SY4 3EA

The Meres · 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 3

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
SY4 3FB 71 m
SY4 3DA 114 m
SY4 3BZ 218 m
SY4 3EF 242 m
SY4 3ED 302 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
SY4 3EA
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
SY
Postcode district
SY4
Postcode sector
SY4 3
Latitude
52.797377
Longitude
-2.754594
British National Grid easting
349,218
British National Grid northing
322,467

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
West Midlands · E12000005
Local authority district
Shropshire · E06000051
Electoral ward
The Meres · E05016075
Parish or community
E04011326
Westminster constituency
North Shropshire · E14001398
Output area
E00146997
Lower layer super output area
Shropshire 010B · E01028862
Middle layer super output area
Shropshire 010 · E02006021

Postcode source versions

Explore SY4

18 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
20, Wem Road, Harmer Hill, Shrewsbury, SY4 3EA 17 December 2025 £140,000
20, Wem Road, Harmer Hill, Shrewsbury, SY4 3EA 10 July 2023 £120,000
Mount Pleasant, Wem Road, Harmer Hill, Shrewsbury, SY4 3EA 15 February 2021 £382,500

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
7
Primary
4
Secondary
0
  1. Access School

    Other independent special school

    2.4 km
  2. Myddle CofE Primary School

    Voluntary controlled school

    2.7 km
  3. Clive CofE Primary School

    Academy converter

    2.9 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
21
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Burglary 9
  • Violence and sexual offences 7
  • Public order 2
  • Drugs 1
  • Possession of weapons 1

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
32

15 female, 17 male

Postcode households
14
Residents per household
2.3
SY4 3 residents
4,548

Age bands in SY4 3

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
14.4%

611 residents

Age 15 to 24
9.2%

391 residents

Age 25 to 44
17.9%

761 residents

Age 45 to 64
31.5%

1,338 residents

Age 65 and over
26.9%

1,144 residents

This postcode contained 0.7% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider SY4 3 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+
0%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
0%
Gigabit-capable
0%
Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
0%
Next Generation Access
100%
Decent broadband available from fixed wireless
28.6%

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

  • CLIVE MEDICAL PRACTICE

    HIGH STREET, CLIVE, SHREWSBURY, SY4 5PS

    ODS code M82017

    3.1 km

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

  • Yorton Rail Station

    RLY · Yorton

    1.1 miles
  • Wem Rail Station

    RLY · Wem

    4.4 miles
  • Kennels

    BCT · Roden

    5.8 miles
  • Kennels

    BCT · Roden

    5.8 miles
  • Shrewsbury Rail Station

    RLY · Shrewsbury

    5.9 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Shropshire 010B, 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

19,265 of 33,755

Income
8 of 10
Employment
8 of 10
Education and skills
9 of 10
Health and disability
8 of 10
Crime
10 of 10
Housing and services
1 of 10
Living environment
4 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
0
Medium risk addresses
0
Low risk addresses
0
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

Property market

The five-year median is £130,000 from 2 recorded sales in SY4 3EA. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.

The latest UK House Price Index average for Shropshire is £284,036 in June 2026, up 4.9% year on year.

Schools

7 open schools are in scope, including 4 primary and 0 secondary schools. Access School is the nearest published school at 1.5 miles.

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

Recorded crime

21 published events cover 12 months, averaging 1.75 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Burglary with 9 events.

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