in use in Oswestry, by district:
Those districts are all in the SY postcode area.
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Enter a full postcode to see its ward, its flood risk, house prices in its sector and its nearest schools.
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Places near Oswestry
With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Oswestry's £210,000. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.
Questions about Oswestry
- What is it like to live in Oswestry?
- Homes sold for a typical £210,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, no change on the 12 months before. At 478 of the 596 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 20 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 4 of its 624 postcodes. It has 4 primary schools, 1 secondary school and 1 all-through school at its postcodes. 3 GP practices are at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Gobowen, 4.0 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 Oswestry?
- Oswestry is covered by postcode districts SY10, SY11, SY12 and SY22, across 624 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
- Which council is Oswestry in?
- Oswestry is in the Shropshire council area. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
- Who is the MP for Oswestry?
- Oswestry 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 Oswestry?
- Homes in Oswestry sold for a typical £210,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 204 sales, no change on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
- What schools are in Oswestry?
- In Oswestry, primary schools at its postcodes include Holy Trinity Church of England Primary Academy and Nursery, Our Lady and St Oswald's Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy and Woodside Primary School; secondary schools at its postcodes include Oswestry School and The Marches School. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Does Oswestry have a railway station?
- The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Oswestry is Gobowen, 4.0 km away in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
- What broadband can you get in Oswestry?
- Ofcom reports on 596 of the 624 postcodes in Oswestry. At 478 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband. Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
- Is Oswestry at risk of flooding?
- 4 of the 624 postcodes in Oswestry 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 20 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 Oswestry?
- 15 of the 624 postcodes now in use in Oswestry came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 2 of the 274 homes sold in Oswestry were newly built (Under 1%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the SY11 district, 5%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.
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