SY8 1HT

Ludlow East · 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 1TH 48 m
SY8 1GA 87 m
SY8 1HU 101 m
SY8 1HX 103 m
SY8 1HR 116 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
SY8 1HT
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
SY
Postcode district
SY8
Postcode sector
SY8 1
Latitude
52.373078
Longitude
-2.702892
British National Grid easting
352,244
British National Grid northing
275,235

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
E00147725
Lower layer super output area
Shropshire 038A · E01029006
Middle layer super output area
Shropshire 038 · E02006045

Postcode source versions

Explore SY8

3 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
2, Police Houses, Ludlow, SY8 1HT 29 April 2016 £177,500
1, Police Houses, Ludlow, SY8 1HT 24 January 2014 £195,000
1, Police Houses, Ludlow, SY8 1HT 10 June 1996 £57,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
7
Primary
4
Secondary
1
  1. Ludlow Primary School

    Academy converter

    73 m
  2. St Laurence CofE Primary School

    Voluntary controlled school

    1.1 km
  3. Ludlow Church of England School

    Academy converter

    1.8 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
838
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 298
  • Anti social behaviour 126
  • Criminal damage and arson 121
  • Shoplifting 88
  • Other theft 57

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
9

4 female, 5 male

Postcode households
4
Residents per household
2.3
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 0.1% 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

    896 m

  • LUDLOW - PORTCULLIS

    PORTCULLIS LANE, LUDLOW, SY8 1GT

    ODS code M82043

    1.0 km

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

  • Clee View Jct

    BCT · Ludlow

    0.0 miles
  • Corfield Road Jct

    BCT · Ludlow

    0.2 miles
  • Blashfield Rd Jct

    BCT · Ludlow

    0.4 miles
  • Steventon New Road Jct

    BCT · Ludlow

    0.5 miles
  • Steventon New Road Jct

    BCT · Ludlow

    0.5 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Shropshire 038A, 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

6 of 10

Overall England rank

18,709 of 33,755

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

7 open schools are in scope, including 4 primary and 1 secondary schools. Ludlow Primary School is the nearest published school at 73 m.

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

Recorded crime

838 published events cover 12 months, averaging 69.833 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 298 events.

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