SY21 8NA

Forden and Montgomery · Powys · Wales

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Welshpool
Local authority
Powys
Postcode district
SY21
Postcode sector
SY21 8

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
SY21 8NW 493 m
SY21 8NX 633 m
SY21 8ND 733 m
SY21 8NB 760 m
SY21 8LZ 766 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
SY21 8NA
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
SY
Postcode district
SY21
Postcode sector
SY21 8
Latitude
52.604437
Longitude
-3.130636
British National Grid easting
323,527
British National Grid northing
301,338

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
Wales · W92000004
Region
W99999999
Local authority district
Powys · W06000023
Parish or community
W04000273
Output area
W00002348
Lower layer super output area
Powys 005B · W01000441
Middle layer super output area
Powys 005 · W02000101

Postcode source versions

Explore SY21

7 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
Red House, Forden, Welshpool, SY21 8NA 14 April 2025 £535,000
Nantcribbau Lodge, Forden, Welshpool, SY21 8NA 1 June 2022 £150,000
Oaklands, Forden, Welshpool, SY21 8NA 4 September 2017 £180,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
4
Primary
1
Secondary
0
  1. Forden C.I.W. School

    Welsh establishment

    679 m
  2. Chirbury CofE VC Primary School & Busy Bees Nursery

    Voluntary controlled school

    3.9 km
  3. Montgomery C.I.W. School

    Welsh establishment

    4.8 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
29
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 17
  • Public order 3
  • Anti social behaviour 3
  • Vehicle crime 2
  • Criminal damage and arson 2

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
39

18 female, 21 male

Postcode households
16
Residents per household
2.4
SY21 8 residents
4,734

Age bands in SY21 8

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
13.4%

637 residents

Age 15 to 24
10.4%

491 residents

Age 25 to 44
18.7%

887 residents

Age 45 to 64
30%

1,424 residents

Age 65 and over
27.5%

1,303 residents

This postcode contained 0.8% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider SY21 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
5.9%

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

  • Village Hall

    BCT · Forden

    0.2 miles
  • Can-y-Lan

    BCT · Forden

    0.3 miles
  • Can-y-Lan

    BCT · Forden

    0.3 miles
  • St Michael`s Church

    BCT · Forden

    0.5 miles
  • Forden War Memorial

    BCT · Forden

    0.5 miles

Evidence in context

Property market

The five-year median is £342,500 from 2 recorded sales in SY21 8NA. 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

4 open schools are in scope, including 1 primary and 0 secondary schools. Forden C.I.W. School is the nearest published school at 679 m.

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

Recorded crime

29 published events cover 12 months, averaging 2.417 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 17 events.

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