SY4 1BU

Llanymynech · Shropshire · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Shrewsbury
Local authority
Shropshire
Constituency
North Shropshire
Postcode district
SY4
Postcode sector
SY4 1

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
SY4 1BT 315 m
SY4 1BW 432 m
SY4 1BS 570 m
SY4 1BP 588 m
SY10 8ER 841 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
SY4 1BU
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
SY
Postcode district
SY4
Postcode sector
SY4 1
Latitude
52.751286
Longitude
-2.944092
British National Grid easting
336,374
British National Grid northing
317,491

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
West Midlands · E12000005
Local authority district
Shropshire · E06000051
Parish or community
E04011297
Westminster constituency
North Shropshire · E14001398
Output area
E00147236
Lower layer super output area
Shropshire 011A · E01028913
Middle layer super output area
Shropshire 011 · E02006026

Postcode source versions

Explore SY4

5 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
Eaton Rise, Melverley Road, Pentre, Shrewsbury, SY4 1BU 11 March 2021 £130,000
Windsor House, Melverley Road, Pentre, Shrewsbury, SY4 1BU 16 March 2016 £350,000
Red House, Melverley Road, Pentre, Shrewsbury, SY4 1BU 15 May 2015 £325,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
3
Primary
2
Secondary
0
  1. St Andrew's Church of England Primary School and Nursery

    Academy converter

    3.0 km
  2. Kinnerley Church of England Primary School and Nursery

    Academy converter

    4.2 km
  3. Brynhafren C.P. School

    Welsh establishment

    4.5 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
13
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 8
  • Vehicle crime 2
  • Anti social behaviour 2
  • Burglary 1

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
25

8 female, 17 male

Postcode households
10
Residents per household
2.5
SY4 1 residents
3,190

Age bands in SY4 1

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
15.6%

496 residents

Age 15 to 24
10.8%

343 residents

Age 25 to 44
17.8%

567 residents

Age 45 to 64
33.4%

1,062 residents

Age 65 and over
22.5%

715 residents

This postcode contained 0.8% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider SY4 1 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+
69.2%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
23.1%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
23.1%
Gigabit-capable
23.1%
Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
0%
Next Generation Access
100%
Decent broadband available from fixed wireless
76.9%

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

  • Old Hand & Diamond

    BCT · Coedway

    2.2 miles
  • Old Hand & Diamond

    BCT · Coedway

    2.2 miles
  • Firtree Inn

    BCT · Crewgreen

    2.6 miles
  • Firtree Inn

    BCT · Crewgreen

    2.6 miles
  • Bausley Green

    BCT · Crewgreen

    2.9 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Shropshire 011A, 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

6 of 10

Overall England rank

18,745 of 33,755

Income
8 of 10
Employment
9 of 10
Education and skills
9 of 10
Health and disability
9 of 10
Crime
10 of 10
Housing and services
1 of 10
Living environment
2 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
8
Medium risk addresses
2
Low risk addresses
1
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

Schools

3 open schools are in scope, including 2 primary and 0 secondary schools. St Andrew's Church of England Primary School and Nursery is the nearest published school at 1.9 miles.

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

Recorded crime

13 published events cover 12 months, averaging 1.083 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 8 events.

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