SY21 8QN

Berriew and Castle Caereinion · Powys · Wales

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town: Welshpool
Ward: Berriew and Castle Caereinion
Local authority: Powys
Constituency: Montgomeryshire and Glyndwr
Postcode district: SY21
Postcode sector: SY21 8

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode	Distance
SY21 8QP	684 m
SY21 8QR	710 m
SY21 8QJ	1.2 km
SY21 8QW	1.4 km
SY21 8PP	1.4 km

Complete postcode fields and official codes

Postcode: SY21 8QN
Status: Current
Introduced: 1 January 1980
Terminated: Not published
Postcode area: SY
Postcode district: SY21
Postcode sector: SY21 8
Latitude: 52.581999
Longitude: -3.263793
British National Grid easting: 314,466
British National Grid northing: 298,992

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country: Wales · W92000004
Region: W99999999
Local authority district: Powys · W06000023
Electoral ward: Berriew and Castle Caereinion · W05001119
Parish or community: W04000253
Westminster constituency: Montgomeryshire and Glyndwr · W07000102
Output area: W00002282
Lower layer super output area: Powys 005A · W01000428
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

Explore SY21

Property

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2 recorded sales at this postcode

Address	Date	Price
White House, Brooks, Welshpool, SY21 8QN	28 January 2013	£322,000
Tyn Yr Wtra, Brooks, Welshpool, SY21 8QN	1 October 2012	£399,950

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools: 3
Primary: 0
Secondary: 0

Abermule Primary School

Welsh establishment
4.5 km
Berriew C.P. School

Welsh establishment
4.5 km
Ysgol Rhiw Bechan

Welsh establishment
4.7 km

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents: 20
Postcode households: 7
Residents per household: 2.9
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 0.4% 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: 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.

Nearby transport

Post Office

BCT · Bettws Cedewain
2.0 miles
Post Office

BCT · Bettws Cedewain
2.0 miles
Bettws Cedewain Community Centre

BCT · Bettws Cedewain
2.0 miles
Hildon

BCT · Pant-y-ffridd
2.4 miles
Kara

BCT · Pant-y-ffridd
2.4 miles

Evidence in context

Schools

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

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