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SY15 6AY

Bishop's Castle · Shropshire · England

Updated September 2026

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Ward
Bishop's Castle
Local authority
Shropshire
Constituency
South Shropshire
Postcode district
SY15
Postcode sector
SY15 6

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
SY15 6AX 703 m
SY15 6AU 785 m
SY9 5GB 895 m
SY15 6EE 967 m
SY15 6EF 1.3 km
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
SY15 6AY
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
SY
Postcode district
SY15
Postcode sector
SY15 6
Latitude
52.538961
Longitude
-2.992255
British National Grid easting
332,798
British National Grid northing
293,917

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
West Midlands · E12000005
Local authority district
Shropshire · E06000051
Electoral ward
Bishop's Castle · E05016018
Parish or community
E04011320
Westminster constituency
South Shropshire · E14001493
Output area
E00147645
Lower layer super output area
Shropshire 030F · E01035071
Middle layer super output area
Shropshire 030 · E02006041

Postcode source versions

Explore SY15

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

View all nearby schools
Open schools
2
Primary
2
Secondary
0

  1. Norbury Primary School and Nursery

    Foundation school

    4.5 km

  2. Stiperstones CofE Primary School

    Voluntary controlled school

    4.5 km

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
10

6 female, 4 male

Postcode households
3
Residents per household
3.3
SY15 6 residents
5,387

Age bands in SY15 6

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
12.9%

716 residents

Age 15 to 24
9%

501 residents

Age 25 to 44
17.6%

977 residents

Age 45 to 64
30.4%

1,687 residents

Age 65 and over
30%

1,665 residents

This postcode contained 0.2% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider SY15 6 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+
0%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
0%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
0%
Gigabit-capable
0%
Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
0%
Next Generation Access
0%
Decent broadband available from fixed wireless
0%

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 straight-line

  • BISHOPS CASTLE MEDICAL PRACTICE

    SCHOOL HOUSE LANE, BISHOPS CASTLE, SY9 5ER

    ODS code M82033

    4.9 km

Nearby transport

  • Post Office

    BCT · Churchstoke

    3.1 miles

  • Old School House

    BCT · Churchstoke

    3.4 miles

  • Old School House

    BCT · Churchstoke

    3.4 miles

  • Meadowcroft Cafe

    BCT · Pentrehyling

    5.4 miles

  • Clive House

    BCT · Montgomery

    6.7 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Shropshire 030F, 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

14,042 of 33,755

Income
7 of 10
Employment
8 of 10
Education and skills
8 of 10
Health and disability
9 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

2 open schools are in scope, including 2 primary and 0 secondary schools. Norbury Primary School and Nursery is the nearest published school at 2.8 miles.

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