SY21 8LU

Forden and Montgomery · Powys · Wales

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town: Welshpool
Ward: Forden and Montgomery
Local authority: Powys
Constituency: Montgomeryshire and Glyndwr
Postcode district: SY21
Postcode sector: SY21 8

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode	Distance
SY21 8LF	78 m
SY21 8LH	78 m
SY21 8LX	165 m
SY21 8LT	173 m
SY21 8LY	176 m

Complete postcode fields and official codes

Postcode: SY21 8LU
Status: Current
Introduced: 1 January 1980
Terminated: Not published
Postcode area: SY
Postcode district: SY21
Postcode sector: SY21 8
Latitude: 52.614524
Longitude: -3.124072
British National Grid easting: 323,989
British National Grid northing: 302,453

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country: Wales · W92000004
Region: W99999999
Local authority district: Powys · W06000023
Electoral ward: Forden and Montgomery · W05001130
Parish or community: W04000273
Westminster constituency: Montgomeryshire and Glyndwr · W07000102
Output area: W00002351
Lower layer super output area: Powys 005B · W01000441
Middle layer super output area: Powys 005 · W02000101

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

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Property

At this postcode

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11 recorded sales at this postcode

Address	Date	Price
8, Holly View, Forden, Welshpool, SY21 8LU	22 August 2025	£195,000
5, Holly View, Forden, Welshpool, SY21 8LU	12 August 2024	£245,000
Woodham, Leighton Road, Forden, Welshpool, SY21 8LU	13 October 2022	£275,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools: 5
Primary: 1
Secondary: 0

Forden C.I.W. School

Welsh establishment
1.8 km
Leighton C.P. School

Welsh establishment
3.8 km
Chirbury CofE VC Primary School & Busy Bees Nursery

Voluntary controlled school
4.5 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events: 19
Months covered: 12
Latest month: June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

Violence and sexual offences 11
Criminal damage and arson 3
Vehicle crime 2
Anti social behaviour 2
Other crime 1

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents: 15
Postcode households: 11
Residents per household: 1.4
SY21 8 residents: 4,734

Age bands in SY21 8

Wider postcode sector

Age 0 to 14: 13.4%
Age 15 to 24: 10.4%
Age 25 to 44: 18.7%
Age 45 to 64: 30%
Age 65 and over: 27.5%

This postcode contained 0.3% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider SY21 8 sector, not people in this individual postcode.

How to read these estimates

The standard postcode headcounts and the commissioned age table are separate ONS outputs. Small counts are disclosure-controlled, and totals can differ slightly between tables. Coverage is England and Wales only.

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%

Coverage is a modelled postcode-level snapshot, not a speed test or a guarantee for a named property. Check availability with providers before making a decision. Ofcom does not publish postcode-level full-fibre coverage in this release for commercial-confidentiality reasons.

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

Nearby transport

The Cock Hotel

BCT · Forden
0.1 miles
The Cock Hotel

BCT · Forden
0.1 miles
Stone House Court

BCT · Forden
0.1 miles
Stone House Court

BCT · Forden
0.1 miles
Village Hall

BCT · Forden
1.0 miles

Evidence in context

A factual reading of the data in this report's scope. It is not a location score or a recommendation.

Property market

Recorded sales

The five-year median is £245,000 from 5 recorded sales in SY21 8LU. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.

The latest UK House Price Index average for Powys is £231,004 in June 2026, up 2.9% year on year.

Schools

Published establishments

5 open schools are in scope, including 1 primary and 0 secondary schools. Forden C.I.W. School is the nearest published school at 1.1 miles.

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

Recorded crime

Published police records

19 published events cover 12 months, averaging 1.583 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 11 events.

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