DY14 8LQ

Stottesdon, Kinlet & Hopton Wafers · Shropshire · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Kidderminster
Local authority
Shropshire
Constituency
South Shropshire
Postcode district
DY14
Postcode sector
DY14 8

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
DY14 8JY 194 m
DY14 8JZ 272 m
DY14 8LA 391 m
DY14 8LB 573 m
DY14 8LG 614 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
DY14 8LQ
Status
Current
Introduced
1 August 1992
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
DY
Postcode district
DY14
Postcode sector
DY14 8
Latitude
52.406243
Longitude
-2.471383
British National Grid easting
368,029
British National Grid northing
278,796

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
West Midlands · E12000005
Local authority district
Shropshire · E06000051
Parish or community
E04011329
Westminster constituency
South Shropshire · E14001493
Output area
E00146978
Lower layer super output area
Shropshire 035E · E01028858
Middle layer super output area
Shropshire 035 · E02006014

Postcode source versions

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1 recorded sale at this postcode
Address Date Price
The Nash, Cleobury Mortimer, Kidderminster, DY14 8LQ 14 August 2020 £640,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
6
Primary
4
Secondary
1
  1. Cleobury Mortimer Primary School

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    3.0 km
  2. The Lacon Childe School

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    3.0 km
  3. Stottesdon CofE Primary School

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    4.0 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
9
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 4
  • Burglary 2
  • Criminal damage and arson 2
  • Other theft 1

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
3

1 female, 2 male

Postcode households
1
Residents per household
3.0
DY14 8 residents
3,901

Age bands in DY14 8

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
16.3%

595 residents

Age 15 to 24
9.7%

354 residents

Age 25 to 44
20.9%

762 residents

Age 45 to 64
29.1%

1,060 residents

Age 65 and over
23.9%

872 residents

This postcode contained 0.1% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider DY14 8 sector, not people in this individual postcode.

Small counts are adjusted for privacy, so totals can differ slightly between Census tables.

Census Day: 21 March 2021. Sources: ONS/Nomis P001-P004 and ONS CT21_0228. Age table version 2024-04-08.

Fixed broadband coverage

Ofcom's predicted availability across all residential and commercial premises in this postcode in January 2026.

Superfast, 30 Mbit/s+
100%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
100%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
100%
Gigabit-capable
100%
Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
0%
Next Generation Access
100%
Decent broadband available from fixed wireless
100%

Predicted coverage, not measured speeds. Check availability for your address with a provider. Postcode-level full-fibre figures are not published in this release.

Source: Ofcom Connected Nations Spring 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

GP practices

1

within 5 km

  • CLEOBURY MORTIMER SURGERY

    VAUGHAN ROAD, CLEOBURY MORTIMER, KIDDERMINSTER, DY14 8DB

    ODS code M82041

    3.3 km

Main GP practices only; branch surgeries are excluded. Distances are straight-line. Contact the practice to check registration, services, opening hours and appointments.

Source acquired on 2026-09-05. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • Beach Hay Turn

    BCT · Bayton Common

    3.4 miles
  • Primary School

    BCT · Bayton

    3.6 miles
  • Primary School

    BCT · Bayton

    3.6 miles
  • Church Lane Crossroads

    BCT · Lem Hill

    3.7 miles
  • Church Lane Crossroads

    BCT · Lem Hill

    3.7 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Shropshire 035E, the published LSOA linked to this postcode. Decile 1 contains the most deprived 10% of English LSOAs and decile 10 the least deprived 10%.

Overall IMD decile

4 of 10

Overall England rank

12,949 of 33,755

Income
8 of 10
Employment
7 of 10
Education and skills
6 of 10
Health and disability
8 of 10
Crime
9 of 10
Housing and services
1 of 10
Living environment
1 of 10

These are relative area statistics, not measures of an individual household, affluence or absolute change. They cannot be compared with indices for other UK nations. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, version 2025-v2.

Flood risk

Environment Agency long-term indicators for the area around addresses in this postcode. They are not an assessment of any individual property and do not show current or forecast flooding.

High risk addresses
0
Medium risk addresses
0
Low risk addresses
0
Groundwater flood alert area
Unlikely

Source: Environment Agency flood-risk postcode search tool data, version 2026-06-18. Check the long-term risk for an individual area. © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2025. All rights reserved.

Evidence in context

Schools

6 open schools are in scope, including 4 primary and 1 secondary schools. Cleobury Mortimer Primary School is the nearest published school at 1.9 miles.

Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.

Recorded crime

9 published events cover 12 months, averaging 0.75 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 4 events.

The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.