SY12 0QU

The Meres · Shropshire · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Ellesmere
Local authority
Shropshire
Constituency
North Shropshire
Postcode district
SY12
Postcode sector
SY12 0

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
SY12 0JE 112 m
SY12 0JF 123 m
SY12 0HW 124 m
SY12 0LL 177 m
SY12 0LH 197 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
SY12 0QU
Status
Current
Introduced
1 May 2008
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
SY
Postcode district
SY12
Postcode sector
SY12 0
Latitude
52.858841
Longitude
-2.842399
British National Grid easting
343,378
British National Grid northing
329,370

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
West Midlands · E12000005
Local authority district
Shropshire · E06000051
Electoral ward
The Meres · E05016075
Parish or community
E04011253
Westminster constituency
North Shropshire · E14001398
Output area
E00147001
Lower layer super output area
Shropshire 010C · E01028863
Middle layer super output area
Shropshire 010 · E02006021

Postcode source versions

Explore SY12

48 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
15, The Meadows, Cockshutt, Ellesmere, SY12 0QU 12 July 2024 £214,000
14, The Meadows, Cockshutt, Ellesmere, SY12 0QU 28 March 2024 £149,995
25, The Meadows, Cockshutt, Ellesmere, SY12 0QU 31 July 2023 £329,995

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
3
Primary
2
Secondary
0
  1. Cockshutt CofE Primary School and Nursery

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    143 m
  2. Weston Lullingfields Church of England Primary School and Nursery

    Academy converter

    3.6 km
  3. Loppington House FE Unit

    Miscellaneous

    4.1 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
27
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 13
  • Other crime 5
  • Burglary 3
  • Other theft 2
  • Public order 2

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
112

59 female, 53 male

Postcode households
39
Residents per household
2.9
SY12 0 residents
4,969

Age bands in SY12 0

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
15%

742 residents

Age 15 to 24
9.2%

455 residents

Age 25 to 44
19.6%

971 residents

Age 45 to 64
30.4%

1,505 residents

Age 65 and over
25.9%

1,283 residents

This postcode contained 2.3% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider SY12 0 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
2.6%

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.

Nearby transport

  • Tesco

    BCT · Ellesmere

    3.9 miles
  • Cumber`s Bank

    BCT · Cumbers Bank

    6.3 miles
  • Cumber`s Bank

    BCT · Cumbers Bank

    6.3 miles
  • St Chad`s Church

    BCT · Hanmer

    6.5 miles
  • St Chad`s Church

    BCT · Hanmer

    6.5 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Shropshire 010C, 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

5 of 10

Overall England rank

13,585 of 33,755

Income
6 of 10
Employment
6 of 10
Education and skills
8 of 10
Health and disability
7 of 10
Crime
9 of 10
Housing and services
1 of 10
Living environment
2 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
1
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

Property market

The five-year median is £257,000 from 4 recorded sales in SY12 0QU. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.

The latest UK House Price Index average for Shropshire is £284,036 in June 2026, up 4.9% year on year.

Schools

3 open schools are in scope, including 2 primary and 0 secondary schools. Cockshutt CofE Primary School and Nursery is the nearest published school at 143 m.

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

Recorded crime

27 published events cover 12 months, averaging 2.25 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 13 events.

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