SY7 8HR

Craven Arms · Shropshire · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Craven Arms
Local authority
Shropshire
Constituency
South Shropshire
Postcode district
SY7
Postcode sector
SY7 8

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
SY7 8HS 677 m
SY7 8HP 845 m
SY6 6QD 1.1 km
SY6 6QB 1.1 km
SY6 6QA 1.3 km
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
SY7 8HR
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
SY
Postcode district
SY7
Postcode sector
SY7 8
Latitude
52.483936
Longitude
-2.864580
British National Grid easting
341,384
British National Grid northing
287,685

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
West Midlands · E12000005
Local authority district
Shropshire · E06000051
Parish or community
E04011392
Westminster constituency
South Shropshire · E14001493
Output area
E00147771
Lower layer super output area
Shropshire 037D · E01029016
Middle layer super output area
Shropshire 037 · E02006044

Postcode source versions

Explore SY7

5 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
Horderley Dingle, 3, Horderley, Craven Arms, SY7 8HR 8 September 2022 £530,000
Yew Tree Cottage, Horderley, Craven Arms, SY7 8HR 12 May 2017 £340,000
Horderley Dingle, 3, Horderley, Craven Arms, SY7 8HR 9 December 2016 £362,612

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
1
Primary
1
Secondary
0
  1. Wistanstow CofE Primary School

    Voluntary controlled school

    2.8 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
2
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Other theft 1
  • Anti social behaviour 1

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
18

11 female, 7 male

Postcode households
7
Residents per household
2.6
SY7 8 residents
2,984

Age bands in SY7 8

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
11.6%

361 residents

Age 15 to 24
6.4%

200 residents

Age 25 to 44
12.7%

398 residents

Age 45 to 64
31.1%

970 residents

Age 65 and over
38.2%

1,194 residents

This postcode contained 0.6% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider SY7 8 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+
62.5%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
62.5%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
62.5%
Gigabit-capable
62.5%
Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
25%
Next Generation Access
75%
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

  • Craven Arms Rail Station

    RLY · Craven Arms

    3.1 miles
  • Broome Rail Station

    RLY · Broome

    4.3 miles
  • Church Stretton Rail Station

    RLY · Church Stretton

    4.5 miles
  • Carding Mill Valley

    BCT · Devils Mouth

    4.6 miles
  • Hopton Heath Rail Station

    RLY · Hopton Heath

    6.7 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Shropshire 037D, 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

14,005 of 33,755

Income
8 of 10
Employment
7 of 10
Education and skills
5 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
1
Low risk addresses
1
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 £530,000 from 1 recorded sale in SY7 8HR. 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

1 open schools are in scope, including 1 primary and 0 secondary schools. Wistanstow CofE Primary School is the nearest published school at 1.7 miles.

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

Recorded crime

2 published events cover 12 months, averaging 0.167 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Other theft with 1 events.

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