SY6 6TA

Bishop's Castle · Shropshire · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Local authority
Shropshire
Constituency
South Shropshire
Postcode district
SY6
Postcode sector
SY6 6

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
SY7 8BH 700 m
SY9 5EJ 1.2 km
SY9 5EN 1.3 km
SY7 8BJ 2.1 km
SY9 5EH 2.2 km
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
SY6 6TA
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
SY
Postcode district
SY6
Postcode sector
SY6 6
Latitude
52.518564
Longitude
-2.880852
British National Grid easting
340,326
British National Grid northing
291,550

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
West Midlands · E12000005
Local authority district
Shropshire · E06000051
Parish or community
E04011327
Westminster constituency
South Shropshire · E14001493
Output area
E00147648
Lower layer super output area
Shropshire 030F · E01035071
Middle layer super output area
Shropshire 030 · E02006041

Postcode source versions

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Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
2
Primary
2
Secondary
0
  1. Stiperstones CofE Primary School

    Voluntary controlled school

    3.4 km
  2. Norbury Primary School and Nursery

    Foundation school

    3.4 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
1
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Criminal damage and arson 1

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
SY6 6 residents
4,206

Age bands in SY6 6

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
10.3%

456 residents

Age 15 to 24
8.1%

361 residents

Age 25 to 44
14%

619 residents

Age 45 to 64
30%

1,331 residents

Age 65 and over
37.6%

1,666 residents

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+
0%
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
0%
Decent broadband available from fixed wireless
100%

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

  • Carding Mill Valley

    BCT · Devils Mouth

    3.3 miles
  • Church Stretton Rail Station

    RLY · Church Stretton

    3.5 miles
  • Craven Arms Rail Station

    RLY · Craven Arms

    5.6 miles
  • Broome Rail Station

    RLY · Broome

    6.6 miles
  • Hopton Heath Rail Station

    RLY · Hopton Heath

    8.9 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Shropshire 030F, 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

14,042 of 33,755

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

Schools

2 open schools are in scope, including 2 primary and 0 secondary schools. Stiperstones CofE Primary School is the nearest published school at 2.1 miles.

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

Recorded crime

1 published events cover 12 months, averaging 0.083 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Criminal damage and arson with 1 events.

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