SY5 6QL

Severn Valley · Shropshire · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Shrewsbury
Local authority
Shropshire
Constituency
South Shropshire
Postcode district
SY5
Postcode sector
SY5 6

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
SY5 6QE 65 m
SY5 6QA 74 m
SY5 6QG 119 m
SY5 6QH 165 m
SY5 6QQ 213 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
SY5 6QL
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
SY
Postcode district
SY5
Postcode sector
SY5 6
Latitude
52.678470
Longitude
-2.678498
British National Grid easting
354,224
British National Grid northing
309,189

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
West Midlands · E12000005
Local authority district
Shropshire · E06000051
Parish or community
E04013483
Westminster constituency
South Shropshire · E14001493
Output area
E00187181
Lower layer super output area
Shropshire 024E · E01035067
Middle layer super output area
Shropshire 024 · E02006038

Postcode source versions

Explore SY5

16 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
8, The Glebe, Atcham, Shrewsbury, SY5 6QL 17 June 2024 £310,000
10, The Glebe, Atcham, Shrewsbury, SY5 6QL 6 May 2022 £245,000
14, The Glebe, Atcham, Shrewsbury, SY5 6QL 28 September 2021 £190,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
7
Primary
5
Secondary
1
  1. St Lucia's CofE Primary School & Nursery

    Voluntary controlled school

    3.5 km
  2. Mereside Church of England Primary Academy

    Academy converter

    3.7 km
  3. Prestfelde School

    Other independent school

    4.2 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
9
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 4
  • Burglary 1
  • Other theft 1
  • Vehicle crime 1
  • Anti social behaviour 1

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
56

23 female, 33 male

Postcode households
25
Residents per household
2.2
SY5 6 residents
3,857

Age bands in SY5 6

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
15.7%

662 residents

Age 15 to 24
8.2%

347 residents

Age 25 to 44
19.6%

827 residents

Age 45 to 64
31.6%

1,332 residents

Age 65 and over
24.9%

1,049 residents

This postcode contained 1.5% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider SY5 6 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
96.2%

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

2

within 5 km

  • MARDEN MEDICAL PRACTICE

    25 SUTTON ROAD, SHREWSBURY, SY2 6DL

    ODS code M82047

    4.2 km

  • BELVIDERE MEDICAL PRACT.

    23 BELVIDERE ROAD, SHREWSBURY, SY2 5LS

    ODS code M82048

    4.7 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

  • Flagwall

    BCT · Monkmoor

    3.0 miles
  • Baptist Church

    BCT · Monkmoor

    3.1 miles
  • Grove Inn

    BCT · Walcot

    3.6 miles
  • Grange

    BCT · Walcot

    3.6 miles
  • Grange

    BCT · Walcot

    3.6 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Shropshire 024E, 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

18,453 of 33,755

Income
9 of 10
Employment
9 of 10
Education and skills
7 of 10
Health and disability
5 of 10
Crime
7 of 10
Housing and services
1 of 10
Living environment
3 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
3
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 £245,000 from 3 recorded sales in SY5 6QL. 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 5 primary and 1 secondary schools. St Lucia's CofE Primary School & Nursery is the nearest published school at 2.2 miles.

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

Recorded crime

9 published events cover 12 months, averaging 0.75 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 4 events.

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