Longden · Shropshire · England
Updated September 2026
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At this postcode
| Address | Date | Price |
|---|---|---|
| 2, Royal Oak Cottages, Longden Common, Shrewsbury, SY5 8AG | 23 January 2026 | £200,000 |
| 3, Royal Oak Cottages, Longden Common, Shrewsbury, SY5 8AG | 22 January 2024 | £175,000 |
| 1, Royal Oak Cottages, Longden Common, Shrewsbury, SY5 8AG | 22 January 2021 | £185,000 |
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
Longden CofE Primary School
Voluntary aided school
Mary Webb School and Science College
Academy converter
Pontesbury CofE Primary School
Voluntary controlled school
Within 1 mile of this postcode
Census 2021
3 female, 0 male
747 residents
367 residents
912 residents
1,124 residents
922 residents
This postcode contained 0.1% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider SY5 8 sector, not people in this individual postcode.
Census Day: 21 March 2021. Sources: ONS/Nomis P001-P004 and ONS CT21_0228. Age table version 2024-04-08.
Ofcom's predicted availability across all residential and commercial premises in this postcode in January 2026.
Source: Ofcom Connected Nations Spring 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
NHS ODS
1
within 5 km
HALL BANK, PONTESBURY, SHREWSBURY, SY5 0RF
ODS code M82030
4.2 km
Source acquired on 2026-09-03. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.
Wenlock Edge House
BCT · Gains Park
Gains Park Way Shelter
BCS · Bicton Heath
Bus Station Timetable
BCT · Shrewsbury
Shrewsbury Rail Station
RLY · Shrewsbury
Carding Mill Valley
BCT · Devils Mouth
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Shropshire 026A, 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
18,942 of 33,755
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.
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.
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.
A factual reading of the data in this report's scope. It is not a location score or a recommendation.
Recorded sales
The five-year median is £187,500 from 2 recorded sales in SY5 8AG. 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.
Published establishments
5 open schools are in scope, including 4 primary and 1 secondary schools. Longden CofE Primary School is the nearest published school at 1.2 miles.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
Published police records
8 published events cover 12 months, averaging 0.667 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Other theft with 2 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.