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SY5 9LH

Longden · Shropshire · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Shrewsbury
Ward
Longden
Local authority
Shropshire
Constituency
Shrewsbury
Postcode district
SY5
Postcode sector
SY5 9

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
SY5 9LQ 274 m
SY5 9LJ 369 m
SY5 9LG 444 m
SY5 9NZ 478 m
SY5 9NY 499 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
SY5 9LH
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
SY
Postcode district
SY5
Postcode sector
SY5 9
Latitude
52.713859
Longitude
-2.875308
British National Grid easting
340,966
British National Grid northing
313,269

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
West Midlands · E12000005
Local authority district
Shropshire · E06000051
Electoral ward
Longden · E05016042
Parish or community
E04011272
Westminster constituency
Shrewsbury · E14001473
Output area
E00147570
Lower layer super output area
Shropshire 014F · E01028979
Middle layer super output area
Shropshire 014 · E02006028

Postcode source versions

Explore SY5

Property

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11 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
Cross Gates Barn, Ford, Shrewsbury, SY5 9LH 16 June 2025 £620,000
Smoke Stop B B Q, Ford, Shrewsbury, SY5 9LH 13 December 2023 £546,000
Cross Gate Barn, Ford, Shrewsbury, SY5 9LH 12 July 2022 £595,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
6
Primary
4
Secondary
0

  1. Trinity CofE Primary School

    Voluntary controlled school

    601 m

  2. The Fitzroy Academy

    Other independent special school

    3.7 km

  3. Bicton Church of England Primary School and Nursery

    Academy sponsor led

    4.0 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
52
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 22
  • Other theft 12
  • Anti social behaviour 5
  • Burglary 3
  • Other crime 3

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
11

5 female, 6 male

Postcode households
5
Residents per household
2.2
SY5 9 residents
5,036

Age bands in SY5 9

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
15.4%

752 residents

Age 15 to 24
9.9%

484 residents

Age 25 to 44
19%

929 residents

Age 45 to 64
32.3%

1,579 residents

Age 65 and over
23.4%

1,143 residents

This postcode contained 0.2% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider SY5 9 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
0%

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

  • Gains Park Way Shelter

    BCS · Bicton Heath

    2.8 miles

  • Wenlock Edge House

    BCT · Gains Park

    3.4 miles

  • Old Hand & Diamond

    BCT · Coedway

    4.4 miles

  • Old Hand & Diamond

    BCT · Coedway

    4.4 miles

  • Bus Station Timetable

    BCT · Shrewsbury

    5.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Shropshire 014F, 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

5 of 10

Overall England rank

14,304 of 33,755

Income
7 of 10
Employment
7 of 10
Education and skills
6 of 10
Health and disability
6 of 10
Crime
5 of 10
Housing and services
1 of 10
Living environment
1 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 £595,000 from 3 recorded sales in SY5 9LH. 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

6 open schools are in scope, including 4 primary and 0 secondary schools. Trinity CofE Primary School is the nearest published school at 601 m.

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

Recorded crime

52 published events cover 12 months, averaging 4.333 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 22 events.

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