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SY2 6LG

Column & Sutton · Shropshire · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Shrewsbury
Ward
Column & Sutton
Local authority
Shropshire
Constituency
Shrewsbury
Postcode district
SY2
Postcode sector
SY2 6

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
SY2 6GF 142 m
SY2 6GH 185 m
SY2 6SN 210 m
SY2 6SW 237 m
SY5 6QT 240 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
SY2 6LG
Status
Current
Introduced
1 June 2000
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
SY
Postcode district
SY2
Postcode sector
SY2 6
Latitude
52.692016
Longitude
-2.715506
British National Grid easting
351,737
British National Grid northing
310,720

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
West Midlands · E12000005
Local authority district
Shropshire · E06000051
Electoral ward
Column & Sutton · E05016033
Parish or community
E04013487
Westminster constituency
Shrewsbury · E14001473
Output area
E00147411
Lower layer super output area
Shropshire 021B · E01028948
Middle layer super output area
Shropshire 021 · E02006035

Postcode source versions

Explore SY2

Property

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18 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
Alaska Building, Sitka Drive, Shrewsbury, SY2 6LG 10 October 2025 £755,000
Emstrey House South, Sitka Drive, Shrewsbury, SY2 6LG 25 July 2025 £575,000
Belmont House, Sitka Drive, Shrewsbury, SY2 6LG 2 May 2025 £2,250,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
30
Primary
18
Secondary
4

  1. Mereside Church of England Primary Academy

    Academy converter

    779 m

  2. Prestfelde School

    Other independent school

    1.4 km

  3. St Giles CofE Primary School

    Voluntary controlled school

    1.8 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
372
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 171
  • Anti social behaviour 47
  • Shoplifting 40
  • Public order 27
  • Other theft 22

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
7

2 female, 5 male

Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
SY2 6 residents
7,049

Age bands in SY2 6

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
13.1%

958 residents

Age 15 to 24
8.8%

644 residents

Age 25 to 44
24.4%

1,785 residents

Age 45 to 64
25.1%

1,834 residents

Age 65 and over
28.6%

2,094 residents

This postcode contained 0.1% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider SY2 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+
96.1%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
96.1%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
94.1%
Gigabit-capable
84.3%
Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
0%
Next Generation Access
96.1%
Decent broadband available from fixed wireless
96.1%

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

9

within 5 km straight-line

  • MARDEN MEDICAL PRACTICE

    25 SUTTON ROAD, SHREWSBURY, SY2 6DL

    ODS code M82047

    1.2 km

  • BELVIDERE MEDICAL PRACT.

    23 BELVIDERE ROAD, SHREWSBURY, SY2 5LS

    ODS code M82048

    2.0 km

  • MARYSVILLE MEDICAL PRACT

    BROOK STREET, BELLE VUE, SHREWSBURY, SY3 7QR

    ODS code M82040

    2.3 km

  • SOUTH HERMITAGE SURGERY

    MEDICAL CENTRE, 16 SOUTH HERMITAGE, BELLE VUE, SHREWSBURY, SY3 7JS

    ODS code M82060

    2.6 km

  • RIVERSIDE MED PRACTICE

    THE TANNERY, BARKER STREET, SHREWSBURY, SY1 1QJ

    ODS code M82006

    3.4 km

  • CLAREMONT BANK SURGERY

    CLAREMONT BANK, SHREWSBURY, SY1 1RL

    ODS code M82034

    3.4 km

  • SEVERN FIELDS MEDICAL PRACTICE

    SEVERN FIELDS HTH VILLAGE, SUNDORNE ROAD, SHREWSBURY, SY1 4RQ

    ODS code M82032

    4.0 km

  • RADBROOK GREEN SURGERY

    BANK FARM ROAD, SHREWSBURY, SY3 6DU

    ODS code M82016

    4.1 km

  • BEECHES MEDICAL PRACTICE

    1 BEECHES ROAD, BAYSTON HILL, SHREWSBURY, SY3 0PF

    ODS code M82018

    4.3 km

Nearby transport

  • Flagwall

    BCT · Monkmoor

    1.4 miles

  • Baptist Church

    BCT · Monkmoor

    1.4 miles

  • Shrewsbury Rail Station

    RLY · Shrewsbury

    2.0 miles

  • Bus Station Timetable

    BCT · Shrewsbury

    2.0 miles

  • Wenlock Edge House

    BCT · Gains Park

    3.5 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Shropshire 021B, 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

3 of 10

Overall England rank

9,889 of 33,755

Income
5 of 10
Employment
2 of 10
Education and skills
3 of 10
Health and disability
2 of 10
Crime
6 of 10
Housing and services
5 of 10
Living environment
10 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

Property market

The five-year median is £735,000 from 6 recorded sales in SY2 6LG. 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

30 open schools are in scope, including 18 primary and 4 secondary schools. Mereside Church of England Primary Academy is the nearest published school at 779 m.

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

Recorded crime

372 published events cover 12 months, averaging 31 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 171 events.

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