Whittington, Shropshire

Whittington, Shropshire is covered by postcode district SY11. It is in the Shropshire council area, England.

ONS publishes this built-up area as Whittington (Shropshire).

Typical price £270,000 Homes sold in Whittington, Shropshire, last 12 months. ▲ 4.7% on the year before Gigabit broadband 40 of 59 postcodes where every home and business can get it Flooding Some at high risk 1 of 59 postcodes have a home or business in an area at risk; 1 homes and businesses at high or medium risk Schools 1 1 primary school at its postcodes

Every postcode in Whittington, Shropshire, by flood risk

Map of every postcode in Whittington, Shropshire, by flood risk Of the 59 postcodes in Whittington, Shropshire that ONS places, 1 have a home or business at high risk and 58 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. Places named: Whittington, Shropshire. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 250 m. A495 SY11 4AG: not on the flood risk listSY11 4AZ: not on the flood risk listSY11 4BA: not on the flood risk listSY11 4BB: not on the flood risk listSY11 4BD: not on the flood risk listSY11 4BE: not on the flood risk listSY11 4BG: not on the flood risk listSY11 4BH: not on the flood risk listSY11 4BJ: not on the flood risk listSY11 4BL: not on the flood risk listSY11 4BN: not on the flood risk listSY11 4BP: not on the flood risk listSY11 4BQ: not on the flood risk listSY11 4BS: not on the flood risk listSY11 4BT: not on the flood risk listSY11 4BU: not on the flood risk listSY11 4BW: not on the flood risk listSY11 4BX: not on the flood risk listSY11 4BY: not on the flood risk listSY11 4BZ: not on the flood risk listSY11 4DA: not on the flood risk listSY11 4DB: not on the flood risk listSY11 4DD: not on the flood risk listSY11 4DE: not on the flood risk listSY11 4DF: not on the flood risk listSY11 4DG: not on the flood risk listSY11 4DJ: not on the flood risk listSY11 4DL: not on the flood risk listSY11 4DN: not on the flood risk listSY11 4DP: not on the flood risk listSY11 4DQ: not on the flood risk listSY11 4DR: not on the flood risk listSY11 4DS: not on the flood risk listSY11 4DT: not on the flood risk listSY11 4DU: not on the flood risk listSY11 4DW: not on the flood risk listSY11 4DX: not on the flood risk listSY11 4DY: not on the flood risk listSY11 4DZ: not on the flood risk listSY11 4EA: not on the flood risk listSY11 4FA: not on the flood risk listSY11 4FL: not on the flood risk listSY11 4FN: not on the flood risk listSY11 4FQ: not on the flood risk listSY11 4NA: not on the flood risk listSY11 4NZ: not on the flood risk listSY11 4PH: not on the flood risk listSY11 4PJ: not on the flood risk listSY11 4PL: not on the flood risk listSY11 4PN: not on the flood risk listSY11 4PP: not on the flood risk listSY11 4PS: not on the flood risk listSY11 4PT: not on the flood risk listSY11 4PU: not on the flood risk listSY11 4PW: not on the flood risk listSY11 4PX: not on the flood risk listSY11 4PY: not on the flood risk listSY11 4PZ: not on the flood risk listSY11 4FP: high flood risk Whittington, Shropshire Map of every postcode in Whittington, Shropshire, by flood risk Of the 59 postcodes in Whittington, Shropshire that ONS places, 1 have a home or business at high risk and 58 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. Places named: Whittington, Shropshire. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 250 m. A495 Whittington, Shropshire
  • A home or business at high risk: 1
  • At medium risk at worst: 0
  • At low risk at worst: 0
  • At very low risk only: 0
  • Not on the at-risk list: 58

Of the 59 postcodes in Whittington, Shropshire that ONS places, 1 have a home or business at high risk and 58 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 52.8729, longitude -3.0047. 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.

SY11 4FP1 at high risk

What is it like to live in Whittington, Shropshire?

Homes sold for a typical £270,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 4.7% on the 12 months before. At 40 of the 59 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 1 home or business at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 1 of its 59 postcodes. It has 1 primary school at its postcodes. The nearest GP practice is Cambrian Medical Practice, 3.1 km from the middle. The nearest railway station is Gobowen, 3.2 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 Whittington, Shropshire?

Homes in Whittington, Shropshire sold for a typical £270,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 19 sales, up 4.7% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.

£270,000 typical price, the 12 months to August 2026
12 months to August 2025
£258,000
12 months to August 2026
£270,000

▲ up 4.7% on the 12 months before

Detached£325,000 9 sales
Semi-detached£265,000 7 sales
Terraced 3 sales, too few to price

Across the whole SY11 district, Whittington, Shropshire's main postcode district: a typical £225,000.

Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Whittington, Shropshire: 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 Whittington, Shropshire?

4 of the 59 postcodes now in use in Whittington, Shropshire came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 0 of the 32 homes sold in Whittington, Shropshire were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the SY11 district, 5%.

The newest postcodes

SY11 4FQsince February 2022SY11 4FNsince August 2020SY11 4FLsince April 2020SY11 4FPsince April 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 Whittington, ShropshireAcross the SY11 district
The 12 months to August 2026 0 of 19 (0%) 13 of 336 (4%)
The 12 months to August 2025 0 of 32 (0%) 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 Whittington, Shropshire?

Ofcom reports on 59 of the 59 postcodes in Whittington, Shropshire. At 40 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband.

Postcodes where every home can get gigabit40 of 59
Postcodes where every home can get superfast59 of 59

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.

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

Is Whittington, Shropshire at risk of flooding?

1 of the 59 postcodes in Whittington, Shropshire has a home or business in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, the Environment Agency says. At those, it puts 1 home or business in an area at high or medium risk.

Homes and businesses in an area at risk, at 1 of 59 postcodes High: 1

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 Whittington, Shropshire?

The primary schools are at the postcodes in Whittington, Shropshire. There is no secondary school at its postcodes; these are the nearest to its middle. 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 Whittington, Shropshire?

The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Whittington, Shropshire is Gobowen Rail Station, 3.2 km away in a straight line.

  • Gobowen Rail Station Railway station 3.2 kmCycle
  • Chirk Rail Station Railway station 7.8 kmDrive
  • Ruabon Rail Station Railway station 13.0 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 Whittington, Shropshire?

There is no GP practice at the postcodes in Whittington, Shropshire. These are the nearest to its middle, in a straight line. 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 Whittington, Shropshire safe? Crime recorded around it

Police.uk records 145 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Whittington, Shropshire 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. 8 October 2025
  3. 7 November 2025
  4. 9 December 2025
  5. 7 January 2026
  6. 10 February 2026
  7. 14 March 2026
  8. 15 April 2026
  9. 19 May 2026
  10. 17 June 2026
  11. 15 July 2026
  12. 14 August 2026

By kind, over the 12 months

Violence and sexual offences64 reports
Anti-social behaviour37 reports
Criminal damage and arson16 reports
Public order10 reports
Other theft8 reports
Other crime4 reports
Drugs3 reports
Burglary1 report

Also: vehicle crime 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 Whittington, Shropshire?

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

All 59 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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Whittington, Shropshire postcodes

59 postcodes in use in Whittington, Shropshire, by district:

SY11 postcode district,59 postcodes

That district is in the SY postcode area.

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Places near Whittington, Shropshire

With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Whittington, Shropshire's £270,000. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.

Gobowen3.3 km, £174,500Oswestry3.4 km, £210,000St Martins5.6 km, £241,250Weston Rhyn6.1 km, £219,250Chirk8.0 km, £204,000Ellesmere8.1 km, £220,000Acrefair and Cefn-mawr12.4 km, £174,250Ruabon13.1 km, £191,000 All places A to Z

Questions about Whittington, Shropshire

What is it like to live in Whittington, Shropshire?
Homes sold for a typical £270,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 4.7% on the 12 months before. At 40 of the 59 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 1 home or business at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 1 of its 59 postcodes. It has 1 primary school at its postcodes. The nearest GP practice is Cambrian Medical Practice, 3.1 km from the middle. The nearest railway station is Gobowen, 3.2 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 Whittington, Shropshire?
Whittington, Shropshire is covered by postcode district SY11, across 59 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Which council is Whittington, Shropshire in?
Whittington, Shropshire is in the Shropshire council area. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Who is the MP for Whittington, Shropshire?
Whittington, Shropshire 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 Whittington, Shropshire?
Homes in Whittington, Shropshire sold for a typical £270,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 19 sales, up 4.7% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
What schools are in Whittington, Shropshire?
In Whittington, Shropshire, primary schools at its postcodes include Whittington CofE (VA) Primary School; the nearest secondary school to the middle of its postcodes is Oswestry School, 4.4 km away in a straight line. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026.
Does Whittington, Shropshire have a railway station?
The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Whittington, Shropshire is Gobowen, 3.2 km away in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
What broadband can you get in Whittington, Shropshire?
Ofcom reports on 59 of the 59 postcodes in Whittington, Shropshire. At 40 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband. Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
Is Whittington, Shropshire at risk of flooding?
1 of the 59 postcodes in Whittington, Shropshire has a home or business in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, the Environment Agency says. At those, it puts 1 home or business 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 Whittington, Shropshire?
4 of the 59 postcodes now in use in Whittington, Shropshire came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 0 of the 32 homes sold in Whittington, Shropshire were newly built (0%), 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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