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SY20 8JD
Machynlleth · Powys · Wales
Updated September 2026
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- Ward
- Machynlleth
- Local authority
- Powys
- Constituency
- Montgomeryshire and Glyndwr
- Postcode district
- SY20
- Postcode sector
- SY20 8
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- SY20 8JD
- Status
- Current
- Introduced
- 1 June 1999
- Terminated
- Not published
- Postcode area
- SY
- Postcode district
- SY20
- Postcode sector
- SY20 8
- Latitude
- 52.591442
- Longitude
- -3.849596
- British National Grid easting
- 274,804
- British National Grid northing
- 300,899
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- Wales · W92000004
- Region
- W99999999
- Local authority district
- Powys · W06000023
- Electoral ward
- Machynlleth · W05001158
- Parish or community
- W04000326
- Westminster constituency
- Montgomeryshire and Glyndwr · W07000102
- Output area
- W00002519
- Lower layer super output area
- Powys 004C · W01000473
- Middle layer super output area
- Powys 004 · W02000100
Postcode source versions
- Ordnance Survey: Code-Point Open Version 2026-08 · Current postcode units in Great Britain · OGL-3.0
- Office for National Statistics: ONS Postcode Directory Version 2026-08 · United Kingdom; Northern Ireland excluded pending rights review; Crown Dependencies outside product scope · OGL-3.0 with third-party rights
- Ordnance Survey: Boundary-Line Version 2026-05 · Local-authority boundaries in Great Britain · OS OpenData Licence
Explore SY20
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 0
- Primary
- 0
- Secondary
- 0
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 164
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 80
- Public order 18
- Criminal damage and arson 18
- Anti social behaviour 15
- Burglary 7
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- 4
- Postcode households
- 4
- Residents per household
- 1.0
- SY20 8 residents
- 4,541
2 female, 2 male
Age bands in SY20 8
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 14.2%
- Age 15 to 24
- 8.8%
- Age 25 to 44
- 21%
- Age 45 to 64
- 30.3%
- Age 65 and over
- 25.8%
635 residents
394 residents
939 residents
1,357 residents
1,157 residents
This postcode contained 0.1% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider SY20 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
- 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
GLANTWYMYN HEALTH CENTRE
IECHYD BRO DDYFI-DYFI VAL, BRO DDYFI COMMUNITY HOSPITAL, HEOL MAENGWYN, MACHYNLLETH, SY20 8AD
ODS code W96011
263 m
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
- 0.1 miles
Red Lion
BCT · Machynlleth
- 0.1 miles
Wynnstay Arms Hotel
BCT · Machynlleth
- 0.2 miles
Ysbyty Bro Ddyfi
BCT · Machynlleth
- 0.2 miles
Clock
BCT · Machynlleth
- 0.2 miles
Machynlleth Town Clock
BCT · Machynlleth
Evidence in context
Recorded crime
164 published events cover 12 months, averaging 13.667 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 80 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.