SY5 8DH

Burnell · Shropshire · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town: Shrewsbury
Ward: Burnell
Local authority: Shropshire
Constituency: South Shropshire
Postcode district: SY5
Postcode sector: SY5 8

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode	Distance
SY5 8BF	872 m
SY6 6NS	914 m
SY5 8DJ	1.1 km
SY5 8DQ	1.1 km
SY5 8DU	1.2 km

Complete postcode fields and official codes

Postcode: SY5 8DH
Status: Current
Introduced: 1 January 1980
Terminated: Not published
Postcode area: SY
Postcode district: SY5
Postcode sector: SY5 8
Latitude: 52.602485
Longitude: -2.846481
British National Grid easting: 342,768
British National Grid northing: 300,857

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country: England · E92000001
Region: West Midlands · E12000005
Local authority district: Shropshire · E06000051
Electoral ward: Burnell · E05016025
Parish or community: E04011243
Westminster constituency: South Shropshire · E14001493
Output area: E00147418
Lower layer super output area: Shropshire 028A · E01028950
Middle layer super output area: Shropshire 028 · E02006040

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

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Property

At this postcode

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8 recorded sales at this postcode

Address	Date	Price
Shepton Fields, Pulverbatch, Shrewsbury, SY5 8DH	22 February 2021	£1,787,420
Underhill House, Pulverbatch, Shrewsbury, SY5 8DH	28 January 2020	£640,000
The Beeches, Pulverbatch, Shrewsbury, SY5 8DH	12 February 2019	£315,000

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events: 11
Months covered: 12
Latest month: June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

Violence and sexual offences 4
Anti social behaviour 3
Drugs 2
Public order 2

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents: 9
Postcode households: 3
Residents per household: 3.0
SY5 8 residents: 4,594

Age bands in SY5 8

Wider postcode sector

Age 0 to 14: 18.3%
Age 15 to 24: 9%
Age 25 to 44: 22.4%
Age 45 to 64: 27.6%
Age 65 and over: 22.6%

This postcode contained 0.2% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider SY5 8 sector, not people in this individual postcode.

How to read these estimates

The standard postcode headcounts and the commissioned age table are separate ONS outputs. Small counts are disclosure-controlled, and totals can differ slightly between tables. Coverage is England and Wales only.

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: 50%

Coverage is a modelled postcode-level snapshot, not a speed test or a guarantee for a named property. Check availability with providers before making a decision. Ofcom does not publish postcode-level full-fibre coverage in this release for commercial-confidentiality reasons.

Source: Ofcom Connected Nations Spring 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Nearby transport

Carding Mill Valley

BCT · Devils Mouth
4.3 miles
Church Stretton Rail Station

RLY · Church Stretton
4.8 miles
Wenlock Edge House

BCT · Gains Park
7.6 miles
Gains Park Way Shelter

BCS · Bicton Heath
7.6 miles
Bus Station Timetable

BCT · Shrewsbury
8.4 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Shropshire 028A, 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

7 of 10

Overall England rank

21,718 of 33,755

Income: 8 of 10
Employment: 8 of 10
Education and skills: 7 of 10
Health and disability: 8 of 10
Crime: 9 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

A factual reading of the data in this report's scope. It is not a location score or a recommendation.

Recorded crime

Published police records

11 published events cover 12 months, averaging 0.917 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.