SY8 1GE

Ludlow North · Shropshire · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Ludlow
Local authority
Shropshire
Constituency
South Shropshire
Postcode district
SY8
Postcode sector
SY8 1

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
SY8 1DL 36 m
SY8 1EB 63 m
SY8 1EA 77 m
SY8 1DU 103 m
SY8 1DG 112 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
SY8 1GE
Status
Current
Introduced
1 July 1995
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
SY
Postcode district
SY8
Postcode sector
SY8 1
Latitude
52.372382
Longitude
-2.719964
British National Grid easting
351,081
British National Grid northing
275,169

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
West Midlands · E12000005
Local authority district
Shropshire · E06000051
Parish or community
E04011309
Westminster constituency
South Shropshire · E14001493
Output area
E00147734
Lower layer super output area
Shropshire 038I · E01033527
Middle layer super output area
Shropshire 038 · E02006045

Postcode source versions

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2 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
38, Corve Street, Ludlow, SY8 1GE 27 October 2006 £250,000
38, Corve Street, Ludlow, SY8 1GE 18 November 2003 £154,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
6
Primary
3
Secondary
1
  1. St Laurence CofE Primary School

    Voluntary controlled school

    790 m
  2. Ludlow Church of England School

    Academy converter

    814 m
  3. Ludlow Primary School

    Academy converter

    1.2 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
778
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 271
  • Anti social behaviour 115
  • Criminal damage and arson 115
  • Shoplifting 84
  • Other theft 52

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
3

2 female, 1 male

Postcode households
1
Residents per household
3.0
SY8 1 residents
8,066

Age bands in SY8 1

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
12.7%

1,042 residents

Age 15 to 24
8.7%

710 residents

Age 25 to 44
18.6%

1,521 residents

Age 45 to 64
26.5%

2,171 residents

Age 65 and over
33.5%

2,747 residents

This postcode contained 0% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider SY8 1 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+
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
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.

GP practices

2

within 5 km

  • STATION DRIVE SURGERY

    STATION DRIVE, LUDLOW, SY8 2AB

    ODS code M82014

    412 m

  • LUDLOW - PORTCULLIS

    PORTCULLIS LANE, LUDLOW, SY8 1GT

    ODS code M82043

    472 m

Main GP practices only; branch surgeries are excluded. Distances are straight-line. Contact the practice to check registration, services, opening hours and appointments.

Source acquired on 2026-09-03. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • Ludlow Rail Station

    RLY · Ludlow

    0.2 miles
  • Ludlow Mascall Centre opp

    BCT · Ludlow

    0.4 miles
  • Ludlow Mascall Centre adj

    BCT · Ludlow

    0.4 miles
  • Steventon New Road Jct

    BCT · Ludlow

    0.6 miles
  • Steventon New Road Jct

    BCT · Ludlow

    0.6 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Shropshire 038I, 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

21,157 of 33,755

Income
8 of 10
Employment
6 of 10
Education and skills
9 of 10
Health and disability
6 of 10
Crime
6 of 10
Housing and services
7 of 10
Living environment
2 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

6 open schools are in scope, including 3 primary and 1 secondary schools. St Laurence CofE Primary School is the nearest published school at 790 m.

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

Recorded crime

778 published events cover 12 months, averaging 64.833 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 271 events.

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